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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Attitude of Gratitude wk 3

 

  • a Family pictures
  • chipotle
  • family movie nights
  • veterans
  • Shelbie’s delicious popcorn
  • gifts
  • being on time to church
  • going out to lunch
  • leaves
  • watching Bodey explore nature
  • photo editing software
  • clean diapers…opposed to dirty ones
  • good cameras
  • surprise visits from my family
  • sleeping in with Bodey
  • good parenting books
  • crock pots
  • mexican food
  • clean dishes
  • Bodey’s squirlyness
  • A quiet house
  • working cars
  • a house heater
  • fish tanks
  • balloons
  • sisters
  • Christmas tree lane
  • payday
  • daddy
  • birthdays
  • birthday cakes
  • shopping with grammy
  • not being old
  • exciting news of a pregnant friend
  • naps
  • rainy dreary days
  • cozy pj’s
  • snuggling up for devos
  • tracking numbers
  • mail
  • Friday’s to look forward to
  • cabbage salsa
  • going to a friends’ house for dinner
  • taking my family’s christmas card pictures
  • diaper catalogs
  • fellowship
  • watching Bodey play with his bestest buddy
  • Christmas time

Friday, December 9, 2011

A week of gratitude wk 2

  • Ladies Luncheons at church
  • Little Girls Choirs
  • Warm baths
  • Christmas parades
  • bridal showers
  • baltic amber necklaces
  • fresh home laid eggs
  • Colored pencils
  • warm ovens
  • devotions at night with Jeff
  • comfort food
  • baby beanies
  • baby feet
  • slippers
  • tiny bread pins
  • fun socks
  • shopping with my parents
  • job opportunities
  • surprise blessings
  • the way Bodey gets excited when he sees himself in a mirror
  • fuzzy baby socks
  • devotions with Bodey
  • Bodey’s big blue eyes
  • Driving through Christmas tree lane
  • Feather blankets
  • Bodey’s warm body next to mine at night
  • heaters
  • bed times
  • uncles
  • birthdays
  • Lynette’s amazing ice cream cake
  • Baby ears
  • warm banana bread
  • bringing smiles to the elderly
  • tandem babywearing
  • looking forward to payday
  • Bodey learning how to splash in the bathtub
  • Bodey discovering music (he discovered maracas this week!)
  • Naptime with Bodey
  • Lemon tea bread
  • Chilly nights
  • the Christmas story
  • Journey through Bethleham
  • Snuggling with Bodey at night

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Co-Sleeping

I saw this ad a few weeks ago, and it ticked me off.

I've been planning to write a blog post about the benefits of co-sleeping since I saw that stupid ad, but haven't gotten around to it. Yesterday, I found the following video, and it pretty much said everything I was going to say. So instead of spending 2 hours typing out a post most people probably won't sit to read (;-)) I'll just let the video speak for itself.

Vaccine ABC song

My cyber friend Zhandra posted a status yesterday in which she talked about a friend of hers needing to write a poem that included at least 3 names of vaccines in it. Upon hearing such a challenge, Zhandra sat down and got to work on a poem of her own, which ended up being the vaccine version of the ABC song.

It made me giggle and was too good to not share. :)

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A is for aluminum, the first poison in the shots.

B is for your brain, which can swell, bleed and clot.

C is for chickenpox which causes itchy spots.

D is for death, which can happen a lot.

E is for emergency room, where they tell you not to worry.

F is for fetal cells, which they dismiss in a hurry.

G is for Gardasil, which kills the most of all.

H is for Hepatitis B- sex and heroin for all!

I is for injuries, which are reported to VAERS.

J is for jackpot, Glaxo-Smith-Kline are millionaires!

K is for karma, the doctors will get theirs.

L is for liars, like the CDC.

M is for money, that's all they see.

N is for neurologist, the one to fix your brain.

O is for outcry, don't let it be in vain.

P is for pertussis, in a combination shot.

Q is for qualms, your parents have a lot.

R is for response, a baby's immune system doesn't have.

S is for secrets, hidden by the staff.

T is for tetanus, a very rare disease.

U is for un-vaccinated, which does displease...

Those fear-mongering scientists who are

Very Very mean.

W is for wishing, our bodies are kept clean.

X is for eXcused, which you can certainly be.

Y is for You, innocent and sweet.

Z is for ZZZs, go and catch some sleep. ♥

Friday, December 2, 2011

A week of gratitude

After dinner on Thanksgiving, my mom handed everyone around the table a little paper book. She explained that there are 7 pages in the book and she challenged us to every day for a week find 7 things to be thankful for. It was a challenge to find the little silly things that people don’t usually see to be thankful for (for example…q-tips, but really, what would we do without them??) but it was also a lot of fun. It opened my eyes to all the many small and large blessings God daily drops in our path. I enjoyed it so much, I’m starting a new little gratitude book today to do for this next new week.

I encourage you all to try it for yourselves. You’d be surprised at what you find to be thankful for. :-)

Attitude of Gratitude week 1…

  • Turkey dinner left overs
  • Bodey’s boyish noises
  • Christmas decorations
  • Q-tips
  • New books
  • Baby sleeper pj’s
  • Black Friday shopping with my mom and Shelbie
  • fluffy towels
  • working washing machines
  • warm soup on dreary days
  • dark rainy afternoons
  • bath time with Bodey
  • Vitamin C
  • fresh baked cookies
  • Free stuff
  • Movie nights with Jeff
  • Big sandwiches
  • Christmas lights
  • Drives with Jeff
  • being healthy
  • Bodey
  • Fluffy pillows
  • Internet deals
  • Tacos
  • Clean laundry
  • Christmas trees
  • teeth
  • Cloth diapers
  • Vinegar for cleaning
  • pacifiers a.k.a. mute buttons
  • sparkly skirts
  • bubble wrap
  • rainy weather
  • having a positive PayPal balance
  • simplifying
  • Shopping with my mom
  • Panda express lunch with my mom
  • Cute baby hats
  • read through the bible challenges
  • FB friends
  • Pizza Parties
  • quiet evenings at home with Jeff
  • Pretty baby wraps
  • Christmas wrapping paper
  • Christmas music
  • Hot soup
  • Daddy’s cheesecake
  • Babywearing Daddys
  • The way Bodey nuzzles my back when I wear him