COUNT MY BLESSINGS

1. A week of sunshine coming our way beginning tomorrow – I might even go outside with a blanket!
2. Birds discovering my bird feeder and stopping by to nibble very often
3. Long relaxing weekend with my husband
4. Feeling strong enough to go and see parade and fireworks
5. Burnaby Village Museum – love that place despite the rain
6. Overcoming my fear of needles. I was fine this morning despite 6 vials of blood they had to suck out of me :)
7. Talking to my sister and parents (they are so excited I’m coming!)
8. A great conversation with A. I think we are on the same page about seeing each other.
9. My if solo wedding coming and it will be no rain!
10. Finishing editing office photos. They look so fun comparing to my previous ones. I got better at it.
11. Great inexpensive lunch yesterday
12. Getting 2nd newspaper with my photos in it!
13. My back is a bit more flexible after a week of exercise
14. Seeing a therapist tomorrow
15. Going home in just 2 short weeks!

1. Feeling slightly better and not keeping the same bland diet day after day
2. Endoscopy tomorrow – finally!
3. The other procedure is confirmed on this Friday
4. My husband’s unconditional love and support
5. His solo grocery trip buying a whole fridge of delicious things and cooking them entire weekend :)
6. Reading a self-help book that has some answers for me
7. Being able to do an engagement on Friday despite being sick a couple of days before
8. No more migraine!
9. Watching soccer with husband and enjoying our togetherness
10. Editing a big block of photos and feeling proud of the work I’ve put in them
11. Talking to my sister who is getting ready to get pregnant (hooray!)
12. Having money to order and buy gifts for everyone
13. Finding perfect presents for grandma and mother in law
14. Having our own lettuce and arugula for lunch!
15. My new Lowepro camera bag – Im so in love with it!
16. Being calmer after a very tough and busy week
17. My photos being accepted to the newspaper
18. Organizing all the receipts I had gathered for a month
19. My house for being my safe, cozy and private escape from outside world
20. Realizing I had a very productive week despite all the setbacks

1. To have my husband make delicious dinner on a grill twice this week (chicken and veggie kebabs today – yumm!)
2. Nice conversation with sister and showing her what a cool thing Pinterest is
3. My third photo ending on PP this month!
4. A coffee date
5. Meeting A. and having no anxiety at all
6. Taking a photo that his mother called his personal best
7. My birdie being so happy, clever and friendly
8. Talking to my precious grandma
9. Dressing up a bit more this week
10. Doing well at salsa class

OK, and a few things that sucked.
1. I can only see a doctor in October (I can’t even wrap my brain around it yet)
2. All the drama with R. She is so unhappy and sad which I get. But with that comes her trying to manipulate me, to make feel bad about myself… Brrr. I hardly can deal with it now. I’m staying calm and strong though. Not answering texts at 11.30 at night.

1. My seeds are finally sprouting :)
2. Sunny weather whole week
3. Being crazy in love with my husband
4. Making spaghetti that knocked our socks off!
5. Finally telling my sister about my phobia
6. Nice conversation with my dad
7. My friend coming to Vancouver
8. Being excited about taking photos again
9. A lot of new creative ideas
10. Feeling stronger despite being ill

My online photo school was approved for that long promised grant and I am going to start it ASAP. That was such an amazing surprise yesterday – I was jumping up and down! I can finally stop worrying about it :)

Things I am grateful for:
1. A wonderful long weekend we spent exploring the great outdoors
2. Lovely weather we had for a few days
3. Great session I had with a therapist today
4. Church on Sunday
5. Taking a few photos I liked
6. My best friend – always there for me and always ready to cheer up and give friendly support
7. Being kinder and more forgiving to myself
8. A conversation with mom that didn’t end with me crying (I stood up for myself and pointed out that she was unreasonable and manipulative – not in those words, of course :)
9. Positive self affirmations. Wish I found out about them before!
10. Realizing that even though I face quite a few problems right now, I have resources and power to deal with them

Today I’m grateful for:
1. A sunny day with lots of blooming things outside
2. Buying lots of healthy and delicious things during our weekly grocery trip
3. Finally getting potting soil for my balcony garden project
4. Feeling happy and healthy (knocking on wood)
5. My husband making me laugh so many times today
6. Finding out I have another event to photograph (free but I could experiment with setup of a photo booth)
7. Watching 3 episodes of Modern Family and really enjoying it
8. Having a talk with V. about how we really don’t have to be friends with rude/inconsiderate/boastful people. It took him a while but we are finally on the same page
9. Our house being so clean and cozy as ever
10. Not having to cook – delicious pot roast and cake leftovers!
11. Having a nice evening with friends in a bar yesterday.
12. Having very little anxiety this weekend (except of around some drunk and loud people on skytrain)
13. A soccer game that was fun!
14. Our dance class on Saturday
15. Finding out our neighbors are going to have a baby – so happy for them! And it means I am going to have a baby to be around very soon (they live next door :)

ok, I better stop now…

1. No more rain for the last couple of days
2. Help and support from many people on this site :)
3. Working on organizing and unpacking and seeing the progress (finally!)
4. Amazing closeness we share with V.
5. His support during the last few days and especially on Saturday
6. Making 2 great dinners yesterday – gluten and dairy-free and a regular one
7. Finding a few more things I enjoy that are gluten free
8. My mom trying to support me in general with advice on dealing with GERD (although our conversation was a bust I ended up in tears)
9. Sleeping more and sometimes even better
10. Saturday was almost entirely pain free

Today I am grateful for:
1. My husband’s love and support during this difficult for me time
2. Beautiful flowers and a card with meaningful words that I got for Valentines
3. The news I got yesterday about the kids coming over and an hour long conversation with them
4. A perfect cup of hot chocolate
5. Feeling a bit stronger today
6. Finally finding a physician that I’m going to see tomorrow
7. Having time to get better and to resolve my issues
8. Seeing the signs of spring everywhere
9. Not having to go to a dentist for another 6 months
10. Yesterday’s walk by the river

for:
1. Discovering a new beautiful park nearby
2. Sunny weather that feels like spring
3. My loving, supportive and affectionate husband
4. Meeting friends for bowling and sushi afterwards (great place nearby!)
5. Finally being done with nagging task and putting the whole thing behind
6. Planning our trip back home in July
7. Living in this breathtaking city that keeps on surprising me every day
8. Finding a perfect present for V. for Valentine’s day
9. Calling hair salon and letting them I was not happy and getting another appointment (first time I stood for myself with a stylist :)
10. Nice casual conversation with parents