Its another Friday....

Its Friday again. Friday seems to come round with startling speed these days reminding me how fast life is going by and how fortunate I am to have one. For a quick update I am thinking along these lines:

Wishing: we were in Florida this Spring
Planning: for a trip to Orlando and the Keys at the end of the year and a Cape Breton weekend this summer with my BFF and her fam-jam.
Dreaming of: my house to be paid for, no car debt and a condo in Bahama Bay
Realizing: that I have only eleven years to go before my planned retirement age.
Coming to terms with: the new realization that sometimes you dont know the people you thought you knew, even if you have spent almost your entire life with them and most importantly....thats ok. I can grieve the loss of what I thought it was.
Strongly aware: that my family, my girls, my "framily" are those that I will go to bat for, without fail, in the face of any and everything.
Knowing that: false friends are noted and no longer in my inner circle (thats ok too, I am over it).
Comfortable with: getting older. Its not so bad. I have clarity in places that were once cloudy and full of doubt.
Appreciating: my parents, my mum and my adopted dad. I have the strongest relationship with my amazing mother and love my dad for being always there for me.
Grateful for: this job, my manager, my team here and in NH. I am so very fortunate.
Impressed by: my husband for facing his health issues full on and making hard changes for the better.
Proud of: my two girls as they deal with issues that shouldn't even be facing them at this age. They are also rocking school and grades and earning their own money! WTG girls!
Newly thankful for: my roots. My beautiful English roots.
Still in awe of: this life in Nova Scotia and everything it encompasses and being Canadian.
Enjoying eating: chicken, hummus, red peppers and cheese sandwiches and "The Feast" homemade tomato and basil soup.
Loving: these damn pets, so much: Dukie, Alpine, Oreo, Kennedy and baby Ace who is most definitely my "mental health" advocate.
Oddly embracing: being frugal. The upside is my new found deep appreciation of everything in my life that I have.
Learning: that boundaries make for a happy and healthy life.
Appreciating: Winter... now this is new for me at this point in February. Normally by now I am about done but it occurred to me yesterday as my boots crunched on new snow that I actually love this snuggly buggly weather of pretty snowfall and oddly bright darkness at night, due to it. Yes I miss flip-flop weather but at the same time, snuggly buggly weather has its pros too. Flip-flop weather is on it way....

I love this photo of Lily in Bahama Bay.

And these two...

My heart is so tremendously full.