I'm thankful for a long holiday weekend...for all of my kids to be home for Thanksgiving dinner...(including both of the girl's boyfriends and Ryan's girlfriend.) I'm thankful that Pat put up the Christmas lights and that we already got our Christmas tree today! The house smells so good...nothing like a fresh cut spruce tree. I got all my Christmas cards addressed and ready for mailing...Let me tell you...this is A FIRST! For all this wonderful organization, I am thankful. Sorry Sheila..."I'm kicking your Christmas ass!"
I know, all this before December first. I am quite shocked myself. Tomorrow the tree will be trimmed and Jennifer and I will be going out to do some shopping. We are trying to decide what kind of ornaments we want to make this year. Sounds like a fun little trip to Hobby Lobby.
Today we are getting dumped on with snow. It's so beautiful outside, even though it really stinks to drive in. (Oh, I am sooooo missing my SUV with 4WD!!!) My new car only has front wheel drive and it's so hard to get used to. It's not all that bad, but there is a sense of security in a big SUV. Darn those gas prices!
Today we are getting dumped on with snow. It's so beautiful outside, even though it really stinks to drive in. (Oh, I am sooooo missing my SUV with 4WD!!!) My new car only has front wheel drive and it's so hard to get used to. It's not all that bad, but there is a sense of security in a big SUV. Darn those gas prices!
The desktop computer still isn't fixed but I'm feeling a little better about it today. I can't bring back all the kid's lost papers and pictures, but we will all have our own flash drives from now on so we can back everything up. Ugh. A lesson learned.
Jacob went over to Mady's house today. I'm not ready for him to have a girlfriend. It really makes me sad to think my little boy (who is 6'3) is not so little anymore. I guess I can't stop the inevitable...I mean, he IS adorable if I do say so myself.
I'm also very thankful to be approaching the 7 year mark post massive heart attack. Every December I am humbly reminded of that fateful day that I was struck with a 2 inch blood clot in my LAD artery while shopping in the mall. I (stupidly) drove myself down the street to the Ambulatory care Hospital and walked into that place as white as a sheet. A trip in the ambulance to the main hospital, clot busting drugs en route, angioplasty with 6 STENTS, and two cardioversions later...(including two near death experiences) I am thankful to be here to tell about it. Every year at this time, I am reminded of how precious life is. God is good. He knew I had more to do here on earth and has given me a second chance at life. Let's just hope I can do it right this time.
...Oh, and another thing I'm thankful for?
ELECTRICITY!
...because at 10:00 last night in the middle of composing my "thankful Sunday" post...the transformer blew and our entire neighborhood was left in total darkness. All night. And all morning until 12:30 this afternoon. It was a Silent Night and a remarkably enlightening beginning to my Advent Sunday. Perhaps that "awakening" will be the topic of my next post.
...in the meantime, I'm going to put another log on the fire and go make myself some coffee and toast. I now have a whole new appreciation for how the Amish live.
2 comments:
You are too funny....yep, you ARE kickin' my Christmas ass this year! And I too am very thankful for 7 years post heart attack...and many more healthy ones to come, full of graduations, wedding(s), grandkids...ooops, might have got ahead of myself a little there!
Oh my goodness Connie!! I'm so glad you are here to tell about it too. I'm so glad you survived the whole thing and the fact that you drove yourself. I probably would have done the same thing.
It's amazing how we appreciate electricity so much more when it goes out. Happy Wednesday. Kathi
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