Happy Birthday, Dan!

 Happy Birthday, Dan! I love you to the moon and back. I hope your day is as awesome as can be!

#ThisIs46

#Hercules

#ManCrewHouse

It's the Little Things: Day 272

I want to focus on the good things this year.

All the things people get right.

All the times that everything works out just perfectly after we assumed disaster had already struck.

All the times that the right word was spoken at the right moment.

So, let's celebrate those little moments together, shall we?

•  A day spent almost completely at home. As often as we strive for them, in this busy busy busy culture, an at-home day is a gift. DT is still really embracing the idea of Sabbath, even though to him it just means a day at home to do whatever he wants. ;)
• Dan was helping Roger, Teresa, and Karen move into their new home, so it was just DT and I most of the day. I'm glad he's willing to help friends and family with whatever he can. The tv was on, but quiet, and DT took breaks often to help me with things or head out into the sunshine for a bit. I even snuck in listening to a CD or two while DT was otherwise occupied.
• I chatted on the phone with my mom for over an hour about her recent trip to Ohio, life around here, and just stuff. I miss her. I'm grateful for technology that helps the miles between us seem shorter.
• I accomplished several small projects that had been lingering on my to do list all week, like getting out the Autumn decorations and putting away the Summer ones, catching up on ALL of the dishes, 'helping' DT get his room cleaner and giving the rats a bath, folding some laundry, adding several books and a few items of clothing to the donation box, cleaning the bathroom and scrubbing the counters. Little things, but as a whole, made the house feel ready for Autumn and clean.
• When Dan came home from helping them move, he painted my nails so I would sit still next to him while he watched a movie. Oh my goodness, I love this man. He just wants me to sit by him. (Hello, quality time love language)
• I helped Ricky draft an email to fire his current lawyer, which was the only reason I left the house. I spent an hour at The Hooligan House eating pizza, laughing over the guys' love language quiz results, drafting the email, and generally enjoying myself quite a bit. I got to hug Carolina and Judah, have a chat with Johnny, and listen to Alex put everyone in their place a time or two. Good stuff. 
• When I returned home, Dan and I watched a few episodes of This Is Us, season 2. Netflix DVD service is awesome. It really IS the Little Things.

See how easy it is to come up with things once you start looking around?
What's on YOUR little things list?

#100HappyDays 2018: Day 95

#100HappyDays: Day 95
A beautiful breakfast out on the patio of The Shed with Hercules to celebrate our anniversary.
Followed by grocery shopping because we know how to party like it’s Saturday. 😉
#100DaysOfSummer
#HappyAnniversary
#TeamMeYeR
#100HappyDays2018

#100HappyDays2018: Day 94

#100HappyDays: Day 94
This guy. He makes me happy.
#100DaysOfSummer
#22Years
#TeamMeYeR
#HappyAnniversary
#100HappyDays2018

It's the Little Things: Day 147

 

I want to focus on the good things this year.

All the things people get right.

All the times that everything works out just perfectly after we assumed disaster had already struck.

All the times that the right word was spoken at the right moment.

So, let's celebrate those little moments together, shall we?

• It's a lovely hour and a half long chat with your bestie after she calls to announce that she's just dropped her daughter off at my house. The last one we lived in while we were in IL. #ItsASmallWorldAfterAll
• It's using and enjoying Wal-Mart's free grocery shopping app so I don't have to wander through the grocery store on a holiday weekend. Plus, it helps me avoid impulse buys...or snacks to keep my shopping 'helpers' happy. 
• It's having friends and family to celebrate with for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday. That's not a little thing, but something to appreciate for sure.
• It's getting a new bookshelf at the LFAL office so we can bring in more books to add to our lending library. 
• It's having an overdue convo with Dan after a compelling sermon by Pastor Dennis in regards to our marriage and how we can improve it. Good stuff.
• It's having another stellar week of community group. I'm loving our study by Rick Warren- '40 Days of Love', a study based on a book called "The Relationship Principles of Jesus" and also the topic of our current sermon series. 
• It's getting a phone call announcing big news from my daughter-in-love. No, they are not pregnant, but it's still big exciting news that will be made public in the near future. Sometimes, secrets are fun.
• It's keeping the counters clean and dishes done this whole week again. 
• It's another fun, late Game Night. Adam learned how to play 7 Wonders, we all laughed ourselves silly over Bananagrams and Farkle, and then once everyone else was gone, Dan, myself, Pat and Nathan played Golf until like 3:30 in the morning. Eek! 
• It's a friend that wants to you come play paper with her and when you are too busy, she brings it to you at a more convenient time. 
• It's being invited to Little Miss's birthday party. DT and I had just been talking about her this week.
• It's a friend that wants to set up a toe-nail painting party and checks with you three times to make sure the time is good for you so you can attend. 
• It's a working lunch on a Saturday with your sister and nephews while admiring your new bookshelf, filled to the brim with books.  
• It's a nephew that comes early to Game Night to share dinner, help set up and to squeeze in some extra visiting time because he's moving away soon and won't be able to attend anymore. 
• It's your sons knowing that they can bring home friends without first asking for 'permission' and that their friend will be welcomed without question or reprimand. It's satisfying to know that our children know our home is a safe place for not only them, but for their friends that are struggling at home. 
• It's a friend that you can truly talk to about your life. Not the perfect soundbite options you post for FB fodder, but the gut-wrenching, brutally beautiful, bittersweet, take-your-breath-away moments. Everyone should have a bestie like my Lizzie. 
• It's the truly simple things, like cutting my own boys' hair. It's a happy little time every few weeks when we get to chat, just us. Or when I pop my head in their room just to say hi and end up chatting for 30 minutes. It's when they wander into the kitchen and start helping make a meal while we are laughing together. 
• It's paying off your ridiculously high library fines so you can start checking out books again. (Some day, there will be a plaque in my honor for all the fines I've paid. I just know there will. LOL) 
• It's a high capacity washer so that even know I've only done one load of laundry this week, it will only take me 2 more to get caught back up. Phew! 

