Day 17

I am grateful for food!

Not only is it a nessecity that I am very grateful to have,

I am grateful that I am able to indulge and enjoy delicious food.

One of my favorite foods is sushi. Oh sushi....how I love thee!

My favorite is a spicy tuna roll or a rainbow roll, that has tuna, yellow tail, and salmon.

I am willing to try almost anything (within reason) at least once to see if I like it or if I still dislike it.

I'm grateful that I have choices in what food to eat and I can enjoy it, instead of eating just to sustain life.

Along with sushi, I love Chinese, Italian, Mexican, Indian, American, and just about any other type of food.

My favorite dessert is cheesecake. Oh how I am grateful for cheesecake and desserts!

Day 16

Today I'm grateful for outlets to relieve stress.

These past couple days have been pretty stressful at work with different deadline looming.

I'm grateful to come home and decompress.

Between zumba and playing my violin, I've been able to relax and let go of every thing that's going on.

Yesterday and today I've really needed it.

It's been nice to know that I'm relieving stress and working on making myself a better person.

I'm able to get myself into better shape and I'm able to work on playing my violin better again.

While I'm not one to work well with stress, it sure is making me help be a better person.

And for that I'm grateful.

Day 15

I am grateful for goals.

Where would our world be if people hadn't made goals?

Thank goodness for ambition and the drive to succeed! 

I made a goal with this new year, that I need to admit I never had plans to follow through on.

It's funny though how life intervenes to help you realize your goals.

Am I being cryptic enough?

So from previous posts, you might remember that I play the violin?

For the past couple years I have had every intention of regularly practicing my violin to get back to the level I was in high school.

Well, I got a call from someone yesterday that goes to my same church and they asked me to play my violin in church the last Sunday of the month....

I'm FREAKING out!

It has been 8 years since I have performed in front of anyone or anything but a music stand.

I graciously accepted with the realization that this is giving me a reason to practice.

But boy oh boy...I'm nervous.

I keep telling myself that I'll be ok.

You'll be ok Sara. Really. You will.

So here's to me getting back on the musical bandwagon.

Thank you goals and life for helping me forget my guilt and get lost in my music again.

I realize now that I've missed it.

Day 14

Today I am grateful for Brinner.

What is Brinner you ask? Breakfast for dinner!

I LOVE breakfast food, and I LOVE eating it for dinner!

For Christmas we got a griddle from my parents.

This little appliance has helped so much to have my breakfast dreams realized!

Tonight I had leftover french toast. And it was DELICIOUS!

I love almost all breakfast food from: 

yogurt, oatmeal, cream of wheat, pancakes, waffles, french toast, muffins, omelets, bacon, sausage,

to many, many others.

And there was another milestone. I grew up with my mom making syrup and I have striven for 3 years to make syrup that tastes like hers. 

Well, Saturday night I finally did it!

It makes my breakfast that much sweeter that I finally mastered that recipe.

Day 13

I'm grateful for relaxation.

It's so nice after a day of working, to be able to come home

and relax.

Get in my comfy clothes and lounge around after I work out or make dinner.

While I love to be busy and always have something to do,

it's so nice to curl up with a nice book and big blanket to curl up in.

That's what I doing tonight.

I finished my workout, and now I'm going to turn off my computer and read a good book.

See you tomorrow.

Day 12

Today I'm grateful for children.

At church, Josh and I are in charge of watching 10-15 children between the ages of 18 months - 3 years.

At first when we started, I was so overwhelmed by all the little children and chaos, I didn't know where to start.

Now that we have been doing it for around 6 months, I have fallen in love with all the cute little tykes!

I love their innocence. 

Children don't judge or withhold their love.

Today I was reading stories to a couple of girls, with them sitting in front of me. 

Most of them lost interest between the 3-4 story, but this one little girl, who has been SO shy, came up and climbed onto my lap. 

No coaxing or encouragement needed.

It made my heart melt.

And I read any story she wanted me to read.

Children love and trust without reservation or judgement.

It's moments like this that make me excited to be a mother.

I hope that my children will grab stories and climb onto my lap.

Day 11

SNOW!

I'm so grateful that it finally snowed!

During winter time, it seems like there is always a nice layer of smog that settles in the Salt Lake Valley.

So when it snows, it's nice to see the mountains again, in all their white glory.

This winter has been pretty dreadful, with no snow and brown, ugly mountains.

Christmas was a little depressing, I've gotten so used to having a White Christmas, I forgot what it was like not to have one.

And I love White Christmas's! 

Hopefully now that it has snowed, it will keep snowing until April or so...

Hey, and maybe I'll actually learn how to ski this year! 

I've already tried snowboarding, and I got sick of falling so much and always being sore. 

I figure that if my feet are on two sticks instead of one board, and I'll get to have poles in my hands to keep me steady, that it might be a better fit for me.

So bring on the winter activities, finally!