Day 7 of Thanksgiving

We are already 7 days into November?  Goodness, gracious!

I had a very good day that turned into a not so good day when I came down with a terrible headache turned migraine.  I just got out of a hot bath and it did make me feel a bit better.  I am about to attempt a workout that I really need.

This post is all about what I'm thankful for.  Today, I want to tell you that I am thankful for BOTH of my best friends.  Ashley was my first friend when I moved to Abbeville and was the first person to speak to me during my first day as a 7th grader at Wright Middle.  We have been close ever since and she will ALWAYS be one of my dearest friends.  I don't know what I would do without her.  She has been there through my ups and downs and is the first person I turn to when I need something.

I met Kasey at Lander University and we clicked right away.  We became inseparable and tried to get every class we possibly could together.  We were just about ALWAYS together.  Kasey is my partner in crime and my stalker status friend for life.  We always have a ball together and I know that I can count on her for anything.

I won't be the last to tell you that I don't have many friends.  But, the friends I do have mean the world to me.  I wouldn't be half the person I am without them and I sure don't know what I would do without them.  They hold me together when I need it and they are both always there for a fun night out when I'm feeling down.

Thank YOU, Ashley and Kasey, for always being there for me!  Love you both more than you will ever know!

XO,

Finding our place in Church

I am ashamed to admit this: I've been slacking off and not going to church as much as I would like.... really I haven't been going at all.  Growing up in a Christian family, I was always surrounded by Church friends and family and I was ALWAYS at the Church if not for the children's programs, shut-ins, oyster roasts, etc.  I remember I had a tissue graft when I was younger and the NEXT day I made my mom let me go to the Church for a sleepover.  We slept in the sanctuary and stayed up with the other kids and told ghost stories. 

I'm not sure if it's because we moved and had to switch Churches, but we never really got back into a groove of going to Church as a family.  We were all growing up, doing different things.  Now that I am getting married soon and will be starting a family of my own, I really want to get back in the swing of things with going to Church and learning about Him.  I've kind of turned away from some aspects of learning and I don't know why.

The sad part about this is that I have a GREAT Church family.  I help with the nursery every Wednesday night and occasionally on Sundays.  I WANT to go every Sunday to worship.  I want to be involved in Sunday School. 

Josh and I are going this Sunday to our contemporary worship service.  I am really excited about it and I hope that we both fall in love with it and continue to go.  I felt I needed to share this with all of you.  I continually see things that are pointing me towards Him and I've unknowingly ignored them until now.  Pray for me.  Pray for Josh and I.  Pray that we are able to find a place in my church that we love so that we can be more involved.

Day 5 & Day 6 of the 30 days of Thanksgiving

Sorry, folks.  I got a little tired and forgot to post my day 5 of what I'm thankful for.  I'm combining yesterday and today's thankfulness in this post right NOW! :)  Here it goes!

Day 5:

I am thankful for family dinners.  Not everyone has a family that is close and that can actually stand to be in the same room as one another.  However; my family is the best.  Hands down.  We have family dinners together every Sunday and Tuesday.  On Friday's we try to go out to eat together, but it all depends on who is around and what everyone has going on.  Sunday night we go to my parents house and my Mom and Dad will fix a meal and on Tuesday's I volunteered to host dinner for the family.  I love getting to spend time with them and I am so thankful that my parents are back here in SC full time.  It was VERY hard having them SO far away for 4+ years!


Day 6:

I am thankful for my job at the City of Abbeville.  I am thankful to have one.  I am thankful that it took me only a month to find it after graduating.  I am thankful for my co-workers and for my boss.  I am thankful that I enjoy what I do (most days! hehe).  Most importantly, I am thankful that people saw potential in me to be able to do this job.  I know how hard it is to become employed and I know the struggle some face trying to find a job. 

Co-workers and I handing out candy during Scare on the Square a few years ago!

 



SO, here are my day 5 & 6 of what I'm thankful for.

Now, it's your turn.  Tell me what YOU are thankful for!

XO,

Day 4 of the 30 days of Thanksgiving

Another weekend has already come and gone?  I was told when I first started my job that the older you get the faster time flies by.  I didn't necessarily believe this until now.  Time literally flies and I have to live in the moment to make sure I don't miss the little things going on around me.  Halloween has come and gone.  November is here.  Thanksgiving and Christmas are soon to follow.

