the faithfulness of God
Thomas' laugh
Elijah's hugs
Isaac's run
Alex's real smile (not the fake picture one)
Steven's sense of humor
friends who get my jokes
friends who get cupcakes with me
friends I call when I need to vent
people I text during shows we watch
family
scentsy
premiere jewelry
coffee
ice cream
good teachers for my boys
a great church family
a decent town to live in
new friends
old friends - ones who sing "I've had the time of my Life" with you and you don't have to designate who sings which part because you both already know, and ones who have dreams about you that come true
sisters who I can talk to about anything, who can finish each others sentences, who can make me laugh
brothers who are competitive and reduce us both to age 12 no matter how old we actually are
cousins who are cool
inside jokes
McDonald's french fries
Dr Pepper
high speed internet
books, lots and lots of books, oh and the ability to read fast
a roof over my head
a fenced backyard
trampolines
tennis shoes
mp3 players
Mr. clean magic erasers
Soldiers
the police
A fast-acting fire department with a sense of humor
The best coworkers in the world, who are good at their jobs, and have a great sense of humor
Barnes and Noble
Hastings
Netflix
Book Traders
My KitchenAid Stand Mixer, it's red.

Seriously, I could go on and on and on. But I'll stop here. I've got a lot to be thankful for this year, I admit it. Some important things may not have made the list and some not very important things definitely made the list, but either way, I'm still thankful. Now it's your turn!

I hope you hall have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I don't spend too much time talking about my job on here. I like to *try* to keep my work separate from my blog. That having been said, something really cool happened and I wanted to give credit where credit is due.

By the way, I work for a local domestic violence emergency shelter.

Our local Lowe's Department store surprised us with a remodeling of our laundry room. I did not make it to get a "before" picture, but picture dark, brown, and dingy.

These people who did the remodel spent two days, donated time, energy and supplies to transform this room. Instead of feeling like you're doing laundry at a shelter, it's just like you're doing it at home now. Which is what we want!

The awesome crew of folks!


and me


new deep sink


check that baby out. It's a high efficiency washing machine. Donated. awesome.




There's the matching dryer.


curtains one employee made by hand for us.




They worked very hard!


We couldn't be more appreciative!