Little life satisfactions!

I get joy out of the littlest things in life. I don’t talk about them nearly as often as I should – but for the mere fact that I cant get these out of my head…

I want to tell you all what some of those little things were, that I enjoyed this week!
(In no particular order)
1. Sour Patch Kids – My sugar free husband has been patiently listening to me complain about my deprivation of no sugar the last 4 months, on Monday when we to Wal-Mart he let me go to the candy aisle to see if they had any of those miniature packages of Sour Patch Kids that I so much LOVE!!! They didn’t and I was super bummed!
2. My most favorite things about going to the store is after we pick a line to check out at, I grab a magazine and catch up on the latest gossip and trends while my honey unloads the cart and pays…On Monday, I was so caught up in the magazine that I didn’t even notice the miniature package of Sour Patch Kids on the bottom rack in the check out line…Casey grabbed one for me. I promptly opened them on our way out of the store and enjoyed every second sucking the sugar off that sour yet sweet treat (my mouth is totally watering right now) – It took me 3 days to eat that TINY bag! That’s pretty impressive. And as for Casey, he didn’t eat one of them! He seriously can not be tempted!
3. As scared as I was at the fact that Casey got laid off a couple of months ago and hasn’t been able to find a decent paying job since – we have been blessed in SO MANY ways! I think the thing I appreciate the most though is the time we have got to spend with each other, between school and work for the both of us the last 2 ½ years, we never really got to just enjoy one another’s company, unless we were at a family function. Now, I come home and Casey has taken care of 90% of the household chores for the day and has dinner cooking – then, we have ALL night to do whatever we please – and I LOVE IT!!!
4. Casey came with me to my hair appointment yesterday just because he “wanted to be with me”! I warned him that I would be there for a couple of hours, but he insisted. 3 hours later, he told me he would never do that again. HAHA
5. I hate how long my hair appointments take when I color my hair! I seriously have SO MUCH HAIR!!! It is so thick and it probably doesn’t help that it hits in the middle of my back, but I love just sitting in the chair relaxing! Trinity (my hair dresser)(oh, and no he isn’t gay) give the BEST head messages! He even got the knots out of my neck last night! DIVINE!!! I’m totally impressed with my new color too! For those of you who haven’t seen me in a couple of months – in October I dyed my hair a couple shades light of black – which shockingly, I LOVED…but for the new season I wanted to lighten things up! Trinity totally (once again) amazed me by turning my black hair about 8 shades lighter and me actually liking it! I was SO scared that it would look horrible with the contrast but you can barely even tell! Thanks Trinity, you are totally worth EVERY dollar!
6. Another joy of mine is spending time with my little sister Alyssa – we’re going shopping together tomorrow! I love hearing about her new adventures at school and he determination to have her associates by the time she graduates high school! (This is totally a past joy, but I am so glad I was taught the importance of school! KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!) Anyway, I love hearing about her “boy” stories too! Remember those days? Im glad they are WAY over, but to hear her talk about her butterflies in her tummy, make me giddy!
Last but not least, my most favorite joy of the week was going to my parents sacrament meeting on Sunday. My mom and dad were asked to speak on the trials and tribulations that came last year (which included my moms battle with cancer, the loss of my dads father to a stroke, and the loss of my dads little sister to pancreatic cancer, my dads layoff that happened 2 months after moms diagnosis and anything else the felt necessary.) They seriously had the whole chapel in tears – and not to be bias, but it was BY FAR the two BEST talks I have ever heard. I know it is always different hearing a talk given by a family member, and especially on a topic that is so close to your heart, but is WAS SO POWERFUL. They did share (very briefly) their trials so everyone could understand why they were asked to talk on it – but they focused on the positive and taught by the scriptures why we have trials and why it is important that we have those trials! I left with such a deeper respect and love for my parents – a love I didn’t think could actually get any deeper than it already was. How blessed I am to have such amazing parents! Both of whom are converts and both of whom have had many trials that have taught them to be the amazing people that they are – I love that I have NEVER heard them judge a single person - they don’t care about the mistakes a person has made, they have always welcomed anyone into their home and as far as I know, have never made anyone feel uncomfortable for not believing something different than they do. Mom, I know you’ll read this, and as little as that sounds, it has made such an impact on my life!