random gratefulness...

thanksgiving is over...
but in the spirit of thanksgiving,
here is a very random list of things
that i have recently been
thankful for...

  • my family and friends
  • a warm cozy orange house
  • fall leaves
  • dirt roads
  • marshmellow bananas
  • 3 day old chicken fricot
  • tylenol
  • youtube yoga videos (especially those specific to calming raging headaches)
  • hot apple cider
  • pjs with feet
  • maple french toast bagels
  • trips to moncton to see my girl
  • jasmine thomspon
  • hazelnut cream candles
  • secret weddings
  • tragically hip
  • a huge flock of geese that flew right towards my window at work
  • pigs
  • judge judy
  • tomato soup with basil
  • getting lost on dirt roads and finding my way out of trails in the woods
  • sugar doughnuts
  • forehead kisses
  • the song emma wrote
  • polka dot rain boots
  • people so sweet and supportive at the bullet journal session i did
  • watching almost famous again
  • that campbell knows all the words to tiny dancer
  • talking to my mom on the phone
  • bonecrushing hugs
  • early morning mist in the fields

grateful...

it's thanksgiving weekend here
and i feel that i have plenty to feel grateful for:

  • an amazing little family that gets along and laughs...a lot... :)
  • a fantastic extended family...parents, sibling, in-laws, nieces & nephews
  • a job that i go to five days a week that i love...and great people to work with!
  • a second job that feeds my creative side...maybe a little too well sometimes but it's all good!
  • my beautiful little island in the fall {and every other season really...i love them all..even the dreaded winter}
  • the pug...(and the fact that the pug is about to have new semi siblings...KITTENS!!) (more about them later!)
  • old friends that have know me forever and still love me...and new friends in the making...
  • my fantastic clients and photography friends and supporters...this wouldn't be NEARLY as much fun without any of you!!!
  • the ability and opportunity and freedom to vote, to maybe help make a difference
  • the first season of Roseanne is on Netflix
  • new presets (thank you Pretty Presets!)
  • cold diet coke in a can (cause sometimes...its just the little things)

there is much more more that i could say i'm grateful for
but right now, my eyelids are drooping from turkey overload...
and my bed is calling me with it's siren song of a warm duvet
and maybe a heating pad...(more things that i'm grateful for).

happy thanksgiving...

grateful.

my husband and kids...happy healthy funny strong smart sweet one of a kind...
my job
my house, even in it's state of constant renovation and overgrown lawn
my camera...even though when i get to a wedding, i'm almost a little embarrassed to see
that so many people have the same camera {or a much more expensive one} and i have to
take a breath and remember why i'm there...
my little hyundai accent...good on gas and easy to park
internet connections {both literally and also the connections it allows me to make...}
my health
family that i love
a great place to live...nature is only a step away in any direction
the support that my little photography business has seen over the past couple of years

i know there is so much more
but i just wanted to jump on here for a moment
and make a quick list
before i head to the couch with a movie
in my hand and a cold glass of diet coke in the other
to spend the evening with my husband and kids
after an afternoon of turkey and pie
and lot of laughing with the rest of the family.

happy thanksgiving!!
:O)

sunday night giving thanks...


Happy Thanksgiving {if it is Thanksgiving
in your neck of the woods
like it is here...}

I have spent this weekend trying to get caught up
on editing photos from this summer's weddings...
I feel like I did get a lot accomplished
but still have a long ways to go before I hit the end...
and the funny thing is
I just keep picking up more sessions as the days go on
even though I thought I would be done by now...

I feel I have much to be thankful for and since I have been planning
on starting a weekly "list of 40"
I think I will start with 40 things I am thankful for:

1. my husband {who is sweet and funny and supportive}
2. my kids {who I adore...they make me laugh and make me proud}
3. my health
4. the health of my family, both immediate and extended
5. old friends that I have had since elementary school
6. new friends made
7. my job...my full time every day of the week job...which I love
8. my second job...the photography business...which i also love
9. knowing that I live in freedom and safety and knowing that is not something
that I should take for granted, knowing that there are many who don't have that...
10. my camera, which has opened up a whole new world for me
11. this blog, which actually cracked open that whole new world even before the camera
12. cold diet coke in a can
13. my kia sportage which has worked well for me for a good price
14. internet connection
15. good food
16. security
17. a good sense of humor
18. the way my husband can always talk me off the ledge
19. positive feedback from friends and strangers on my photos
20. mike and ikes
21. caramel apples
22. damien rice (especially the song delicate)
23. that 15's panic attacks seem to be subsiding a little
24. that 15 spent the night at a friends' house last night...the first time in about 3 years...
25. brie cheese melted in a grilled cheese sandwich with ham
26. weekly phone calls with my mom
27. greys anatomy
28. my ipad
29. 10's excitement about his upcoming birthday
30. 10's sweetness when playing with the kids next door...he is so good with the younger kids
31. my external hard drive
32. presets
33. how today 10 suggested that I "relax for a bit from pictures and watch the Roadrunner with him" and how when I did he snuggled in beside me on the couch, his head on my shoulder...
34. crunchy fall leaves
35. the smell of woodsmoke
36. the sunrises i have been able to see lately when i leave for work
37. clarity
38. my relationship with my husband and kids...open, honest, respectful
39. lightroom
40. blog friends that feel like old friends to me now, after 5 years of following their lives and dreams and hopes and trials and successes...

and now...I am off to bed...tomorrow brings turkey and family and mayhem and giggles...
and I can't wait...
:O)