monday gratitude.

50. two and a half magical days in Charleston with my husband last week
51. staying in a hotel and not lifting a finger to cook or clean
52. long walks, window shopping, eating fabulous food, curling up in bed to watch Rise of the Planet of the Apes together
53. our kids spent two and a half happy days with their grandparents
54. coming home, walking in the door to a dirty house but our house
55. my great obsession: organizing closets
56. wrapping Christmas gifts
57. Indah coffee at the Farmer’s Market
58. laundry spilling out of baskets means we have clothes to wear
59. Gilmore Girls
60. our church may have inadvertently started Advent one week late, but we started Advent!
61. another church loaned us 150 folding chairs when we needed them
62. learning that everything doesn’t have to be perfect to celebrate Jesus’ birth
63. spending yesterday afternoon with David, Kenny, and Danny in Florence
64. piles of dusty treasures in the Thieves Market antique mall
65. we’re one week closer to meeting our baby