Thankfulness 1-9

For the first time, in a long time, I'm really enjoying just living life. Waking up to Grayson's amazing smiles. Laughing at Leah's one-liners, melting at Hailey's kindness to her baby brother, having great conversations with Joshua about anything and everything, baking yummy treats, sewing, crafting, spending time with my love, my husband, and my love, my Lord, spending time with friends, even if it's just to walk, life's been good to me lately.

A lot of friends on Facebook are posting, daily, things they are thankful for, for the month of November. {You know, Thanksgiving and all.}

I'm behind by 9 days, but it's never too late to be thankful! I'm going to catch up on those 8, and continue to add something each day.

Some days, when I'm having a particularly shitty day, it would be nice to look back at 30 things I was/am thankful for. Kind of a "Shut-up and get over it, look how great you have it!" sort of thing. So, here we go...

1. I am thankful for Halloween for reminding me just how much I love Butterfingers. I mean, seriously, they're delicious. The only bad thing I can say about them, is how badly they stick in teeth! But their peanut-buttery goodness wrapped in chocolate totally make up for it.

2. I am thankful for generous children who share their Halloween candy with their parents. Especially when they share with me, their mom. Especially when they share their Butterfingers.

3. I am thankful for answered prayers, and a an awesome report from Leah's orthopedic specialist. Seriously, the doc said WORD for WORD exactly what I prayed for. That's a God thing folks. And incredibly awesome.

4. I am thankful for the opportunity to be a stay-at-home mom. I get to do things like watch Wizard of Oz in my PJ's on rainy days, make breakfast for lunch, and having dinner leftovers for breakfast, and most of all, I get time with my babies that I never had when I worked.

5. I am thankful for my mom for passing on her craftiness to me. Not so much the talent, as just the thirst for craftiness. I can make stuff! Not good stuff, but stuff none-the-less.

6. I am thankful for CraigsList.Yea, I went there. Short on cash and need groceries? Sell crap! CraigsList has helped us sell stuff fast and get money for food and gas recently. {Hey ya'll, $ is tight!}

7. I am thankful for cloth diapers. G has been battling a yeast rash, leaving him in disposables because of creams and such. I'll tell you what, I HATE these things. I could seriously do a whole post on it. And I probably will. {Because yeast can be a nightmare and I've acquired some great tips and info.} I miss G's fluffy butt terribly.

8. I am thankful for Diet Coke. Especially when it's cold. It's so bubbly and delicious. I just love it. That's all.

9. Today is November 9th. The 9th thing I am thankful for today is my church. Like 99% of the time, I feel like I don't have any friends. But today I met with my Life Group and I felt like, wow, maybe I really do have friends! These ladies pray for me, for my kids, they share with me, and allow me to share with them. I love that we have these groups to make friends and grow closer to one another. Today, I don't feel so alone, and it's because of my church. They're smart enough to put together things like "Life Groups". Thanks church!

What are you thankful for today?


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