Thankful Thursday

Happy Things, Today:

• gorgeous red trees in my neighborhood. Good work, God.
• silent, pristine morning walks with my doggy, the thinking time it affords me and the (relative) calm it gives him
• all green lights on the way to an appointment I may have been running a tad late for
• photography class
• that my hubby loves his job
• driving home phone calls to my momma
• 2 books I’ve been wanting to read are on CD at the library. double WIN: audiobooks make commuting on 52 more tolerable and library means FREE. Incredible.
• my Aunt Jennifer
• amazing coaching session today
• my marriage
• the way Buddy curls up in his bed with his face all smashed into the side of it
• feeling brave enough to drink half a caramel macchiato today; not getting sick
• my delightful, hard-working intern
• a comfortable, loungey night with girlfriends last night
• Of June, the new Owl City album. All happy listens, but start with Hello Seattle.
• Hulu… since SOMEONE let Nitro Circus and American Choppers bump The Office from DVR
• getting to see my baby sis in 2 weeks
• Heather emails/texts
• my clients
• the most perfect fall weather air this afternoon
• having a great relationship with my in-laws
• the slideshow my photog instructor put together of my classmates’ Dixie Classic Fair photos. So much talent.
• Katie & Levi’s news that they are having a little girl
• the always friendly baristas at Starbucks Robinhood Rd
• Swaptree. This week I traded Beer Can Chicken (don’t ask) and Rachael Ray Express Lane Meals for a John Ortberg book and Eckhart Tolle’s Power of Now. I heart swapping.
• the yummiest shrimp I’ve had in a long time, cooked by MY hubby for dinner
• Winos
• How supportive my friends & family are of my business.
• My sweet little house. I love every corner of it – even the corners with Buddy fur.
• But I especially my bed. Where I shall retire now.
• And then it will be Friday. Which I am also thankful for.

I am thankful that having a dog with separation anxiety means I never have to do anything alone anymore. ANYTHING.

Swapping. I am thankful for books, esp free ones.

Red trees.

Thankful Thursday

Happy Things, Today.
- Understanding, wonderful, loving hubby. (I love being married to you.)
- Campfire smell on my clothes, in my hair, embers fading out on the back porch
- Making the best ever twice-baked potatoes
- Good health insurance
- 10 minute naps
- 3 days in a row with coaching clients who had “a-ha” moments. I loves mah job.
- I ate yogurt. I didn’t get sick. List-worthy.
- My sweet, kind friends Jamie & Donna dropping off a basket full of colitis-worthy goodies (I’m plowing through the Gatorades, girls) and fall decor – pumpkins, gourds and mums. <3.
– Feeling just stupid enough at my camera to want to keep trying to figure it out – Hopes that someday I may be able to take pictures that scratch the surface of this talent, and in the meantime, keeping this website bookmarked for insta-happy.
- Dr. B. He returns phone calls in less than 24 hrs. My doctor? Is awesome.

- That my intern emails me at 4 in the morning. Oh to be 20 again…

Mums!

Thankful Thursday

Good Things, Today… and This Week:

• Health insurance (more so than ever before.)
• A responsive doctor
• An understanding and incredibly helpful hubby
• A flexible work schedule/environment
• Gatorade
• Making it all the way through Pam’s wedding ceremony w/o getting sick
• Fall weather
• The frisky doggy trot that accompanies fall weather walks
• Relentlessly empathetic friends and family members
• WFU beating NCSU
• Pumpkins outside Fresh Market
• My fabulous new intern and new found love of delegating
• Spending last weekend in a gorgeous part of the country with my six best friends
• That my mom always answers her phone when I need to talk
• Prednisone
• My drive home. It is very green and this makes me happy.
• Other people’s blogs. I like your stories and life perspectives.
• Possibly having gotten through to a very, very stubborn participant. I think I saw a light bulb go off and he asked me for the audio of my class.
• My daddy’s impending NC visit
• Matt being half-way through Gen Med, and having this Sat off
• Heath’s Oct 1 phone call & forcing me to be accountable to goals
• LOLCats. Inexplicable happiness emailed to me daily.
• My sister-in-law’s new job!!
• Photography class.
• Going to the fair (a place I hate) and finding myself perfectly happy to walk around for 2 hours solo snapping pics. Completely avoiding the fried butter.
• Noodle dog curled up at my feet.
• That tomorrow is Friday and right now it is bed time.

