Today my mom came and is going to stay for a while to help out after my surgery. Well, next week she’ll help out with the pups. I’m thankful for that and for my sisters who drove her here. I’m also grateful for the stuff I was able to send back with my sisters. One of them has a new lake home and she is able to use some things I was setting aside for a garage sale I never had. Yay!

I’m thankful for wrapping up my work week and tying up some loose ends in anticipation of my weeks off for recovery. I ended up working a longer day than normal since I was worried I would forget something. Hopefully I didn’t. And I’m also thankful that our contractor finished the back patio today. They still need to fix the yard that got messed up in the process and do a final seal coat, but so far it looks good!

I’m thankful today for a little quieter construction crew, for a couple of walks down the block with the pups, for Biofreeze that helped my headache, and for sunflowers from our garden.

I can’t believe tomorrow is August. Where has the summer gone?! I’m glad we’ve had some nice days to enjoy it since our weather has cooled off. Today was not a good one for hanging outside at our house, though. The contractor who is putting in our patio under our deck started work this morning. The dust was crazy! I felt like it was inside as well as outside. It’s nuts that the guys worked in this dust cloud without anything over their faces.

They got a lot done, so I’m thankful for that. The old patio is out and a new foundation is set. It’s going to be huge!

I’m also thankful that my CT scan results also came back today—finally! And there was nothing abnormal that showed up. Yay!! Even though I’d assumed as much by now, it’s still a relief to have it confirmed.

Patrick left the house for a few hours today and these two kept a close eye on things for me as I finished sewing some curtains. I’m grateful for a quiet day, with sunshine and cool breezes outside.

I’m thankful today for getting a lot of cleaning done this morning. There were things on my list for too long, so it was nice to get them checked off. I’m also thankful for dinner with friends whom we haven’t seen in a while. Since the weather cooled off, we were able to eat and hang out on our deck most of the late afternoon and evening. Yay!

This is a good quote for today since I’ve started getting nervous about my upcoming surgery even though I’m very much looking forward to having it done. But I’m thankful for some encouragement from a friend who has been through it already. She gave me some good tips for recovery and eased my mind a bit.

I’m grateful today for babies and friends and walks in the heat. I’m also thankful for silly pups. The little one reminds us more and more of our Chance.