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10 Days of Thanks- Day 3

1. I am thankful for TV shows for me to unwind in front of. Woo Hoo for Wednesday!
2. I am thankful for the beautiful sunshine we got to enjoy today.
3. I am thankful for my sister-in-laws that like (or are willing) to gab with me on the phone.
4. I am thankful for e-mail and text messaging. (My brothers won't answer their phones any other way.)
5. I am thankful Ethan is enjoying school so much. (129% on his final in one class. Woo Hoo!)
6. I am thankful Ethan likes to get down on the floor and play with our kids.
7. I am thankful for time alone, even if it is just the trip to the grocery store.
8. I am thankful for my Grandma.
9. I am thankful she taught me how to knit.
10.I am thankful for music.

10 Days of Thanks- Day 2

1. I am thankful for bubble baths.
2. I am thankful for talk radio.
3. I am thankful for my husband's tolerance of my love of talk radio.
4. I am thankful for Ririe's blossoming singing voice (even if he is still not willing to share it.)
5. I am thankful I can sell my stuff on ebay, KSL.com classifieds, and Craigslist.
6. I am thankful that both my kids enjoy reading books.
7. I am thankful for our great neighborhood/ward.
8. I am thankful for my dishwasher.
9. I am thankful for contact lenses.
10.I am thankful for My Coke Rewards. (Feel free to donate any unwanted/unused coke points in comments.)

10 Days of Thanks- Day 1

I've been so sick, gloomy, stressed, etc lately that I NEED to take a step back and realize how blessed I really am. I know there's a 10 things thankful tag going around, but I'm going to do it for the next 10 days (ending on Thanksgiving) to help me refocus my outlook.

1. I am thankful my children have healthy digestive tracts. (Proven to me by the regular stinky diapers I recently changed.)
2. I am thankful for AWESOME parents that came up this last weekend to help work on our bathroom and watch the kids so I could rest/recover.
3. I am thankful for the people at PYP who are on the lookout for great deals so I can be one of the few who were able to order a Britax carseat for the error price of $43.00. (FX they don't cancel it!) **Edited to add, it was cancelled. Doesn't change my love for PYP!
4. I am thankful for modern medicine and the antibiotics that recently helped me get healthy.
5. I am thankful my husband and children are healthy.
6. I am thankful for my home.
7. I am thankful my husband goes to work every day, even when he doesn't want to.
8. I am thankful for M&M mini's. (My latest candy kick)
9. I am thankful for my faith and testimony.
10.I am thankful for nap time. :)

Celebrate!

Woo Hoo! Ever been to the doctor and was glad to hear that something was wrong? I won't give you the details of what they found in my sample, but I'm on antibiotics now. I plan to be feeling MUCH better in the next 2-14 days. (give or take)

Blah Bullets

No new post in 8 days. Shameful. I don't really feel like blogging. I don't feel like doing much but sleeping. Can I blame it on the weather/time change and being sick? Here's some bullets of our what's been going on.

• M has cut her first 2 teeth. They have FINALLY fought through the surface. They were a long time coming.
• R and I have been playing lots of "train tracks" and cars. Not sure why he won't just call them trains.
• I've been sick this past weekend. E let me stay in bed as long as I wanted on Saturday (since I had been up all night the night before being sick.) I slept and slept and slept. Must have needed it.

I really can't think of anything else and I'm hearing the increasingly familiar "Come on, Mom!" Better go.

Halloween 2008

Good times were had by all. We gave out stickers instead of candy, and there were mixed reviews. The parents all loved them. The biggest kids did not. (They were probably too big to be out anyway.) One boy came back 2 times. We took that as a big complement.
R made it around one block. He really thought it was a neat process. But when we came by our house, he headed right in and was DONE.
He went through his candy with Papa. It was more candy than he'd ever had all to himself.
Thumbs up. Hope your Halloween was thumbs up, too.