People all around me lately have been talking about the search for happiness.  One of my favorite website is Tiny Buddha – Simple Wisdom for Complex Lives.  I have a list posted many places in my day to day life with the 10 ways to get happy (article here.)  Looking for somewhere to start?  Having a bad day?  Making a decision?  I just glance at this list.

I struggle a little with the “change & adapt” because when I run into moments when I don’t have any control, I get extremely anxious, but I’m working on it.  Documenting my daily gratitude doesn’t clearly fit in any of those categories, but I also feel like it fits in all of those categories.  It reminds me every day to think of what makes me really happy.  
Without further ado, here are the things I was grateful for this last week:
Dogs, dogs and more dogs.  I was grateful for a dog filled happy hour last week, a nice long car ride home from Iowa with well behaved dogs and cuddling dogs during a thunderstorm.
Nieces.  Kenzy was so brave at the amusement park on Saturday in her big puffy pink skirt on the trampoline.  Plus, Kennedy taking a quick second to love on Uncle Justin – something she doesn’t do too often because she’s constantly on the move – it’s enough to melt your heart.
Lake Okoboji.  It’s always beautiful and always feels like a summertime home.  So welcoming.
Spending an evening doing a walk/run of the lake with my mom (yes, that is 2 blocks from my house and I LOVE it) was perfect and just what the doctor ordered.  Then, after a weekend full of chocolate chip cookies and junk food at grandma’s, we started the week with a juice cleanse and felt amazing.  If you’re looking for one to try, we do just a one day Suja Juice cleanse.
That’s my week.  Come and link up and tell me what you were grateful for this week.
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