Grateful for laughter

 Silliness and fun were the headlines at dinner today.  I quickly snapped a photo of my sweet boy playing in his shirt.  In just a minute later my husband had his shirt up over his head too.
I was having a rough day, my stomach was hurting and my teeth were hurting.  I soon was laughing and having a good time.   It made my day!
Then I posted my pictures on Facebook and the real fun began.  First the comments began to come in...and people who got it liked the picture and commented on the pictures.  Then my dad took a picture.  I absolutely love that he will play along!  He's a good sport.
Then one of my best friends in the world puts her picture up...I love it!  She truly gets it!  She gets my sense of humor and knows what this is all about.  Thank you Mollie!  You made my day.
To Alex, Nathan,  Dad and Mollie I am Grateful!
Thank you!

Just as soon as I finished this post I found a picture of my niece as well...I am a happy woman tonight!
Please share you gratefuls!

What I am Grateful Four! lol

Haha...I'm not very good at puns but every now and then.

I am late...a little...well maybe a lot!

Last night was the youth lock in...at the church and I was in charge of the games.  I am so grateful my daughter allows me to participate in her life and the activities that are fun to her.  We had  so much fun...we played life size hungry hungry hippos.  We also played pudding pictonary.   Not only did the kids have a good time...I had an amazing time!

I am oh so grateful my husband is a team player and he was down for helping out as well.  He made dinner and then set it out again at 11 so everyone could have a late night snack.  Then he stayed late to clean up while I brought our grumpy younger pup home to go to bed.   He is so very awesome and I could not have a better best friend or partner!

I am grateful for my little girl.  She is so awesome and I am very proud of her.  She is growing up so fast and I feel sometimes like I am missing pieces of her growing up, because it's happening so fast.


please feel free to share your gratefuls!  :)

G3

On Day three I was really having a hard time coming up with my grateful ideas until I called my grandma.  She is my step grandma I gained her by marriage and no one could ever tell her or me that she is anything less than family.  She has been a grandma to my kids since the day they were born and I would never take that away from of them.  She and I spent nearly an hour on the phone as we do most every time we talk.  We didn't talk about anything very important but I know the time was well spent for both of us.  I love hearing how her week is going and how she and her gentleman friend are doing.   It is always a worthwhile conversation for both of us...I hope she knows how much she means to me.  She tells me every time we talk how much we mean to her and that makes my day no matter how uncool my day has been.

At dinner I asked Catie if she was getting excited at all about the new house and she said yes...Woohoo!  Thank God for small miracles!  This is just a little thing since I know she isn't super excited about moving to Manhattan...she likes the idea of the house though and I'll take it!

My third thing tonight is Alex has decided he is going to go ahead and do the flash mob with me tomorrow.  He also didn't freak out about dance class tomorrow morning when we mentioned it tonight.  That is super huge since he had such a huge melt down on Monday night.
Going to bed on a high!

Grateful Journal part 2

In an effort to grow a positive outlook I am writing a grating a grateful journal and I am on day two...

I have picture of Nathan in his chef wear on this page to remind me that I am very grateful that he is not a chef anymore...today he had to work late and he was still home at 6:45.  That is so much earlier than he ever got off as a chef.  He routinely worked 12-16 hours as a chef and had to work every weekend and all Holidays.   Having home to spend the evening with us is a huge blessing.

Next I have Alex pictured...he has given me a run for my money today...and kept me on my toes today.   I am so excited that he might be willing to admit that he is willing to hang onto dance class.  He had a huge melt down at the beginning of this week and told us he was never going to dance again. This morning he danced all over the kitchen and my heart just melted to see such joy on his face.  Who knew a child could cause such raw emotion???


I won't put any more pictures..the last thing I am grateful for is the whole home inspection.  It is done and it went very well.  Nathan was there for the whole thing and he feels confident in all of the findings.  This sure puts my mind at ease and gives me a little more breathing room.

Please feel free to share your gratefuls!

Grateful Journal

As a practice to build positive light in my live I will begin writing three things I am grateful for everyday.

A new home in May for our anniversary to call our own...we are buying a house in our next port of call...some permanence will be very nice.  I really like this house...everyday when I tell someone new about it I find something I like about it. Some of the things I didn't like about it I think I am starting to find endearing.  My husband really likes this house...and I am hoping that he will want to stay there for a really long time since we have moved at his request the last few times...

My husband's job is very good right now...he really seems to love his job and is growing his business.  He is doing very well in his field and his employer is finding his culinary talents very useful.   I pray that continues and we find good things in this company for a long time to come.  I feel like this is a great fit for us a for a long growth and could keep us very comfortable.

I am very grateful for my job.  I love working where I do.  The people I work with don't always get along and I don't always get along with them, but I always have customers who make my day.  I walked out of there today knowing that I am going to miss this job.  I also know I will find a job again that I am just as happy with and enjoy the people I work with.  

Please feel free to share your gratefuls!