Cooper celebrated his first Halloween and was Super Cooper.  The cutest costume I could ever imagine on a little one.  I may be partial to him since he is my nephew.  But, I think he is the most adorable, innocent, sweetest, most personable human being I've ever known.  I joke with Ash that we will be in trouble if or when she has another child.  I just don't see how anyone can beat Cooper! (I know this will change and that they will ALL be perfect, even my children when/if I am blessed with them one day!) It's just hard to see and imagine things NOW.  We are all so.very.blessed is every way possible for Cooper.  We are blessed and I thank God everyday for bringing him here to us!

So, DAY 4.... I am thankful for my precious Nephew, Cooper Thomas.  He has brought so much joy to our lives in 8 short months.  I am looking forward to watching him grow, walk, learn, and talk.  I love you so much, Cooper, and I'm so thankful that I am your Aunt.

XO,

30 days of Thanksgiving... Day 3

Happy Sunday, loves! As I am home today resting up for another work week (and trying to get my voice back), I am getting a lot of snuggles from Stella.  She is my rock and my girl.  Everything I do is for her.  It's really crazy how much I live to provide for her.  Most people would think I'm crazy for loving a dog so much and for spending so much money on a "pet".  Stella is not just my pet.  She is my best friend, my companion, my rock, my everything.  I love her more than I've ever thought I was capable of loving someone.  I love Josh SO much, but Stella is different.  I can only imagine the love I have for her to be somewhat the same as when I have my own children.  I know that she relies SOLELY on ME.  I must feed her.  I must provide her water.  I must walk her.  I must buy her food.  I must take her to the doctor.  She can't do any of this by herself because she is obviously, a dog.  I love having all of the responsibility, but at the same time its a feeling that scares me.  What if I mess up?  What do I do?

When I turned 16, I got a shih-tzu, named Snickers.  He is still around, but my Mom has become his "mommy".  Even though he was mine, my Mom took care of him for the most part.  I never learned responsibility from him.  But, with Stella, it was different.  I was living on my own with my parents 20 some hours away.  She was mine.  I was responsible for her.

I love my Stella B with all of my heart.  I would do absolutely ANYTHING for her.  I don't ever want to see her in pain.  I want to give her the best life she could possibly ever have.  So, TODAY, I am thankful for Stella B, my whole world.

Day 2 of the 30 days of Thanksgiving

Day 2:

Today, I am thankful for the Carolina Gamecocks.  With that, I'm thankful for my parent's and their ability to be able to get Season Football Tickets to watch the Gamecocks play.  I know how tough times are, especially with the economy and it's current state.  Often times, our hobbies and interests are thrown on the back burner because we simply cannot afford to partake in certain activities.  I am thankful for the Gamecocks and I'm thankful that they can provide entertainment for myself and hundreds of thousands of others around the world.

I'm off to see the Gamecocks play Mississippi State today... GO COCKS

XO,

30 days of Thanksgiving... Day 1

I've always seen in years past, people who participate in a thing called the 30 Days of Thanksgiving.  Everyday for the 30 days in November, you tell what you are thankful for.  I am thankful for so much, so I am jumping on the bandwagon this year.  Each day, I will post a little something that I am thankful for. Just a heads up-- some will be funny and some will be serious!  Here it GOES!!

Day 1-

I am thankful for doctors and medicine.

I find this all so fitting because I currently have a sore throat and am losing my voice.  Although, I'm not to the point where I want to visit a physician, I am SO thankful that they are out there if needed.  I am all for visiting doctors/specialists when I need to and I will glady take medicine to help me feel better.

Some of you may disagree with me when it comes to medicating myself.  Growing up when I had a headache or something, my Mom gave me medicine.  You know what it did?  It helped me!

Some people, Josh included, do not believe in medicine and taking it unless they absolutely positively need it.  I, on the other hand, wholeheartedly believe in it.  After all, Doctors and Physicians were put on this earth to ease our pain and to help us get better.  Right?

So TODAY, Day 1, I am thankful for doctors and medicine.

 

Here's to getting through this workday and having the weekend to rest and recuperate!

 

XO,