Thankful

I am thankful for so much. It is impossible to write it all down. A lot is private, a lot may seem silly - I truly feel so blessed. I know so many look at my life and wonder how I could call our situation, pretty much my life a blessing. I look at my life and wonder how anyone couldn't call it one! Sure there is a lot I wish would never have happened, things I wish I could change. I often wonder what it would be like if I wasn't so clumsy or scatterbrained, but that makes me me and that makes me wonderful! I sounded full of myself, didn't I? I don't mean to, I am just thrilled to be me. All my flaws - and I have many!!!- all my unique habits, my good qualities it makes me who I am. Sure, I would love to have a supermodel's figure. I would love to have perfect health, well behaved children and great grace and luck. But what fun would that be? I mean really. Life would get predictable and boring. I love that everyday is a mystery to be solved. You never know what is going to happen when you get up in the morning. You could have your day scheduled from morning til night and I guarantee it won't happen that way. What a gift that is! Some of my favorite moments have happened during the spontaneous surprise moments my days throw at me. God has blessed me with so much. He has given me fantastic opportunities, experiences, adventures... He has given me the greatest husband and children and wonderful friends and family. I had every intention of making a list of what I am thankful for, but decided to ramble instead. I guess that was a spontaneous decision too! I am thankful for that!

I hope that you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and look at whatever the day may bring you as a chance for a new experience. Each day is an adventure. Sometimes the road may be full of speed bumps, pot holes and road kill, but there are also the unexpected pleasant surprises that await you around the bend.

Happy Thanksgiving! I love you all!! Thank you all for being unexpected surprises.

Weekend Highlights Part Deux:

How could I forget the most traumatic part of my weekend????
On Saturday the kids went outside to play. My mom has Koi Pond that is in the shape of a kidney. It is maybe 15-18 feet long and 4 1/2 feet at its widest points. It comes right to the tops of my knees, so it is not too deep. Well the kids know to stay away from it....they are continuously told. I sent them out and was checking every few minutes out the window. All of a sudden I heard Luke wailing. Sean ran outside and discovered a sopping wet Luke standing next to the pond. I ran up and ran a warm bath and we stripped him and put him in the water. It turned cold almost immediately! He was shaken up for not even 5 minutes before he was talking about the whole thing like it was some great adventure. I was not happy. Apparantly the kids were checking to see if the pond was frozen solid. Girls, I was so scared! Caitlin is proud to announce that she is the only one who has not fallen in, but all the other times have been in the summer! I thanked God over and over for keeping Luke safe. Even though the water is not deep, it was deep enough and ice cold!

Well, at least we haven't burned down the house...

So, today I was building a fire - in the fireplace, of course. I know you are all wondering why on earth would anyone let me do that.... Sean was cold enough and desperate enough. It took me a good half and hour to get it started. Don't laugh...the other day it took Sean an hour and a half -no lie! It wasn't a roaring blaze, but it was respectable enough. After awhile Sean went out to the kitchen and smelled smoke. He looked into my mom's basement and it was pretty hazy looking. So he yelled for me and we went down. The stench was horrendous and the haze (some may call it smoke) hurt my eyes. We couldn't find anything on fire and the smoke alarms, which were all in working order, were not going off, so we went back upstairs and turned on ceiling fans and opened windows. My mom got home about an hour later and walked in and gagged. I didn't think it was that bad anymore. Turns out that I somehow managed to get it so smokey in the fireplace that it was coming out into the basement. Oh yeah, I forgot to open the damper thingy for about an hour too. Apparantly that is not good. Luckily my mom had some stuff from the fire department, from the time SHE melted the tupperware containers in her oven, and set it in dishes around the house to absorb the odor. It smells a lot better now.
Yesterday the kids managed to knkock over a large planter that hit some antique dishes and broke one. I was mortified, as I thought that it was from the Belfry, but it was the same pattern that my mom found at a garage sale. Turns out my cousin Sue had the Belfry china on a shelf in her china hutch that inexplicably collapsed one day and shattered all the dishes. Thank God that wasn't our fault!!! So my mom wasn't that upset about the dish. The plant that fell over had come unpotted and Sean, not seeing that it was full of huge thorns, grabbed to put back in and got his hand all pricked up. He recovered. So did my ears! Tonight I was cross stitching and was holding the needle between my lips so I could clip the floss. Somehow I managed to bump the needle and it drove the point right into my gum between my two front teeth. It hurt incredibly for about a minute and then the pain disappeared and the bleeding stopped. Sean seemed to think it was funny.
So this has been what I can remember of our weekend. I am sure more happened, but these were the highlights. I hope that you all have a great Monday!

Please Pray....

I only have sketchy details, but my cousin Karen let me know that she has lost a baby for the second time this year and tomorrow morning they have to do some sort of chromosome testing and then surgery. I am not quite sure what the surgery is for, but I imagine it is not good. Please say a prayer if you can. She could use the uplift. Thanks.

Nothing I could tell you could be nearly as entertaining as Crystal's post and the "Lewis blew us away!" comment! My stomach hurts from laughing so much today!

Hope you all have a good night

We are official house renters.

We signed our lease this morning. We move in December 1st. I am really excited for that. Too bad it is a Monday, but anyone in the area who wants to come on the following Saturday to help Sean and I avoid divorce court and move big stuff is welcome. Somehow I always manage to make moving big furniture an unpleasant experience for Sean. I can't imagine why.....
Kevin, if you are reading this, I am sorry about the horrible fixture related injury you sustained recently. I am also sorry for laughing so hard I cried, but the first explanation was a riot! I even have to admit to chuckling at the real reason. I hope that you are feeling better and that the scarring will be minimal and not in the shape of a toilet paper holder!
I have to go do homework, but I wanted to say hi and give you all my wishes for a tremendous day!!!

Passion Pants

Sean and I listen to the Elvis Duran morning show after we drop off the kids. It is always good for a laugh - today was no exception. On stupid news they told of a women in England who was hospitalized because she wore her vibrating passion pants to the store and became so aroused that she fell and hit her head and knocked herself unconcious. How embarassing is that?!
I have never heard of passion pants, but I can only imagine!
Have a good one!