Happy Thankful Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!! No pictures of the kids today, I apologize. Maybe tomorrow I will post some of them eatin' their turkey dinners. I'd like to reflect on all the things I am so greatful in my life. It seems funny to me that we like to express the things we are thankful for on Thanksgiving, but shouldn't we feel that way everyday? I am thankful and greatful for my health and the health of my loved ones, my wonderful lovable kids, my incredible and thoughtful husband, my warm home, my freedom, my family that extends and extends and extends ! My friends both near and far, friends that I speak to everyday, and some I haven't actually spoken to in years! My church, my relationship with God and every single day He blesses me with. Now, for the things that I am thankful for that may seem trivial; a really good red wine, that was cheap! Hot coffee on a cold, frosty morning prepared by my hubby! Hot, long uninterrupted showers! (For those with kids, you get where I am comin' from!) Really good books that I lose myself in. TiVo!!!

I hope all of you have wonderful Thanksgivings that are full of good food, good friends and good times!! Gobble, Gobble!!!

Edited to add:

* Chloe (to me about baby brother Nolan) "Big or small, I will always love Nolan"

Melt my heart!!!

STILL trying to figure things out!!

I feel like such an idiot! I am still having problems with posting pictures. Obviously, another oldie but goodie picture. I can't seem to post anything from Picasa! O'well, I guess I need to stop getting frusterated and just donate some time to teaching myself tonight after the kiddos are tucked in tight.

Tom and I had a GREAT time on Saturday! We went up to Breitenbach Winery and did some tasting and had a cheese plate and a couple glasses of delicious wine while we talked and talked and talked! And then we headed another direction to another winery called Raven's Glenn. When we got there we did some tasting and then had yet another glass of yummy vino while we waited for our dinner reservation. It was a really nice restaurant. Dark and romantic and cozy. We were a bit disappointed because the piano player was not there that night! Boo hoo!! We had a very nice Italian dinner with a great bottle of red wine. It was called Raven Rouge, and it was wonderful. After some relaxing time after our dinner, we headed home with fuzzy heads and full bellies to a empty house. (the kid's stayed at my folk's house). It was so nice to be together alone for awhile. We did miss the kids, but we very much enjoyed "just us". Not that I am wishing the kids to grow up and move out, but I will say that I am happy that I have such a great man to spend the rest of my life with, and SOME day it will be just the two of us again!

Friday, Friday, FRIDAY!!!!

I am glad it is Friday! Tom was off work yesterday because we went and looked at a house that is like what ours is going to be and it is in the drywall stage, so we were able to actually "see" it. LOVED it and are anxiously awaiting May when ours will be done. Tom is off today too for Veteran's Day. So we are having a LONG weekend. We are having a kid free day and night tomorrow. Our anniversary is the 22nd. Being it's the day before Thanksgiving, we are celebrating our anniversary this weekend. We have been married 9 years and together for 14 years!!! We are going to go on a little tour of wineries in Northeastern Ohio. I am so excited to get away with him!! He is my everything! And we always have the best time together, even after all this time. I will post about all the yummy wine I drink later! Please someone help me learn to include pics with my posts!!!!! We have Picasa and I can't for the life of me figure it out! I am not an idiot or computer illiterate, but I can't seem to figure it out! HELP!

I am REALLY doing this!!!

Okay, I am going to committ myself to doing this blog!! I hope it isn't too boring, after all I stay at home with my kids. So it's not like I am out there living up the nightlife or anything!!! But I am going to shoot for at LEAST three new entries a week. Sound doable?! I would like to keep all my friends up to date with my kids and the things going on in my life.

This picture of the kids is obviously old. It's from when Nolan was just born, so it is almost 2 years old! But I am trying to figure out how to include pictures and it is a pretty cute pic! Hopefully I will be back tomorrow or Friday!

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1st Day of School

Chloe began 1st grade today. How bittersweet. Where has all the time gone? It seems like just yesterday she was toddling around the house and now she will be gone all day! I miss her!! It is so quite in the house and poor Janey has lost her playmate as well as her wrestling and sparring partner!
Janey will start back at preschool in a week and a half and then it will be just Nolan and me. I don't know what I will do with my day.