Sally Jane tonight at the pool

Too Much Pink

Is it possible to have too much good in your life? I have felt just a rush of goodness come my way recently and the crazy thing is it seems like there is so much that I don't even have the time to write about it all. I am hesitant to even say that because I am afraid I will jinx it and a tree will fall on me or something tomorrow.

The good things are simple not grandiose.

• The weather has been incredible and not humid and even cooler at night
• my nails are getting longer and stronger every day and I still can't believe I have not taken a nibble on them for a year and a half.
• my pink hydrangea's are just growing leaps and bounds more than last year
• my kids get to go swimming twice a day and it takes us 45 seconds to get to the pool
• the blessings of this incredible swim team
  
• the amazing feelings I had about girls camp are still rushing through me
• I have been able to see so much of Jeff recently and am almost forgetting our resident life (can't believe i am saying that)
• finally having a computer where I can make slide shows to music in a jiffy (i have waited so long to do that)
• I can afford groceries, utilities and have great health insurance
  
• I get to speak in church on Sunday - how weird is that to be excited for, but I have done some great soul searching in preparing for the talk
• I have an awesome Chaco tan on my feet (even my brother Adam would be jealous)

It is a weird thing I said to someone recently but I almost feel guilty for all the good in my life, almost like it should be going to someone else. I have found myself trying to diminish the exciting and good in my life on my blog because I don't want to make anyone feel bad. But then I think what will I do when everything is not so pink and I will have wished I wrote it all down?
So I hope I can muster up the guts to just write it all down and not worry about holding back.

I got one of my favorite emails of the year today and have to share a bit of it, although it seems mighty braggy, it really meant a lot to me. I have always tried to love most of the things around me and this really made my day! (i hope my friend forgives me for putting on my blog)

" My husband and I were discussing where the perfect place was to raise a family would be and after talking about several places He said "You know, there is a job in DC and after reading about where Kristi lives with the swim teams and all the fun community stuff, It sounds like a great place to live". I thought about it and said, you know Kristi could move to Tijuana Mexico and after a year of reading her blog we would be saying "maybe we should move to Mexico... the great food, culture, there is so much to see and do there..." Then He said "good point" Your positive perspective is definitely one of your blessings/ talents and one of the reasons I love you!


Don't worry I have plenty of not so pink things in my life and if it makes anyone feel better here are some of them.

• I am signed up to run a marathon in 2 1/2 months and I am acting like I am not
• I deleted some photos from me in NYC because I didn't like the way I looked in them
  
• I have crumbs in between the cushions of my couch and it doesn't really bother me
• After being in NYC I wish I had way more style and wonder why it doesn't bother me to not do my hair or wear makeup
• I seem to have missed every major event in my families life for the past month and have a pile of things to send to them
• I drank a diet coke at girls camp and have fallen off the wagon and pick one up anytime i have the chance (kidney stone here I come!)
  
• I have the hardest time feeling like I can put myself first and really want to fix that part of me
  
• I feel like most my friends (and who am I kidding family too) think I am a flaky
  
• I am not getting enough sleep
• Something really sad happened to me in the past few weeks that I won't write about but trust me it is sad.

So like I have said before not Everything is always Pink - but I just love focusing on the good stuff it is so much more fun!

I am off to bed to change the not getting enough sleep and hope to find some quality time to document all the good in my life and get over the not so pink stuff.

Do you ever hold back good on your blog or in your journal?
Have you had times in your life where it has been extra pink?
Is there something to be said for looking for the positive in your own life?