1. Salvation. Thank you, Jesus, for dying for me. Without You, I'd be in a world of hurt!!! I am so thankful for God's grace, because I am an ever-changing work in progress. And I mess up. A lot.
2. My responsible husband who works so hard. And drives me crazy when he's changing the air filters or sweeping the pool while I'm loading the van and we should be out the door. BUT I forget that he, too, works best under pressure. And as much as I've begun to dread college football season each year, I'm thankful that he's not this passionate about any/every other sport, like many men out there.
3. My gigging children who love to laugh. All. The. Time. Even when it gets them in trouble (like during dinner or while getting ready for bed), they're the household comedians. I am so thankful that they lighten the mood in our double-type-A-parents household.
4. My amazing mom. Honestly, this parenting thing is TOUGH. How I turned out so normal with only one parent raising me will probably always be a mystery. Thanks, Mom, for sacrificing so much of yourself, even to his day. And for putting up with my attitude and sneakiness from 1992-1994. And for instilling such a solid sense of confidence in me. And integrity. And accomplishment. And for teaching me how to bake. And cook. And host a party like Martha Stewart. And decorate for Christmas like Santa's workshop exploded in my family room. I wish you would have taught me how to sew, but we will discuss that later, young lady...
5. The fact that I get to stay home and raise my babies. Because Mike is so financially responsible, we make our dollars stretch pretty far. I'd wait tables to help out if I had to, but I'd so much rather stay home and wipe noses/change diapers/referee fights/cook/scrub toilets/fold laundry/do dishes...you get the idea. I never pictured myself as a stay at home mom, but now I can't imagine it any other way.
6. Being debt free. Piggy backing (not piggy BANKing) on #5...if I were running the budget, we wouldn't have any credit card debt, but I'd probably still have a leased car and student loans. Now if we could just get this pesky house paid off, Mike would be thrilled!
7. Balance. Just in general. I feel like I have pretty good balance in my life. Everything's not perfect...I could spend a little more time at the gym and a little less time on the computer, but overall, I think I have decent time management. I go to bed each night pretty proud of how I spent my day. Work hard,bake play hard.
8. Friends...so many friends, I can't list them all. Oh, why not, it's my blog, right? Michelle, J Dubb, Jill, Julie, Ali, Erin, April, Melissa, Cathy, Sari, Brooke, Amy, Diane, Mary, Kim, Andrea, Becky, Jovina, Wendy, Cindy, Nicky, Gina, Janna, Tiffany, Alicia, Lori, Lisa, Annie, Jen, the 327 people who call me a Facebook friend and all of the cyber-friends that I've made out there in blogland. I am positive I forgot people that I see regularly, so please forgive me. Can I blame it on the fact that I've been up since 4:30am battling Black Friday crowds? Why I'm blogging instead of sleeping right now (Mike has the kids and I'm home with napping Jason) is beyond me. I need to hurry and finish this post so I can go take a nap in this quiet house!
9. The health of everyone around me. I'm not sure how much longer I can be thankful for that, considering the fact that no one's getting any younger! Sickness and death are sure to creep up on me one of these days...I'm a pretty optimistic person, but I'm also a realist. Things have been too placid for too long...I have a feeling that someone close to me is going to have health issues sometime soon, and it's probably going to catch me off guard. So today, I'm thankful for the health of those I know and love.
10. All of YOU. Seriously. Not to be cheesy, but I'm so thankful that you stop by every few days to read my random ramblings. Even if you skim each post, I still love you. (*cough* JESSICA *cough*) Thank you, thank you for letting me into your world, even though we may never meet. Though if I ever need tourist tips when I'm traveling, I may beg my Roman reader to come out of the shadows. Or my reader in Portugal. Or Croatia. Or Brazil or Switzerland or Australia or New Zealand. ;)
Have a great weekend, everyone!!!
