{Thankful.}

 

Its been awhile since I've done a thankful post. This will be a random thankful post but thankful none the less....

I'm thankful for pills;) stay with me years ago I had cysts yearly they'd build and build cause a lot of excruciating pain then they would rupture and I would spend about a week in the hospital after surgery of which I've had about 6 of them....  but in the past about 7 years I've been good if I take my pills that keep the cysts away and keep me balanced but when I forget to reorder or run out I get a little grouchy;) just ask my kids and D ha ha okay not funny but I am SO thankful to have found something that keeps them away and from building the actual purpose of the pills is to increase your chances of conceiving apparently for a lot of people that results in pregnancy. I on the other had just save myself alot of pain and a new slit on my stomach {though they do laproscopy now} Anyway thankful for something that works:) Here's the website if maybe it will help in a small way someone else {And I do know of like two people who took them and conceived of actual people I know I'm just not one of them;)}  

 "Comparing our blessings with those of others is almost certain to drive out joy. We cannot be grateful and envious at the same time." Quentin L Cook

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I am Thankful for my independent, wild child......free spirited runner....second miracle son..... who is more full of life than probably anybody I know.  He loves people, laughs to laugh, loves little kids, he can keep them entertained for hours, makes them laugh, walks through sinking mud to save them;) { ha ha he did that last week:) he watches over  them and they love him, he is independent and feisty and a big helper,  he is smart... to smart sometimes... we have been told "if he was on medication he'd be a genius" ........

WHAT no WAY!!  We may have stressed,  worried and tried "to tame" him in the past 7 years and he's caused more heart attacks then all my kids for his already short 9 lives.... life...... but I would NEVER put him on medication he is who he is and no amount of 5's on a report card will/can mean more to me then who he is!! 

HE has more drive and will power then any kid I know and it will take him far channeled in the right way. He would never sit at a desk job, push numbers or have any such staleness  for his life. I don't expect that but I expect great things for him because he has so much POTENTIAL and drive and to me he is a genius already and besides all that he gives the best hugs;) Can't even imagine life without our M!!  We love our M!

We aren't all book smart or academically brilliant, we aren't all good at sports or want to be. We aren't all pretty, skinny and popular but who cares.....  we can learn to listen, learn to adapt and besides God made us all perfect to him.....individuals.....

THATS WHY WE ARE WHO WE ARE.... WE ALL HAVE  DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES, WE HAVE DRIVE  AND GUESS WHAT WERE ALL DIFFERENT:) Thats the beauty of life! 

Love all these kids and their differing personalities!! 

{St Paddy's day after school Snack and CHAT time:)

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Okay moving on SO lately I've been mixing it up SERIOUSLY are you like me and sometimes feel like you get stuck in rut, 

  Bills,  gray days, long days, maid days....... in whatever it may be

whether its in exercise, food or just plain life...

SAME running songs, same routes, same foods ....

SO I decided after such a long winter I needed a kick in the butt and to change things up work harder run harder eat a few different things.. I got out running OUTSIDE last week all week and it was amazing once again! 

After being on the treadmill all winter I was SO ready to get out.... Anyway and now its snowing again and welcome to spring I guess we should be used to this 7 month winter stuff  in SA:)
 SO I have some new foods I've been trying and are so good so I thought I'd share here with you you know in case your in a rut too:)

First up so THANKFUL for my dehydrator you know I LOVE CHEWY things and I love fruit and this takes care of my chewy cravings most of the time;)

ABOUT 6 hours on high in the dehydrator does the job 

I cut them up and 

squirt some lemon juice on them shake em up and lay em out:) 

Easy, Chewy and good for you:)  

{These pics are all from the internet not mine:)

Mornings look like this a lot I love egg whites with veggies a little basil and pepper, ham or even bacon bits sometimes scrambled on the stove till its done and yum:) A great start to the day?

Next up is my favorite a spinach with strawberries, a little feta {because I don't eat much dairy, I'm gluten free for the most part..... I don't use dressings, and I'm allergic to nuts:( So I have a few limits}  

some dried cranberries, and a sliced apple cubed  and yum! love it..

 Then there is this yummy from Costco A kale veggie salad I only add some feta to add a little moisture and texture and the cranberries and some pumpkin seeds its really good too!

Lately a once and awhile treat because it gives me a stomach bloat problem;) But a little Greek yogurt I just use the blue costco ones that come in a three pack.... 

I add a little raw honey, 

some fresh pineapple 

and some coconut chips 

{like the ones pictured in a previous post}

mix it up and enjoy a little tropic yummy:)

So growing up we always mixed peanut butter with syrup to make a think barely spreadable mixture for our pancakes and waffles did you too?? Anyway some genius @southern plate posted a recipe the kind that makes you go duh why didn't I think of that like maybe 40 years ago right mom:) ha ha:)

1 Minute Peanut Butter Syrup

Condiments

1/2 cup	Honey
1/4 cup	Peanut butter, creamy

Heat for 30 seconds in your microwave, stir. Heat thirty seconds more and stir until smooth and creamy. {vegan and GF:)

You’re done!

 Put it on your pancakes, french toast, waffles, ice cream 

MY KIDS ALL LOVED IT and didn't have anything else on there pancakes but that!  

Seriously how come I didn't think of that;)

 It's all about the food we eat! smart choices and getting off the couch you will feel so MUCH better I promise:)

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I started a Thankful journal in January and each night well most nights. I write in there something that I'm thankful for some days its hard to find something but there is always something in everyday to be thankful for and writing in my journal has helped me be more appreciative of where I am, where I live, what I have, and our life. AND the one thing I always know at the end of the day no matter how rough the day was TOMORROW is ALWAYS a new day for a fresh start.

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Thankful for an ACTUAL LETTER that made my day this week, fed my dreams and made me homesick for a place I've never been, descriptions that made me feel like I was right there! Straight from England and I loved it!:) !!  I LOVE LETTERS well all GOOD mail in general always have..... 

I buy things and packages are like Christmas randomly for me:) 

BUT I feel like letters are actually a lost art SO pick up your pen and paper and send someone a letter or a small package today!!! It will make their day we are such a RUSH RUSH world not taking enough time to sit and  really think about someone!! Try it:) 

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How did my baby get to be almost 5 !!! and I'm registering him for Kindergarten even our school secretary said already? I know eh!! Why do they grow up SO fast!! I'm so going to miss my little sidekick every morning:(( Love this kid!! With all my heart.  There is no sweeter, calmer, more caring and insightful little boy anywhere! What a blessing he is to everyone who knows him. No lie.

 I know before to long he'll be 12 like his big brother and his big brother will be off to bigger and better things....

The youth in our ward had an activity Tuesday night "A day in the life of a Missionary" he loved it and apparently did awesome teaching his "investigators" and speaking up when his "companion" didn't have much to say.... what a great opportunity for them all and how fast the years fly and before I know it that 

important little black tag will be real...

but thats what its all about:)

 SO thankful for my children and their growing testimonies, faith,  thoughts, talks and love.

"Our children are the warmth that we leave in the world long after our own fires are extinguished. " 

-love this

 

What are you thankful for?

Make it an amazing week:)