week 14 & week 1(five)

thursday: 2.3 miles and feeling OK

friday: blue and gold scouts banquet

saturday: (five)am departure south and a road trip

sunday: i ran a marathon and smiled all 26.2 miles

monday: traveling mercies

tuesday: my road bike

wednesday: last day of my boys basketball practice

thursday: an evening at home

friday: headlights in the driveway

saturday: attending an sustainable food seminar, after a basketball game and still muddy from an early morning trail run

sunday: watching my boys create with hammers, nails & scrap wood

monday: flowers blooming in my yard

tuesday: international women's day 100th year celebration and the women in my life

wednesday: being back on my mat

week 13

thursday: somethings will always be the same and counting on those things gives me a heart of gratefulness

friday: being a substitute teacher in c's classroom for two days this week

saturday: crowded booths

sunday: {1} randomly running into friends of J's and the way out boys invited them to dinner. looking at J i said, "why not?" they accepted and a meal, conversation and prayer was shared.

{2} tomorrow

monday: firsts

tuesday: passing along this information to a travel agent -- dates, numbers and my full name as it appears on my passport

wednesday: a 4:03 am ring on my phone and the conversation which followed

week 12

thursday: ymca

friday: vagina monologues and v-day to end violence against women

saturday: sweet e in the morning and a date with c in the afternoon ~ beauty and the beast off broadway and burgers at an old favorite of mine

sunday: the image of God being a white board thinker and caves

monday: white tulips, extra dark chocolate, a hand made card (...and...)

tuesday: sunny, sunny, sunny hilly miles, five of them with a sub 8 average

wednesday: laughing with my boys on the way to school because we were driving through the clouds

extra thankful this valentine's day eve...

...for friends.
...real friends.
...sister friends.
...dinners made and dinners shared.
here's to not making war, but nurturing loving.
I love you, each.

week 11

thursday: extra boys in my home

friday: salmon and cutting board being part of a night of communion

saturday: breakfast for dinner parties

sunday: crazy messy delicious wings

monday: bumping into people i have not seen in months and learning of the days we have missed inbetween visits

tuesday: snow. yes, i think i'm grateful for snow. ok, mostly i'm grateful for snow or at least have an open heart towards snow. that's it, an open heart towards snow.

wednesday: poppy seeds

week 10

thursday: remembering my dreams and the smiles of the boys that were in them; there were three.

friday: wind blown hair at the end of january, because my windows were down and sunroof was open and the temperature was in the mid 60's.

saturday: wooden race cars and boys who race them.

sunday: three and a half hours of church around my table.

monday: the moment the school day ended.

tuesday: the sound of ice falling from the sky -- kerplunking through the trees to the ground and my construction abilities with sheets, blankets, chairs, couches, pillows and a mattress. (I make a killer blanket fort.)

wednesday: "taking a chance on you" and naming today a holiday on my personal calendar. happy micah 6:8 day!

week 9

thursday: teaching and making baguettes & baking cookies with my boys

friday: receiving a compliment on my running and accepting it. along with that noticing that my early & freezing morning runs are paying off.

saturday: cooking classes and cupcake wars

sunday: nfl playoff games

monday: seeing 11 bluebirds on my run and making the best batch of granola to date

tuesday: patty

wednesday: letters written on the back of recipes, dessert recipes

grateful for....open hearts!

So this is me, admitting to an absence from this blog... trying hard not to feel a kind of embarrassment about how excited I was to report about a grateful thing per day... OK Anna, it's been days and days and days.... : ) Days into weeks into a month! (blush)

I am grateful for so much, truly. I am grateful for friendships, and the way I can share what I am grateful for, simply by LIVING it.

Because- dear friends, right now I am grateful for my LIFE. I am grateful for the way that I can desire communal living, and friendship that flows through my home... and then it unfolds.... it happens!

I am grateful for a home filled with aliveness, with life, love, open hearts and a place for hard topics and weighty matters to be discussed. And for these hard topics to be met with loving kindness and tea and coffee.

It is my sincere desire to continue the flow of this life in my home on into my new home. It brings me alive, and I can't wait to see what all comes of it! 

week 8

thursday: direction east and clean teeth
friday: being told the choice is mine and picking mediterranean
saturday: much...breakfast & coffee with many, snowy walks, new homes, coffee, greek lunch, thrift stores, fires, thai dinner, trader joe's, late nights, home
sunday: being picked up 13 and a half miles from where i began
monday: knowing that i accepted well, what was given well
tuesday: long distance coffee and granola

week 7

thursday: a day off and a little extra sleep

friday: "hug or high 5" option at the end of the day, when i send kids home after having been a substitute in their class.

saturday: watching my nonexistent basketball, but full of smiles on the court gene be passes on to one of my boys, but also know that same boy received his shot from his dad, equaling a fairly decent, smiling little ball player

sunday: finally getting a vegan, no added sugar/sweeteners granola recipe to work and writing it down

monday: snow days with my boys and skippyjon jones

tuesday: watching my boys sled and play outside, knowing it means rounds of hot chocolate throughout the day

wednesday: baking hostess gifts and smuckers peanut butter jars and my adventures with chas and the tooth fairy.

week 6

thursday: the bulk spice section at mama jean's

friday: the end of 2010 and 17 miles in a tank

saturday: parades, channelsurfing.net, snacks as meals, football bowl games, pj's, tub soak, naps all equaling new years day

sunday: letter writing

monday: the excited feeling i had when it was time to pick my boys up from school

tuesday: the people i have met in airports, traveled with and still have in my life

wednesday: chaos and questions bringing me to a point of beginning to understand. (kind of)