Happy Days!!

HOLY COW!!! It’s been a year!!! It’s so weird to think how much my life has changed in the past year.  That’s right one year ago TODAY, June 4.   To list everything would be too challenging and I really wouldn’t want to “relive” the low points.  However, some of you may be asking, June 4, 2012…significance? Oh no not our wedding anniversary, not a birthday, actually nothing happy at all. Exactly one week prior to our first wedding anniversary, our house was broken into and we were robbed.

Awesome huh? I like to think so as well.  Don’t worry Detective Vickie here figured out who did it, and now they are being prosecuted for selling stolen merchandise.  Long story but if you can’t PROVE 100% that they were the ones in your house (even if obvious to you), you can’t get them for breaking in.  No worries though, they will be doing a minimum of 5 years in prison.

Continuing on, I feel as if this is the point where I can say look after June 4 -  x,y,z situations changed.  However the largest thing that has changed has been me.  I will say now I am on an upswing and thoroughly enjoying life.  Is everything perfect, well no, but please show me someone who has a perfect day every day.  While everything/day may not be perfect, I do try to take moments out of my day to realize how awesome life can be. 

For those people whom struggle to find little bright spots in the day, I do have a couple recommendations.  One of the things that both my husband and I try to do is every time we say something negative (i.e. this sucks, ugh I don’t want to do…, etc) we always try to follow up with something positive.  Sometimes it’s as simple as the sun is shining, we can go outside and play with the dog.  Other times it’s “yay, PAY DAY!!!”.  I will say sometimes this is a very hard thing to do, but it’s worth a shot.

Another thing that I have actually been using lately is an app on my iPhone.  It’s called “Gratitude 365”.  The “lite” version is free, however you can only use it to put information in 7 random days.  After that you would need to buy the full version ($1.99, but well worth it).  On here you can do several things: list gratitudes, take pictures, review previous, and share your calendar (if desired).  I discovered this little app while watching YouTube videos.  Sounds silly, but one of the people I subscribe to recommended it. I LOVE IT!!

I initially thought of just trying to take a picture every day to remind myself sometimes the happiness lies right under us, but this is so much more organized. Plus you can always look back on previous days and relive the happiness you had. 

Now that one year has passed, I think it’s time to close that chapter on our life.  Things can only go up and now it’s just time to keep them there.

Also if you’d just like a little smile, I’d recommend watching this little video and the secret one after, Baby Glitter (aka Darcy) is so cute: You Asked Baby Glitter!!! (You may need to hold control and click the link)

Here’s to the people who broke into our home: Thanks for making me a better person!!