Good Friends

I'm thankful that I have good friends, willing to work with me when I'm not sure how to do things myself and need their help.

I have a programmer that ROCKS! Her name is Jeri Lynn Cornish. I'm thankful she puts up with me.

She created my website

Having Her Home

I'm grateful to have my baby girl home from her first year of college, safe and sound.

It's going to be a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Eggnog Steamer

Hubby stopped by Forza, where I'm diligently clacking away on my laptop trying to finish up some projects for clients, and he bought me an eggnog steamer.

Mmmmm. It was sooooo good. Yum.

Bad for me, but yummy all the same.

I'm thankful for that man. He's so sweet to me. I am blessed.

Learning

Isn't it a wonderful thing that we can keep on taking in information? Our brains seem to be enormous sponges, soaking up everything around us.

Doesn't it make sense to put things into our heads that are beautiful? That are worthy and good and not the things of this world that tend to drag people down into the gutter?

Look up, read good works, think good thoughts, care for one another and things in life will always improve.

I'm so thankful that I am learning so much with this new business venture of mine. So grateful.

Conference

Today I'm thankful for many things, much like my friend and fellow blogger had to say about just why she loves General Conference Weekend. I SO loved her reasons.

- A "Get out of church FREE" card
- No church clothes
- A week off from preparing lessons
- An excuse to sit around in your jammies watching TV all weekend

Plus we get to listen to the Prophet and be spiritually fed.

Ok, yes at one point I fell asleep on the couch, but I'd been up until four in the morning writing another eBook for a client, so I think I should get bonus points for trying to stay awake the entire time!

I'm thankful for General Conference....

Extended Family...

Yesterday Hubby's Dad dropped by with hubby's bro that he hasn't seen in five years or more. He's gotten so tall!

It was good to see them, to catch up on their lives and have an excuse to make my famous peach upside down cake. Yum!

Wonderful day.....family, food and ...um....well, family usually means food and it's all good.

I'm thankful for family.

Second Chances....

I'm thankful for good people who give you a second chance if you make mistakes.

There have been some in my work that simply get angry and walk away from you, others will work with you to make sure that their ideas are communicated clearly and that I understand exactly what it is they want from me.

Thankfully I've only had one client that was unhappy with me and I refunded him his money as I don't want any ill will floating out there.

I'm grateful for second chances and patient people.

Thankful for being able to pay my bills

There's much to be said about the peace that comes with being able to pay the bills that come in..and even have a teensy weensy bit left over for Ashley's birthday party this weekend. She'll be nine.

Where did that time go........

My Heart Is Full

As I sat in church yesterday, listening to and pondering, I felt such a swelling in my heart, of happieness and joy. It's good to be alive, and to be surrounded by my babies (who aren't really babies but always will be to me on some level) and the man I love so much, who has stood by me for over twenty years. I'm truly blessed beyond measure.

I'm happy.

My oldest girl....

I make fun of my relationship (stalkerish) with my newly minted college freshman, but in all seriousness, I am proud of her for taking this step in her life to leave home and go to school.

I just hope and pray that she'll settle into a routine there and learn to love being on her own. I know it's difficult.

My little Rose...

Ashley knows that I blog and that I write for clients and she wants to do that too. Tonight she said she wants to have a blog like her mommy.

So I helped her set one up, change the colors and she wrote her first post. It's here if you want to check it out. She is calling it 'being a kid with a disability'.

She's one smart little cookie. I'm so grateful she's mine.

I'm grateful today for being able to spend time with my father yesterday. After we took Ashley to be casted for a new DAFO, we stopped by to see him and then went to see my older sister Cheri.

Dad hasn't been feeling too well for a few days and he might be coming down with the flu. I hope he can beat this soon ~~it's odd to see him so tired and without his usual spark.

Cheri was at 'work' and we surprised her. She was sitting facing a wall, looking at her communicator board. Here she is being sorta hugged by Ash



Cheri reminds me that I need to be happy all the time ~~to continue counting my blessings. She's a happy soul.

Giving

I'm thankful that I have the opportunity to give. It keeps me from being entirely centered on me, or my difficulites.

When you think of others and put their needs before your own, your troubles seem to shrink.

Let's hear it for shrinkage!

Blessings of Love

I’m so tired this morning, but I’m grateful that my job allows me to be home with my children and get them off to school in the mornings. I held on to my youngest this morning after I put her shoes on her and tied the laces.

She’s going to be nine years old next month. My baby… Holding her is like holding heaven in my arms. I close my eyes and feel an incredible surge of love that flows between us both. I am incredibly blessed.

Alarm Clocks

Yes, you heard it here first folks. Someone who is grateful for those nasty little noise making machines that cause you to rise from the dead of sleep, when you'd really rather not.

If it weren't for alarm clocks I might have missed seeing my son off to his first day of being a junior in high school this moring. (yawn)

One down, two to go!

Is this wrong?

I'm grateful for people who give pedicures. Doesn't that sound strange? But I am. I do not like feet. Sometimes I am even unable to touch my own feet without cringing. I have a thing about feet. Baby feet are wonderful, I love them! But older feet, including my own, are not something I can touch easily.

So for today I am thankful for workers who give pedicures. I got one today because I needed one. Ahhhhh.....smooth, comfy footies with beautiful polish on the toes.

