Thankful for the Low Stress Thanksgiving

This year Mr. Right and I had his mother, sister, and her family to our house for Thanksgiving.  We got up around 5:00 to start the ham and turkey.  There was a loud thunder storm which woke the children up at 5:30 so we could not go back to sleep.  Mr. Right and I cooked, cleaned, [...]

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Thursday Thirteen – 13 Things for Which I am Thankful

  Happy Thanksgiving!
This Thanksgiving there is a lot for which I am thankful.

First and foremost I am thankful for Mr. Right and our strong marriage.  This year has been a challenging year for us.  We faced job loss, the closing of Mr. Right’s company, which resulted in a mountain of debt from under which we [...]

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How to Make a Gratitude Wreath

Here are 2 ways to create gratitude wreaths. 
Handprint Gratitude Wreath
Supplies:

Paper plates
construction paper in different fall colors
glue
scissors 
pencil
marker

Directions:

Cut out the inside of a paper plate.
Trace your child’s hand on several different colored construction pages.  You will probably need about 20 different handprints.
One each handprint, write what your child is thankful for.
Have your child cut out the handprints.
Glue the [...]

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How to Make a Thank You Gratitude Journal

Every night before our prayers we discuss what we are thankful for from that day.  Then we thank God specifically for these things in our prayers.  BusyBoy and GigglyGirl say Thank You instead of Thankful, hence the name Thank You Journal rather than Gratitude Journal.  This year, I think we will cover an old journal [...]

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Rain, Rain, Please Do NOT Go Away

It is raining!  Woohoo!  Yipee!!  Thank you, God, for the rain.  The southern part of this country is in the midst of a 100 year drought.  We desperately need the rain for our water supply.  This morning I woke up to the pitter-patter sound of rain on the rooftop and in the trees.   It was [...]

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The Good Thing about an Ill Child

This week BusyBoy had a stomach virus that was going around his class at school.  After school on Wednesday, the kids told me that someone threw up on the playground right before carpool line.  On Thursday morning, BusyBoy was complaining about his stomach hurting.  I hoped that it was simply because he was hungry.  When [...]

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Neighborly Love

We have some older neighbors who live about 10 houses down from us.  Mr. Right and I know them from political activities as well as being neighbors and consider them our friends.  Mr. DC occasionally stops at our house takes a walk.  He stops to chat and to take a break before returning home.  Even [...]

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Life Can Be So Hectic, It Is Time to Take a Step Back

My to do list this week is longer than both my arms.  I am working on my first political fundrasier with lots of mail pieces and phone calls.  Additionally, there is the regular constituent services work to be done and the work Mr. Right is doing to sell business services to new clients.  On top of [...]

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September 11

Today as I remember those who died from the terrorists’ acts against our country on September 11, I say a special prayer for the family members and friends of those who died.  This day brings back so many painful and horrific memories.  I pray that they feel God’s presence through the prayers of so many [...]

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2007-06-13 & 14 Thankfulness

Jen – safe travel for our day trip, our awesome babysitter
Mr. Right - not getting electrocuted when a truck pulled powerlines to his office down right in front of him
BusyBoy – mom
GigglyGirl – butterflies

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