Life is so full of little blessings, happy moments, and beauty. If we only take the time to look at it, we will realize how rich, and how deep and how sweet our lives are. Take a minute to look around. 

What's on YOUR little things list today?

No Pants April: Day 29

 

No Pants April Day 29:
It was a 2 outfit kind of day, with a very simple but dressy black dress for church covered by my R2R tee, and a more relaxed dress for an afternoon of seeing Avengers: Infinity War with Dan, followed by pizza and movies with the Man Crew.
We're nearly done, friends. No Pants April ROCKS!

It's the Little Things: Day 33

  I want to focus on the good things this year.
All the things people get right.
All the times that everything works out just perfectly after we assumed disaster had already struck.
All the times that the right word was spoken at the right moment.
So, let's celebrate those little moments together, shall we?

• It's Craft Day at work, and helping little hands make something fun and beautiful
• It's FRIDAY, and knowing the weekend starts now.
• It's knowing the house is already prepared for Game Night so there will be no mad rush to get ready on time. 
• It's watching your grandson open his gifts from you since his birthday was yesterday, and his parents are kind enough to wait for us to be able to Skype to see him enjoy it. (It makes not being there a little easier)
• It's Game Night, full of friends, laughter and healthy competition.
• It's a late bedtime because Dan wanted to keep playing games, even after everyone else cleared out. Hooray for knowing I can sleep in tomorrow! ;)

What's on YOUR little things list today?

It's the Little Things: Day 32

  I want to focus on the good things this year.
All the things people get right.
All the times that everything works out just perfectly after we assumed disaster had already struck.
All the times that the right word was spoken at the right moment.
So, let's celebrate those little moments together, shall we?

• It's celebrating (long distance) with your grandson who is turning 1 today. Where DOES the time go? 
• It's LEGO Club at work today having the biggest crowd we've ever had, and all the kiddos playing so nicely together, while us mamas talked shop. 
• It's the start/new beginning of "Thursday Night Games" at our house, since they needed a place to play games once it's become cold and dark early in the evening these past few months. (during the warm months, they enjoy their games outside) 
• It's coming home after everyone has left TNG (see above) and finding that the teenagers and young adults have left your home neat and tidy. Hallelujah!
• It's attending the late showing of a movie at someone else's expense... Someone who didn't want his parents attending TNG. LOL! 
• It's seeing a movie that you didn't have high hopes of enjoying, only to discover it was hilarious and so very enjoyable. (Jumanji)
• It's having a grown son tell you that you can leave the youngest at home during TNG and he will watch him. "And by watching him, I mean sending him to his room and letting him play on his tablet all evening." Ha ha haaaaaaaa, at least he's honest, right?!
  
  Oh goodness, I am enjoying this post style so very much! It's taking the focus off of the struggles, the heartache and the frustrations that are part of this life we live, and putting it on the good, the humorous, the blessing, and the dare-I-say-it miraculous. I'm reminded of this verse found in Philippians 4:8, "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things."
  
  

What's on YOUR little things list today?

#100HappyDays: Day 94

 

Day 94 of #100HappyDays
21 years of marriage to this amazing man.

#100DaysOfSummer
#TeamMeYeR
#StillTheOne — feeling happy with Daniel Meyer in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

#100HappyDays: Day 84

 

Day 84 of #100HappyDays
Doing nothing all evening except relax, hang out with DT and chat with my Sister-Girl, leaving me plenty of time to take SnapChat photos of myself.

#100DaysOfSummer
#SnapChat

Daniel Meyer, some-bunny loves you. 💋 — feeling happy at The Man Crew House.