Wednesday March 2nd

Wednesdays are a great day for me :)  Well, usually anyway.  Weigh in can sometimes put a damper on the morning, but other than that, it is one of my favourite days of the week.
So what am I grateful for on this first wednesday of March?

My older sister!  I love her to death.  She almost always spends her wednesday day off out at my house.  God love her!  It is always a highlight to my week.

For free programs!  Lately my two oldest boys have been going to Gym Jam on wednesday nights.  They are loving it!  I will be sad next week when its over.  It is a program run at the school gym where they go and play games and run around for an hour with other kids their age.  The nice thing is that they are in 2 different age groups right now so they each get their own time.  AND ITS FREE!  Awesome!

A great day for hubby! It has been a long time since hubby has come home with a smile on his face.  What a very pleasant change :)

For good weather.  I had to drive into London and back in the afternoon.  Roads and traffic were good.  Made for an easy trip.

A yummy dinner.  It was just Chicken Breast, Mini potatoes, a bean medley with carrots, and a piece of Garlic bread, but it was really yummy.  Also helped that I didn't have to make it all myself :)

Tuesday March 1st

Three months was too long to be away from this blog.
Not that I need this blog to be grateful, but it sure helps bring my focus back to what matters.
Stuff happens.  We have bad days.  We get mad at the kids, at our spouse, at ourselves.  Things don't go as we planned. Troubles come.  Sometimes its just a crappy day.
This blog makes me put things back in perspective even on the crappiest of days.
Sometimes it is still hard to come up with 5 things that I am grateful for without repeating myself or going with the easy answers. 
But, it's worth it.  Try it.  Go ahead!  Take the next week and write down five things every day that you are grateful for.  If you want, you can use my comment section to do it.  Go ahead, give it a try.  You will be amazed at what you can learn.

Tonight I am so grateful for my darling love.  He is the love of my life.  We have been through so much, and our marriage is stronger than ever.  I love you to death Gord!!

For the laughter of my littlest boy.  He makes me laugh every day.

For the beautiful sunshine.  I am so looking forward to Spring. 

To see the joy on my boys faces as they tell me about the good things in their days.

For comments left on my blogs!  LOVE 'EM!!!

February 28th

A quick post tonight.  I will write more tomorrow :)

I am very thankful for answer to prayer.
Grateful for time with ALL of my boys :)
Thankful that the snow is going away!!
For getting back to blogging after too long away.
And for a fresh start.

God is good.

Thursday November 25th

Today I got to see my middle boy get an award at school!

Way to go ZACH!!!

Love you:)

For Gabe being happy for Zach, not miserable that it wasn't him.

My hubby's day off.  Always a good day when he gets to be home with us.

A wee bit of a nap.  Would have LOVED it to be longer, but hey, atleast I got a little one.

No issues with reading time today.  Thank the good Lord!



Wednesday November 24th

Wednesday

I love Wednesdays

Mostly because my older sister comes out and spends almost every wednesday with me (and of course with the kids).

It is always one of the best things of my week. 

I am so thankful for her.

It was weigh in today.

Bummer.

After my fabulous weekend I knew I had gained....ALOT.

I didn't want to go.

BUT,

I DID!

Yes, it was a big gain, but I do NOT regret my weekend at all!!

I'm glad I went.

Bath night.

Actually went pretty smoothly.

Virtually no tears.

Great smelling boys after.

Perfect.

A good batch of cookies.

After cooking two batches too long,

the 3rd was the charm.

Look out Cookie Exchange.

Here come my Lip-Smacking Lemon Cookies.

This.

I am thankful to be making the time to post here.

It makes me look back and remember the positive things of my day instead of thinking about all that I didn't do or stressing about things to come.

WORTH IT!



Tuesday November 23rd

Another day has come and gone.  It started out rough, but we got through it.

I am grateful for the bus driver coming back for my boys.  Thank you!!

Errands completed before lunch :)

All of my kids ate the dinner I had made with NO complaints!

There were leftovers of dinner to send in their thermoses for a hot lunch on wednesday.  They LOVE taking their thermos.

I got to watch my Makeover Week episode of The Biggest Loser.....UNINTERRUPTED!!! 

For Monday November 22nd

Here is my list for today, well actually for yesterday.  I post the morning of the next day so that I have a whole day to draw from.  Some days I find it very hard to find 5 things to be grateful for, and need all the day I can get!

Posting two days in a row! Wahoo.  I am on a roll.

Getting out to the bus on time today.  Seems simple enough, but some days......OYYY!!

When people leave comments (preferably nice ones) on my blogs.  It is nice to know that someone is reading them (other than me of course).

A day at home...no errands today. A perfect day for it.  Who wants to be dragging their little boy in and out of the car in the rain?  I'm sure he enjoyed staying in his pj's a whole lot more :)

That it is raining, not SNOWING!! 
Have I mentioned that I REALLY dislike snow?  I'd be very happy if it would come December 24th, and be gone December 26th.  I pray for it every year, but I guess there are enough others praying for a long winter to counteract my pleas.