Self-Improvement

Most people, I think, tend to do a little introspection during trying times and I'm no different. A little turmoil always seems to cause me to want to better myself. You may be seeing a new and improved Kelsey soon enough. One thing that I can use a lot of work on is being more thankful. My posts lean more toward complaining about one thing or another, but not much time is spent being grateful for things in my life. Anyone who knows me knows that I am grateful, but I need to start looking for something each day that I'm thankful for, and being more vocal about it.

So, now you'll get to hear what I'm thankful for, hopefully each and every day. Today I'm thankful for Chris' education. He's always been able to provide everything our family has needed because of it. His education and the jobs he's been able to get with it has allowed me to stay home with Clara. Thankfully, he is starting to get some good news on the job hunt and things are just starting to happen, hence the reason I'm thankful for an education. Just wish I had one. Oh, booger, there I go complaining again.

I've been pretty bad about taking pictures lately, so I made sure to take a few on our walk tonight. We've been walking around the retention pond behind our house. It's great. Clara walks Dingle, Chris walks Max and we let Zoe loose because she's the only one we can trust. Here Clara stopped to smell the flowers. And the whole crew is tuckered out after a long, exciting walk in the second picture.

And this is a nest Chris discovered last week. It's on the ground, completely unprotected. There are no trees around and no covering to be found. Also, this area gets mowed over all the time, so hopefully the eggs will make it. Chris felt them last week and they were warm, but we didn't see a Mama anywhere. Later though, a bird started yelling at us from several yards away, so we let it be. I looked out our window a while later and saw her sitting on it. I didn't know there were some birds that laid their eggs on the ground. Then again, she might not be all there. Hmmm, maybe she's afraid of heights.