Today I am grateful for the SIMPLE THINGS.
The phone call from a dear friend, just to chat.
Anna telling me "you should wash it in OxyClean. It's tough on stains". Where does this kid get this stuff?
Neighbors with extra room in their garbage cans. Totally got rid of FOUR bags of leaves tonight!
Comcast OnDemand.
My lab Bear and her sweet, sweet personality.
Abby saying to me "I want to hold you" (that's her way of wanting ME to hold HER).
Chocolate. Enough said.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Days 5 & 6
Day 5 - Home
Day 6 - Work
I'm combining days 5 & 6 because they really do go together.
HOME
We've outgrown our little home already. I blame it on the grandma's and Santa Claus. We need the extra room in the basement just to fit all the Polly Pockets and Horses my children have been collecting. So I finally hired a contractor to come in and finish it up. Shelves and door jams and baseboards...OH MY!
It's been a long, slow project. But the light at the end of the tunnel that had burnt out has finally been replaced and I can just now see that little shining light. Soon my dear children, soon!!
WORK
I work full-time. I have since I was 18. Balancing working outside of the home and having two kids is a FULL TIME JOB in itself. But I've been doing it since Anna was born so it all comes second nature now. I've been blessed to work for some great companies with great people. I've also been VERY blessed to have great daycare providers (Nina, Debi & Brigette). Without them I don't think it would be as easy as it is to leave your child behind each day.
I like what I do for work. I'm a natural care-taker so supporting three executives is a good fit for me. I've been an Executive Assistant for 12 years now, so I must be doing something right. Growing up, I always wanted to work in a field where I'd have to wear a power suit at work. To me a woman in a power suit meant...well POWER. But more so it represented SUCCESS! I think I got the idea from watching Melanie Griffth in Working Girl. I've actually never owned a power suit, they just look so uncomfortable. Of course growing up in the 80's, power suits with big shoulders pad were the style! So I might not have that power suit, but I can still rock the big curly hair. Just like my girl Tess.
Day 6 - Work
I'm combining days 5 & 6 because they really do go together.
HOME
We've outgrown our little home already. I blame it on the grandma's and Santa Claus. We need the extra room in the basement just to fit all the Polly Pockets and Horses my children have been collecting. So I finally hired a contractor to come in and finish it up. Shelves and door jams and baseboards...OH MY!
It's been a long, slow project. But the light at the end of the tunnel that had burnt out has finally been replaced and I can just now see that little shining light. Soon my dear children, soon!!
WORK
I work full-time. I have since I was 18. Balancing working outside of the home and having two kids is a FULL TIME JOB in itself. But I've been doing it since Anna was born so it all comes second nature now. I've been blessed to work for some great companies with great people. I've also been VERY blessed to have great daycare providers (Nina, Debi & Brigette). Without them I don't think it would be as easy as it is to leave your child behind each day.
I like what I do for work. I'm a natural care-taker so supporting three executives is a good fit for me. I've been an Executive Assistant for 12 years now, so I must be doing something right. Growing up, I always wanted to work in a field where I'd have to wear a power suit at work. To me a woman in a power suit meant...well POWER. But more so it represented SUCCESS! I think I got the idea from watching Melanie Griffth in Working Girl. I've actually never owned a power suit, they just look so uncomfortable. Of course growing up in the 80's, power suits with big shoulders pad were the style! So I might not have that power suit, but I can still rock the big curly hair. Just like my girl Tess.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Day 4 - Laughter
Day 4 is actually suppose to be BOOKS, but seeing that we had Abby's birthday party yesterday and she turns 3 tomorrow, I thought I'd mix it up and have Day 4 be LAUGHTER.
This kid makes me laugh.
We sing happy birthday to her and she covers her ears and just smiles.
She lines up all of her toys almost every day.
At nighttime on the table next to her bed.
Along the edge of the tub.
In the car on the seat next to her.
These two make me laugh because they are both such individuals.
