Day 15

I am grateful that my husband is concerned about my feelings. He asks me if I am doing ok, since I freaked out about the upcoming hardship tour the other day, and called this morning because he went out with friends last night and wanted to see how my night went and to make sure I felt ok about him being gone. After what we have gone through it is nice to know we have gotten to a good place and that he checks on me.

Day 14 Part 2

I had to post again because it is too important to keep till tomorrow. I am grateful my husband is home and alive. Today is Gary's birthday, he was killed last march when an EKG3 hit their MRAP. My husband suffered hearing loss and a concussion, but is whole and home. Gary sacrificed his life for this country. I am praying extra hard for his family and fiancee Randi today.

Day 14

I am grateful that I have a husband who knows how to calm me down. While I was so upset yesterday, and still not over it, I love that Travis will hug me and tell me everything will be ok. He was so sweet to hold me and cuddle with me and tell me he will work it out and that for now we need to enjoy our time together. I love him so much

Day 13

I am grateful that my Papa made it through surgery yesterday. He has had multiple stints put in due to blocked arteries and has been on blood pressure medication for quite a while. Yesterday he had to have knee replacement surgery, but in order to have the surgery he had to be off his blood pressure meds for 5 days. Before surgery the dr warned him he had a 25% chance of having a heart attack on the operation table. Thankfully all went well and he got through with no complications. He is home recovering now.

Day 12

I am grateful for yummy, healthy snacks. Sitting here I am eating my new favorite trail mix with roasted peanuts, cashews, dried cranberries raisins and pineapple, and little white chocolate chips. I get some sweetness, some fruit, some protein, and get to feel good about it!

Days 9-11

Eek! I am bad at getting on here during the weekends, but I have still been thinking every day of what I am grateful for.

Day 9
I am grateful to be "grown up". There are times I struggle, but mostly I enjoy being independant. I am married, pay my bills on time, decide what to cook for dinner, take care of my home. It is a good feeling to know that I am doing well.

Day 10
I am grateful to live in a place where I am free to worship. I have an amazing church, and can attend it without fear of being persecuted.

Day 11
I am grateful that we make enough money to have some to spend on "extras". We are getting to go on a Disney cruise this year, we've both gotten tattoos in the past few weeks, I bought a new video game last night...life is good.

Day 8

I am grateful for my husband's hugs! There is just so much that can be resolved and made better by a big hug. I am so glad I married a man who will hug me and I know that he loves me

Days 6&7

Wow was yesterday busy!! I kept thinking I needed to get on and write down what I was grateful for, but I just didn't get a minute!

Day 6:
I am grateful that I live in America. It is not always a perfect place and there are things I would like to change, but I am so grateful that this is my home. Living on the border of the most dangerous city in the world (Juarez, Mexico), I hear daily about how many more people have been killed. No one is safe over there. Then there are moments talking to my husband and he had a bad day at work because they were going over combat life saving and he had terrible flashbacks. I can't imagine living in a country where that kind of fighting goes on day in and day out.

Day 7
I am grateful that there are soldiers who have made the choice to fight for our country so that I don't have to. It has really hit me hard in the past couple days how much Travis has gone through. This week is all CLS (Combat life saving) and it is not an easy thing for him to do. After having to use it in real life, the guys who have not deployed and joke around really upset him. Having to stop bleeding on a dummy when he has had to do that to one of his good friends is hard. He has come home from work all week exhausted, eats dinner watches a little tv and goes to bed. While I do everything I can to help him, I have no idea what that feels like. I am grateful that I don't have to. There are some true heroes in this world, and I am lucky enough to be married to one of them.

Day 5

Today I am grateful for my health. I am not always 100% healthy, but I am able to get up every day and do what needs to be done. I went running at the gym this morning and I am hoping to do so multiple times a week from now one. Being healthy feels good!

Day 4

Today I am grateful for my job. It may not be my dream job, or where I see myself for too long, but I have a job. It pays more than minimum wage, I have great bosses, I am given time off when I need it, allowed to leave a few minutes early to go deal with my apartment, and I have a steady paycheck.

Starting out late

I have started this blog to help carry out my New Year's resolution. This year, every day, I am going to find something in my life that I am grateful for. We spend so much of our time complaining or wishing for something else, that I am going to stop that by always remembering what I DO have. So here we go!! 365 things to be grateful for in 1 year

Jan 1, 2010 I am so grateful to have my husband home to kiss on New Years. First year we were together he had to work, last year he was in Iraq, and next year he will be in Cuba. I am so happy that we had this time together this year.

Jan 2, 2010 I am so grateful that Travis (hubby) takes my car to be washed and does all that car stuff that I avoid like an oil change. While I cleaned house today he took my truck and got it washed, the oil changed, and tires rotated.

Jan 3, 2010 I am so grateful that I have family I talk to almost every day. I always know I can call my mom and talk to her, she will listen when I have a bad day, get excited when something good happens. I love talking to my dad, catching up with him. And both my brother's have Facebook, so we stay connected through that. Seeing Travis's mom act like she has and cut herselves out of our lives, I am so grateful that I have the parents I do.