To My Dear Friends & Family,

Sometimes I feel I haven't been there enough for you all this past year. I don't seen you as much as I would like, I haven't made enough time as I would like to have. I missed a few birthdays, and didn't send cards. I haven't been able to make the trips to visit. There have been fewer phone calls, and when I do make them they aren't very long. This past year I've been so busy building my life back up, and focusing in ward. I HAD/HAVE too.
But know that every minute I am grateful for you and love you with every little piece of my heart!



Always and Forever,
Xoxox

Sara

This Is Halloween....

Jack Skellington: [singing] Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean I can't believe it

It's HERE!!! Halloween weekend is upon us! Eeeeeeeeehgahds!  Candy and chocolates, and licorice and lil wee baggies of chips! Yup...nothing better. Except for all the Halloween movies I'm gonna watch while eating the kids candy, the ZOMBIE WALK!, cute lil munchkins all dressed up cute, and did I mention it's the weekend!

Happy Halloween all you crazy Ghouls!

Blood and Gore

So.....my prayers were heard. No snow fell here! It was extra windy and chilly...but no snow! Awesome! With the Zombie Walk approaching on Saturday, walking will be much easier without snow. I am thankful for my Mom for being there, that I had a small visit from my brosiff, for sushi with friends, that I voted and my vote counted. We have a new mayor!! A lady mayor! Go WOMEN!!!!!! We rule! I am grateful for candy and that candy weekend is nearly here!! I adore Hallows Eve!

Here comes ol' man winter

He's kind of a creepster in this here pic...yuck!

For wintercoats, and winter tires.  For a warm bed to snuggle in, and warm blankies to cuddle under. For chili, and soup and tea. Mittens, scarves, and socks. For all things warm, I am grateful

Hundred

100 Reasons

100. I wish there were words beyond, "I love you" to express how much you mean to me.
99. Our life together is everything I could have ever hoped for.
98.That you carry my heart, in your heart.
97. You always know just what to say.
96. Your idea of romance
95. You are so handsome to me.
94. How much fun you are to be with
93. How tender and sensitive you can be
92. How thoughtful you are
91. That you don't watch sports all the time.
90.How you look when you're asleep
89.Your way with words
88. Your curly hair
87. Your determination
86. You help with all things, housework, homework, etc.
85. You're so well respected by all that know you
84. How proud I am to be yours
83. How you value my thoughts and opinions
82. How you speak your mind
81. How you finish my sentences
80. That what we have is so rare.
79.Your free spirit
78.That we'll be 'husband' and 'wife' someday
77. Your strength
76. You are my home.
75. Your belief in me
74. How it feels 'complete' when I hold you
73. How much I learn through you
72. Your athleticism
71. Our night time talks
70. How we fit perfectly together
69.You never do anything to hurt me
68. You're my absolute best friend.
67. Your smile
66. You don't snore....much
65. How you're always on my mind
64. You drive me wild ;)
63. How goofy we are together
62. All the little things you do.
61. How cool you are...no  matter the situation
60. Our future.
59. You bring me joy like I've never experienced
58. It's in the way you look at me
57. You never get mad at me, even when you could/should
56. Your open mindedness
55. Bike rides with you
54. Your quirks, and how you allow me to have mine
53. How I can tell you everything
52. When you hold me, and I feel safe and secure
51. How I know you'll always have  my back, and be on my side
50. You're the best listener I know
49. Your zest for life.
48. You take the garbage out, and do 'man-jobs' and things that make me squemish
47. That you're a dreamer, like me
46. Your love of nature and the outdoors
45. Your integrity and morals. How you live by them
44. Your generosity
43. How your mind works
42. Your ideas
41. Your incredibly big heart
40. Your patience
39. How you don't bug me about my nails
38. How you always know where things are
37. How your presence calms my very soul
36. Knowing you'll always be there, through the good and the bad
35. How at 'ease' you are with my big, nutty family
34. How great you've been with Tony, and how much he loves you
33. Your charm and charisma
32. Your dreams and visions of our future
31. The face I know you're my soul mate.
30. How you can always read my mind
29. Your 'wise' eyes
28. You're a risk taker
27.How you've shown me what real love is
26. The sweet poems you write for me
25. Your snuggles
24. The way you kiss me with such passion
23. All the adventures we share
22. Your weirdness
21. Your voice
20. Your strong arms
19. Your electronic and tech savvy
18. Your acceptance of my girl. She thinks the world of you.
17. Your knowledge of all things
16. Your singing voice
15. Your confidence
14. Your honesty with everyone around you.
13. How you help me make decisions, and come to me in return
12. All the things we share in common
11. that you're not afraid to be real in front of me
10. You['re an amazingparent. Best Dad any girlies could as for (right up there with my own!!)
9. Your gentleness
8. Your mellow attitude
7. How you rub my head at night until i (or you!) fall asleep
6. Your yummy cooking
5. You inspireme to be a better person
4. How you make me coffee every morning
3. Your sense of humour
2. Your artistic and creative nature
1. Your kindness

Perfection

Yikes...it's been far too long.
I'm so grateful for perfect days.  Waking up beside the love of my life, eggs benedict, good coffee, company, silly halloween movies in bed all day, kids, alfredo spinach salad,pumpkin pie lattes, Beetlejuice, art, and a restful sleep.
Sigh....and a  big smile!!

Happy Thanksgiving

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has." - Epictetus

"Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road." -John Henry Jowett

“For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night,For health and food, for love and friends,For everything Thy goodness sends.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.” -G.B. Stern

"Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic"

- John Henry Jowett

"If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily." - Gerald Good

"Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life." -Christiane Northrup

“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” -Margaret Cousins

"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation."

-Brian Tracy

“To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.” -Albert Schweitzer

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - John F. Kennedy

"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." - G.K. Chesterton

"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul." - Henry Ward Beecher

Cookies and Kleenex

I am grateful that I have someone by my side, whom let's me cry and vent and makes me feel better. Who has turtle cookies at the ready. Who is there to watch scary movies with my daughter when I'm too chicken, to. Who pets my hair until I fall asleep.

xoxo
Sara

Sweet Dreams are Made of these....

I don't even know how to say how truly AWESOME the weekend was. Friday night the teenager actually came and hung out with us all night. It was so great!! She rarely spends much time with us as we are so lame (her words...not mine!), but she stayed chatting it up for a few hrs! Baby steps!
Saturday, my Love made me the most delicious omelette EVER! I am not going to live off these omelettes alone. And will be completely satisfied to do so.
We gymed it up, then my girlfriend whom I haven't gotten to see much came for a good visit.
Ahhh..
Then came Sunday...which couldn't have been more perfect. Like seriously....
I am grateful for the q-t with my peeps! Countdown to the weekend (a 3 day weekend!!) begins again....



xoxo
Sara

Gettin' My Swell On

I love the feeling after the gym. The exhausted, 'I worked hard and am proud' feeling.

 But that's not how it started. 

I DID NOT want to go. Not at all. I wanted to curl up in front of my television set and eat bad things. I wanted to have a bad day pity party. But....I forged ahead and went anyway. And am so glad I did. I ran my frustrations into the cross trainer. I worked my anger out on the machine. When I started to slow down, I thought of everything I was upset and worried about, and used it to fuel my workout. And afterwards, I felt lighter. And stronger.