I am soooo happy!! Truly, down deep to the depths of my soul, happy!!! Despite everything that is going on in life, I am so very blessed and so very thankful for that!!! I can’t express the simple, radiant, joy I feel right now!! I have so many good things in my life! My sons whom I adore and cherish and revel in, my husband without whom I would not want to go through life - he is a gift, and above all else my God, my Lord and Savior and Redeemer and Hope!!!!! I believe in God and in Jesus Christ and I rely on my Christian faith in this life!

There are many other things that bring me great, great joy as well!! My friends are a true and sincere source of joy for me! I love them so much! I love that we can all be different and still respect and love one another as we do! So, whether I just spoke to one of them yesterday or haven’t had contact with them in months or years, they are a deep part of me! And I can’t wait to see them all again!!!! I miss them!

Now that I have gotten all of that mushy stuff out of the way……LOL!  I am thankful that my grandmother who is battling cancer is doing VERY well (it’s really, totally flabbergasting!) and my brother will return from Iraq in a few days!! YAY!! WOO HOO!! I am so happy and excited, and you can take that and multiply it by about a hundred and that’s how happy and excited my pregnant sister-in-law is!!!!

Well, that’s all for now! I am so blessed and so thankful for my life and the people in it! Remember: Laugh Often, Love Much, Sing Loud, and Dance Like Noone is Watching!!!!!

Posted: October 23rd, 2008 under Family, Friends, Life.
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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Have you ever had the opportunity to sit in the middle of 5 seperate, swirling tornados? Well, I can only imagine this is what it might be like! HA! LOL! I’m not serious, of course, but I have the pleasure of having 5 kids in my house today! My 2 nephews and 1 niece spent the night here last night so that my sister and brother-in-law could go up to visit my grandmother, the one that I’ve written about in the 3 previous posts. I currently have in my care a 10 year old nephew, an 8 year old nephew, my 8 year old son, a 5 year old niece and my 4 year old son. What a whirlwind of action!! And of mess! LOL! And when you factor in the husband and the mother-in-law too, our 2 bedroom house is bursting at the seams! Don’t misunderstand me, I LOVE having my nephews and niece around and getting to do stuff with all the kids! I love them all, bunches!

I’m sure this day will hold its’ fair share of playing, fighting, having fun, getting mad, etc, etc. It will also hold some Halloween fun this evening! We are taking the 5 kids to Boo at the Zoo! All dressed in costumes, the zoo supplies you with a treat bag and you walk around to different stations within the zoo and get candy and see some animals and take a spooky train ride! It’s good family fun at a good family price too! So, that will be the big event to end our day because when we get back home, my sister and her husband will be home and it will be time to say farewell. Until the next sleepover……

Posted: October 18th, 2008 under Family.
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