Thankfulness Update

So, since I have been MIA from this blog for the last month or so, allow me to bring you up to speed on my life with a list of things that I'm thankful for right now, and in no particular order:


1. Pinterest
http://pinterest.com/sasspants/
I just found pinterest a few weeks ago and immediately fell in love.  I regularly come home and tell Alex how many new followers I have since last week.  It makes me feel like a celebrity.  Are you pinning, Anna?  If so, I need to become your follower, and likewise. 

2. My new home!

Now, this is not my new kitchen, but the color of the walls is pretty close to what Alex and I have recently painted our kitchen.  We also (read: mostly Alex) repaired the giant disgusting cracks in the ceiling and repainted it to clean white and re-textured it!  We also found an old island cart made of beautiful butch block to use and a tall bar chair that matches pretty well.  AND as if that's not enough, we have just purchased new flooring (which Alex will install) and we are planning to tile a white and yellow pattern in the back of the small built in liquor cabinet above the sink.  So basically, it is looking super awesome.

3. My new family, which will soon include a dog! (Although not this dog, he belongs to my boss.)  But seriously, living with Alex and Isaac has been awesome!  It was a short and difficult adjustment period for me to figure out how the heck to hang out with boys all the time when my favorite people are girls, but I guess love just makes it easy. (or easier at least!)  I have successfully put on my step mom pants (which are a barfy color of beige), and have been doing some damn fine parenting if I do say so myself.  I don't want to brag, especially since I haven't been doing this 13 years like Alex, but I'm pretty much kicking ass, and although it is very difficult and frustrating, I feel like we are gaining ground in the Battle of the Apathetic Teen Student.  I can't believe Isaac will be 13 next month!

4. FRIENDS! 
Eve and Britt were both home this week so we had oodles of fun including blanket forts with Isaac, movie watching, girl date to see Twilight, brunch and coffee dates, a night out on the town, and a million hours of chatting it up. I am majorly short on girlfriends in this town, so having them here really warms my heart.



5. My job!  I am just so thankful for work family and all that they do to make my life happier, more creative, and more hilarious.  We are all so supportive and flexible with each other, and I am incredibly lucky to be a part of this place.

I could go on like this all day, talking about how thankful I am for Green Bean Casserole, and Pecan Pie, and fluffy king size beds, and warm socks, Prozac, the midwest, good books, diy projects, slow weekend sex, and fun in-laws, and love, and music, and everything, but I should probably wrap this up.  Soon, I will also be thankful for birthdays since mine is coming up in just 2 weeks!  Woweee!  Coming soon: pictures of the kitchen projects and a full list of crafty Christmas ideas for my beloveds!