the thursday 13...i'm bringing it back! : )

13 things i'm grateful for this week:

• this BEAUTIFUL weather...so excited to sleep with the windows open tonight!
• paint! i had SO much fun yesterday painting at sparky's! we painted two rooms. WHAT FUN is all i can say to that!

• the bachelorette...i know i'm shallow, but this show makes me laugh out loud.
• dvr...i really can't ever go back. commercials are a thing of the past in my life. (unless i'm watching nascar, that is.)
• i beat tlnw at scrabble...it's the little things in life!
• miss molly...i got to go to her dance recital on monday and she was adorable! the facial expressions she makes while dancing will make her famous someday. and i will say "i knew her when." i might even be able to sell this picture to a tabloid and make lots of cash. : )

• perspective...i'm trying to gain a little. never easy, but certainly worth a try.
• the fam...floating the buffalo this weekend with the oliver clan, headed on a cruise in a few weeks with the lilly clan, chatting on the phone with the o'nan clan, working with char & tom....i'm surrounded by good people that i love and get to call family!
• breakfast at panera with susan! we've been doing this every week for most of the school year and it has been SUCH a treat. susan is a heart friend. but what's even better...she's also lots of fun. a friend you can laugh and cry with is the best of gifts, if you ask me!

• having some people in my life i can totally be myself with. aaahh...the freedom.
• lunch today with kate. we'd never gone to lunch before. it was like our first date. and it was a total success! i knew i liked kate from afar, and now i know i like her one on one too. gotta love that in a friend! : )
• wheel*of*fortune...my friend janna tried out this week and made the top 15! it is so exciting! she will make it on the show. because she is a LOT of fun. and they go for that sort of thing, ya know.
• speaking of janna...i'm grateful for her. we are headed to dinner tonight. can't wait!