1. Our Home - Thankful to have a roof over our heads

2. Health - Happy that all of our family and friends are pretty healthy!

3. Extended Family - Thankful to have such a large family with such large hearts - siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws, etc

4. Allison, Beth, Kerry - Happy to have three friends from my childhood still so close to me and in my life for all of these years now sharing our marriages and children with each other

5. Dozer Dog - Thankful that Dozer was found and given to our happy home

6. Adam's Job and wonderful Boss - Thankful my husband is able to provide for our family doing something he loves and that he has a boss that not only rewards hard work but puts family first

7. Friends - Thankful for all of the friends we are blessed to have - the old and the new, to share our lives with

8. My Mother in Law - Thankful that I have a MIL who is more like a second Mom and friend.

9. Sister - Thankful that I had her to grow up with and have her now to grow old with.

10 My Parents - Happy to have such wonderful parents who are caring and wise and although not together that they share their lives with someone who has equally been important in our lives

11. My Grandparents - Thankful they laid the foundation for family and set a great example of love for us all. Miss them both every single day

12. My Husband - For being the love of my life, my best friend, my other half and a wonderful father and role model for our boys

13. My Boys - Thankful for my children and what they teach me every single day about life and love

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Happy Momma

1. Tonight is Nick's 3rd Grade School play. He has a two line speaking part and is very excited.

2. His father and I are attending alone while the rest of the boys enjoy Baked Ziti with their Aunt Kiki at our house.

3. We will be visiting Lowes tonight after the play to price garden pond kits.

4. We will also be looking for something to remove a little furry thing I saw in the garage this morning. Hoping he left on his own since I left the door open a bit but if not he's taking his leave one way or another. I like Mickey Mouse....not a garage one.

5. Tomorrow begins a weekend of house projects for me. Yippee! I hate doing it but the end result will be grand!

6. I will start tomorrow by cleaning and organizing my closet. It seems to be the bottomless pit of storage for anything and everything in our house that does not have a proper home. I want to be able to get to my clothes again.

7. The kids have a birthday party on Saturday afternoon for a friend's step-child. She wants Bratz dolls, Bratz clothing, Bratz make-up, Bratz anything. I would not buy those for my own kids but whatever - I have boys thank God.

8. Sunday is the Autism Walk for Jake! I am so looking forward to going to a place where any of Jake's stims or outbursts do not draw one single stare since everyone there is so familiar with it all.

9. Next week we have lots of appointments and meetings. The biggest one is Matthew's next cardiologist visit and full testing - EKG, Chest XRays, the whole nine. Can't wait for that to be over with!

10. My mother goes in for surgery tomorrow morning to see if the cysts and abnormal cells in her uterus and on her ovaries are cancerous. They will be removed along with part of her uterus lining. And she is crazy enough to think she will be at the walk Sunday and in work on Monday. Looney lady....

11. I am in Disney withdrawl. I am dying to go back even for a day. Trying to find the money and time to escape there.

12. I am no longer working for my BIL's company which makes #11 very hard to do! Happy about having more time for house stuff and for the boys.

13. I'm completely tired of these 85 degree days. I want to turn off my a/c and I want my electric bill to go down. Yes I know I should not complain since I live here I deal with the temps but I would love to see some fall temps! I would trade in a day at the beach to go apple picking any day!

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