Saturday Thankfulness

Welcome to the first weekend of fall!

I've had a bit of a rough week emotionally so I thought I'd make a list of some of the things I'm most thankful for on this cloudy Saturday.

1. The fact that the foliage is finally starting to change.  I took these pictures around our house.  My favorites are the red leaves but most of those around our house are yellow.

2. Not having to wake up to an alarm.  On mornings where we don't have to wake up at a given time Rob and I usually hang out in bed for an extra 20 minutes or so just talking to each other and dozing.  Most times I'll grab my iPad and read him excerpts from blog posts that make me smile.

 

 

3. Taking a mid-morning nap.  Just because.

 

 

4. Going for a morning walk at the local field so Cypress can take a swim in the river.

 

 

5. Grocery shopping with Rob.  I know it's silly but it's one of my favorite times together.  Sometimes if we're alone in an aisle I'll dance to whatever goofy-ass song or sashay like I'm on a catwalk.  Makes me smile. Plus we went so that we could make a new recipe, which I'll be sharing tomorrow!

 

 

6. Watching Rob play "slobber ball" with Cypress in the yard.  Basically he throws the ball, she catches it, he hunts her down and gets it back to throw it again.  He also chased her around with a dead sunflower. Oh, and he was shirtless again so you know, there's that.  I got some lovely action shots:

What are you doing this weekend?

Vlog: It's the Little Things, v.2

I'm linking up once again with Lindsay of From the Aisle to Aloha this week for her "It's the Little Things" series.  If you missed it last week, this lovely little series invites bloggers to chronicle little things in the week that make us feel happy or grateful. 

Just like last week, I'm doing a vlog, and I'm sure you all are so excited about it.  In this vlog I talk about matryoshkas, gross dogs, hiking, and brownie sundaes.  Behold:

I would like to thank YouTube for picking the most awkward still in the entire video.

And now, the photographic evidence:

Sundae instead of birthday cake! There's a yummy GF brownie underneath all that.



Birthday girl!



Yayyy TOMS!

Awesome his and her shower drawings! See our other shower crayon post here.

Lots of fun matryoshka things! Thanks hipsters!

Find the glasses here.

Find the lunchbag here.

Find the actual doll here.

Make sure to go check out Lindsay's blog and the rest of the link-ups here!

Have a great weekend, all!  Rob and I are off to Maine's biggest island for some camping.  We're hoping to leave the fly off of the tent and snuggle under the stars. :)

Stop and Take a Moment

I've been totally wrapped up in work and Florida and everything and haven't had a chance to even conceive of a post.  But I came across this picture recently and I absolutely had to share.

Hawkeye the beast laying next to his master, Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson, who was killed when his helicopter was shot down earlier this month.

Read the story here.

Just a reminder to appreciate life, and the ones you love and who love you...furry or otherwise.