Thankful Thursday!!!

It feels like I haven't had a whole lot of time to write on here lately, but today all I'm doing during the day is cleaning house, and well.... I am trying to come up with any excuse to not wash floors so I figured I should write on my blog!!!!

So since it's Thursday I would love to slow down and think about the things that I am thankful for.

1. I am SOOOO thankful for a body that I am able to do things with, did that make sense. Last night Wayne, Nate and I met up with our rec league baseball team to practice ( I didn't have school last night which was SOOO nice). I was playing shortstop and waiting for things to happen when I started thinking about how grateful I am that I can play ball, that I can move my legs, that I can move my arms, that I can run, skip, hop, twirl, anything I want because I have a body that works. When I broke my ankle over a year ago, it was amazing how hard it is to do ANYTHING. I had to crawl everywhere, or use crutches which suck. I could only do dishes or anything for a short while because my "good" leg would get so sore. It really made me grateful for 2 good legs.

2. I am thankful for having monetary means which enable us to do the things we want to do. Yes, we have to budget and we do have to give up some things that we would like, but we are able to have fun, do things we want, and know that we will have 3 healthy meals a day. I hate Saturday morning tv because the shows on 3rd world countries are always on, and I always get sucked into watching them, and then I end up sobbing because I truly feel for those people. I can't imagine not knowing how I was going to feed my child day by day, and then just having to sit there while my child cried because they were so hungry... ahhhh... it's making me sad. So yes, I am grateful that we can put Nathan in Preschool, in soccer, swimming, anything we want but I am even WAY more grateful that we can feed and cloth our child.

3. I am thankful for good friends, I might have talked about one in particular before but I would love to tell you a little about my best friend Jennifer P. When Nathan was a tiny baby I went to a thing called Parent Talk group. There were a bunch of woman and babies and I remember noticing Jen because she was VERY much like me. She was very outspoken, funny, loving, caring, blunt, a little crazy ;), and just a wonderful person. I was instantly attracted to her personality. We over the last 3 years have become WONDERFUL friends, but I feel (and I know she feels this way too) that it's more than that, we are sisters. I KNOW that Jen and I must have been incredibly close in Heaven before we came here because we have just clicked from the VERY beginning, it's like I already knew EVERYTHING about her but had just forgotten and now I remember it again and again and again. She is a wonderful mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend. I have been MORE than blessed to have found her. She is always there for me when I need to cry, complain, laugh, freak out, scream (okay I haven't done that but I have been close...hehe..), disagree with, agree with, did I mention laugh. I am soooo thankful for Jen and all that she has done for me and all that she has helped me to become. I love you Jen. <3

4. I am thankful for a mom who taught me how to do things for myself. I am thankful that when I complained that I never had clothes at the fabulous young age of 11 that she taught me how to wash my own clothes...hehe... ohhh I didn't like her very much right then, but I appreciate it now. I am thankful that she taught me how to cook and allowed me to experiment with food (even though some dishes were nasty) because now I LOVE to cook and share my experiments with friends and family. I am thankful that my mom didn't do everything for us, she allowed us to learn how to do things by ourselves but helped us along the way. Now that I am married I appreciate my mom making us do things around the house and teaching us how to do it properly regardless of whether we were boys or girls, and I now enjoy teaching Nathan the same way.

5. I am thankful for warm weather, and I can't wait to have grass again so Nate and I can play outside more often.

Well, I really should go wash floors...blah....toodaloo!!!