Life can be so hectic. I think I’ve pretty much covered all the bases, and then I realize there are many things I’ve been missing. Phone calls home for instance. I am always so excited for the weekend: with gardening, training for the 3-day, a shoot (or 2) almost every weekend, spending time with friends, etc. etc. etc. that I forget to call home. I may intend to, but weeks go by, and I haven’t talked to my mom or grandma. Monday rolls back around, and it starts all over again. Not to mention blogging. I try to blog as often as possible. But often that turns into once a week. Especially once the sun comes out. So, I have not written in my gratitude journal for maybe a month or more. Probably more. Anyway, I am thankful for many things. Sunshine for one. I appreciate that due to the seasons we experience living in the northwest, sunshine is an exciting anomoly. People leave work early, cancel all plans, and head outdoors. Neighbors come out of hibernation. Grass starts to grow at lightening speed. My dog all of a sudden is the first to rise, whining at the door to go out and just lay in the sun. I have to dig up last year’s sunscreen, and start to use it daily. Winter weight needs to take a hike, and literally, so do I. Perhaps the one down-fall of the summer and sunshine, is my beloved book club cannot find a time to meet to save our lives. we decided instead we would start our next book, and perhaps have a double meeting in the fall. We will have so much to share with oneanother, we might need two happy hours to get it all done 