Calm

I’ve found that the more grateful I am, the happier I feel. When I look at what I’ve got in the way of blessings, I’m less inclined to see the things that perhaps I don’t have (and probably don’t even need!) There’s a song I love by Kathy Matea that has a line in it that Lance and I love…

…and everything on earth worth having are things that we already have….”

It’s quite true. I am truly blessed. This doesn’t mean that I’m spared difficulties or challenges it simply means that I see them more as an opportunity to grow and learn. Sometimes in the midst of it all it’s hard to point your thinking that way, but I try. Prayer helps me focus my mind and spirit and calm my troubled heart.

Some people find that meditation is helpful in finding their center and reducing their stress. Meditation is good, but try counting your blessings and see how you feel!

Learning

I'm grateful for being able to learn and to grow. I've got some new blogs that I hope will teach me a great deal about how the Internet works to create a profit for people.

One is on SEO and the other is something I've been writing about and therefore have leanred a lot about and that's SAT preparation. Having a daughter take the SAT and a son preparing for it has given me greater impetus to learn. I've also been learning about SEO's.

There is SO much out there and I'm hopeful that as I learn perhaps I can help others to as well.

My New Job

I'm thankful for the brand spankin' new job I got last week. (Was it only last week?)

I can do it from home and that's the perfect job for me right now, what with the kids still at home. I write web content and I also was hired to do editing work for the same company. It's wonderful, and I'm thankful that I have this chance to help out more with the family finances and still be home with the children.

Life is good!

My Husband

I am grateful for the man who is my husband. He has the kindest heart, the most loving soul and he is my best friend.

He spent yesterday and most of today putting together a movie with song track. It's of our family through the years, and some of our friends thrown in as well.

We sat watching it today before he went to work and he was in tears.

I love this man. I am so grateful to have him by my side.

Comment Moderation

I'm thankful for comment moderation widgets that allow me to ignore the buffoons and the childish antics of people who otherwise have no lives outside of their computers. People whose only desire is to argue and to fight and to spread their bile in as many places as they can.

Family

I'm so thankful for my husband, who loves me despite me. He's an incredibly kind and gentle man with a big heart. I love him so much.

Cheri

Today was Cheri's fifty-first birthday. My older sister has gray hair, but not a wrinkle or a worry line on her sweet cherubic face. None. What does she have to worry about? Cheri has the mental capacity of a two to four year old. She is paralyzed, in a wheelchair and cannot speak except for a few words like 'no', and 'momma', and 'baby'. She's been this way since she was four and fell ill for no reason that was ever discovered. Cheri is a sweet soul who has taught our family so much.

I'm thankful to have had this angel in my life. I'm grateful to a loving Father in Heaven who has promised us that we will all be made whole one day.

Happy Birthday Cheri!

Towing

I'm glad we have towing on our Suburban. I got the refund on having it towed today and the money came in handy, as money always does at the end of a month when you have more month than money.

Danny

Danny is home from Bahgdad. I got to hug him, kiss his cheek and tell him how much he'd been missed. He's home, safe and sound.

I'm so grateful. So thankful.

My baby angel

I love this child more than I can express in words alone. She lights up my life and my heart and my very soul. Not only can she walk, something we were told she'd not ever do, she can make orange juice!

Water

Today hubby had to work, so I took Ashley and Ally to the pool. Along for the ride came their friend Kylee and my lovable ex-daycare baby, Dillon.

We had such a wonderful time. The water was so warm, and I'd forgotten how sweet it was to hold a little one in the water and play.

I'm thankful we have a pool here to use.

Scriptures

In the morning I arise around five a.m. (Yes, me) I drive The Boy and The Teenager to early morning seminary, where they are taught from the scriptures. I come home and get the two younger girls ready for school. After we've packed the lunches, had breakfast, and combed our hair, we sit down and read aloud from the scriptures together.





We start our day out reading from the word of God. The joy and peace this brings me stays with me throughout the entire day.

Sober

There's something to be said for going through some tough emotional times without having to reach for a bottle to fuzz the edges of my reality, or a bottle of pills to soften the blows that continue to rain down upon me until I wonder if I will be able to get up again.

I often joke about something 'driving me to drink' or 'reaching for the valium', when in reality I don't do either.

The past couple of days have been rough, and if they haven't driven me to drink, nothing will.

Go me.

Tears

I spent some time in tears today....cleaning the sink up and loading the dishes. Sobbing the entire time.

I needed to do it. It was cathartic. I cleaned and I cleaned, something I do when I'm upset.

I'm thankful for the cleansing of my tears. The release....

Endorphins

Today I walked a mile on the track at the gym and then did laps in the pool and then water aerobics class.

I've been happy all day. Up. What a difference from the fall when I spent most of my day curled into the fetal position and under the covers.

Go me!

Grateful to sleep in...

This morning is Sunday morning and we're generally in a rush to make sure the four offspring are bathed and dressed and ready for church.

Not so this morning.

Oh, we're going, we're just going later. Our ward/congregation meeting times have changed to the later slot and so this morning instead of getting up early.... I slept till 8. Ahhhhhhh yes. Twas lovely.

Good Knee!

I'm thankful my knee cooperated with me today and allowed me to at least walk a mile at the track. I'm not sure just what I did to my knee, but it's been giving me fits for a few days.