XOXOX
2. My responsible husband who works so hard. And drives me crazy when he's changing the air filters or sweeping the pool while I'm loading the van and we should be out the door. BUT I forget that he, too, works best under pressure. And as much as I've begun to dread college football season each year, I'm thankful that he's not this passionate about any/every other sport, like many men out there.
3. My gigging children who love to laugh. All. The. Time. Even when it gets them in trouble (like during dinner or while getting ready for bed), they're the household comedians. I am so thankful that they lighten the mood in our double-type-A-parents household.
4. My amazing mom. Honestly, this parenting thing is TOUGH. How I turned out so normal with only one parent raising me will probably always be a mystery. Thanks, Mom, for sacrificing so much of yourself, even to his day. And for putting up with my attitude and sneakiness from 1992-1994. And for instilling such a solid sense of confidence in me. And integrity. And accomplishment. And for teaching me how to bake. And cook. And host a party like Martha Stewart. And decorate for Christmas like Santa's workshop exploded in my family room. I wish you would have taught me how to sew, but we will discuss that later, young lady...
5. The fact that I get to stay home and raise my babies. Because Mike is so financially responsible, we make our dollars stretch pretty far. I'd wait tables to help out if I had to, but I'd so much rather stay home and wipe noses/change diapers/referee fights/cook/scrub toilets/fold laundry/do dishes...you get the idea. I never pictured myself as a stay at home mom, but now I can't imagine it any other way.
6. Being debt free. Piggy backing (not piggy BANKing) on #5...if I were running the budget, we wouldn't have any credit card debt, but I'd probably still have a leased car and student loans. Now if we could just get this pesky house paid off, Mike would be thrilled!
7. Balance. Just in general. I feel like I have pretty good balance in my life. Everything's not perfect...I could spend a little more time at the gym and a little less time on the computer, but overall, I think I have decent time management. I go to bed each night pretty proud of how I spent my day. Work hard,
8. Friends...so many friends, I can't list them all. Oh, why not, it's my blog, right? Michelle, J Dubb, Jill, Julie, Ali, Erin, April, Melissa, Cathy, Sari, Brooke, Amy, Diane, Mary, Kim, Andrea, Becky, Jovina, Wendy, Cindy, Nicky, Gina, Janna, Tiffany, Alicia, Lori, Lisa, Annie, Jen, the 327 people who call me a Facebook friend and all of the cyber-friends that I've made out there in blogland. I am positive I forgot people that I see regularly, so please forgive me. Can I blame it on the fact that I've been up since 4:30am battling Black Friday crowds? Why I'm blogging instead of sleeping right now (Mike has the kids and I'm home with napping Jason) is beyond me. I need to hurry and finish this post so I can go take a nap in this quiet house!
9. The health of everyone around me. I'm not sure how much longer I can be thankful for that, considering the fact that no one's getting any younger! Sickness and death are sure to creep up on me one of these days...I'm a pretty optimistic person, but I'm also a realist. Things have been too placid for too long...I have a feeling that someone close to me is going to have health issues sometime soon, and it's probably going to catch me off guard. So today, I'm thankful for the health of those I know and love.
10. All of YOU. Seriously. Not to be cheesy, but I'm so thankful that you stop by every few days to read my random ramblings. Even if you skim each post, I still love you. (*cough* JESSICA *cough*) Thank you, thank you for letting me into your world, even though we may never meet. Though if I ever need tourist tips when I'm traveling, I may beg my Roman reader to come out of the shadows. Or my reader in Portugal. Or Croatia. Or Brazil or Switzerland or Australia or New Zealand. ;)
Have a great weekend, everyone!!!
XOXOX
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2 comments:
The Portuguese reader (or at least one of them), thinks that giving tourist tips will be a pleasure! :D
This is, if the country doesn't bankrupt in the meantime...
Marta
Love Marta!
Anyhoo, I actually read most of the words on this post... :)
I'm thankful for you. I would be about half as productive and no where near the experimental baker that I am without you, girl. Love you.
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