Thankful

I am so thankful and since it is Thanksgiving time I thought I would post about all the things I am thankful for.

I am thankful for my family. My husband is a great, strong man. He provides everything we need and then some. He lets me stay home to take care of our kids. He loves me, for me.

I am thankful for my kids. They are great kids. I have been so blessed to have them. They keep me smiling everyday.

I am thankful for my Mom. She is the strongest, most beautiful woman I know. She is who I want to be, but don't think I will ever make it. She has been there for me thru everything! I seriously don't know what I would ever do without her.

I am thankful for my Dad. He is such a strong man with such wisdom. He is so smart and always has great advise. He puts things back in perspective when I get crazy. He can always make me see the great things in the crappy situations.

I am thankful for my brothers have become more like friends over the last few years. We have grown past all the childish fighting and have really truly became friends. We can talk and joke and just have fun. You know it is great when you go to hang up from a phone conversation and he says "love ya sis". That just melts my heart.

I am thankful for my nieces and nephews are great little kids. They are all growing up so fast. They are too cute.

I am thankful for my friends, my true friends. In the last few months I have found out who they are. They have been great and they have supported me. We may not have the time to always get together and talk, but we know that the other one will always be there.

I am thankful to God. He has provided for me, even when I am not as faithful as I should be. Even tho I can backslide, He is still there. I think He has brought one of my friends back in my life to help me to appreciate Him more. She is a strong Christian woman and isn't afraid to speak about God. She gives Him all the credit for everything in her life and I admire her for her faith. Even when most people would give up, she gives thanks to God and trusts that He will pull her thru it. God is so awesome. He has just given to me a great life and I am so thankful for that.

I am sure there are a lot more things I am thankful for, but those are just at the top of the list. I would love to keep going, but the list would be so long and I have 3 kids tearing apart my house. lol

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!! Make sure you think about the things you are thankful for and yes that includes all the great food!! lol

Contributing...

Ok, so I have been getting this nagging feeling lately that I need to contribute to my family financially. I know that I contribute a lot by staying at home, but I just feel I need to help get ourselves ahead financially. You know, get rid of our debt, get a real nice savings account going and maybe even a family vacation every summer. I really don't want to be away from my kids fulltime, but parttime is a possibility. The only thing is, I would like to have a parttime job that pays well, duh who doesn't want a well paying job if they are gonna work. When I worked at Pierre's before I had Chase, I got paid well, it was only 2 1/2 days a week and I can say I truely enjoyed it. The only thing is, they changed the position into a fulltime position with all kinds of miles to travel, hence why I don't work there anymore. So I guess I am in a personal debate with myself. Do I stay at home with my kids fulltime (Matt doesn't mind it at all) or do I try to get a parttime job and contribute financially and still have quite a bit of time with my kids? Hmmm, I hate it when I get these nagging, somewhat guilty feelings going on. I know that I have the best job in the world, but I just feel I need to contribute financially too. Ugh, I know I just keep saying the same thing over and over again, but it's because I'm really tossed up in the air about it all. UGH!!

Can you believe it!!

Okay, so my dad called me last night to let me know what the doctor had to say about grandpa. Well, come to find out the nurse that had told my grandma and grandpa how serious it was over exaggerated!! She made it sound like it was so super serious and that it shouldn't be taken lightly at all. Well, the doctor talked to them and said it isn't as serious as she made it sound and he doesn't go back to the doctor till after the first of the year to have the test done again. He gave him some meds to take and he should be fine. I personnally think that nurse should be fired!!! I mean, she caused my grandma, grandpa and the rest of us a lot of heart ache thinking that grandpa was in grave danger. Ok, maybe not fired, but come on that is horrible to put people thru stuff like that!! I don't know what she was thinking, but she gave us all a horrible scare!! On the bright side, grandpa is going to be fine, atleast for now. The doctor don't seem all that concerned so neither will we. Thank you for all the prayers!!

4 Months

So, I took Chase yesterday to his 4 month appt. He is weighing in at a whooping 17lbs and is 26 1/4" long!! Man oh man is my baby not such a baby anymore!! He is laughing, cooing and smiling like crazy. He has been rolling from his belly to back since 3 months. He is just so stinking cute and so happy most of the time. He is def a mommy's boy!! We are gonna be starting cereal today which should be fun!! I've given it to him once, but this gonna become a daily thing. Then onto veggies and then fruits. Wow, he is just growing up so fast. He is our last and the last grandbaby for both sides and he just isn't staying little very long. He is just growing up over night!! It is sad to think he is the last, but then again it isn't. I know that my family is complete and we are so happy the way we are!!

Prayers Needed!

So for quite some time now my grandpa hasn't really been doing all that great. He has been losing a lot of weight (he weighs less than me and he is a little taller). His sugar has been all over the place. They finally started running some tests. Well one of the tests went down thru his throat. The results showed that he doesn't have cancer but whatever it is (they haven't given us a name yet) is very very very serious. I guess they really stressed big time to grandma how serious it is. So, it looks like they need to do surgery, if the heart doctor (since he has had a quadruple bipass) says he can make it. We are suppose to find out more today. He is 78 and I mean he just looks like a bag of bones. I will post an update once we hear from the doctor today, but please keep him in your prayers.

Family Pics

Obama is President....CRAP!

Well, don't this just suck! I totally didn't want Obama to be President. There goes our country down the tubes even more. Then, Issue 6 didn't pass either! Maybe people don't agree with gambling, but just think of all the jobs it would have created, not only in the casino, but all the restaurants and hotels and stores they would have build around it. Are people against bringing jobs to our state? Man, this just sucks all the way around!!

Fisher-Price

Okay, so this just proves how low people can go. Fisher-Price has a doll out called Little Mommy Cuddle and Coo. Well it coos and laughs and then it says "Islam is the light". How freakin nuts is that!!!! This is America right?? This isn't a Islamic nation or anything right?? Then why in the heck are their toys on our American shelves that says something supporting another country? Well I can tell you this, I won't be buying Fisher-Price!! What in the heck is happening to our country??

I couldn't get the video onto my blog, but go to youtube.com and type in Little Mommy cuddle and coo. Several videos will come up.