Fortunate Fridays on Saturday (again).

It may be a day late, but it's certainly not a dollar short.  It was a good week in my world and I have so much to be thankful for.  Here we go... 

1. Church and Brunch with hubby dearest on Sunday.  I'm finding such peace in starting my week this way.
2. My Dad started Twittering!  Not to mention my Mom is also blogging.  I love these new ways to feel close to those that are too far.
3. Preparing for dear Hubs Birthday celebration got me through the week.  I love birthdays almost as much as I love my husband, which means he got slightly spoiled by yours truly.
4. Several 70 Degree days in a row in MARCH.  That Colorado sunshine just makes me happy!
5. I swear, we woke up on Wednesday and the fairway grass outside our window turned green overnight.  Spring is in the air!
6. First golf game of 2009!  AND, first Eagle of the year (yes, winter rules, but still!).  Not a bad way to start the year.  Now, I cannot wait for the season to officially begin!
7. Birthday extravaganza 2-8 was a success!  A yummy dinner at Flemmings, many wonderful and love filled gifts and RED VELVET Cake to finish it off.  My Husband is loved.  :)
8. Birthday Celebration part Deux.  What Ryan thought was a dinner out with a good friend the night after his Birthday, turned out to be dinner with ALL of his bestest friends.  SURPRISE!  It was so much fun and I was so proud that I pulled it off!
9. House Hunting.... we're on to another house.  Fingers and toes crossed.
10. Hubs and I were sitting on the couch one night this week looking at houses online.  To be perfectly honest, we were kind of moping about the looooong house hunting process and our waning patience.  He then clicks on his 'favorites' and pulls up my blog and said... "Let's see if there is anything new.  This will cheer me up."  My heart smiled.

Whew.  I could have gone on and on this week, but I'll stop there.  This week was very much centered on my Hubs and his birthday.  Rightly so, as I'm so lucky to wake up next to him each day.  It was a wonderful week and I'm so thankful for that.

I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.  Love to all!

Forunate Fridays.... errrr Saturdays?

Yesterday was mayhem and I never got around to naming my blessings from the week.  Come to think of it, this week was mostly mayhem also and I never even got around to writing a single blog post.  Yikes!  I suppose I make the rules around here anyways, so you'll have to settle for Fortunate Saturdays this week.  And so it goes... 

1. An utterly AMAZING weekend in Breckenridge with 40 utterly AMAZING friends
2. A peaceful, relaxing and much needed massage while on above mentioned getaway
3. Kinda got in a huge blow out fight with my husband this week.  Let me tell you, this is RARE, so needless to say we are happy it's over and that all is good again in the Duncan Casa.  I guess the fortunate part to this story is that it's over  :)
4. I went to Fargo.  More importantly, I came home from Fargo.  The feeling I get when I'm coming home from any business trip is AMAZING.
5. Ryan surprised me by picking up a movie we've been trying to rent for quite some time.  FIREPROOF.  I think I'll write more about that later, but all I can say is it is life changing.
6. Ryan and I have a MAJOR vacation itch.  This could be a very good thing shortly!
7. I have a job.  Still a blessing very much in disguise.
8. Sweet husband took me out on a sushi date last night.  Yes, the man does know how to sweep me off my feet.
9. The House Hunting continues.  Still wondering if there is a house out there for us.
10. Ryan's birthday is coming up.  I seriously LIVE for birthdays and holidays.  The scheming has begun and it's so much fun!

Have a great weekend!  Love, Love.

Fortunate Fridays.

And now for your second installment of Fortunate Fridays... Part deux.

Lots to be thankful for this week: 

1. A great Church Service on Sunday.  All about how to succeed at the game of life.
2. Thanks to President's Day, it was a four day work week.
3. I found a Barnes and Noble gift card in my wallet.  Always love a guilt free shopping trip!
4. Amazing sunsets over the beautiful Rocky Mountains off of our balcony.
5. A few 50-60 degree days in February.  Love Colorado winters!
6. All I had to do is ask if Ryan wanted to dishes, "SURE" was his response.  He's nice.
7. A husband that makes the bed.  Often.
8. I have a job.
9. A wallet full of Starbucks gift cards from dear husband.
10. Friends arriving from near and far for a fun filled weekend in the mountains.  More to come on this one.  You won't want to miss the re-cap.

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.  Love to all!

Fortunate Fridays.

Alrighty.  It's time for some good around here.  My last 5 (or 15) posts have been kind of a cop out.  I haven't really had anything exciting to say, so I've just found something interesting and passed it along to you.  BUT, that wasn't really my intention here with this little old blog.  SO.  With so much negativity swirling all around me and this world, I am feeling a little lost, overwhelmed, confused, all of the above.  All this chaos has really made me lose focus.  I've been trying really really hard to live with my heart wide open--open to new people, experiences and thoughts.  But lately all I want is consistency.  Even if that consistency is with my heart closed tight for fear of stepping into some land of the great unknown.

With that, I bring you a new and exciting blog feature.  One in which I may or may not be consistent, but at least it's me trying to bring light to the abundance of good in my life.  I'm hoping it helps me see that the bad isn't so bad, but just a side effect of really living.  And now I present to you.... FORTUNATE FRIDAYS!  A top ten of sorts.  A time to reflect on the good in the past week, let go of the bad, and move into the weekend with a peaceful and thankful soul.  And this week, I was blessed with many a fortunes.... (drum roll please)... 

1.  We started going to church on Sunday.  It was enlightening, powerful and heartfelt.  More to come on this.

2.  Brunch with the in-laws on Sunday.  What a treat!

3.  I hopped on an early flight to Chicago on Monday.  Less time at the airport is always a good thing.

4.  Even better, got on an early flight HOME on Wednesday night.  Getting home from a business trip even an hour early is hands down the best thing ever.

5.  My Daddy-O celebrated a birthday on Wednesday!  56 years young and quite the man.  As my husband said last weekend, "YOUR DAD IS SO AWESOME!"  I agree.  Tenfold.  Happy Birthday Dad!  

6.  I achieved my goal of working out 4x per week.  Yay!

7.  I got to catch up with one of my BFFs Megs this week.  LONG overdue.  We had a great chat and I so enjoyed hearing all about Mommyhood and her precious baby girl.  Awesome.

8.  I have many rocks in my life.  This week has been a lot of venting (too much really, I hate that), and my Mom, Dad and Husband are great listeners and supporters.  Lucky I am.

9.  Due to some issues with my work computer today, I was actually done working at 5 today!  A rare occurrence, but such a luxury these days!

10.  Dinner out with just me and Ryan tonight was just what we needed.  Just realized, that's the plan for tomorrow night too!  What luck!

Bonus:  I had time to blog tonight.  Nice to have time to just think and write.

Whew, that was actually kind of hard.  Can you tell?  But, I'm pretty sure this is a good exercise for me.  It will also be rather constructive for reflections sake.  And off I go into the weekend-- And a 3-day weekend at that!  Happy Valentine's Day to all!  Love, Love, Love to all!