Thankful

First and foremost I am thankful for this little group of people sitting amongst the mess in Ryan's room...

With Thanksgiving right around the corner I've been thinking of things that I am thankful for, and really I have so much that I am thankful for. Ryan really made me realize just how lucky we are, and thankful we should be. On our way home from preschool yesterday we noticed that some of the yards in the higher elevated spots of our area, had snow in them, and on the cars in their driveways. I stated to Ryan that I wished I lived somewhere warm, that I am not ready for all of this snow. Ryan caught me slightly off gaurd, and said "Mommy, aren't you happy though that we can go home, in our house where it is warm? This winter our house will keep us warm." Yes! of course I am Ryan! Why didn't I think of that? I have a warm house waiting for me, that I am so fortunate to have. ( however there is still a part of me that would love to retreat to a warmer climate! )

Nominated

So I was nominated by Gena, from The Morris Bunch! Over the last year or so Gena has grown to be a good friend to me. She is an awesome down to earth person. Not to mention an awesome mommy.

Uber (synonym to Super) Amazing Blog Award is a blog award given to sites who:

• ~ inspires you~ makes you smile and laugh
• ~ or maybe gives amazing information
• ~ a great read
• ~ has an amazing design
• ~ and any other reasons you can think of that makes them uber amazing!

The rules of this award are:
* Put the logo on your blog or post.
* Nominate at least 5 blogs (can be more) that for you are Uber Amazing!
* Let them know that they have received this Uber Amazing award by commenting on their blog. * Share the love and link to this post and to the person you received your award from. ( click her name up at the top).

Here are my picks for Uber Amazing Blogs

Sheila
Christine
Nastassja
Mandee
Virginia

My Bag

Okay, so I have never claimed to be the best blogger on the block! I have been tagged, just never mind that it was 3 weeks ago :) Amanda, over at Divine Chaos tagged me to show off the items in my bag, so here we go!


Here are the rules.

Find a safe quiet place free of significant others, nosey meme makers, priests, nuns, all things religious and men in general. (If you're a guy just reverse this process to male and tell us about your wallet, tool box, briefcase or metro sexual accessory.)

1. Dump the contents of your handbag in a pile

2. Take a photo of your handbag and the contents

3. Be brave and explain to your fellow bloggers what lurks inside the handbag.

4. Tag others who might want to embarrass themselves

5. Answer these questions:

Describe the contents of your handbag.

What's the most important thing in your handbag?

What's the most embarrassing thing in your handbag?

What's the smallest thing in your handbag?

Is there anything illegal in your handbag?

This meme was started by Mimi, Queen of Memes.

1) Describe the contents of your handbag.
wallet, chapstick, lip gloss, dental floss, fingernail clippers, nail polish, a pen, lotion, matches, a single earring with no partner, and a CD from a band that was playing at a bar near me (the band is Milligram Smile)

2) What's the most important thing in your handbag?
I'm going to say my wallet

3) What's the most embarrassing thing in your handbag?
Nothing really embarrassing in my bag.

4) What's the smallest thing in your handbag?
I think the earring

5) Is there anything illegal in your handbag?

nope

Well, there it is. The crap in my bag exposed for the blogging world to see. Now it's time for you to show us what you got. I'm tagging...

Gena
Valerie
Virginia

Wordless Wednesday

Olivicious

This will be a repeat for some of you, but here are some pictures of Olivia, she decided to throw off our routine today, and stay awake for a little while in the middle of what is supposed to be her nap time! haha, so we took some pictures, because she was so darn happy. Oh and don't mind her pj's, she told me this morning that she would prefer to wear them all day instead of getting dressed, I thought that was a great idea and followed suit!

Olivia's new accessory that she just HAD to have

This is just a random one from a couple days ago that I threw in :)

First day of school - late

Okay, I REALLY am going to try to keep this more up to date! These are some pictures from Ryan first day of preschool, his second year. He actually started about 3 weeks ago, but is doing awesome. They have a classroom pet named Rosebud, and she is a guinea pig, so happy he has that opportunity at school, because he won't at home!!

"not me!" monday - a day late

as taken from this blog www.mycharmingkids.net, started by Mckmama, you can find her story here

I did not eat an 8" diameter brownie ALMOST all by myself on Saturday, and I most certainly did not eat an 8" squared piece of chocolate cake ALL by myself yesterday.

I did not hit the ignore button on my phone several times yesterday, because I just did not have the energy to talk!

I did not close my eyes, and pretend to be sleeping this morning when I heard my husband and son coming back to see if mommy was still sleeping, just because I wanted to lay in peace 5 more minutes.

I definitely did not tell my son that I had to go to the bathroom, just so I could sit in there with locked doors and finish the last chapter of my book!

and last but not least....I did not write "not me!" monday a day late, on Tuesday, because I was just too lazy to do it on the right day! Nope, not me!