it's the teeny tiny things that count...

even when things suck,
there are always good things...
you just might have to
look a little bit harder for them...
but they are there.

TODAY
♥ all that was wrong with the car was a fuse...and it was fixed right in my driveway
♥ a beautiful mild night after the last couple of days of frigid cold
♥ counting the stars while taking the dog out
♥ hitting 20.00 right on the mark at the gas pump...i love when that happens
♥ sweating out my stress and frustrations on the treadmill to REALLY loud music
♥ jet stream so strong in the hot tub that i literally can't stand up against it...it pushes me across the hot tub but it feels awesome on my neck & shoulders!
♥ lunch with a best friend


♥ lemon lemon 7 up...it's very very lemony
♥ new moisturizer that makes my skin feel awesome
♥ texts from a best friend
♥ the sauna all to myself
♥ an interview for something interesting for my boy...fingers crossed...but thankful either way for the thoughtful teacher that went out of his way to recommend him for this.
♥ the sunset that i could see from the treadmill...it literally seemed to last forever...or...an hour anyway
♥ studded tires
♥ being tagged in silly things by my girl...which is kind of our way of saying i miss you...

and really....what more needs to be said. 
plus....LOOK HOW CUTE THEY ARE....oh my heart.

the days are long...

but the years are short.
(gretchen rubin)

tonight our boy graduated
from high school.

it feels like the end of an era.

we have no kids in school.

sure, we have one in school away
and the 2nd one will be going back
next year but that's different.

that's on them now.

no more lunches,
no more phone calls from gym teachers
complaining about forgotten gym clothes
and lack of interest in gym
(um...they are MY kids...if you know me at all,
you will know i did EVERYTHING i could to
get out of gym)
(and for the record, not one of my gym teachers
ever phoned home because of it),
no more lost sneakers,
missing pens, late homework assignments...
no more googling math problems
to try to figure out what the hell
the "new" math is this year.

no more permission slips
or chaperoning field trips...
no band committee meetings, no fundraising
no more christmas concerts
and face painting day...

it's bittersweet.

i think about that little boy
that i brought to the shiny, happy grade one class...
the boy with the big eyes and
the crazy thick black hair...

and then i think about the 6+ foot tall
young man that i watched
walk across that stage tonight...
all confidence and easy going,
a big laugh and an even bigger heart

and i can't help but think
for all the years that i was so scared
of all the things
we might doing wrong,
as i watched him watch across that stage tonight
i couldn't help think
we must have done some things right.

congratulations bighead...
you did it!
and we are unbelievably proud of you.
♥ ♥ ♥