Yesterday was an interesting (in a not good) kind of day, but there were a few things that got me through.

1. My new camera body! It’s amazing and beautiful and takes such pretty photographs!
2. Baking.
3. Friends who come over with the purpose to help you bake/eat whatever you baked.
4. Fourth of July family traditions that I have taken over and made my own.
5. The fact that eight hours separate me from more than a week of vacation time and my boy!

What are thankful for this Thursday morning?

                          

I’m tired of being frustrated and down and tired. So today, I’m focusing on the good.

1. I feel so encouraged after reading your comments on my last post. Thanks so much, y’all!
2. Even though I have to work this weekend, I have only TWO assignments today and ONE tomorrow night.
3. I leave for Tennessee this coming Friday, and I don’t return until the following Sunday. (Sometimes, I think I would like to not return.)
4. Lucy may be joining us for the road trip!
5. I’m making biscuits as soon as I post this, and they are going to be delicious.
6. My new camera is going to arrive

What are you thankful for this weekend?

                          

It’s been another long week, but it’s officially my weekend. And I don’t have nearly as many complaints as I did at this time last week.

Things I’m loving right now:

1. The boy comes in town tomorrow!
2. Work ordered me a new camera (because one of mine is dying), and it came in yesterday!
3. It’s my weekend!
4. I’m loving my neighbors, especially the college girl who moved in downstairs. We share a first name, and we chatted for 30 minutes about random stuff as our dogs played.
5. The new Sookie Stackhouse book I plan on starting/finishing tonight after reading blogs — I seriously cannot wait!

                          

I spent Thursday to Monday in my hometown, soaking in time with my mother, father and the boy who made his way to town Friday on his way back to school. We had a fabulous time. There IS a post coming from the weekend and one detailing the experience my friends and I had last night at a local watering hole, even though I’m not sure what to think of it.

But since I’m a little pressed for time, let’s think about some grace in small things today.

1. My boy learned he got a summer clerkship today!
2. Our summer trip to California may still be on depending on exactly when he starts work
3. Having a break in the middle of the day
4. Being pleasantly surprised by (celebrity) Jeopardy today
5. The way Lucy looks when she mock barks at me

                          

This is the one where y’all will realize what a sap I am. I apologize in advance.

1. My boy is almost here!
2. He’s staying the entire weekend!
3. He’s cooking for me tonight so that dinner will be ready when I get home from work!
4. My friends are coming over for dinner, too!
5. And Lucy Belle is excited about the boy’s visit! (She likes giving him tongue baths.)

Aaaand, I just overloaded on exclamation points. Yes!

                          

1. Crock pot dinners
2. Movies on a random weekday morning
3. New apps on the iPhone
4. Privacy options on Facebook
5. Counting down the days until I see my boy (2.5!)

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1. Waking up from a totally random/weird dream and remembering everything that occurred
2. Telling the boy about this totally random/weird dream
3. The cute sundress that came in the mail last week from my mother (her Valentine’s present to me)
4. The thought of spring
5. My boy visiting in FOUR DAYS!

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1. Waking up early and spending time with the pup
2. Cheerios with fresh strawberries
3. Watching CSI in the morning instead of a news show
4. Having a kickass resume (Thanks for your help, Lily!)
5. A (hopefully) slow work weekend ahead

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1. Last night’s Top Chef
2. Homemade crawfish etouffee
3. Hot boiled crawfish
4. Chicken and sausage gumbo over white rice
5. Abita Purple Haze beers

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1. My amazing boyfriend (and all the sweet things he does)
2. Real life friends who have started blogging
3. Blog friends who have become real life friends
4. Lowfat vanilla frozen yogurt on a week night
5. Old playlists that surprise me song after song because they’re so good