Thank you Girl...

For my very first award. Not sure if it's deserved, but it makes me and my blog want to try harder.

Passing along the love, I'll give this to my darlings Molly , Steph , and Jess.

Giving thanks...

I have two beautiful children who are healthy and happy and perfect, in my eyes.
I have a husband who loves me more than he should sometimes.
I have a roof over my head and the world inside those walls is warm.
I have a huge extended family that I can count on for anything I need.
I have food on my table, clothes on my back, and I am safe from most harm.

I am blessed. Truly, unbelievably blessed. I hope today, and everyday, that you are too.

It's easy to see everything that is wrong. Today, try to see what's right--your heart will feel warmer, I promise.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.

Our little turkey is here!

Congratulations to Amy and Chris on the birth of their most handsome, most awesome baby boy.

Happy birthday, Carter! We've been waiting for you :D

My post about nothing...

The Principal's list at school? It's a good thing. Straight A's like the good boy I know he can be. I really ought to have more faith in my child.

Who came home with a Christmas list. New and improved. He doesn't want much. A Nintendo DS, a Gameboy, a Playstation 3, and an XBox 360.

Thank goodness all LB cares about is warm toes and a bottle on demand.

I was right!

A big congratulations to Andria and her family on the arrival of a sweet baby boy today--can't wait to see his handsome face!!

Lucky...

I had the opportunity to spread a little sunshine this weekend, for my darling friend Canape.

I'm lucky to have her and my other beige box friends as it is, as they each fill a part of my heart that I didn't know was empty. But having the chance to share a meal and some cake and a real time conversation (that's BIG STUFF, right there!) and to spoil her and her sweet bird a little bit...

It was awesome.

If you're reading this, you probably know her. But if you haven't had the chance to meet her, let me tell you, she is every bit as sweet as you'd imagine her, probably more so.

So thank you, sweets, for spending the day with me. Thank you for being excited for my birthday and the "best lunch ever!" Thank you, Jenn, for driving up with your darling to spend the day with us. And to the ladies who participated in the spoiling part, thank you so much for letting me be the one to deliver the message that we adore our dear Canape and can't wait to help welcome Bird into the world.

Calm down, LA....

So I've been fighting with the Boy pretty much since the start of school over not bringing his homework home, his behavior at home, general brattiness, right?

So we go to Tarjay and to dinner with Hubs' hot friends (mmmm...) tonight. Get home, and the message light is blinking.

"Hi, Mrs. S---, this is Ron, Superintendent of Kanawha County Schools...."

You know that moment in A Christmas Story when Ralphie goes "fuuuuuudddddddggggeeee..."
except he doesn't say fudge? That was me.

Only apparently the school board took their meeting tonight to call every single family in the county to warn them about the Staph/MRSA situation, give a reminder about hygiene, and let us know what the school system is doing to prevent an outbreak.

And here I was convinced that he had done something SO AWFUL, it bypassed the principal and went straight to the top.

He really needs to start behaving so I can stop thinking like that.