It's NOVEMBER!!

I spose since it is the month of November that I should start thinking of all the things that I am grateful for.

A few years ago.... April 2007 to be exact, I had a thought. It went something like this: "What things in the future do I have to look forward to?" I thought to myself, that "I like things just the way they are now and I wouldn't change anything at this point, only to live in the moment and appreciate what I have."

Little did I know that my world was about to change dramatically. My only son was about to be taken away from me.

I am grateful for the now. I am grateful that I get to be here right now, to do all the hard things, the easy things, the fun things, the mundane things. But I am here and we are all mostly healthy, happy, and living the best that we can.

True Friends

What's a True Friend?

I just spent the last 6 hours peeling, halving, coreing, and canning 64 lbs of peaches with my good friend.

It was long, hard work, but somebody had to do it. It'll be another 5 years before I do that again.

For SURE. But for now, we will enjoy the 13 quarts we were able to produce :).

Lately

I haven't been blogging.
I haven't been eating good.
I haven't been too patient.
I haven't been going to school like I planned (got accepted, enrolled, purchased books, took out loans)
I haven't been exercising regularly.
I haven't been working too much.
I haven't been babysitting as often.

But...
I have been painting my living, family, dining, kitchen, and Mikenna's room.
I have been cleaning and scrubbing (ok my cleaning lady has but I have been ORGANIZING)
I have been up to my ears in laundry.... do we ever catch up?
I have been exploring some "career" options.
I have been cutting my hours at work, which is SO awesome :) (*even though they still call me nightly to come in)
I have been baking lots of tasty treats (and eating them...)
I have been walking some.
I have been potty training a two year old.
I have been potty training our dog (did you see that? I got a DOG!!!)
I have been losing my mind because of said potty training... AND dog.
I have been growing a baby inside me, which makes me a bit tired and feel really old, cuz its harder now that I am 31 and not 21.

What have YOU been up to :)?