post thanksgiving post

{seven thru zero}

So I probably wont be making the thanksgiving countdown an annual tradition. But I feel like I must finish this year so;

#7 I'm thankful for my o so generous father in law who gave me money to buy Irelyn some winter clothes and took us to Costco to get whatever we needed and got us the cutest little space heater that looks like a fire place for my freezing basement. (also he raised the best son ever who is the best husband ever) Seriously he is the best and since my love language is presents he makes me feel very loved!

#6 I'm thankful my best friend came to visit and stayed with me for a whole weekend! she is like the sister I never had.

#5 I'm thankful that my other best friend that also lives far away is taking time out of her busy shopping schedule to have lunch with me in one hour! Yay!

#4 I'm thankful my inlaws came to share thanksgiving with us!(this wouldn't have been on my list a few years ago).

#3 I'm thankful my turkey came out OK. I was this close to taking it out before the thermometer popped out and I'm sure everyone is thankful I didn't.

#2 I'm thankful for Love (I admit that is kind of a cop out but its true)

#1 I'm thankful its Christmas time!

{twelve thru eight}

Wow doesn't it seem like Halloween was just last weekend? I cant believe that thanksgiving is next week! At this rate Christmas will be tomorrow. I missed a bunch of days on my thankful countdown and its too bad cuz I had a lot to be thankful for. I was in the beautiful mountains by Scofield reservoir in a beautiful cabin with four of my best friends and I am thankful for every moment. It was so restorative to my soul. The scenery, the laughing, the food, and of course the dancing. We had at least two dance parties a day and they got progressively wilder. By the end of our stay the kids were topless and swinging their shirts around(us moms kept our tops on but it was hard not to join in with reckless abandon). It was a good time for sure. And it made me rethink having sisterwives. It wouldn't be so bad to hang out with your "sisters" and everyone help with everyones children and just have the man visit once and awhile. Anyway I digress...

{thirteen}

#13: I'm thankful for Rockstar (the drink). I wish I could say that I'm thankful for sleep but since I never get any, I have to resort to drinking rockstars, which is a habit I abhor and completely disapprove of, however they are the only reason I get anything done after 7 pm. make that 6.

{fourteen}

#14:i I'm thankful that irelyn is smiling now. It's still pretty rare so nothing makes me happier then when I coax one out of her!

{fifteen}

#15 : I am thankful for the short time we had brownie. He is adorable and we had some good times. Ty learned how to be more responsible and I learned that I am really not a dog person.At all.So as clay says, hopefully I learned my lesson and in five years I won't have another brilliant idea to get a dog.

{seventeen &sixteen}

Man I suck at doing this everyday!

#17 I'm thankful for being able to resist temptation. There was a whole cart full of candy pumpkins at smiths for a dollar each. Anyone who knows me knows that I Love candy pumpkins more then anything. I stood in front of that cart for a good fifteen minutes. I could freeze them and eat them when I am skinny. I could give myself just one a day. I could let myself eat a whole bag as a reward for accomplishing one of the many goals I have set for myself. I could walk away. And that is what I did.

#18 I am thankful for my new eyelashes and beyond thankful for a mom that will watch my baby, even though she can barely move due to a surgery, so I could get them.

{nineteen & eighteen}

Yesterday I was grateful that I could use the threat"if you arent good daddy isnt gonna bring you back a prize!" ...very effective.

Today I was grateful for the time change so I could make it to church for the first time since Irelyn joined our family

{twenty}

Thanksgiving Countdown

I want to post something I'm grateful for everyday till thanksgiving; a little thanksgiving countdown. This month Im focusing on the good things in my life, the half of the glass that is full. Since I'm starting a little late I'll start with #20.

#20: chubby baby arms, chubby baby girl arms ( kinda sounds like I'm a cannibal... and it might be true cuz I just want to eat her up!)