the power of a positive attitude. be grateful.

pretty. ehe?

This picture COULD pretty much sum up my day yesterday.

BUT, I am not going to let it.

I have too much to feel glad for.

A shift in my attitude recently has seriously changed me.

Truth. In the past something like this could have ruined my whole day.

I would have been frustrated.  I would have been mad.

Mad I didn't get done what was on my list for the day.

Mad I had "wasted" three hours sitting on the side of the road.

remember when I drew this last month?

It is so true.

This blow out could have been much worse.

I could have lost control or gotten hurt on the side of the highway.

I could have been alone.

But the trip was to take care of something good.

The trip was a lunch date of sorts with my guy and the Bean.

We had been having a really nice day.

We got off to the side fine.

Yes, when he went to change the tire the lug nut was stripped and there was no way of changing the tire.

But his smart mom had given us AAA for his birthday.

As I watched him get frustrated I felt oddly at peace. 

It was fine. 

Our snow was gone, and though I was on the side of the highway I had walked down into a grassy field with my Bean. 

It was really a gorgeous day to be outside.

She looked so pretty playing in the grass.

I was being forced to JUST STOP. 

Something I just don't do often enough.

I could see my husband feeling so very STRESSED and he needed to get back to work.

I saw me in the past.

I wished him peace quietly.  There was nothing he could do about the situation.

I told him I was glad he was with me.

The first tow truck couldn't tow us. There had been a lack of communication. It was our back tire.

No one could get it off.

The bean and I raced each other. Laughing and being silly on the side of the road.

I ripped my tights.

Like magic, I didn't even care.

I was happy for all that I have.

When we finally decided to call a friend to come get us, he pulled up and asked if I was having a good day?

He meant to be sarcastic.

But right then I realized that YES, actually I was.

Maybe it didn't go as planned and I might be playing catch up today-

but the way I looked at it was it wasn't a bad day.

Life is an adventure.  

Know what I mean?

What are you grateful for?

{3} three Things Thursday: on Friday

My final thoughts last night as I was falling to sleep?

Today was not Wednesday...

Tho, for some reason I spent the whole day thinking it was.

PuuuLLLEEEASE tell me I am not the only one who does that sometimes.

Ok, so {3} things I am feeling grateful for this week:

1}My favorite jeans are not lost to the hole monster.

I am glad that holes are hip, and that too big of holes just show too much hip!  Though not the easiest task... some left over flannel scraps and some maneuvering on the machine. They're like a new pair of jeans!

I am so glad they didn't have to make the funeral march. Girls, you know what I am talking about! A good pair of jeans, is a good pair of jeans!

2}No one has ever died from exercising.

Right?  As some of you read I am challenging myself to get the boot-ay back in gear. I have done a couple things to hold myself accountable. I am on 5 days straight of new exercises.  And if I sit still for too long I might need a fork lift!

3} Bangs grow back.  My 10 year old has been asking and asking for about a year to have bangs. I think she looks so so pretty with out them. She has never had them.  But last night after much PAIN and agony I finally relented. It is high on the list of hard things I've had to do as a momma. I had to reason with myself. She is 10. She should be able to decide some things about HERSELF. Bangs will grow back. {sniffle}

What is making you feel grateful this week?

{3} three Things Thursday: What are you grateful for?

With Mom's day right around the corner, here is a little sneak peek at what I made mine

Shhhhhh.

{3} things I am grateful for this week

 1} the courage and determination to try something new and go for it.
I tried something new this week.  I had been wanting to for a while but I was kind of, well, I'm not sure if scared was the right word...but something.  I did gymnastics a little bit in high school.  The last time I did a back handspring was then.  I did NOT do a back hand spring this week. But I went to my first gymnastics class, in lets say, a while!
I am SORE, SORE. But in a weird way I'm glad I'm sore.  It means I went for it right? It was HARD, but it felt awesome!

2}  A Light bulb moment.
Ok so see that gift up there I made?? My mom is sort of hard to buy for so I feel like I have to be extra creative.  I try to think of something sentimental or from the heart.  THAT fabric was a dress she once wore when I was little.  That dress got cut to pieces, (I can not believe it has actually been this long) 10 YEARS ago when I had my baby girl and used it to make her birth announcements. That left over fabric has moved with me and stayed safe till I finally figured out what to do with it to give a piece back to her.

3} Have you ever been out and about, running errands or what ever and your little one is having a melt down, and you start to sweat.  You start to dig in your brain for the best approach.  Like do I bribe?  Do I threaten? Do I cry?  You sometimes have RUDE, RUDE people around you that act like "well, I've never!" {UM, Yeah right I say} But then again, once in a while you look up to a kind smile or understanding look?

I'm thankful for those.  Those people out there in the world that know life is life and you're doing the best you can.  It is a look like that, that can get you through the rest of your day, and sometimes it just sticks with you and it carries you through even longer.

So I want to know, What are you grateful for?

AND, what are you hoping to do on mother's day??

{3} three Things Thursday: Be grateful.

Just added to the shop! Typewriter notebook.

She's one of a kind. Snag her quick!

Ok, so it is Thursday. 

It is Spring break.

It is NOT RAINING!!!!!

Waaahooo!

 {3} things I am grateful for today.

1}My Moose.  He is the best dog.  He doesn't talk back.  He is a good listener.

He makes me feel better if I'm feeling down.

He's getting grey hairs right along with me, and I'd like to believe he is doing it just to make me feel better.

He will come to my rescue if I scream, even if it is just because I saw a cricket in the garage.

2} The sun.  The sun when it is not summer weather.  I think I should move somewhere that spring is the weather year round.  I'd be a happy happy gal.

3} Fresh sheets.  I know, it is silly, but fresh sheets are the best.

What are you grateful for?

{3} three Things Thursday: What are you grateful for?

it is time for some gratefulness. And boy have I got some.

1} This tea was brought home to me at lunch time.

It totally made me smile, and giggle too.  It tasted good too. You know, it's the little things.

2} PATIENCE.  I pray for it daily.  I really do.  And so far I haven't quite ran out of it yet....

3}I am totally getting excited about my garden.

What about you? throw me some gratefulness!

Oh, and did any of you play along and do the I spy at LMM?

You can take a lovely walk with me and mine in my neighborhood HERE.

we did a lot of button pushing ;)

{3} three Things Thursday: What are you grateful for?

OK Dudes. (sorry, I call everyone that)

It's another Thursday and here are 

{3} things that I am feeling grateful for:

1}pickles. Sometimes they are PERFECT.  They make me feel like a kid, and I swear I'm not pregnant ;)

2}Do you see that lusciousness up there?  Today the moment this arrived was a good happy dance sort of moment when I opened up that package.  Can you say LOVE?  I Love, love this collection.  It has delicious colors.  An awesome Alice In Wonderland sort of vibe.  My favorite color is orange, and it is the FIRST orange fabric that I have found that I like.  It's only fat quarters so it's going to be fun to mix them up!

3} Fate: circumstance, destiny, doom, fortune, kismet, lot, portion

I wasn't sure what I was trying to say here, so I looked up the word fate in the thesaurus to see if it was even close. It is.  Sort-of.

Do you ever feel like the Universe is trying to tell you something?? It can be frustrating, because as clear as it thinks it's being it is still not completely clear TO YOU?  In some ways it's sort of magic is it not?  I am opening myself up and trying to figure out what it's been saying lately because I feel like it's yelling at me but in a different language or something. I guess in some ways I am saying I am thankful for fate. Because in some ways it takes the pressure off of me.  It reminds me that I don't decide EVERYTHING.  But I guess I am still in the process ;)