I'm sitting at the desk- a desk that now has a bonafide countertop on it, connecting it to the rest of the cabinets. I'd post a picture, but I don't have one yet. It looks GREAT though- trust me. Or come on over and see for yourself. I'm THANKFUL to be married to such a talented woodworker!
We just finished decorating for Christmas. We had to do it today so that we can start our cool sort-of Jesse Tree Advent calendar on Thursday. It looks very festive, though of course I didn't take pictures. While I wish it was at least cold outside, I'm THANKFUL that this year the kids actually got the ornaments on the tree pretty well spaced out! Peter even put the tree up by himself! (Ok, so we just have a cheesy, three-part, pre-lit tree, but still...)
Since we were getting Christmas stuff out of the attic anyway, Christian decided to organize it. I sorted out my fabric tubs and got the fabric condensed to one tub! I also sorted through a LOT of old kids' drawings and pictures and general memorabilia. I found a number of sympathy cards from when I had my miscarriage 2 1/2 years ago. While these made me cry in remembering the pain of the time, I'm THANKFUL that God used that pregnancy and then miscarriage to revive a desire for more children- thereby leading to the blessing of our twins!
Our actual Thanksgiving celebration was neat. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday- mostly due to the fact that (well, since our family just doesn't do football) it's all about giving thanks- for family, friends, food, etc.- and not about getting stuff. This Thanksgiving was exciting in that in between getting the dishes washed and serving the pie, Anne got carried away in a game of chase and ran head-first into the corner of a piano. So we took a trip to the ER where they glued her wound closed (Anne is VERY thankful for skin glue and not stitches). I'm THANKFUL for a really efficient ER- we were back home exactly ONE hour after having left for the hospital. Well, I'm also thankful that she wasn't hurt worse, etc... On our way home Anne asked, "Do I have a band-aid?" Me: "Nope, no band-aid- just glue." Anne: "Rats. I wanted to see the blood." I had been pretty good at not showing her the bloody rag, thinking it would just freak her out, and then threw it away in the hospital- oh well. No, no pictures of the excitement, but here's a lovely picture of my brave girl.
I hope you all had a great time of giving thanks!
In the words of a couple brilliant red and green philosophers,
"God made you special and He loves you very much!"
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