Anna is a jokester like her mama. She'll do anything to make you laugh.
This picture was taken while we were in Yellowstone last August. Driving around the park in the Jeep with the top off. Our hair was a ratted mess, but we were laughing so hard!
This was last April on a Jeep trail that had a lot of water crossing. Chris would speed up just before we were about to cross and water would spray the entire Jeep. Of course we giggled our heads off!
This is Bear when she was a puppy. Total photo bomb. I don't know why this picture makes me laugh, but it always has! Look how stinking cute she was!!
I think laughter is one of the most important things a person can have in their life. They say that laughter is the best medicine ya know!
Here's a funny story for you: back in 2000 we received news that Chris's father had passed away. We're sitting in his hospital room, mourning and crying and feeling so very sad. Chris's grandparents and Uncle Kent are in the room with us. Let me just tell you that Uncle Kent had one of the best personalities of anyone I've ever met. He had such an outlook on life that you never left a meeting with him without smiling. So we're sitting in the hospital room and Kent tell us "when I die, I don't want people sitting around crying. How boring is that? I want to be cremated and shot out of a cannon like on the 4th of July! I want to be stuffed into fireworks and shot out of SLC so I can rain down on everyone". We all start laughing so hard that it actually helped make a sad day much more tolerable. Kent passed away a year ago and although he wasn't creamated and shot out of a cannon, his funny personality and love to make everyone around him laugh are some of the strongest memories we hold of him.
I hope anyone reading this got a few laughs too!
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Day 3 - Spouse
So day 3 brings the topic of the SPOUSE. Oh where do I even begin?
Well let's see, I know I have a few "new" readers so let's start with June 1993! I met Chris one week after I graduated high school (he's a year older). We had a connection from day one. I was a new girl in the "group of boys" and he was the cocky guy, sitting across the camp fire with his Girbaud jeans, flannel shirt and Timberland boots. Back in 1993 that was hot! He had a smirk on his face and and got a kick out of teasing me and my girlfriend. I'm most certain it was love at first site.
One month later we shared our first kiss on what would forever be considered our anniversary. July 6. We married 8 years later on July 6, 2001.
We've been through a lot in our 19 years together. The death of parents, college degrees, building a home ourselves, changing jobs, losing jobs, struggling to have babies and then finally having babies together, dealing with family and all time having each others back 100%.
Sure we have our moments with each other. We know exactly how to push each others buttons, but we also know what the other person needs to hear at that exact moment. Chris is my biggest cheerleader and my biggest supporter. His faith in God is something that amazes me every day. His incredibly strong work ethic is something to be envied, his love for his family and his need to protect them from the world around them is based off experience and his heart of pure love. He would do anything for his friends regardless of the return on investment. He's wary to trust people he doesn't know, but once you make his inner circle, you're in for life!
He loves to hunt and his Jeep is his 3rd baby. He loves the Raiders even when they lose, the Jazz, the Cubs (despite me being a Yankees fan) and fishing is something he would do everyday if he could.
He has goals and dreams bigger than this world and works tirelessly day in and out to achieve them or keep our family on the path to achieve them.
And oh man this guy makes me laugh! He does a mean John Black impression (from Days of Our Lives), he'll watch chick flicks with me, hug me when I cry during sappy moments, and will do a milkshake run even when it's late at night. How can you not love that??
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He is a HUGE pushover when it comes to his girls.
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I couldn't imagine life without him!
Well let's see, I know I have a few "new" readers so let's start with June 1993! I met Chris one week after I graduated high school (he's a year older). We had a connection from day one. I was a new girl in the "group of boys" and he was the cocky guy, sitting across the camp fire with his Girbaud jeans, flannel shirt and Timberland boots. Back in 1993 that was hot! He had a smirk on his face and and got a kick out of teasing me and my girlfriend. I'm most certain it was love at first site.
One month later we shared our first kiss on what would forever be considered our anniversary. July 6. We married 8 years later on July 6, 2001.
