it's hard to be crabby when...

• A friend pays you a wonderful compliment. I got one that made my whole week! It STILL makes me smile days later!
  
• My co-worker's husband makes it home safe and sound from Afghanistan. I don't know how families do it everyday when a loved one is deployed. What a blessing these men and women are.
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is in town! The lucky family gets selected tomorrow. I'm so excited for them and feel very fortunate to have a roof over my head (even if a bat did get into our house and scare the crap out of us. and we have a leak from our bathroom into our kitchen again...the "joys" of home ownership).
  

I am counting my blessings until my vacation starts in just a few days...