30 Things I'm Grateful For

So I decided to do a little blessing counting this morning in preparation for a day of gratitude tomorrow. I've only listed thirty things. There are so many more! I have discovered how positive one feels after a good assessment of how good life really is. Don't let the opportunity to count your blessings pass you by this Thanksgiving!!

Things I'm Grateful For

1. Life. To live and breathe and think and laugh and love and cry and and and…
2. To wake up each morning with the love of my life by my side
3. Flowers and trees
4. Houseplants that can survive in my apartment
5. Rain
6. Cheese, in all its forms
7. Three great siblings for best friends
8. Parents that love me and gave me immeasurable opportunities
9. crochetpatterncentral.com I owe you so much!
10. A priceless education
11. Great artists and authors and playwrights that have inspired me
12. To live in a nation where I am afforded so much freedom and choice
13. Good looking cars. Sometimes it just feels so good to just stare at one!
14. Cats…an independent man’s best friend ;)
15. The pleasure of hearing, feeling and creating music
16. Being able to speak another language
17. The ability to believe
18. Cute shoes. There’s just no substitute for the feeling of wearing cute shoes!
19. Manual transmissions…I just didn’t know what I was missing before!
20. NPR – it feels so good to be nerdy sometimes!
21. Facebook...I actually keep in touch now!
22. To know there is a God, that He knows and that He loves
23. Modern medicine. I owe you my life
24. A good job with good people
25. Friends that let you crash at their house to watch football and beat them at games ;)
26. A sister living so close!
27. A husband who sacrifices so much to make a better life for me
28. Dreams
29. To know the purpose of my life
30. To have a Savior to lift me up and help me get back home

AHM Hoops

So I'm glad Autumn gave a little preview of what's going on at AHM these days. (AHM = Ascione, Heideman & McKay, our law firm). So the guys here joined the Provo City basketball league. They didn't have any "regular" spots open, so they joined the "6 foot and under" league. Yes, Abram qualified. He claims he's 5' 11 & 3/4". We'll just have to believe him on that. Anyone over 5'5" seems really tall to me. They've been having early morning practices (6am on Saturdays! The psychos!) which I have yet to be involved in. I keep saying that one of these days I'll take them cinnamon rolls or something, but I'm feeling less-than-motivated with the 6am stuff. But Abram goes. Good for him.



We had our first game on Thursday. I won't tell you the final score, but our guys looked good in their new jerseys and made a fair showing. I will add that the other team had plenty of players OVER 6' tall. Oh well. I'm not sure how long the season is, but we're excited to see what will come of it. If nothing else, AHM has the biggest cheering section! Go team!


I like this shot. Everyone seems frozen and vexed by the flying ball. Ah.....

8 Things

So I saw this on a friend's blog and stole it because I haven't blogged in over a month and needed something to write about. :)



8 Things I'm Obsessed With


1. My new Yoville house
2. Getting squeezies
3. Crocheting
4. Fresh cranberries
5. Office Supplies
6. Getting mail
7. Peter Breinholt
8. Warm feet



8 Words or Phrases I Use Daily
1. "Goob"
2. "Ah...trash bags!"
3. "Hi sweetie!"
4. "I know, right?"
5. "Oober" (I know this one is supposed spelled with a "u" and those funny dots, but I think it looks even more oober with two big fat o's)
6. "Rockin' hot!"
7. "No me poques!"
8. "Ascione, Heideman & McKay, this is Airie, how can I help you?"

8 TV Shows I Like to Watch

1. House
2. The Office
3. Countdown with Keith Olbermann
4. Arrested Development
5. Lost
6. Clean House
7. Law & Order (the Briscoe episodes)
8. Those 7 are pretty impressive considering we don't actually have tv!



8 Things I Did Yesterday
1. Wore my new size 3 shoes :)
2. Won Settlers of Catan: Cities and Knights. HAZAH!!
3. Ate a Papa Murphy's Philly Cheese Steak pizza...oh cheesies!
4. Opened precisely 42 pieces of mail NOT addressed to me
5. Watched an entire pro football game for the first time EVER
6. Took 4 Advil for an oober headache
7. Noticed the new awning on our house that had been there at least three days for the first time. HONEST.
8. Enjoyed the heated seats in my Volvo

8 of My Favorite Places to Eat

1. Red Lobster
2. La Dolce Vida
3. Autumn & Leslie's House
4. Zupas
5. Tucanos
6. Great China
7. L & L Hawaiian
8. Kneaders

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To

1. Thanksgiving holiday
2. Having my Christmas crafties done
3. The end of law school and internships
4. Living in Western Oregon
5. Good health insurance
6. A new snazzy phone in May (Yeah, May)
7. A baby (not quite yet, this is not an announcement :) )
8. Seeing all of my family at Christmas and New Years

8 Things on My Wishlist
1. A big, oober comfy couch
2. A full-sized oven
3. A truly, 100% CLEAN house
4. A kitty
5. An herb garden
6. A garage
7. A baby grand
8. Abram in his dream job