Wishes

There are times where I wish I was more like my dad. He's always very calm and can take a bad situation and make it the most wonderful and happy experience of his life. There are days, like yesterday, when the world hates me and for some reason I am in charge of fixing everyone else's problems, that I wish I wouldn't scream or cry, I just wish I were my dad.

He's just that awesome.

My dad works for a company called Vital Smarts. They distribute the book Crucial Conversations. I think they wrote that book by observing my dad and how awesome he is because he is the definition of that book. I know I should read it, but why should I when I could just talk to him?

Today was a better day than yesterday.

I am truly a blessed person and have had little mercies flood my life. Thank GOODNESS!

Birthday Bliss

Husband promised me that if he got 7 sales before Saturday, he would take the day off and spend it with me. We were very blessed and got to spend a wonderful day together (and I got to actually get out of the hotel room). Here are some pictures that we took to document the historic 20th anniversary of my being born:









The shoe full of candy was a present from my mom that she sent to me via snail mail. I love it!


Adam spoiled me with a picnic, a trip to the Anchorage museum, and crab for dinner. The crab was really quite disappointing, but the day was fantastic! This was the best birthday I have ever had, and the first one where I was married. Magic is probably the only word that can describe my day and magic it was.

Now that's what I call Alaska!

I've gone on several bike rides and have discovered little bits of Alaska that I didn't know existed but I hoped they did. Yesterday, I hopped on my bike without a planned destination and just rode. I went several blocks away from our hotel and saw a tall building not too far away. I figured it was downtown and since their is always something in downtown anywhere, I rode in that direction. It was further than what I thought but on the way I found the most wonderful park with bike trails and lots of trees and grass. It's strange because its super long and it's in the middle of Anchorage, almost hidden. I was so delighted and took some pictures with my little point and shoot. I will have to go back there one day and take some with my SLR, but for now this is okay.