Thankful Thursday (and a little extra)

Last week I was really not feeling the thankful list, after having an out of the blue headache for 2 straight days and a mess of other trivial things that were all up under my skin. I felt immediately better after I did my list, and woke up on Friday feeling rejuvenated, peaceful and content again. And headache-free. In light of all that insta-happy, I’ve had kept on-going Thankful Thursday list all week. So bear with me, it’s a bit long. Beats a long to do list, though.

- Our house. I love our every room in our sweet, sweet little house.
- My sister, who is visiting me Saturday.
- last minute wins on the football field by WFU
- Photography class. my head is spinning with new ideas after 2 hours of f-stop and shutter speeds. watch out, those on the other side of my lens.
- Brett Harris‘ music. Having it on in the background while I work is just insta-happy.
- My hubby, for all sorts of reasons, but what’s standing out now is yesterday when he came home from work early on Wednesday and instead of going to bed, offered to walk Buds so I could go in to work earlier. However, letting himself get tasered at work? Kind of weird. I love him anyways.
- Cooking. I love creating food.
- A healthy family
- Steffie, who is always sending me emails about dogs and cats in GSO who need a home. She has the biggest heart in the world, and she sent me Buddy.
- Lots of happy coaching clients this week having big successes. Happy clients, Happy Megs.
- Fresh squeezed lemons into sparkly water
- Grace Little, entering the world this week. Congrats, TJ & Kelli.
- Picking out the teeniest little WFU dress for her. I don’t know what it is about tiny clothes, but I think it makes the serotonin levels of every 20 something woman go bonkers… if the staff in my office are any indication.
- My Aunt Barbara. Her birthday is on Sunday and I love her dearly.
- Heather, and a surprise early morning coffee date, and lots of overly excited talk about public health and research, and emails that make us both giddyhappy.
- Al Fresco Au Natural Chicken Sausage. So delicious.
- Trigger Point Massage. Hurts so good.
- Really fast staff meetings
- Homemade salad dressing
- Fiction books before bed
- 9.4 miles, yes we did.
- Post run soak with this stuff
- A husband who is happy and purposeful in his career
- New season of Biggest Loser
- Libraries
- Coworker bringing me back chai from India. Amazing how delicious the real thing is.
- Catching up with a happy Sarah K. I’m happy you’re happy, girl.
- Rain, rain, rain. And more rain.
- Good health insurance, and not having to use it very much.
- A wonderful doctor, and very boring appointments.
- Friendships that are so comfy, you just pick up the dish towel and start drying while the other one is washing
- Buddy’s baby steps to less anxiety. Lying down in crate? A big step.
- Date night
- Mastering the pumpkin spice latte at home
- A peaceful mind and a happy heart

This one? Always makes the happy list. Good boy.

Yo Starbucks, Imma let u finish, but this chai…

Thankful Thursday

Confession, yall. I almost skipped this tonight. I’m feeling really blah for no good reason, and was really much more inclined to make a list of all the things that are bugging me. Which is, of course, precisely the reason I need to make this list instead. Here we go. Dig deep.

