a happy list.

Meet Abby.

7 weeks old, border collie/lab mix.

This little girl has stolen all our hearts.  Well, almost all.  Her big brother is still apprehensive about having someone in the family that isn't stoked to just lay around all day.  She's been a joy and a handful these last couple days, but I'm loving the distraction and being busy.

She has inspired a happy list! 

1.  Puppy breath and kisses.

2.  Going grocery shopping.

3.  61 degree weather that promises spring.

4.  The smell of our wood floor cleaner.

5.  A new bottle of wine.

6.  Texts with my family.

7.  My husband talking about babies.

8.  Plans to go dress shopping with girlfriends.

9.  Waking up to no dishes in the sink.

10.  Waking up before your alarm and getting to sleep more.

grumpy friday letters

Dear last few days, you have actually been borderline miserable and it's starting to make me mad.  Dear cold sores, you suck.  If anyone else out there suffers from these painful, ugly little things, I'm sorry, but I'm glad you can relate to me.  Dear Army, you're a bitch (Sorry for the strong language mom). I am not your biggest fan right now.  My husband should be home well before midnight but he hasn't been and it's annoying!!  Dear Grey's Anatomy, you have been a comfort and a joy lately.  I've fallen in love with you.  Dear Kelle, I first started reading your blog when I found Nella's birth story and I just cried and cried and then I continued to read and soak up your blog posts.  Reading Dash's birth story today just made me fall in love with the idea of being mom even more. Thank you for your words and for your willingness to share them with your readers.  Dear future baby, I can't wait to meet you and fall in love with you! I dream about you everyday.  Dear Ashley, Congratulations on your baby! I'm excited for you and your husband!  Dear my one and only, thank you for being patient with my grumpiness this week and for kissing my lips despite the cold sores and for coming home, even if it's late and you're tired, and spending time with me. You're a rock star and I love you.

Link up with Ashley and share your Friday letters.

Lately

   Lately there hasn't been a lot of blogging because this happened...

After a wonderful Valentine's Day, I found out my laptop screen was shattered...and James's computer wasn't working either. Fun stuff! Now we have at least one working computer though.

Then after not having a computer, this happened...

We had a day full of wonderful snow.  It was a surprise and I just sat on the couch and watched it fall for hours.

Then over the holiday weekend we made a trip to Charlotte to go to Ikea and Jack in the Box.

We finally have nightstands and I think our room is coming along nicely!

Hopefully the blogging and the writing will all get back on track.

I've gotta go get some dinner ready!

Love.

Happy Valentine's Day lovelies!

I hope everyone has a good day no matter what their relationship status might be.

We are all loved by someone!

I wrote.

For the last few nights, when my husband gets home from work, he asks about my day and when I say that I did nothing it's always followed by the question, "Did you write today?"  Well finally  I can say, "Yes."  Granted, it is nothing that would be published (sometimes I forget that I'm a published poet), but it's a start. 

I wrote something.

An exercise:

When I was in high school my English teacher did an exercise

where we were told to put pencil to paper and to not take it off for a good while,

we were just supposed to write whatever came to mind

which made for a lot of rambling and I’m pretty sure some of us ended up

with a scribbled string of, “Blah, blah, blahs.”  

Well, now I’m wishing that I had those scrap pieces of paper somewhere.

Wouldn’t it be neat to look back at those messy ramblings of high-school-me, the

works of someone who didn’t have a clue in the world how life

would be later on and those thoughts might inspire me to

write something brilliant now.

Exercise over.

you don't know you'll miss it til' you don't have it

Have you ever experienced realizing you miss something that you wouldn't miss normally?

Let me tell you what I'm missing right now...night stands.  Yes, those little tables that you put by your bed that house lamps and books and a cup of tea, are what I'm missing most right now.

Look how complete and perfect that bedroom looks!  We've been spending a whole lot of time in our room because our living room is lacking in the entertainment department and I think we have both said, "We need night stands," over a hundred times in the past week or so.  Thank goodness for tax returns and Christmas gift cards!  Hopefully I can show you guys our more complete room very soon. 

Anyone else missing something that's not normal?

friday letters

Dear Grey's Anatomy, I know I'm late to the party, but I have fallen in-love with you.  You made me cry big, fat tears today and your Christmas episode in Season 2 made me want to rewind two months and get back into the Christmas spirit.  Dear rain, it was so much fun to fall asleep listening to you last night. I wish you had been snow though...it's not fair that the states above us are getting a ton and we get none.  Dear husband, thank you for taking care of us and for being so instant that I don't do the dishes because I cooked dinner.  You're awesome.  Dear Cassie,  I love you like a sister and I wish I was home to be with you.  Dear family, I really miss you.  Dear weekend, I'm excited. Let's do this.

Link up with your Friday letters over at...

thoughts.

Where did January go?  I can't believe it's come and gone and we're almost a week into February.  Did time fly like this when I was younger? It always seemed to drag on.  As much as I love this month, with it being the month of love and all, I keep thinking about the promise of Spring and Summer right around the corner.  I had a long conversation with my grandma yesterday.  She grew up in the town that husband and I now call home and she was telling me what to look forward to in the coming months.  All the flowers and trees in bloom and the warmer, yet humidity free, temperatures.  I look out the kitchen window at our back deck and get excited for eating outside during Summer and having my family all back in the state we love.  I look down at my feet and miss flip-flop tan lines and the freedom of shorts and a bathing suit.  Don't get me wrong, I love this winter season and all the days spent staying warm in bed, but I'm ready for the newness of Spring and the fun of Summer.

What about you?

another birthday

 

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband!

In (almost) six years, this is only the third birthday we've been able to celebrate together.

I'm looking forward to never having to spend a special day apart again.

Our wedding photos still make me giddy.  I'm so thankful for Joni and I love this picture above more than anything else.  It's the moment when he became mine and I became his.  It's the moment that started this whole journey.  I don't think I've ever been happier.

I know birthdays sort of become just another day as you get older, but I'm determined to make this day special!