30 Days of Thanks – Day 30

I love the movie Family Man. I watched it twice this week because I’m sappy. And I will be sappy when I say to Mike, in front of all of you, that I choose us.
We are a success story – of how opposites attract, fall in love, get married, argue over everything, push [...]

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30 Days of Thanks – Day 29

I’m really, really thankful that Mike has a few close buddies to hang out with. One even sticks up for him on my blog when I get carried away. That would be, JIM, who is second from the left in this little video clip. Now I know what they were up [...]

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30 Days of Thanks – Day 28

I’m a huge fan of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers). Our church started a brand new MOPS group 3 years ago and one of my favorite people in all the world, Jen at Learning Patience, was the coordinator. I’ve never seen someone work as hard at a volunteer position ever before. She was [...]

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30 Days of Thanks – Day 27

We’re winding down to the end of the 30 Days of Thanks. It’s been good, sometimes tough, exercise to do but I’m very glad that I participated. Being thankful during times of stress, disappointment, or blah-ness is something that doesn’t come naturally to me.
But. I learned that about myself and it’s [...]

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30 Days of Thanks – Day 26

Things like transitions, funny stories, and something called coherent thought are just not coming to me today.
Which, evidently, was happening yesterday as well because there are two Day 26s.
Oh well.  I love how forgiving you are.  Such nice friends.
Anyway, another list:
1. We did school today for the first time in a couple weeks. Didn’t [...]

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30 Days of Thanks – Day 26

Yesterday we spent the day with Pops, Nana & Aunt Jen and got to have a second Thanksgiving dinner plus a little birthday party for Mike.
You know all week that Max has been so excited about Mike’s birthday. From the time we arrived at Pops & Nana’s, Max noticed the cake that was [...]

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30 Days of Thanks – Day 24

Mike had a great birthday but I kinda think he’s getting a little tired of the mommarazi following him around with her camera

I couldn’t help bringing it along, though, nor could I help taking pictures in this restaurant with all the great lighting.
If there’s any wisdom that I can pass on to you today it [...]

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30 Days of Thanks – Day 23

Tomorrow is Mike’s birthday and we celebrated early. We had to, there was no other choice.
Because for the past week, since Max and I went shopping for presents, this little boy has been bursting at the seams to tell Daddy what we got for him.
Bursting!
One night Mike and I were laughing over something about [...]

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30 Days of Thanks – Day 22

It was so good. It all turned out so good. Like Holly said, the crock pot turkey is the way to go. We only have one oven so I have no idea how we’d do it otherwise. The turkey was so tender and Mike took care of the bird in the [...]

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30 Days of Thanks – Day 21

I’m the youngest in my family, the baby, and thanks to my older brother who broke my parents in as the firstborn and my sister who cooked and cleaned and washed clothes for me, I didn’t have to do a lot for myself growing up. While I just tried to stay far away [...]

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