Today I am thankful for:Days 25 & 26

Day 25

I am thankful I have such well behaved and good kids.  I was doing some things around the house yesterday and decided to get all their school things in their own piles to be put in storage bins.  There are SO MANY awards!  Perfect Attendance, Gold Honor Roll, Good Citizen, awards for safety patrol and choir, notes and cards of thanks from teachers, interim and report cards with glowing comments....every time I talk to one of their teachers they always have nothing but excellent things to say about the kids.  The teachers at my daughter's school still ask how my son is doing now that he's in middle school.  I've been really lucky that they've had such great teachers that we like.

 

Day 26

I'm thankful I'm in a position right now that I'm able to stay home for the kids.  They are getting older and there won't be much point in me staying home soon, but today my daughter is sick and home from school, and I'm able to be here and take care of her.  I've been lucky to enjoy being a stay at home mom for about 9 years now.  I got to raise my kids, see them do their "firsts" and even taught 2 of them to read myself.  I was able to home school all 3 of them with a great curriculum that had them well beyond their classes when they started going to school.  If they get sick and need to leave school I can go get them.  When they have awards and programs I'm able to go and never have to worry about missing work or my boss being mad.  I'm very lucky!

I am thankful for:Days 19, 20, 21

See, told you I have a hard time keeping up with these things.  Let's catch up!

 

Day 19: I am thankful for my health.  Yes, I have issues that are unresolved, but I am in relatively good health. 

 

Day 20: I am thankful that I have people that love me.  I have a pretty small circle of friends of family, but the ones I have I know I can count on and they are there for me.

 

Day 21: I am thankful that I get to spend Thanksgiving with most of the people I love.  My oldest has decided not to join us this year so I am a little upset about that, but my other 2 children and my husband will be with me.  I'm looking forward to day of good food, football, and movies.

 

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Today I am thankful for:Days 17 & 18

Yesterday I was thankful to be included in a family friend's daughter's birthday celebration.  I know that sounds weird, but this family invites us over for a lot of things-holidays, birthdays, wedding receptions....I appreciate that they think enough of us to include us on those days.  I like spending time with them and my kids love playing with their kids.

 

Today I am thankful I got to meet my oldest son's girlfriend (and see my son) yesterday.  He was on the other side of town and asked us to come meet them.  Of course he then asked to borrow money. LOL  This girl and my son have been best friends for over a year and started dating a month ago.  She seems like a nice girl, and she's cute!  I'm glad he wanted us to meet each other.  I've heard about her for so long, it was nice to finally see her.

Today I am thankful for:Days 9-12

Once the weekend rolls around I totally lose track of what I'm doing.  I hate to lump 4 days of this together, but I'm going to.  I'm trying to make sure I complete every day this month, it's sort of like a personal goal.  I'm very bad at starting things and then never finishing them.

 

Things I am thankful for:

 

I am thankful for having a computer.  Sounds lame, but I don't get out a whole lot and it's my doorway to the rest of the world.  I get to see so many things I never would without it.

 

I am thankful for having a car.  With 2 kids going to 2 different schools/coming home at different times, and the weather starting to get cold, I'm really thankful we don't have to do a lot of walking.

 

I am thankful for the things we are able to take the kids to do. Sometimes it's not much, maybe just a walk in the park, but I hope they will think back to some of the times we spend together and feel happy about them.

 

I am thankful for Jillian Michaels. Ok, I know this one sounds totally crazy, but her dvd's are the only ones I've ever used and actually gotten/seen results.  I haven't been working out much the past month with the health stuff and other things going on, but I will get back into it.  I always feel so good after completing a workout.

 

Have you been feeling thankful this month?  What are some of the things you're thankful for?

A walk through a rose garden

We went to the library today and decided to stop at the park of roses behind the library.  I hadn't been there yet this year and the weather was nice and we had nowhere else to be.  I snapped some pictures so I thought I'd share some of them with you.

My daughter with her new sunglasses

 My son caught totally off guard

 I think this next flower would make the best flower clip for my hair!