Thankfulness rubs off...

Just read Drea's blog about being thankful - and it just made me think about all the things I am thankful for. Also made me realize how lately it's been 'Oh poor pitiful me' and how I need to more often than not just take time out of my day to be thankful and to thank the one that gives me all this that I'm thankful for :) Thanks for reminding me Drea ;)

*I'm thankful that I'm alive and healthy as far as I know :)

*I'm thankful I have a wonderful husband who believes in working for a living, doesn't run up bills on toys, is a great father to our 2 beautiful children, actually helps me raise them, helps me tend to them, watches them for an hour so I can go walk at the park, takes out the trash on monday mornings if he isn't out of town, stops watching his football game and records it so we can watch my fave show Smallville together, and I could just go on and on and on here people.

*I'm thankful for my 2 beautiful babies! That aren't babies anymore and I could cry about that but I won't today :)

*I'm thankful that I have a job that pays good - with great benefits and good co-workers, a great manager, etc etc etc.

*I'm thankful that I have a vehicle that runs! And this time I actually got one in the right color - Crimson - Roll Tide!

*I'm thankful I'm able to pay my bills and pay for a few of my wants :)

*I'm thankful I have such wonderful parents that would do absolutely anything for me and my family (and they do a lot let me tell you) they keep my kids while I work - and other days when I need a babysitter. They don't charge me for babysitting! They go to my house when I'm not there to record something I forgot on my DVR so I or Clint don't miss it. They follow me to all kinds of crazy places for singings to support me and watch my kids while I'm up in front. They let me have a can of tomato sauce or an extra potatoe when I'm cooking and realize I need something and don't want to run to the store for. They are the best parents anyone could ask for and I love them for it.

*I'm thankful for my siblings....Toby, Hil, Tara...for watching my kids, for making me laugh, for dating ppl that I can't stand so I can make up names for them :) Yes you Hil! For coming over at 2 in the morning to stay the night to calm my nerves after I read a scary book and freaked myself out (when Clint is out of town - yes I am a scaredy cat!) For emailing me to check on me when things aren't going so great - and for making sure I know you are there, Tara I am very thankful for your support. And I guess I'm thankful you married a crazy and sometimes misunderstood man that turned out to be the best brother-in-law I could ask for - he's always been there for me, he tries to teach me CPR and the himelic (no idea how to spell!) and when you were dating he let me drive his Camaro all the time - Thanks Tybo!

*I'm thankful for my in-laws - for feeding us so many times - times when we were first married I had no idea where our next meal was coming from and every time that would happen, we would get a call from Tess - "Come eat supper with us tonight!" For being a support to us, for letting us live in your basement for a month, for cooking my fave on my birthday, and for NOT being "THOSE TYPE OF INLAWS YOU HEAR ABOUT!"

*I'm thankful for my ever wonderful friends...I couldn't even begin to start naming you - you know who you are!...those that have always had my back...may not get to see some of them very often but I always know you are there to support me when ever I need it. For those I've had from childhood, Crayola :), to those more recent, I thank you so much for just being my friend.

*I'm thankful for New Harmony :) Which they are also included in the friends category but they deserve their own bullet :) I don't know how I could have made it these past 2.5 years if I had not gotten back with NH. You are the best bunch of ppl to sing with - to laugh with and to cry with. We don't always agree on everything ;) But somehow it always just works out (or at least you don't tell me about it!) I'm glad to have had the oppurtunity to get back with yall for one last time, how ever much longer it lasts!

*And of course - I'm thankful that I have a hope of one day seeing Alvie again ;) I always say, "I know he wasn't perfect - but he was perfect." :) He was someone to pattern yourself after - and someone I miss every day. I'm thankful of the few things he taught me while he was here and I'm thankful that one day I hope to see his smiling face and hear his voice singing again. Words can't even begin to express how thankful I am to have that hope - thankful I made that decision almost 14 years ago, will be Oct 30.

Goodness I could go on and on and on here - you start thinking of all the things you are thankful for and you realize you can't stop :) But unfortunately I have to stop - and get back to work....now that I just read all of this (checking for misspells!) I just realized that it actually has lifted my mind :) All because Drea was thankful and wanted to share it. See what you started ;)

Until next time...