"Sunshine, lollipops, rainbows and lemon drops."

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-- think about such things."

Know what?  I got the sadness out of my system for now.  I'm back to thinking about the things I'm looking forward to.  I'm gonna share those things so I don't get bogged down in the sad stuff.  Life's too short to always be thinking about sad things. 

If I ever read this when I am sad, I will want to punch myself in the face.  Sorry future self.

I'm excited about being in Evansville for the fall.  

I'm excited about the leaves changing.

I'm excited about it actually being truly cold for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I'm excited about sweaters and jackets.

I'm excited about big, open skies. 

I'm excited about the clear air that makes everything look brighter.

I'm excited about living in the apartment for a while.

I'm excited about living near Janet, Mark, Christopher and Casey.

I'm excited about Walmart.  (The Walmart is super clean.  ...It's the little things)

I'm excited about Turoni's pizza.

I'm excited about Donut Bank.  

I'm excited about Target Supercenter.

I'm excited about looking for a house.  

I'm excited about blowing up Pinterest with all my plans for our new house.

I'm excited about going to Trees and Trends with Janet.

I'm excited about getting involved at church as a family.

I'm excited about the (hopefully not so intense) summer's.

I'm excited about snow.

I'm excited about singing "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas" and knowing it could happen.  It could happen, dangit!

I'm excited about weekend road trips.

I'm excited about coming home for Christmas.

I'm excited about meeting everybody in Disney for family vacations.

Most of all, I'm excited that Carey won't have to travel anymore.  

I'm excited that we'll be able to go to church... as a family... on a Wednesday night.

I'm excited that he'll get up and go to work in the morning and then ::GASP:: come home in the afternoon.

I'm excited that he'll get to play with Piper while I cook supper.

I'm excited about sitting down to eat, every night, as a family.

I'm excited to watch TV together every night.

I'm excited about nightly walks or bike rides.

I'm excited about renting a movie, ordering pizza and having a movie date night... on a Tuesday night.

I'm excited that he'll need me to iron his work clothes for him.

I'm excited to hang his clothes in the closet.

I'm excited that Piper will wake up calling Dah and he'll be there to answer her. 

I'm excited about being together.

The things I'll miss.

This is a list of things I'll miss when we move to Indiana.  Feeling a little bummed out tonight and thought if I write it out it'll make me feel better.  I read somewhere that writing it out helps. 

Here goes...

I'll miss Halloween in this house.  I'll miss carving pumpkins in our backyard, with the tiki torches and fire pit lit and the stereo system playing our ridiculously uncool Grooveshark Halloween playlist.  I'll miss having our family Halloween party here, with all of us dressing up and letting Tivoli hand out candy to the trick or treaters. 

I'll miss this house that we've griped and complained over more than we've appreciated.  I'll miss it's cozy, homey, small house feel.  

I'll miss Piper's room every time I remember sitting in there before she was born, wondering what it would be like when she finally was here.  I'll miss the way it smells like her in there. 

I'll miss riding to Krispy Kreme and then to the beach with Lindsay, Tivoli, Cutler and Mama every week during the summer.

I'll miss the beach.

I'll miss being 4 hours from Disney and being able to take last minute, "just a quick trip there" vacations.

I'll miss the long springs and probably even the mild winters.  

I'll miss the marsh smell.

I'll miss Homegoods and its wonderfully early displays of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations.

I'll miss all our doctors that I feel like I worked so hard to find.

I'll miss Soho and it's grilled cheese sandwich with a side of tomato basil soup.

I'll miss downtown.  

I'll miss Baker's Pride and those darn petit fours.

I'll miss having Kaylyn or Gable randomly stop by to play with Piper for a minute.

I'll miss having a whole family of babysitters within 10 minutes of us.

I'll miss my fellow mama-friends, Sara and Winter, and our lunch/play dates.

I'll miss seeing Piper get SO excited to see Tivoli and Cutler, even though she just saw them yesterday.

I'll miss my Tee-bo and Cutler-man. I'll miss them coming to our house to play every week.

I'll miss being able to ask Piper "you wanna go see Nonnie and Doodah, Uncle Dude and Aunt Boop?" basically every other night of the week.

I'll miss spending pretty much every day with Lindsay.  I'll miss our ::cue circus music:: trips with the children to Walmart and Target for groceries.

Most of all, I'll miss Lindsay. I'll miss Mama.  I'll miss Kaylyn.  I'll miss Gable and Daddy and Chace.  I'll miss them most when I know they're all getting together one night just to eat supper.

I'll miss all the things that I've never given a second thought to.

It hasn't made me feel better, P.S.  It's clear to me now that the writer of that article is a doofus.