50 Things I can be Thankful for this Thanksgiving...

This is something we worked on as a family yesterday after breakfast. It is in some cases easy to guess who is thankful for what...

1. Food
2. Shelter
3. Clothing
4. Mommy
5. Daddy
6. Aidan
7. Ainsley
8. Trees and sticks
9. Pilly
10. Rain
11. Flowers
12. Special Turkey Dinners
13. Peanut Butter Sandwiches
14. Friends
15. Football
16. Books
17. Playstation
18. Enthusiasm
19. Coffee
20. Warm Showers
21. God
22. TP
23. Abuela
24. Tadcu
25. Nana
26. Grandpa
27. Aunt D
28. Titi M
29. Uncle J
30. Titi Mini
31. Uncle T
32. Bis abuela
33. Great Grandpa
34. Cousins
35. Baby cousin
36. Snow
37. Sunshine
38. Warm coats
39. Christmas concerts
40. Bedtime
41. Dresses
42. Video games
43. Alex
44. Stuffed toys
45. Orange juice and ice cream
46. Bible
47. Quilts
48. Daddy's job
49. Princesses
50. Quiet time

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing all my readers, regular and those passing through, a Happy Thanksgiving holiday. Wishing you all many blessings!

Coughing...

both my children are coughing again. Ainsley started running a fever last night so I kept her home from school this morning. She has no fever this morning either but because the school recommends that there be no fever for 24 hours she is home. I have been second guessing myself...I know they just have colds, but I called the pediatricians office to double check. The nurse said it is not flu and just to keep an eye on her, push fluids, and don't be surprised if the fever comes back this afternoon. Aidan's teacher is once again giving him the 3rd degree about if he has fever and what medicines he has been taking. If I kept him home for every cold, he would miss school weeks at a time! This whole flu thing is driving me crazy. We are using our best precautions. The kids had the seasonal flu vaccine, but no H1N1 vaccines have been available. Frustrating.

Now that I am done whining...

I should know better to post about my run until the Advil kicks in! I am going to keep trying for a few more weeks and see how things improve. After talking more with my hubs last night he suggested I just go to the gym and use the elliptical since there is no impact. I would but the point was to do a 5K together sometime next year. Not sure if that will happen, but I will try to persevere!

This morning the ladies bible study groups from church got together to pack boxes for Operation Christmas child. I wasn't going to go initially because I have so much going on but decided to go at the last minute. I should know better and just plan on going every year because I had such a good, uplifting time. Samaritans Purse is a wonderful organization, so if you are interested, check them out.

Short post today, but I had to redeem myself for the whining of yesterday. Thanks for all your kind words and prayers my dear readers.

Ow, Ow, Owwww!

My legs hurt. Running, seriously, what was I thinking! Does this get better? Is it even worth it. Walking or biking is so much easier on my joints! I want to quit and my hubby tells me not to get discouraged. I am very discouraged.

Running...

in my life right now I am surrounded by runners. Local friends, old friends from home, old school friends...all runners. I am more of a cyclist. I love to ride my bike especially my new Trek bike which is not so new any more, but I still feel as if it is new. I love to ride up the lakeshore trail to the beach in the next town and back. Not sure what the actual mileage is, but something I will have to check on one of these days. As the weather turned cold and wet in October and dealing with the first illness of the fall, I fell of my exercise train. Today I got back on with a new activity. With the help of the schedule on a website for runners, I started my first run today alternating walking/running for short increments. So far, I feel good. Lets see how my legs feel tonight/tomorrow. Of course I would pick the coldest morning thus far this fall to start this new activity, so I may have to get myself into the gym sooner than I had planned. We will see.


On another note, I was sent a permission slip home from school for Aidan to start further testing in math. To my understanding right now, his teacher has had him working on 3rd grade work. Conferences are next week so I will find out in more detail what exactly they are testing him for. That boy of mine is on fire for math right now. He wants to know all about algebra and geometry. I must make a confession. I was awful at geometry! I loved all other math but that! We will cross that bridge when we come to it though. Who knows, maybe I could actually learn it this time around. My brain does not work the proof well. I just don't get it. Ahh well, off to take a quick shower and work on bible study and housework. Off to another busy day!

Photos...

that I keep forgetting that I wanted to post, but I have been so busy with "stuff" that I keep forgetting. It has been a shamefully long time since I have visited family in Philadelphia. One of the benefits of our potential move to the Cleveland area this summer was that I would be closer to them to visit more easily. We need to plan a family trip. My husband would love all the history here considering the history buff that he is.

Below is William Penn gracing the top of City Hall. The main City Hall building. I had forgotten how architectually beautiful the city is.

The old pipe organ in the Wannamaker building. Now the building houses a Macy's.

Meet you at the eagle. Apparently if this was said everyone knew what you were talking about and where to go. Too bad my photographer cut off the head of the eagle. This was also in the Wannamaker building.

Rittenhouse square. They had a really nice farmer's market on Saturday morning. If we would have had a refrigerator, I would have bought some really nice cheese and bread. Oh they smelled so nice!

And of course last but not least, Ainsley's fall party farmer get up. Love her in pigtails. She is so stinkin' cute! She knows it too which is going to bring me trouble as she grows up.

Well, everyone have a good weekend. Mine is going to be super busy. No rest for the weary I guess. I really would like to get off this train! It has been so bad, I almost dozed off in the hair stylist's chair yesterday. How sad is that! I need a day like last week to rest and recoup. Not happening until next Saturday at the earliest. Ah well, later taters!

Crazy...

sometimes the days are just mayhem around here. I just feel like I keep adding to my list and forgetting too many other things. Yesterday I was feeling caught up and then I realized all I had to do today. Things I forgot to mail, people I forgot to call, appointments I forgot that I had. Ugh! What happened to my brains? Don't answer that. I am afraid what people who know me might say. One day I will get there...

Praise!

My sister's amnio results all came back normal. So far so good for a healthy baby due at the end of March! Whoo-hoo! Praise God!