17 years.....

Today I am grateful that 17 years ago, I said yes.

You see 17 years ago today, my hunny and I  had a long talk and I told him I would date him. I had actually put a lot of thought into my decision. We had dated the year before and things ended awkward and so this time I wanted to make sure things were right. We were good friends and I didn't want any of that to change.  We joke about this all the time but I ended up giving him a list of questions for him to answer.   I can't even remember one of the questions but he must have answered them well. I can still remember sitting in the library of our church talking with him.  

I never could have imagined where we would be 17 years later.  I never imagined we would be spending our lives together. The beautiful children we would have together. I am so grateful for this man who has put up with me all these years. I love him now more than ever. 

Things my girl says.

It's no wonder I keep forgetting to post daily. This week I have been tending to "J" and her chicken pox. At the same time trying to get the boys ahead in their school work so that when they get the chicken pox, they won't get behind like "J" did.  Anyway, I've been cooped up in the house and may start to go crazy soon!  I think the kids are getting a little squirrelly too.  Yesterday I was grateful to have a friend visit and a chicken pox twin for "J" to play with for a while.

Here are a few of the things sweet pea has said in the last half hour.  

"I've got to get to the changerator!"

"Now I am a dancer girl! Booyah!"

"Not on my watch, perp! On the ground now!"

"Ahhhhh my hair appointments been cancelled!"

"Don't be cray cray!"

"You are fully articulated?"

She also had a meltdown because she wanted to change her name to Ariel. 

That's my girl and I love her. 

Today I am grateful for our pup Lollypop who made us all take an unexpected break and laugh at her. Laughter is fun. 

Again!

I forgot to post yesterday again. Oh well can you blame me really?  Yesterday I was grateful for a sweet friend who brought Pox girl something to cheer her up. There were many tears yesterday and it sure lifted her spirits to know someone was thinking of her.  

Today I am grateful for Sweet pea's silly antics that can bring out a smile even on pox girls face! 

This is gonna sound horrible but....

Today I am grateful that my oldest girlie has come down with the chicken pox. I sound like such a mean mom. You see when she was a baby the chicken pox vaccine had just come out and it was too new for me to consider injecting my baby with. As the years went by, I followed suit with the rest of the kids. As my big girl got older, I began to wonder if I had made the right choice. With so many kids being vaccinated against it and with her being homeschooled, I worried that she wouldn't have a chance to be exposed to it while she was still a child.  Then we heard of one of her friends that had it. There was our chance!  We made plans to have dinner together so that all the kids would be exposed. Big girl of course was dead set against it.  That dinner happened tonight but instead of them being exposed, Big girl and her friend could commiserate together because randomly 2 or 3 weeks ago, they both came into contact with the same person in two totally different environments.  What are the odds.  While I am sad to see my big girl so miserable and itchy, I am grateful that we have to do this now and I no longer have to worry about her getting them when she is an adult or worse when she pregnant with her own baby. 

Now we pamper her for a while and then we wait for the rest of the kids to get them. 

Big girl and her friend with their pox day cake!

Headaches

Today I woke up with a terrible headache that persisted all day.  It reminded me that I haven't had a headache like this in about 2 weeks.  I am grateful for that fact.  Now off to bed I go...

Snow day!

Today I am grateful for blizzards that bring my hubby home at lunch time so he can snooze on the couch surrounded by kids and be rested.  Also grateful that Sweet Pea did not fuss one bit about the eye patch today!  An answer to my prayers!

Grateful project #20

Its been one of those days. I am worn out. Tuesdays are out busy days with the boys going to Karate and "J" has musical theatre class and I have life group. I am grateful that I have life group on this night. After the busyness of the day, it's nice to come to life group, talk to other people and relax.  I don't usually feel so worn down. I get to share the day with one of my best friends and her family but today I am tired. It might be that Sweet Pea hates her patch and while she didn't fight it like I expected, she cried and whimpered almost the whole hour and a half that she had it on.  I tried to get her to watch a show or anything but she refused saying she couldn't see it anyway.  I think for this momma heart, fighting would have been easier. It nearly broke me in two to see her refusing to get off the couch and crying because she couldn't see.  So yes I am grateful that I get to come to life group and get filled up again.