Tonight my hand is burning from editing drawings all day. Sometimes I wish I could just *think* and WALAH!... everything is how I want it to be in my head. But no, I have been clicking the mouse to the computer for the last 2 hours after a full day of "off and ons". I have to stop and think that I would not have this crippled hand (ok only how it feels =) if it weren't for my book orders. So I better stop complaining and start being thankful for business. So tonight, hurting hand and all, I am extremely THANKFUL for the book orders that made this possible. =)

Today I am thankful for Fred's. More specifically cute, cheap hats. And even MORE specifically cute, cheap hats from New York and Co. that are in Fred's for sale. =) I don't particularly like myself in hats, but there is a possibility that I will have to start wearing them more often than normal so I ventured out today with a mission. I don't do well with shopping. I can't ever seem to find what I am looking for on those days when I can actually buy something. Today I found what I was looking for and it was the first store I went to go looking at. Yay Fred's.

I am thankful more than it seems. Really. I promise. Being thankful on a keyboard is much harder than it seems. Really. I promise. =)

Today I am already thankful! Imagine that!! lol I am feeling extremely thankful for vision insurance. I had an eye exam and was able to get some much needed glasses yesterday. Today I am taking my 8 year old for her eye exam and most likely glasses. And this same brave little 8 year old started the braces process on Monday. Spacers and glasses in second grade..... doesn't get much better than that!

Today I am thankful for night. I am walking around feeling like I have a newborn again after Ryleigh-Ann was awake in the middle of the night for the first time in literally 6 months. She sure is welcoming this 8th month in with a bang! [ok I know this is pretty minor, but it FEELS so much bigger lol] I cannot wait to get in bed later, and I am so thankful that we don't have a lifetime full of days!

*Here's to hoping and PRAYING that this does not become an occasional occurance*

My thankfulness really seems to be few and far between on here, but life has a funny way of not stopping,and lately it has been full speed ahead! I AM capable of being thankful and busy at the same time...just not always a thankful blogger...

It has been sooo windy today, and especially tonight. It makes me nervous because here the only times we have lost power it was due to the wind. =/ What I am thankful for today is Christmas decorations on the INSIDE of my windows. I have had my heard set on pre-lit Christmas wreaths for a while now and finally got some this weekend. It was a little hard to make them work, but we figured it out and thankfully the only way was on the inside of the windows! Kind of like how it rains right after you wash your car.. it would have been just my luck to have all of this stuff outside just to get rained on and blown away. But nope! Not this time!!

Flowers

Yesterday I had a wonderful surprise. I happened to walk into the office to check my email and saw a UPS truck stopped in front of the house. I am expecting a few little things from different FB purchases/trades so I was thinking it was one of those. Then, I see them carrying a big long green box that said "ProFlowers". My heart skipped and I couldn't wait to see what was inside.

What a SURPRISE! I opened the box and there were at least 4 dozen roses (white, red, pink, and yellow) and a beautiful red vase to put them in. I so love Brad, and little things like this make me love and appreciate him even more. I have been smelling the flowers all night as I sit here drawing for the shadow book and I must say that fresh flowers smell amazing. Especially combined with sleeping children, a warm cup of leftover coffee, and completing the last drawing for a book that I have been working on today. (All drawings done in one day- yay!)

Tonight, I am thankful for flowers!!!

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