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,