turn it around...

tuesday, morning was quite the experience

it was nothing in particular or seriously wrong

just an "after another" kind of morning

it was a morning of waking up to a cold winter

and me trying to press through it

again

although someone today mentioned a countdown of winter

and I said

that's it!

I need to do one of those

have a winter countdown

Normally every day I wake up telling myself

"it is a new day of winter"

I can do it....

and let's be honest here

that doesn't always work with my subconscious

but I always try telling it that

because I'm hoping one day acceptance will happen

so...

currently

my subconscious is "in training" with "winter acceptance"

usually mid-January to mid/late February is my very difficult and struggling time

but Tuesday morning

my mind was not wanting to play along with my declaration of

"it's a new winter day"

it was a day of a bunch of little things adding up...

waking up late

the girls breaking a lamp before we even left the house

a new carpet stain

my oldest acting like she's running the house

and ordering me around

missing my other half ... like normal

my youngest very "potty trained" child deciding it's okay to tinkle in her cloth chair
because "she didn't want to get up" she said

I took a deep breath after Madison was dropped off at school

packed up Hayley

relieved some stress while running

and life was all good

once again

{smile}

 I had a few errands to run later that day

so after lunch Hayley and I headed out

 for some quality time

first stop was dropping something off at a client's home

I always have the most enjoyable and beautiful drive

every.single.time I drive to her home

it's seriously pretty...and just relaxing
it makes me smile

I saw so much that made me appreciate winter

you can appreciate it when you are driving in a warm car, you know

it doesn't seem so cold

whatever mind tricks work, right?

it made me realize that although winter is not my best time of year

there is still beauty in it

I remembered I had my camera in my purse from my conference last week

so I grabbed it and we made a stop

at this little quaint church on the way back

I loved it

she was of course game because "snow eating"

is always the first thing she does when there's inches of it 

I only had to bribe her once with gum for a couple more photos

{and once is beyond good in my book}

because she's obsessed with gum

since she's a big girl now

who can chew gum
all.by.herself

she seems to dig in my purse "at her convenience" for her favorite gum

which just so happens to be my favorite gum...

plain ole' dark blue Trident

what I love...

is the surprise of an empty pack of gum that I
{ahem}
 just purchased
and inside is a few open wrappers tucked...wadded
 back in the pack

{chuckle}

it actually does make me laugh

{sometimes}

regardless,
 it was what was needed by both of us

sometimes you just got to make your happy happen you know

you can't wait for it to come along

if only I remembered that from the beginning of every "not so great mornings"

you know my theory by now, right?

I eventually and sometimes get that figured out in time

{laughing}

we both had some smiles and laughter

finding our happy in what was eventually a great day

then it was off to pick up this little one

and hearing about her great day