I’m thankful for so many things. God has been blessing me with a great sense of contentment recently. It is easy to start getting “want-y” when I look at what other people are doing or have, etc., but God has been reminding me of all the wonderful things He has blessed me with right here, right now.
among those things:
* a wonderful husband who encourages me and gets excited about my little successes. we have been having fun with creating our Halloween costume and we went to a local orchard this weekend. simple pleasures!
* a Bible study and a small group; both of which are great fellowship times and good, challenging conversations about God’s Word.
* great friends, with whom I have had really fun times recently (you know who you are!! 
)
* a good job, where I’m learning a lot!
* a day at home today, which I used to run 4 miles on the treadmill (then walk 0.5 mi), complete a couple scrapbook pages, and bake an apple pie. I was so *happy* today! and then on top of that, I got a box of scrapbooking goodies in the mail
