Thankful Thursday- Perspective

I can hardly believe that today is Thursday. Is tomorrow really Friday? How is that possible? I love when weeks fly by like this one has. As I was on my run this morning I was refocusing on being thankful.When I began my run I saw the moon, which was beautiful because it was full. Then on the end of my run I saw the amazing sunrise. Ah, so much to be thankful for.

Today I am thankful for:

• Sunrises
• Sprinklers to run through 
• Family
• A job that is indoors and is air conditioned
• A job that I love
• A puppy that makes me laugh every day
• A husband that loves me and works hard to support our little family

So much of life is perspective. We get discontent when we are not grateful for where we are in life. I'm guilty of this so I am working on transitioning my mindset to being one that rejoices in the good and draws out the good things in life. I want to be light in the dark, I want to choose to always be thankful and not wish for things that I do not have. We live in a society where we are constantly wanting more and when we attain it, we just want more. It is a conscious choice to be thankful and I really want to be content even if it is 112 degrees outside and I long for fall. Even in those little things, I want to be content. I want to be thankful when I go on a morning run-instead of complaining about the temperature- be thankful that there are sprinklers that I get to run through. Oh and boy do I run through them. When I want to groan, I want to look for what positive things I can draw out. It is a choice.I want to make that choice and it all comes down to my perspective.

Tomorrow my in-laws are coming as my sister-in-law is moving in for college! We can hardly wait to have her in the same town as us. She better like hanging out with us because she has no option. We're thankful that she chose OSU even if we were not a part of that equation, we win because she is just that awesome. Stillwater=win. Osses=win.

To being thankful for today,
Tera

Let's Rewind

This week was full of a lot of emotions. The week started out with a bang with opening my own etsy shop. I'm still finishing up my first batch of orders and trying to figure out how to do this whole business thing.

Then by the end of the day I had to bring Kai to the vet:

He gets tired of waiting for the vet staff that he usually falls asleep. He loves to go to the vet though. He sniffs around, and loves the attention from the vet students and veterinarians. Turns out he had conjunctivitis in his eye, which is basically just some infection caused by either debris or allergy to something in the air. He woke up Sunday morning with a bloodshot eye and gunk all in it. I was obviously paranoid and thought he was going blind so I took him right in the vet as soon as I could. Turns out it's not that big of a deal, phew! He's actually not dying.

Then I got this lovely in the mail:

Okay, go ahead and call me a crazy dog-lover, because this post does nothing but convince you of that. The book is a cute story about a family through the lens of a witty dog. There's so much love, hope and beauty in it and I've enjoyed the pleasure-reading that it is.

Tuesday night we had sushi with two lovely couples and had a wonderful dessert of baked peaches with brown sugar and cinnamon. I'm craving it just thinking about it. Mm. Love those friends and thankful to walk alongside other couples in the same stage of life that we are in.

Today I went and got one of these:

Starbucks was giving away free 12 oz Refreshers from 12-3 today. I just love free things! I chose lime and it was great! It was a great break during a slow Friday.

This week I am thankful for:

• having a job that I love
• new friendships
• snow cones
• creativity
• animals
• the ability to exercise
• my sewing machine (thank you Kathy!)
• air conditioner
• today being Friday

My heart is full. I have so much to be thankful for and I sometimes wonder how I got here in life. Amazing supportive husband, cutest dog ever, job that I love, most supportive family, and friends that I have prayed for for years. God is good!

To full hearts,
Tera

Snow Cones, Fireworks, and Thankfulness

It was so fun to have a day off of work in the middle of the week. I had to keep reminding myself that it was Wednesday not Saturday like it felt. Ryan and I fully embraced the idea of a holiday. Our day consisted of sleeping in past 7am (hallelujah), swimming, going to see the new Spiderman movie (still trying to understand why there's a new one), snow cones, and then cookout and fireworks with friends.It really was the perfect 'Merica day if I do say so myself.

How I snow cone.

How Ryan snow cones.

4th of July party at the Reeves

Love his face. So serious.

We made friends with the neighbor coon.

We saw a bunch of these

It's difficult to get back in the swing of things now that it is only Thursday. The good news is the weekend is tomorrow. The bad news is today feels like a Monday.

Yesterday made me thankful for a good home church, sweet friends, and a husband who spoils me with letting me get snow cones way too often. I'm also very thankful to live in a country where we are free!

Thankful for today even if it is only Thursday,
Tera