I’ve always seen the glass “half full”,
always brimming with optimism..

{ In fact I was totally shocked when I don’t win the Lotto Max this week.. I mean, what the hell?? }

♥

This year

Easter

won’t arrive with

hot cross buns or egg hunts

or a

glazed ham

baking in my oven..

it will be a quiet one this year, for sure, since both kids are busy,

but I get to see them tons the rest of the year so I’m ok with that!

I still have my tulips

my chocolate bunnies

and chocolate eggs.. { even if I can’t eat them } I think they’re so pretty on my desk!

♥

And today I got an invitation to lunch tomorrow.. so how lucky am I??!!

So even though Easter will be

different

I think that it will be

perfectly

wonderfully new.. and lovely, however it turns out.

♥

I love being sunny and hopeful..

I may come across as too innocent, child-like even naive to some, but I am far from it..

I just prefer being optimistic

to being jaded and indifferent to every amazing

possibility

waiting for me.. no, for every possibility that is waiting

for us..

♥

Because I think everyone deserves to win, everyone deserves a shot.. if they dream it.. work for it.. are open to every wonderful

possibility

♥

If you look up

“milestone”

all sorts of synonyms appear..

celebration

ceremony

breakthrough

landmark

.. all words I fully expected

but I was surprised to also see

calamity

incident

and

catastrophe

♥

Sometimes we fall short of the mark..

I checked in with my trainer today and have a body fat reading of 20% ?

not what I had hoped, and… not clearly what he had hoped either

but ever the optimist, I thought it had to have been

super high

before I started exercising!

So I patted myself on the back for a job well done, took a photo to mark my

milestone

to celebrate how far I’ve come

and now I’m setting a new goal..

and checking back in

in one month’s time.

I’m no quitter…

♥

A

Banana Split

seemed fitting for a celebration..

but of course I changed it into a smoothie..

{  I love how the strawberries are shaped like hearts }

No fitness goal was ever reached by eating a Banana Split.

Sadly, while very healthy, I think this one still falls short of the mark for what I’m supposed to be eating..

so I probably won’t have another one of these until I reach the next

milestone

♥

 Love and Happiest of Easters,

Smidge