Do you ever have those days where you just sigh with a smile and think, "I love my life!"
I had one of those moments on the way back to work this afternoon. My heart is so full... it's been a great week filled with so many wonderful moments and memories... and I have so much to be thankful for...
- I celebrated my 30th birthday on Monday! I am one of the last in my group of friends to enter the new decade and I can say so far so good lol! With Justin having had surgery just 10 days prior, I wasn't expecting him to plan anything for me - I was still psyched from the surprise of my tickets to the Canada Cup of Curling earlier this month :) So in true "Amber fashion" I kinda started planning my own party... just a night with some girlfriends, some yummy food and a chick flick. Well my efforts were in vain as my friends started showing up on Monday night at our house for my surprise party lol! My sister just shook her head, "Good grief... only you would plan your own party like this." My husband just smiled at me and said, "See, you don't have to plan your own birthday. It's all covered." I felt very loved...it was the best way I could have thought to ring in the big day!
- Justin is doing well... we are two weeks after surgery now and he is walking on his own, getting stronger each day. He still pushes it a little too hard some days but I'm very proud of him for how well he's progressing. And we both slept much better the past two nights than the previous two... it never ceases to amaze me how much better the world looks when you've had some quality sleep!
- We celebrated my brother-in-law's birthday too this week (December is a crazy month in our family!) It was so much fun to be in on his surprise party and celebrate him! His Facebook status the next day was that this was one of the best birthdays he's ever had... if you know Taerum, that is a HUGE compliment! My sister definitely pulled off a gooder! :)
- I absolutely love our house. We were incredibly blessed to buy our first home together this summer and I can honestly say that most days there is no where else I'd rather be than at home...I love the layout, I love the kitchen, I love sharing our home with our friends, I love the fact that it truly is my "home"... the place where my heart and my feet rest...
- I have always loved entertaining... I love having our friends and family in our home and tonight I am blessed with a special opportunity. In my feeble efforts to plan my own party, I was going to schedule it for tonight (Friday). Well since my girlfriends already had the night booked off with their families we just decided to keep tonight on the calendar! And my nerdy brain went to work thinking of what to make etc and what developed was an evening inspired by the movie "Eat Pray Love"... so we're dining on Italian cuisine (or at least my humble attempts at it!) and then watching the movie with dessert and a lovely beverage of their choice! The details have been rolling around in my head all week and I can't wait to spend the evening with some of my dearest friends eating. laughing and just hanging out!
- This weekend is full of moments with great friends too! One of my best friends has just finished touring with the African Children's Choir and she will be in town tomorrow, so I get the privilege of stealing her away for a lunch date! We chatted for a few minutes on my birthday, but it will be wonderful to see her face to face and have a heart to heart! I also have another very dear friend who is hoping to make it into the city to do a little shopping too so it will be a full day! And then we get to have lunch on Sunday with some great friends (Justin knows them better than I do, but I'm really enjoying getting to know them and having them over will be a great way to do that!). So it will be a full weekend, but one I'm really looking forward to!
Thank you Lord for the blessings that You have so graciously given in abundance...thank you for so many reasons to smile on this winter day!
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