but then today

Yes, I've been a bit down of late. Okay, maybe more than a bit.

In an effort to count my many blessings, I offer these:

1. Yardsailing with Sugar this morning.
2. Road trip to the cabin property with Jack and JoJo.
3. Side trip to Jessie's on the way to the cabin property.
4. Much wandering and driving and pondering and planning with Jack in an effort to determine the best possible future cabin location on our lot.
5. Said road trip with JoJo, the amazing dog who did not, even one time, barf or poop in the truck on said trip.
6. Bravely releasing Jo from the truck at the property and realizing that she does come when she is called, she has quite the nose for sniffing out all kinds of scents at the property, and she will very likely remember exactly where she left her blue squeaky ball at the property. And she is not about to back down in a barking contest with the property neighbor's old collie. (There is seriously no comparison between the high pitched yelping of a collie and the deep wolf-like howl of our Jo.)
7. Watching the dad and his three little boys in the car in front of us on I-15, doing their best to get the semi drivers to honk, and seeing their joy when they were successful.
8. Returning home to find that Jr was in the mood to clean, and my bathrooms, carpet, and kitchen are shiny clean and/or vacuumed, and my grass has been cut to perfection.