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I have been so down in the dumps lately with our infertility journey coming to a much needed break (for now) and the recent damage I’m having to deal with at my parents house that when I saw Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop prompts for this week, I couldn’t help but pick #1: Share one good thing you’re looking forward to.

I have found that it is so important to see the good in your life, especially when you feel like the walls are caving in around you and all you want to do is cry.

Mine is a very blessed life and I have so much more to make me smile than frown and came up with not one, but SEVEN really great things that I’m looking forward to:

1. Seeing Iris with my sister this weekend.

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2. Celebrating our five year anniversary in San Francisco next weekend.

3. Bringing home our puppy home  on August 7.

Taken on July 24. Puppy is 7 1/2 weeks old!

4. A new pile of books to tackle! I just read The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and if it is possible, it made me fall in love with reading all over again. Seriously, if you haven’t read this book, please do, it’s absolutely magical.

Here are three others I’m anxious to snuggle up with!

5. Duran Duran concert with my girlfriends on August 11!

6. Mastering the camel pose – someday, I hope! And look this elegant while doing it. Sigh.

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7. More moments like this with Lucas, someone I look forward to being with every single day: 

What are you looking forward to?

 This post was written for Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop Prompt #1) Share one good thing you’re looking forward to.

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  1. This is fantastic list of things to look forward to, my fav “being with Lucas everyday” – I love that pic of the two of you in the pool 🙂 And I can’t for you to get the pup!

    I’ll make sure I read “The Night Circus”. A great thing to look forward too.

    Sending you love & wine, Friend xoxo

    P.S. I’d love to see Iris. Tell me all about it!

    • Lucas and that puppy keep me going every day! The other stuff is just icing on the cake, as they say. 🙂

  3. Oups for the mistake “too” instead of to”!!! I look forward to learning how to write good English 😉

  4. The Night Circus. Holy heck, I am right there with you! I savored that book like a delicious piece of cheesecake. It was incredible! I was so so so sad when I found out it was her first and only one so far 🙁 I am on the lookout for new books. Any other recommendations? I’m so glad to finally see someone else love it like I do!

    Oh, and it sounds like a lot of fun things are coming your way. I keep seeing posters for Iris all over LA and am jealous. Um, especially after reading Night Circus!

    • I know, seeing Iris after having read that book will be perfect!! I’m sad it’s her only book too. I hope the follow up is just as wonderful. Are you on goodreads.com? It’s a great way to keep track of books you read and want to read as well as what your friends are reading too. Come find me.

  5. Our dog did this prompt today too.

    I am looking forward to eating breakfast with the animals at the Cleveland Zoo today.

    Long range, we are both looking forward to retirement in 3-5 years.

    • Your dog? Interesting. I will have to check that out.

      Retiring sounds lovely. 🙂

  6. Oh, I love this, you!

    {I’m so very sorry that things have been so hard. My heart is with yours.}

    But I’m 100& with you – gratefulness is such a fab spin/filter to use to flip things. I’m working on using it more – just like you!

    • It’s honestly what keeps me going… appreciating what I have and looking forward to better days. xoxo

  7. It’s so easy to get mired in the muck that bad things happening creates. It takes effort sometimes to see the good through that; you’ve done so beautifully. Thanks for the book recommendations! I’ve been waiting for a few at the library and in the meantime have just been without. The puppy makes me want one so badly.

    • You MUST read The Night Circus! I am telling all my friends about it, it’s *that* good!

      I am so excited about our new puppy!! Stay tuned for photos and tales of mayhem. 🙂

  10. I just started a regular yoga class again. Two of the people who are in the class are, obviously, well-seasoned yoga enthusiasts, looking graceful and strong and sure with every motion.

    I caught one of them looking toward me the other day, a look of horror in her eyes. At first, I thought, maybe, I had anatomy showing that shouldn’t have been showing . . . but, no, I think she was horrified at how ungraceful I appeared.

    It’s great that you have so much good to look forward to. I can’t wait for the posts starting on the 7th.

    • I have been practicing yoga for 12 years on and off and I know I still look ridiculous. Every instructor I’ve ever had says, “yoga is for life” and I believe it.

      Yes, the posts and photos will be rather interesting/scary/awesomely cute around here after the 7th. 🙂

    • Tell me about it. It’s WAY harder than it looks. I feel throwing up every time I attempt it.

  12. One thing, I’m looking forward to is the weekend. That’s my time to relax. Another thing I’m looking forward to or the hopes to looking forward to is a little alone time with DH very soon. I have my fingers crossed. DS begins his freshman semester in college at the end of next month, so we’re coming right down to the wire. I hope we can work some time in for our “alone time”.

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    • Alone time is key. That should have been on my list too. Well, I guess it sort of is with our trip to SF.

      Off to check out your blog and follow in kind. 🙂

  13. I loved this list, so many things to look forward to! I’m looking forward to a concert in mid August, and to going home to IL in Sept to celebrate my 40th!

  15. I started the Night Circus but haven’t finished it yet. I need to do that!

    I saw Cirque (Quidam) a while ago and LOVED it! I could watch them over and over again…. simply amazing!

    • I’ve only seen LOVE, so I am very excited about IRIS. And what perfect timing coinciding with the book. 🙂

  16. So many good things!
    I’m so jealous about the Duran Duran concert!
    I hope you write all about how that goes!
    Have fun 🙂

    • My bestie is a diehard fan and I’ve been with her three times in the last five years. We have a blast.

  20. So much fun coming up for you! GOOD! You deserve it! You deal with a bunch, so you should get to play a bunch too! Tit for tat! 🙂

  21. Looking forward and planning ahead is seriously what gets me through the rough days. I think that’s why I’m such a freak about planning fun things with friends. I’m constantly trying to plan things/events with people to keep me excited about the future. I was like that before mom and dad died and I’m more like that now then ever before. I’m looking forward to seeing IRIS with you on Saturday too. We’ll have fun! I’m also excited for you to get a dog! We’ll have a blast with him! 🙂

  22. Great things to look forward to! I finally got The Night Circus from the library wait list, and I am in love with it already (maybe 30 pages in?) LOVE

  23. I really enjoyed this post and that you used it as a way to find things the things that you are looking forward too. The picture at the end is definitely something to look forward to, his happy face made me smile.

  25. I love your list. And, I love the idea of the list. I chose the Top 10 things I hate—which in my ways was cathartic—but I think writing down all of the things that are coming up that are GOOD would also make me feel much better. I’m inspired—thank you. And, I’m going to read that book!

  27. That puppy is SO cute! You definitely have some fun things happening amidst the negative. I hope writing them out helped a bit!

  28. I love this list! I’ve heard many people recommend The Night Circus so I’m adding that to my must read list.I was never a Duran Duran fan but i am a hug fan of concerts with friends…enjoy!

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