We've been through a lot in our 19 years together. The death of parents, college degrees, building a home ourselves, changing jobs, losing jobs, struggling to have babies and then finally having babies together, dealing with family and all time having each others back 100%.
Sure we have our moments with each other. We know exactly how to push each others buttons, but we also know what the other person needs to hear at that exact moment. Chris is my biggest cheerleader and my biggest supporter. His faith in God is something that amazes me every day. His incredibly strong work ethic is something to be envied, his love for his family and his need to protect them from the world around them is based off experience and his heart of pure love. He would do anything for his friends regardless of the return on investment. He's wary to trust people he doesn't know, but once you make his inner circle, you're in for life!
He loves to hunt and his Jeep is his 3rd baby. He loves the Raiders even when they lose, the Jazz, the Cubs (despite me being a Yankees fan) and fishing is something he would do everyday if he could.
He has goals and dreams bigger than this world and works tirelessly day in and out to achieve them or keep our family on the path to achieve them.
And oh man this guy makes me laugh! He does a mean John Black impression (from Days of Our Lives), he'll watch chick flicks with me, hug me when I cry during sappy moments, and will do a milkshake run even when it's late at night. How can you not love that??
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He is a HUGE pushover when it comes to his girls.
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Friday, November 2, 2012
Day 2 - Abilities
Abilities
Interesting topic.
I have the ability to completely disregard any rational thinking about eating healthy and losing weight by stopping off at Kneaders on my way into work and picking up some CINNAMON FRENCH TOAST! Man it's good. TOO good.
Seriously though. I like to think I have the ability to make people laugh. I'm a natural smart ass. My morning audience consists of two 1st first graders, and a 5th and 6th grader. There are some days they leave the car laughing their little heads off. Okay so making kids laugh isn't that hard, but you've gotta take the laughs when you can get them right?!
Interesting topic.
I have the ability to completely disregard any rational thinking about eating healthy and losing weight by stopping off at Kneaders on my way into work and picking up some CINNAMON FRENCH TOAST! Man it's good. TOO good.
Seriously though. I like to think I have the ability to make people laugh. I'm a natural smart ass. My morning audience consists of two 1st first graders, and a 5th and 6th grader. There are some days they leave the car laughing their little heads off. Okay so making kids laugh isn't that hard, but you've gotta take the laughs when you can get them right?!
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Day 1 - My Body
I totally giggled when I typed the title of my first GRATITUDE post.
My body. MY body. What to be thankful for. Oh let's see, I started thinking "oh the muffin top, the chunky thighs..." then I stopped myself.
What I should, and AM thankful for is:
*I'm still giggling!
My body. MY body. What to be thankful for. Oh let's see, I started thinking "oh the muffin top, the chunky thighs..." then I stopped myself.
What I should, and AM thankful for is:
- That my body allowed me to bring two beautiful, healthy babies into this world
- That my body allows me to work so that I can contribute to my family
- That my body allows me to be physical, to run with Bear, to ride my bike with the kids, to hike with Chris and to walk on warm fall evenings
- That my body is healthy and free from major illnesses
*I'm still giggling!
30 Days of Gratitude
November 1st marks the first day "30 DAYS OF GRATITUDE!".
I got the idea from my fun neighbor Shari. You can read more about her at: http://www.doohikeydesignstudio.com/ She's crafty and creative and has one of THE best attitudes I've known, so here's my chance to learn from her!
Now I can't promise I'll be able to post to my blog EVERY.SINGLE.DAY, but I will try my best to keep my blog updated as the days go by.
I hope you enjoy following my journey!
I got the idea from my fun neighbor Shari. You can read more about her at: http://www.doohikeydesignstudio.com/ She's crafty and creative and has one of THE best attitudes I've known, so here's my chance to learn from her!
Now I can't promise I'll be able to post to my blog EVERY.SINGLE.DAY, but I will try my best to keep my blog updated as the days go by.
I hope you enjoy following my journey!
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