{Thankful.....}

.....Thursday yep again so here goes....

Ever feel like this?? tired, worn out...

like you want to hide....

or run away...
and scream....

.....sometimes right..but then I take my happy pills ha ha j/k..... but then I remember all the things big and small that I'm thankful for..

little things we take for granted like running water {which was shut off for a bit yesterday and it made me think that I have no water in my storage yet either -- wow we would last long. }

or my dishwasher it saves me so much time in my kitchen and gives my kids some responsibility.

or
Thankful for a boy who has been saving bottles and cans for awhile so he can make some money
who decided without even thinking twice when some boys came to our door raising money for a cause and asked for bottles he said he had some - I was so proud of him because I know how long and hard he has been saving them for {he was a little sad after they left but he didn't even think to not give them to the boys good kid!!

He also used his "monkey money" at school to buy treats and pencils and toys for his brother and sister he was so excited to give it to them when he got home.

{funny story kolt made a heart house rhyming word kind of thing at school where there is a word and you lift the flap and the rhyming word is underneath it. Anyway he says to me
mom I wrote heart and I really wanted to write fart {ha ha!} under the flap but I didn't.
He was so cute when he was telling me we had a good laugh! probably a good choice on his part too}

I'm Thankful for the lessons he teaches me.

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I'm thankful for Lauren too the little princess that she is she loves loves to talk about all the princesses there are I love how sometimes she can even get her brothers to play house or barbies with her. Lauren takes a lot from the boys always using her as a target. Sometimes her and I clash because I totally can't stand pms drama queen whining and she has unfortunately mastered an art in it.

Oh well it will pass she is a lot of fun and comes up with the most random funny things sometimes. I'm thankful she is a tough little girl sometimes who forgives easy {when it comes to her brothers and mother sometimes} and goes right back playing, she is also one who is tender hearted when somebody is hurt or needs a hug she loves to give hugs and I love to get them!

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I'm so thankful for days when the kids get along good without fighting for more then 10 minutes ahhh peace ....

{don't you just love masen's little attachment to this little backpack he got the other day its kind of funny how attached he is to it he wears it all day long..oh and he does usually have pants on... most days anyway lol}

and this too is a happy sight to be thankful for today ....DRY WALL

...I'm really happy to get the basement done / but its hard to keep the kids from going downstairs so thats my big job keeping them entertained upstairs, and my treadmill is covered while they work and its to icy to run outside .. blah blah I know...

I am also so so thankful for all the work D has done to get ready for the dry wallers to come. Over the last 3 days he and a friend have finished all the pot lighting and electrical and plumbing, and plugs moved where we wanted them, and a door bell for downstairs installed so much work I'm thankful he is such a handy jack of all trades kind of guy!!

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...but thats life around here lately - crazy...

I kind of feel like masen in the summer with my head out the window and the wind blowing probably screaming too sometimes! AAAHHHH!!

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ANYWAY Here are some more Valentines Ideas too for friends teachers whoever

found here

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SO what are you thankful for?? Have a great weekend!

"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings." — Eric Hoffer