Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Anticipation

 

   Right now I am waiting for the window guy to come and measure some windows so we can can get them replaced. And I am really excited. About windows. But it is more than just a few windows. It will be the last of the major things we want to improve on our house. It is something I have been anticipating for the nearly 6 years we have been in this house.

We moved into the house knowing there were a lot of things we would want to upgrade and we have slowly made our way through the list. Furnace, air conditioner, water heater, roof, doors and windows. They are all projects that were too big to do on our own.

I have been looking forward to finishing these projects since we bought the house. Each time we are able to complete one I get excited about the new improvement. I enjoyed the cool air flowing through the house when we got air conditioning and felt relief when we were able to replace our leaky roof. I felt like throwing a party when we replaced our front door and I was able to stop putting a rag in the gap too keep the cold air out in the winter. Hooray for doors you can’t see light and feel a breeze coming through!

Darcy came over last night to start planning out our, sure to be amazing, trip to Glacier Nation Park in August. It got me all pumped up to go, even though it is still three months away.

Planning our awesome trip and waiting for the window guy (who is getting close to being late) has made me spend sometime thinking about anticipation. Maybe I am just easily excitable but the anticipation of something is a big part of the enjoyment for me. I love looking forward to something, thinking about how much fun it will be and planning it. Sometimes I get so excited I have dreams about whatever it is I am anticipating. Dreams about new windows, amazing sales for kids stuff or hikes right on the side of a huge mountain.

I like to plan things I know I will enjoy way out in advance, then I have even longer to time to think about how awesome it is going to be. So here is my list of the biggest things I am currently anticipating.

1. Danl and Belinda moving to Utah for the summer. They will only be here for a few months, but I am so excited to have them near by. Less than two weeks! And getting to meet their baby girl who is due in September. Kathryn will get a girl cousin!

2. Replacing the last of the windows in our house! Which, according to the window guys I just talked to should be installed by May 25.

3. Kathryn’s dance recital and Stephen’s track meet. It will be a first for both of them and I am excited to see how they do.

4. Family reunion/ Moses Lake summer trip. One of the few bad things about Utah is that it is a long day’s drive away from Washington. I am so excited to hangout with my family.

5. Our awesome trip to Glacier National Park this summer. No kids are coming. It is going to be a blast.

6. The 5k mud run my super awesome friend Amanda and I are doing in August. I think a three mile muddy obstacle course sounds like a blast.

7. The really big, beautiful king sized quilt my awesome mother-in-law is making for me. It will be big enough to hang over the side of my king size bed. I picked out the pattern and colors (cream, light yellow and a really deep red.) She is going to hand quilt it and submit it in the Utah State Fair in August. I know it will turn out amazing.

8. Darcy making her trifle some time soon. I have been close to eating some twice in the past month but it hasn’t happened yet.

9. My kids being big enough to go on a family bike ride (not walking while the kids ride on their scooters and tricycles) on the Provo River Trail. This is a ways off, but it will be so cool.

I am getting excited just thinking about all the exciting things I have to be excited about!

So what are you anticipating now?