Trigger Happy

November 9th

I am thankful for my mom beginning to feel healthier after a bout with the flu!!!

* my mom as Anna Nicole, on Halloween...the pink is the lighting, not the fever!  ;)
 

November 8th

I am thankful for Sundays....lazy days, spent toodling around and doing laundry.  Even ran a few errands (like buying new makeup!) that are always easily pushed aside in favor of 'important' errands.  Love that!

Love this childhood memory that appeared in our paper today as well.  (not sure if others still get it, but we haven't in years)  I used to LOVE when the TV Register came!  Reading what was on for the week always made me happy...I love TV.  

Oh man, I missed the Kardashian Wedding show last night at 8....boo.
 

November 7th

I am thankful for a little time making something:

little creative, but a whole lot organized.  Not such a great photo....
 

November 6th

Today I am grateful for some time with friends...and for ticking some things off of the upcoming Christmas Gift list.  I love getting some gifts early! 

What I am not so grateful for is disorganization...I am trying to scrap tonight, as I planned ...well, I am not reeeeeeeeeeallly scrapping, but rather re-doing my holiday planner ( a new, scrappier version) and I cannot find last year's Christmas card anywhere.  ARGH!  I am sure I put one somewhere to keep for this year, but where, I have no idea.  I have lots of misc. cards- from 2004 onward, but no 2008.  I know it will turn up, but man- that aggrivates me! 
 

November 5th

I am grateful for photo books!  I am making two this week...one from our trip to Chicago, and another from the end of 2008, because I never finished documenting the year.  They have changed my scrapbook needs/desire, which I don't love, but they are getting our details down for the kids to read about and remember.  Me too- there are things I have forgotten...like this:

Breakfast Buddies, before school one day last year...might have to do that again, it was fun!
 

November 4th

I am grateful for the opportunity to work part time so that I can be involved in the kids school on a regular basis.

Dolphin Games, November 2009
 

November 3rd

3. Today I am thankful that my kids are readers.  I mean, my kids LOVE to read...not just that they can read.  These pictures were both taken at Beth's Halloween party at school.  The top one I posted because I am in there (dangit!) and the bottom to illustrate what cracked me up about that day....mass chaos was going on at one point- and I looked up.....Matt's happily unaware in the back with a book (unusual, because he loves chaos as well) and Beth is happily chomping candy at her desk.....calm in a storm.  aaaaahhhhhh.

We had Beth's 'official' conference, and Drew had an 'unofficial' one with Matthew's teacher (meaning he didn't bring anything home and I will do another on Wed.) and we couldn't be more proud.  Both are strong students, stronger than we may have even realized with Beth.  She's so 'quiet' about her abilities- and we don't really push either of them academically, we just buy/borrow LOTS of books and kind of carelessly expect they know how to do stuff...if that explains it correctly.  Anyway, Matt's overt, but Beth's not and she really knocked my socks off yesterday.  I feel grateful to see her through someone else's eyes.  We showered them with our pride yesterday- and took them out to dinner to celebrate.

At dinner I said, "we are a lucky family"  and Matthew said, "yep, luckier than most".  Agreed.
 
 

thankful

I absolutely love this time of year.  It is busy for us, but unlike September and early October when the busy-ness is work related and stressful, the busy-ness of the next few months is all happy!  I am going to do a "thankful for...." this month.  I love when I am doing this- because it means I am thinking ( a cockroach just crawled up my work table right now....gotta LOVE where I teach) about my life, not just living it. 

Day 1-

I am thankful for the time spent with my extended family last month.  I am thankful for the connections that were made or repaired, and that my kids have been communicating with their cousins via email. 

( I actually have a cute picture I can post later from home)

Day 2-

I am thankful for listening to my body.   For being disciplined enough to slow down when I need to, and taking care of my self and my home to start the week off right.  For not feeling gypped when I can't do everything that I want to (even if I was a bit sad that I missed Carlsbad yesterday).  For realizing that being healthy will allow me to have more fun in my future activities than if my butt is dragging.

That's it for today...I think will like doing this....maybe I can turn it into a scrapbook page?  I am going to scrapbook this month if it kills me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a little preview...

of some of the cuteness we'll be seeing tonight.  Happy Halloween everyone!
 
 

the kid's got stubborn teeth

and anxiety about 'what it will feel like' ( because that's an unknown....and we all know how we feel about unknowns...)

"no daddy, no"  ...poor thing- so traumatized by his parents

but LOVES to look at his miserable self in the mirror

and is amazed by the fact that it didn't hurt at all, after all of that lead-up

and thinks "it feels weird" but is super happy that #1 is out.