Weekends

So what I am eversograteful for today is weekends! I didnt struggle to feel grateful & positive this weekend....funny how that works...I got to be the driver for Jason & our friends Cindy & Dennis & friends while they rode their bikes to Mesquite...Cindy wanted that trip for her birthday celebration : ) I was not in shape to ride it, but Jas had a good ride.  Then we went on a mountain bike ride on Sunday & our poor friend Kara crashed & broke her shoulder...she has to have surgery tomorrow : (  It was a great ride up to that & as selfish as it is I'm eversograteful it wasnt me or Jas...sometimes being a chicken pays off.  I'm also grateful for my job where I feel like I make a difference in the lives of youth, hard as it is at times, I know at the end of the day we help keep young people & their parents thrive despite some incredible struggles!

I love to Ride My Bicycle

I love riding my bike & sometimes it is hard, yet still I love it.  Life is like that, hard at times and yet ya still gotta love it! Today I'm grateful that Jas was willing to take the dogs for their morning walk so I didn't have to get up at 5:30....& I'm grateful to live in a beautiful place where we can enjoy the outdoors almost everyday of the year & I'm grateful for my cute little yellow convertible that is fun to drive, quick & gets good gas mileage!

gratitude needed

I think we all know in this enlightened age of 24/7 Oprah on OWN that gratitude is a good idea...however we also know that 6 servings of fruits & veggies is a good idea & so simple...yet so HARD to practice consistently!  So right now I am just eversograteful for my Jas, and our home- cluttered & dog fur coated as it is- (see how quick I am to forget to be positive?)...I'm grateful for my nook hd+ that has allowed me to blog again, though I don't have a clue how to do pics from here (see how complaining & negativity is invading my gratitude-man I've got some work to do).  I'm eversograteful for my fabulous orange bling purse & bright yellow convertible, that make me smile every time I look at them & every time someone makes a comment....l'm eversograteful for my mom who took me to Shrek the musical at the Smith Center & for my mom & friends Kim & Cindy who supported my bowling team & everyone else who helped our Southern Utah Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl For Kids Sake event exceed our goal this year! I'm eversograteful for my health & ability to jog my dogs everyday. Eversograteful for our ever increasing # of neices & nephews who we adore! Eversograteful for lifelong friends who we love & who love us back! & on & on & on....

Time Flies!

I can't believe  its been over 2 years since I posted! Alot has changed, and a lot is the same....the biggest change is probably Hercules...he passed away (i don't like that term, it just doesn't flow right but neither does "he went to doggie heaven", so if you have a better way to say he died let me know) on March 22, 2012. It was one of the most painful and yet beautiful experiences of my life. I'll write the story some other day. Thank goodness we adopted Maisy on 10/31/11 so we already had another dog, or I'd probably have never gotten another.  So Maisy is a 3ish year old Akitadoodle and the biggest goofball ever. There are numerous blogposts to be shared about her and wait till you see her!  She is certainly her mother's dog...bushy, curly hair & Jas swears she has a lisp! I adore her & amazingly I can pet her & not get hives!  Now we have also added Wallaby to the menagerie.  We adopted him the week before Christmas 2012. He was about a year old then & he is a Pittbull EnglishBulldog mix...talk about bully breed! He is also a goofball & there will be many a post about him too.  So today's theme is I AM EVERSOGRATEFUL FOR WOMAN'S BEST FRIENDS--DOGS!