Accentuate the Positives

Major cuteness

Things have not been easy the past few weeks, but I refuse to dwell on the negatives. Here is another round of things that made me smile this past week.

Erin sent me this pic and note. I am grateful for everyday she allows me to be in I & E's lives. I love these kids.

This past week was a true test of unconditional love with my gals. Mich forgave me for a massive screw-up. You know this is as important to me as anything else in my life. Becky and Erin were wonderfully supportive after my dreaded words of "you know I'm lying every time I say ..." When your gals can calmly say, "we know," then hear you out, things look brighter.

It was volunteer appreciation week. The fabulous Kay and I were tasked with distributing the gifts and expressing our thanks to the volunteers. DW being his typical flirty self invited me to the lake to help build his new deck. I'll probably give him a heart attack if I ever accept one of his offers. JP asked me to do him a favor; stop and say hello when flying by his workstation. He misses our chats. It was very sweet. And according to MG, several people at last week's conference remarked on how great I looked, especially the hair.

Cleo's stitch removal went as expected. They took her in the back while I waited, listening to her caterwauling. When they brought her back out, I was told she was such a sweet girl. They apparently don't realize the walls aren't soundproofed.

The notice was in the paper which lead to a conversation among my lunch buddies though I was not there but the retelling made me smile. Kevin was questioning Delia on the why's, when Peggy chimed in, "he asked her to quit her job." "Oh!"

I managed to have lunch with Peggy this week. Yay!

Knowing I was nervous about participating in my first twitter chat, especially since I was representing a group and have never used twitter, Kris checked the session to see how I was doing.

Thanks to Mike for providing me with very detailed specs based off of my specific needs in a computer. Now if only I can figure out how to use the damn thing. I also owe him a drink in OH for his hours of research.

Apparently Shane closely monitors his friends feeds for pics from his performance because he liked our pic from the other weekend. It's nice to know someone was paying attention.

And two people I respect professionally had positive comments about my first foray into the big leagues.

There were so many other things but these are the ones that are still resonating.