1000 Gifts

So one of my dear friends who I have known since I was a little girl, Carrien, also has a blog. http://shelaughsatthedays.blogspot.com/

I love to read it, and some of my favorite posts of hers are her 1000 gifts blogs. Then I went to the gratitude community which insprired her and loved that too. That community is here: http://www.aholyexperience.com/2003/06/gratitude-community.html.
(Unfortunately I don't know how to make the link hide in a word that you can just click on.)

Anyway, I'm going to join in the praise. I naturally have the tendency to find joy and happiness in the simplest and sometimes weirdest things. So it will be interesting and fun to keep record of some of those things here in my blog. I will also be keeping my collection of gratitude written down in a little notebook. I'm not going to pick a specific day of the week to do so, I'm just going to share as I feel led. But I will be making a 1000 Gifts post once a week.
So here it goes....

My husband coming up behind me and wrapping his arms around me. There is something extra affectionate about those unexpected hugs.

The Library. Especially when the book I have been waiting for is finally checked in.

The item I'm purchasing being on sale, but not knowing this until I am paying at the register.

My hair being long enough for a ponytail again, but not long enough for the ponytail to give me a headache.

All the amazing people who fought for equal rights. Without them I wouldn't have been able to marry my husband, let alone hold his hand in public without severe consequences.

When a band I love releases a new album and it does not dissapoint.

A 75 degree day in Florida and almost no humidity. I got to wear jeans.

Seeing a daddy carry his baby around in one of those back pack like things that goes on the front. I internally squeel everytime I see this, well sometimes externally too.

A close friend deciding she wants to be free and taking the steps to quit smoking the healthy way.

The fact that my mom took tons of beautiful pictures my whole childhood, now I am able to look back on my life and share it with my husband and eventually our children.

God is Good.

In The Words of Bob Dylan, " I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler"

I have 200,000 things on my mind right now.

Okay, so maybe not quite that many but a lot. And it's not helping me blog. Maybe I should just throw it all down on here, and then seen if I can get a real blog out after. This should be interesting.

My brother's birthday is in October, what do we get him?

My mother in law's birthday is in October, what do we get her? Oh yeah I already know, CRAP, i need to get to work on that!

My mother in law has cancer, and we aren't in the same state. I wish we were there to help, to spend time with her, to take care of her. I miss her.

My mom and my brother are both sick. It makes me sad. I don't like it when my family is sick.

The Volvo needs its registration renewed.

Ty's birthday is in November. I know what to get him, it's sort of expensive. But totally worth it.

I don't have a job, I WANT a job. I really want a job at Borders. I called them today. I talked to Dennis, he took my name, he says he is going to look up my application, he is going to start hiring! He's going to call me back. Please Lord, PLEEEEEASE, I really want to work there. Call me Dennis!

I want a haircut, no wait, I need a haircut. Nothing drastic, just get the nasty ends off.

HOLY CRAP, we are going back home for Christmas! That's exciting. We HAVE to pick dates this week. These dates must make sure we are in SD for Dec. 29th. John Mayer will be playing. I NEED to see him again. Oh man, tickets will cost a lot. For the plane I mean, oh and probably for the concert too. I wish I had a job.
I should start looking up plane tickets too.

Why is my skin so jacked up right now?

I wish it would cool down here all ready. The weather man said a cold front was moving in. We'll see if that happens. Even if we could just get a break from the humidity that would be splendid. Oh how I hope it's cold back home in December. I miss wearing my scarves, and my peacoat. *sigh* I love fall, we'll when there is actually fall like weather. Wow, i am obsessing about the weather right now.

I miss my family.

I miss having friends to do stuff with. I miss the bestie. Her two week visit was amazing. It didn't even feel like two weeks. Definitely went by fast.

This is such a stupid blog. I'm glad hardly anyone reads it. Well at least I am writing, getting my juices flowing. Why do people say that? It's actually quite a nasty sounding term. Ew. Okay, so I'm getting my words flowing. That's better.

I don't like Mondays.
I need to wash my face.