Thankful Thursday!

Hello everyone! Thanks for putting up with my sporadic blogging habits of late :) It's been a little crazy over here!

First of all, I would like to say thank you for the positive response to my Monday post. I was really nervous about posting it. So much so that I began writing it on August 28th, and didn't get up the guts to post it until Monday. I was very nervous because I know that it can be a touchy subject, and I really do not like confrontation. I also do not want my blog to be a place where I get up on my soapbox and complain and whine and drive people crazy, because where's the fun in that? :) But I really felt like it needed to be said, and I was very encouraged and appreciative of the comments I recieved. Thank you all for being such great bloggy friends.




Onto my Thankful Thursday-ness. (I'm sorry, I know gramatically it's atrocious, but I'm on a kick where I add -ness to the end of just about anything to make it an adjective, maybe because I'm feeling a little too lazy to come up with proper adjectives, I don't know.)

~ I'm thankful for a warm house that my husband built just the way we wanted it. (He's pretty great)

(This is a before picture, it does not still look like this, I promise! :) )

~ I'm thankful for my wonderful parents who celebrate their 26th wedding anniversary today.

~ I'm thankful for my sweet, adorable husband with whom I will celebrate our 1 year anniversary on Mondy 9/22

~ I'm thankful for our freedom, and that we live in such a great country. I'm not really one to argue politics, who am I kidding, I love to argue politics, but that's not really what I want this blog to be about; however, this is too good to not post:

Today I have been reminded that life is so precious, and we never know what will happen from one minute to the next. Sherry and Joy and Joanne and Lori all have great memorial posts up for 9/11.

~ I am rejoicing with Melissa

~ I am thankful for God's faithfulness in the midst of trials. This week my family is experiencing something that I cannot even begin to understand. My sweet sister-in-law Ashley miscarried on Monday afternoon. When my hubby relayed the message to me I felt like someone had kicked me in the teeth. I spoke with my MIL (who is there with them) on Tuesday, and she said that Ashley is doing well. We would all appreciate your prayers.


Thanks for reading! Enjoy your Thursday!

Thankful Thursday ~ relationships

This week's theme on Thankful Thursday is relationships. I have been tremendously blessed with the relationships in my life.

~ I am thankful first and foremost for my relationship with God. His love and faithfulness are the true constant in my life. No matter where I have been, or how horribly I have failed at being faithful to Him, He has never failed me.

(click play on the very first song of my playlist to hear this song)

How deep the Father's love for us
How vast beyond all measure,
That He would give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss,
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the chosen One,
Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon a cross,
My sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed I hear my mocing voice,
Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I knoww that it is finished

I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast inJesus Christ
His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom

~ I am thankful for my precious husband. I am thankful that he is committed to our marriage and to me and that he is willing and very good at working on our relationship.

***Trouble is part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough. ~Dinah Shore***

~ I am immensely grateful for my family relationships. Immediate, extended, and in-laws, I have a terrific family and they all work hard to stay in touch, and be a part of our lives no matter how far away we are.

***How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. ~From the movie Annie***

***Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~Marcel Proust***

~ All of our wonderful friends who are the family we got to choose. Their love and support mean the world to me.

***Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh!" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you." ~A.A. Milne***

~ My sweet, fun and hillarious blog and Internet friends. I know that we may never meet face to face on this earth, but their friendship is no less genuine, and their encouragment and comraderie is just as meaningful.

***Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings. ~Miles Franklin***

Thank you all for being a part of my life!

God Bless America!

Today is Thankful Thursday, and this week I am so thankful for the opportunity to rest and play on this up-coming long weekend. I am thankful that today is like the Friday of my work-week, and that next Tuesday will be the final day of our Shopper contract.

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Tomorrow is Independence Day, and I am thankful for all of the brave men and women who sacrificed so much to fight for the freedoms that we enjoy today. For the men and women who are fighting now around the world to protect those freedoms, and to live in a country that offers such freedom. God bless America!

Thanks for reading!

Thankful Thursday!

Today is my very first Thankful Thursday post, and I'm pretty excited about it!


I have so much to be thankful for!


I am thankful for my wonderful husband who loves me and who is committed to me!


I am thankful for my amazing family - my fantastic parents and in-laws who love me like their own! Our wonderful siblings (all of you! Tom, Ashley, Kindra and Kelli!) I love you all so very much!


I am thankful for our friends! I love you all, and it has been so fun having you here this week Doobie, and I'm looking forward to the 4th!


I am thankful for new blogging friends, even though you are only real in my computer (lol!) I still love you :)!


I am thankful for our beautiful home and the fact that our town was spared damage in all of the crazy storms and flooding that Iowa has seen lately.


Most of all I am thankful for Jesus, and His love for me and His absolute patience with me - even when I am completely unlovely. :)


What are you thankful for this week?

Thanks for reading!


P.S. ~ I know you were all dying to hear me rag yesterday and it just didn't happen! No fear though, I am working up a doozy for next week, lol!