Happy Things, Today:
- snuggly noodle dog curled up into a little ball on his bed, dreaming of pup-peronis no doubt
- a weekend trip home to see my wonderful in-laws, including mom&dad, sis and nanta&pa
- Matt having an entire FOUR days off. 96 hours with my hubs? Yesplease.
- weighing in the woman today who , after 28 weeks of nothing, finally lost 7 lbs. and she got below 200 for the first time in DECADES. yes, I cried. So did she. (can you believe she hadn’t quit? Amazing. I love my job.)
- working from home tomorrow. make up optional.
- my camera
- My mom. Isn’t it annoying when someone calls you when they’re in the car and they just talk for like 20 minutes straight all about themselves? I do this to my mom all the time, and for some reason, she keeps answering the phone when I call. Bless you, Mom. And thank you for always magically knowing when “I just don’t sound right.”
- spinach salads with goat cheese and almonds
- Massage for the Cure. Mine is booked and I can’t wait. All this running = return of the trigger points.
- WFU Football… chance to redeem themselves this weekend? Either way, there will be tailgating and that is good.
- naps
- wino list serve. daily emails from best friends? good.
- wikipedia
- Christmas shopping. I started today. And not for myself.
- this
- Alannah. Are you out there? I’m thinking of you today.
- walking barefoot across Poteat Field
- news that my grad school best bud is pregs with tweens!
- my sweet little cousin is just starting college and still, amazingly, thinks i’m smart enough to email for advice. I love her, and I’m so excited for her.
- that now that I’m done writing this, it’s bed time. (In my wonderful bed that my husband made. Definitely list-worthy.)

Thankful Thursday

Happy Things, Today:

- functioning alarm clock
- my 7:15 am class
- Pumpkin Spice Latte is BACK
- My husband
- health insurance
- Heather forcing me to write out my goals for this year. Even though they made me a little nauseous.
- Living in The Dash. I love my city.
- Jessie getting engaged this week & Pam getting married in a month.
- Emily P. It’s her birthday today. Words cannot describe how much I love this girl.
- Wives. Specifically, wives of other residents. Who else understands the joys of having a laundry basket of nothing but scrubs, of meal planning around unpredictable schedules, and the loveliness of a no-make-up wearing, Steel Magnolias watching, tortilla chips for dinner kind of night when your hubby’s on call?
- Zac Brown Band. Seriously, how do all your songs make me happy?
- Coming home to a non-barking Buddy today
- our house, our neighborhood, and the back country roads to get there
- my sister being employed
- my aunt’s blog about my 3 yo cousin. Just seeing that blondey’s face every day in pics makes my heart hurt with love.
- 3 day weekend approaching
- Oikos yogurt with honey. Heaven.
- having a chance to spend last weekend in MB with Kim (and Peduncle)
- health. 3 yrs, 6 mo and counting.
- running. sort of.
- running partners. definitely.
- mom & dad
- new client tomorrow
- how good a 10 minute nap in the car mid-day can feel
- post-rain pretty sky
- fall weather, perfect for running and knee high boots
- a peaceful mind and a happy heart

Thankful Thursday

Happy Things, Today:

- having Matt home for dinner all week
- the person who left their Sbux treat receipt on the couch I usually sit on… $2 drink for me!
- Buddy after a bath
- fried goat cheese salad
- chatting with my momma
- health insurance
- Kona coffee
- mid-day cat naps
- libraries
- my camera
- Buddy barking a little bit less
- plums
- faith
- Grandma S. I miss her.
- a happy marriage
- clean sheets
- Lauren, my coworker
- my parents health
- air conditioning
- wanting to hear a song and it just so happens to come on the radio
- winos
- health
- celebrating a 71 lb wt loss with someone today
- Dad’s advice
- ballet flats still being in style
- having a great relationship with my in-laws
- a peaceful mind
- booking a trip to Utah next Feb
- no matter what kind of a week it is, Friday always shows up just in time

Party Dog.

Thankful Thursday

Happy Things, Today.

- quiet sky on walks in the morning
- buddy’s happy dance when he sees the puparoni bag
- skinny jeans
- coaching session epiphanies
- laura beth (my most competent, amazing, works her butt off student)
- good health (3 yrs, 4 months)
- itunes genius
- sister getting a job
- polka dot riesling
- my hubby (esp after listening to a girlfriend lament a he’s-just-not-that-into-you rship… )
- fresh market
- my car
- not doing girl push ups anymore
- all august bills paid
- trader joe’s hummus
- getting a present in the mail from a friend who puked in my car – nice to have your hard work (cleaning up vomit at 2 am) recognized
- a new swaptree book is on its way to me
- reading HeatherD emails
- new PINK running shoes
- my camera
- Better than Ezra
- hot cocoa with homemade whip cream
- my parents
- running again
- that feeling of getting in bed and knowing you’re going to be asleep in a few seconds