I have been quite slack at keeping up with my daily gratitude journal this week. Its not uncommon for me to be a day behind, but I have never been 3 days or more behind. Things have been quite busy the the last few days with Easter, work, catching up with friends, I feel like we have been on the go, go, go. I think it's ok to skip the gratitude journal when we are busy doing things and living and loving life. I find the gratitude journal helps me the most when I am not particularly grateful or am feeling in a slump. I think the last 3 months I have realised how short life is, how much we have to be thankful for, how blessed we are and I feel like we really do try and make the most of every spare minute. We have been getting out to the beach, I've been tryinig to exercise, though my eating habits could be better but that is difficult at Easter! Work is showing no signs of slowing down, which is ok because now that w have so many grand ideas for our NZ holiday we really need to save money. There's also a list a mile long of new toys we would like, camera, a TV, maybe a second apple TV, other things I don't really know what. We have been good though, and have resisted the urge to go out and spend all our money, as tempting as it is. I really am thankful for all we have. A roof over our heads, jobs (and job security), good health, family, friends, a beautiful part of the world to live in...we are so ver lucky/fortunate/blessed, THANKFUL. We really don't need anything else. And I am thankful for my gratitude journal helping me to see all this and more.

Had the best morning at the beach with a friend and her family. The weather was great, company awesome, nick was so good ... love these days. Makes me thankful for where we live.