Tuesday November 26, 2013....

   I am thankful my car got me to and from work.  I'm thankful I have a job to go to and a pay check associated.  I am thankful for the wonderful flavors of garlic and sea salt with a little olive oil, I am thankful for a full stomach and knowing that my kids have eaten.  I am thankful I could put gas in my car and I pray it keeps running a while longer.
    I am thankful for my childrens laughter and for the laughter they give me with all their pranks and brilliant ideas. I love them so. I'm thankful for the holidays to bring us together and remind us even more how thankful we should be.
   I am thankful for having clothes to wear and shoes that don't have holes, even though I wear the holy ones more :)  I am thankful for the weather and would rather have the rain and cold winds than anything more.  I am thankful for all my blessings , even the ones I don't know I have. I try and find more in each day to be thankful for.
   I am also thankful I have brothers to help me out and put up with me even when they don't want to.  I am thankful for the process of taking a deep breath, it's gotten me through a couple situations today. 
   I am thankful for having the opportunity to be a home owner, no matter the shack that it really is.  It's dry atleast and doesn't keep the heat out much but it's dry.  I hope I can have the same outlook when we are moved out. 
    I am thankful for my job but I am still hopeful that I can find something that pays more.  I really deserve to have my own place.  My kids deserve their own rooms.  We are decent people and we deserve decent things. I am thankful for sleep as well and I can hear my soft squishy bed, and my fluffy pillows calling my name... so for now.. be thankful.