For this I am grateful.

Hi friends!
It's the weekend. Like you didn't already know that.
For D the weekend is almost over. It always amazes me the different time zones and how our world works. Here it is only Saturday for us and Sunday for him. Amazing.
Ah. The little things...

Grateful list:

1. I love my job and love being busy in it, serving customers their cup of coffee. I like cleaning too. In fact, I think everyone that I work with likes that I like cleaning. But I have to be honest. I love it when the store is quiet and not busy. I love being able to both serve and clean. But I love it more when the store has done both and there is a lull in the day where I can just sit and reflect on the days work. Our Starbucks isn't as busy as most and honestly I like it that way.. Shhhh. :)
2. I think with the above statement it is safe to say I am a little OCD. While most wouldn't consider this grateful. I truly am. The Lord created me this way. And over the years I've worked hard to ensure that it doesn't control my life, but that with God's guidance I control it. Which just means I can bask in my cleanliness, good organizational skills, and more without guilt or having to make excuses.
3. When Alyssa says something so Carney, so funny, and so us. It makes me laugh and truly realizes how she "gets" being a Carney!
4. Being able to talk to D on the phone for 15 minutes with that moral call. Hearing his voice was truly as sappy as it sounds music to my ears. I miss him so.
5. For talking fast. Because when you've only got 15 minutes of talk time, it's important to be able to spew it all out and then some!
6. My robe. I simply am in love with my robe. D got it for me for Christmas this past year. It's pink, plaid, warm, and fuzzy. I am still wearing it daily.
7. When you read a devotion that smacks you upside the head. Because sometimes, well most of the time its the smacking upside the head that we "get" it.
8. Emily and Japanese made it through a really horrible windy storm. They are lovingly our names for our new trees. Yes all of my bigger trees, plants, flowers have names. Don't yours? :)
9. Sharing my new lifestyle with Nicole. It's always nice to have someone jumping outta the boat with you that you can relate too, talk with, and share about your excitements or frustrations.
10. When A sleeps with me. It's like a slumber party. Only honestly, I cannot hang. I am always asleep before she is..
11. for IPOD's because now A doesn't have to listen to the ugly stuff on the bus. She can listen to wholesome music with a message in each word.
12. Bleach. Because it's in my favorite thing to clean with. I have ruined more clothing using bleach while I clean. But you know what? It's okay. Because I know everything is clean and I love the smell of bleach! LOL.
13. My new laptop. I know right, mine is being sent as a present for someone special! I am SO excited!
14. Devotionals that remind me that the H.S lives within me and he wants to be an active part of my life. All I have to do is ask...
15. While I really love doing yard work, I truly could skip the backyard. There is grass back there and its nice but nothing else. No love, no flowers, no nothin'. That is because all of our focus this past year has been on our front yard. So honestly, I am grateful that we have really nice grass back there but even more honest, I don't want to mow it... Next year though, it is our focus for the back yard and we've got GREAT plans, which I am excited about!
16. Talking to Dayv through instant messenger. It is like being together, I like that.

I hope that you to find many things to be grateful for.