Thursday, February 14, 2013

Thankful Thursday (57) ~ Valentine's Edition

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!  =)

I'm probably one of very few single girls who can honestly say I've always enjoyed this holiday!  It's a time of fun cards and chocolate candy and red and pink hearts and flowers... and it's really about celebrating and appreciating the people and things you love, so that's what I'm going to do today!! :)

This Valentine's Day, I'm thankful for:
1.  God's Love and PEACE -- "Oh God, You are my God, and I will ever praise You! I will seek You in the morning, and I will learn to walk in Your ways. And step by step, You'll lead me, and I will follow You all of my days!"
2.  My Delightful Nephews! -- Triston, Carter, & Jace; and now there's another baby on the way!
3.  New Creative Projects -- For my birthday, Malori got me a quality sketch book, charcoal pencils, oil pastels, & the book pictured below that teaches how to use a grid to sketch faces, flowers, animals, etc.  I've wanted to learn faces for a long time, and I figured it was appropriate to start with Malori, since she bought me the book. lol  (Odds are good I'll go through most of my friends and family as I practice this.)  I don't have the right materials and I definitely rushed into this because I get impatient - so I'm sure I'll get better as I go along, but I'm happy with this for my first real person sketch! =)


4.  Laura Allison -- For listening without judgment, for praying and being encouraging, and for gently speaking truth in love when necessary!!   #thankful  ...#butistillreallyhatehashtags
5.  New Friendships -- The women's group has been good so far, and I know I have at least one new genuine friend in Kelly Hall! :)  We met for Panera last night, and I'm seeing a movie with her and a few other girls tonight... (so hooray for having Valentine's day plans!)
6.  February Birthdays --  Jace (Feb. 2nd) - Blake (3rd) - Rachael (11th) - Anthony (16th) - and ME (17th)!  Lots of parties and so much cookie cake this month!!  Also, I'm thankful that my birth-date has a 7 in it. lol
7.  Colder Weather -- Love the Zac Brown Band song, and love the real thing in winter! ;)  It's been annoyingly summer-like lately, but the cold days where a scarf, coat, and hot chocolate make an appearance - those days make me very happy! :)
8. John and Joyce -- Finishing his latest book on holiness today - so fantastic and critically important!  And I finally found and ordered the first CD set I ever heard of Joyce's teaching (called "Beside the Still Waters") - it was life-changing for me back in 2007, and I am so excited for that shipment to get here!
9.  SNU -- I'm very close to the one-year mark (Feb. 20th), and I'm ultra-thankful for this program -- for all I am learning and for the friendships and support of my classmates!
10.  Blog Readers! =) -- It's true ...I appreciate you reading (and always appreciate comments, as well).  I like feeling "heard" and I usually have more luck communicating through writing.


Side note:  The blog is less than 300 "pageviews" away from 25,000, so get excited!  

Hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day!!  
One final thing I'm thankful for... I have the day off and get to sleeeeeep in tomorrow, and Monday is President's Day, which makes this a 4-day birthday weekend!  =)

    1 comment:

    1. Love this! Such a great holiday:) Thankful for our new friendship and excited for tonight!

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