thankful thursday

• cute kiddos who make me smile and laugh
• being graduated aka no finals stress
• seeing old loves
• late night adventures (makes me feel not old and stuffy)
• early morns (everything is so fresh and new)
• the smell of cold crisp winter air
• humidity (my lungs and skin crave moisture in the air)
• entire days of rest
• nick at finewine who knows me by face and always knows how to help
• textmessaging, genius genius idea whoever invented this
• antihistamines, to fix my faulty eustachian tube and prevent ear infections
• ibuprofen, acetaminophen, things that keep me alive
• honey, or else i wouldn’t eat
• a thousand layers of blankets, hats, socks to help sweat out fevers
• bests that absolutely brighten my day upon hearing from them.
• being able to enjoy being at home when i’m too sick to go out

thankful thursday

• drama + gingerbread houses
• surviving the 300 cupcakes craziness
• the kiddos being late so it didn’t matter that i was running late with cupcakes.
• successful LL christmas party with plenty of helpers
• two wins over the ravens this year
• successful LFCU christmas party
• being the highlight of the lfcu party
• langis being here a little while longer
• the people in our armed forces
• concerts
• funny awkwardness that makes for a good time
• steelers craziness with my fam
• getting to use my terrible towel 🙂
• my awesome smartphone + autorefresh from espn saved me
• awesome creative coworkers and their super creative gifts, ornaments, food
• not having kids
• plenty of events to go to

thankful thursday

• low-key, relaxing weekends
• living with FF last year, i’m super glad we became such great friends
• friends with sweet places of their own
• christopher for not giving me crap about skipping all my duties
• my fully-functional thumb!
• daylight, sunshine. the small things that cheer me up and make summer so lovely
• steelers beat the cowboys, one step closer to playoffs
• all the red cross people that made sure that i didn’t pass out while donating blood
• weighing enough and being healthy enough to donate blood
• soda, cold compresses, elevation. the things that kept me from getting sick
• flexible work schedules in that no one says anything about the hours i keep
• seeing my boys! cpk2north reunion. i love and missed them so much
• little breaks from work to do things like talk design or walk across campus
• wing nights, beer, microbrews
• foodie friends

thankful thursday

• beckypoop and her baptism
• winning turkey bowl
• not getting injured or overly exhausted at turkey bowl
• coaches that push us to play hard
• my TD, and the catches i made, and that really good block, and that foul i picked up; all things that helped reassure me come gameday
• all the ugly girls that helped me practice.
• lucky steelers wins over good teams like the pats
• matt cassell, versus tom brady
• my teammates who never fail to encourage me.
• long weekends
• finewine for always being absolutely awesome
• watching fball with my dad, waving my virtual terrible towel
• my new cell phone and phone plan with texting
• friends who calm me down when i’m at my worst.