Gratitude

I have been away from my blog for a while, right after Thanksgiving I had a series of unfortunate things happen, first to avoid hitting a man walking on an icy dirt road, I went into a ditch, that was a first for me and I complained bitterly :-), then I got struck with a sinus infection that has been so painful I cannot remember having so much pain in my life, not having money to go to the doctor (my Obama Care has not kicked in yet), I have been treating it myself and now I am on the other side of it, pain level went from 15 to an 8.
One thing I can tell you I learned from this is that things can get worse. I don't mean that in a negative way, I mean that no matter what you are going through things can be worse and if you look at it that way there is so much to be grateful for! The pain taught me to be grateful when there was no pain even if my car is in a ditch :-). Being pain free is such a deep blessing that even my chronic back and shoulder pain does not even register as pain now, not in comparison with really bad  pain. Life looks new and I see so much to be happy about, I wanted to share this blessing with you. XOXO

Blessings

Blessings often come from nature and this beautiful butterfly came to me the other day in my driveway. And sometimes they come from man,  out hiking with Bella and a friend in the forest we came upon this tree with these little pouches tied to it.

They looked like little ghosts. They felt like a blessing and they touched me deeply. They were near an old kiva and so we thought perhaps a native American put them there, but I am not sure about that. If any of you know what they are please let me know.

What have you been blessed with this week?

P.S. I am having a 30% off sale in my ETSY shop, just type in Summer in the code box that comes up at checkout to get the discount. Prices will never be this low again.

Happy Saturday! XOXO

9 things

that made me happy today.
1.I got to sleep in and slept until 8:30(I usually get up at 6).
2.My best friend J.
3.Getting answers to questions I have been asking.
4.My wonderful, fluffy animal kids.
5.Discussing life with my mom, sometimes we don't see eye to eye, but we still love each other, so that makes it okay.
6.A yummy mug of hot cocoa.
7.Working on a drawing.
8.The color blue. You know that wonderful sea mist, robin's egg blue. I am soon going to paint my bedroom that color.
9.Being free to do whatever I please :-).
What made you happy today?