30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 7

Today I am thankful for Grace's amazing daycare and teachers. She is so spoiled at her school, and she loves going every day to learn and play with her friends.

Last week, her school had a Halloween party, and her teachers emailed pictures to us during the party. It was such a sweet gesture and made me smile to see my little girl so happy at school! We hope to instill a love for learning throughout her life!

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 6

Today I am thankful for the right to vote. I actually voted on Monday morning, so I am also thankful that Texas has early voting! :)

This morning I promised myself that no matter which party wins the election tonight, I will be thankful to live in a country where everyone has a say on our elected officers. We are so blessed to have such an important right, and I wish more people took it seriously. Too many men and women have fought and died for this right.

I hope that regardless of the outcome tonight, that citizens of the USA will rally in support of our next leader and pray that he makes good decisions as he guides our nation.

I'm settling in for a long evening... There is no way I will be able to sleep before results are official!

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 5

Today I am thankful for a job that allows for some flexibility! It's been a crazy busy month of work for my group, but today when I needed to leave before 5pm to pick-up Grace from daycare, there were no questions asked.

I am back online now working from home, but that beats having to stay at the office after hours to work, which I've only had to do once in the 23 months I've worked at Dean Foods!

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 4

Today I am so very thankful to have electricity.

This morning, Trinity woke me up to tell me we didn't have power. We immediately called the power company, who already had a recorded message that they were working on the outage and hoped to have power restored to the area by 10am. My first thought was, "How are we going to get ready for church if the power doesn't come back on for two more hours?"

And then I felt foolish... I have seen several friends from the northeast coast post on Facebook about their power outages. And they have been without power for days. The least I could do was take a quick cold shower, pull my wet hair back and get my family to church!

Within ten minutes, our power was restored, and I enjoyed a hot shower and dried my hair with my blow dryer.

So thank you, Lord, for the not-so-shuttle reminder that we are blessed with power.

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 3

Today I am thankful for college football! Even though Tech didn't win, we enjoyed watching two games while Grace played in the living room. She even had a good time cheering for the Longhorns, Red Raiders and Aggies! She may be a little confused with the rivalries, but she sure knows her college hand signs. So cute!

She missed the Longhorn win after falling asleep in the fourth quarter, which is a good thing because we caught her singing the entire Texas Fight song in her crib during nap time today. I don't think I could take the loss with my two year old rubbing it in my face!

30 Days of Thanksgiving: Day 2

Today I was thankful for a tall pumpkin spice latte... In my first Starbucks Christmas cup of the season!

It was the perfect treat for a long morning at work. Somehow all it takes is a little red Christmas cup to bring a smile to my face!

'Tis the season!

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 1

I have seen several people post about 30 days of Thankfulness on Facebook today. I decided to try the 30 days on my blog, with an attempt at a picture to go along with most, of not all, of the days.

Today I am thankful for my housekeeper, who came today! I love walking into our home after she has been here. It just smells so clean, and everything is in it's place.

And it is about the only time out bed gets made these days!