A Good Week :]

I've been complaining this week. Not just a little...but quite a bit. So what if I work 80 hours in 9 days without a day off? So what if things haven't quite gone the way I had hoped they would? So what?! I'm healthy. I have a job. I have money to pay my bills. I'm on US soil and not sailing around the world to fight for our country (thanks, Dusty!). I don't have a beautiful baby girl that had open heart surgery at 3 days of age (please pray for this family). I have GREAT friends and a LOVING family. Quit complaining, Jackie!

So, I'm taking 5 minutes today to remind myself that everything is just fine.

No, it's better than fine. Life. Is. Good. And here's why:

My sister and Mike got TWO new babies!! They had to put baby Evo to sleep after finding out he had kidney failure. Sad. Anyways, this is baby girl Hope on the left and baby boy Chance on the right. So precious!

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I made some DELICIOUS iced coffee this week.

It's a little bit of work...but VERY worth it. You should try it!!

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Summer finally decided to cooperate...YAH!! Yes, I love the sun and the warmth it brings...but the humidity lately has been down right nasty. I'm loving this current summer weather. Ahhh <3

Sunshine, less than 80 degrees and no humidity? HEAVEN!

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I made a little trip to the good ol' Dakota County Fair with a friend last night. It. Was. Great! Besides the fact that I love this friend and do NOT get to see her enough lately...the fair is always a good time. We walked through the barns. Visited a few cows. Checked out the goats. Ate our way up and down the strip. Got heckled by the "carnies" on the midway. Ate some more. Watched a lumberjack show...mmm lumberjacks... What was I saying? Ah, yes...the lumberja---er, I mean fair. Played a little bingo...didn't win...ugh. All in all it was a good evening with a great friend!

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I saw this tree pumping gas.

I think it looks like a heart.

Love is all around us, people.

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Oh. And I'd just like to mention that I'm now a Warrior. Yes, I said Warrior.

Bruised. Sore. Sunburnt. But, a warrior none the less. I'm pretty dang proud of myself. My first 5K. And not my last. But I better get in shape first. That was a tough one for me.

Okay, so maybe that was a little more than 5 minutes...but oh well.

Hopefully I've inspired you to take 5 minutes to remember why your life is great as well...even through the hard times.

HAPPY FRIDAY!!