Thanks For Power...

#14 - Dear Power Point, thank you from the bottom of my heart.  I had to give a presentation for work the other day. If you know me at all, you know I hate public speaking. I obsess over getting the details right and making sure that the flow of information is logical. Power point makes this pretty easy to do.

Thank Heaven For...

#10 - Teachers. I am thankful for teachers, the GOOD kind, the kind that care about our children and want to see them succeed in life. Good teachers are hard to find, great teachers are one in a million.

#11 - Autumn. The changing colors of the leaves (even though Texas autumns are 3 weeks long) sometimes if you pay attention, you can catch the leaves changing from green, to orange, red, yellow, and brown.

#12 - Weddings - particularly the cake part. Watching two of your best friends tie the knot is really special. Also knowing that they really wanted you there is icing on the cake. Wedding cake is absolutely the best ever! Always rich and creamy with icing and makes you feel like you need to swim in a pool of milk. My tummy is grumbling as I speak...

#13 - Heaters. Traveled to Pittsburg for business and it was COLD. The daytime highs there are what the lows are in Texas. I love snow, but I think I just love to look at it. In pictures. The longer I live in the south the less tolerance I have for cold weather.

Meandering Moments

#7 - My dog. I loooove my little English Bulldog - Bella. (No, she was not named for the Twilight series and we do not have another dog stashed away named Edward.) She is the most stubborn dog EVER but she makes me laugh. Someone that is always happy to see me no matter what and loves to lay around watching TV, I could't ask for a better pet. Ever since I was little I've always wanted one, so being the super awesome, knight-in-shining-armor man that he is, my oh-so-sweet husband bought this dog for me.

She drives him bonkers, well truth be told, she has at one point or another has pushed each of us to the brink of insanity! I could have died the Christmas she ate an entire PS3 game and left it in tiny pieces all over the floor. I do mean entire - the bow, wrapping paper, cellophane wrap, plastic case, booklet, and CD. My son found the pieces and I was absolutely sure that he knew out the other large box under the tree was a PS3. The good news is that he didn't catch on - or at least he never admitted it! (He's such an amazing son.) The other good news is that she didn't die from BPA-and-who-knows-what-else-poisoning from plastic shreds of CD passing through her system.


#8 - Technology. I'm so thankful for technology, besides the fact that I wouldn't have a job without it, it keeps me entertained for hours. I'm a technology junkie... if it has to do with computers or gaming - I'm interested! Not that I'm a hardcore gamer or anything but from time to time I do enjoy some Sims, Skyrim, SimCity, and Black Ops... by the way, is Black Ops 2 out yet??


#9 - Audible. I LOVE to read but I just don't have the luxury of being able to lay around and read. Between husband, kids, dog, work, and life in general - I'm entirely too busy. But then one of my friends suggested Audible.com - I thought that listening to books would be boring but I was wrong, SO wrong!

The Help was the first book that I listened to. It was so hilarious! This particular book had more than one reader and it was so easy to get lost in the story. When the movie came out and some of the same women were in the film, it just made it that much better!

Love love love! If you haven't tried it yet - go sign up and try it for 30 days and I bet you get hooked. I can listen to books while I'm driving in the car, or taking a break at work, ANYWHERE that I can bring my phone. Absolutely satisfies my craving for reading great books. They. Are. The. Best. Ever. That is all.


Recap for the week?

About the most fun I had all week was going out to see live music and eat great Mexican food. I wasn't diggin' the stuffed avocado, so I ate some sopapillas (yes, more than one - don't judge me) and drank about a gallon of sweet tea. Gotta love that stuff!

Nothing else really happened - just lots of work preparing for a business trip next week, to Pennsylvania of all places. I checked the weather and the forecast is cold to colder, with a high of cold, and a low of freeze your toes off. Please Lord, let me comeback with my nose, fingers, ears, and toes still attached and not black from frostbite. (Ew, gross mental image.)

Tomorrow we are headed to hang out with some really good friends of ours who are FINALLY getting married. I'm so glad to share this weekend with them. Totally low key, just a bunch of close friends, hanging out and enjoying the scenery and the company, and nothing fancy - well, besides the wedding dress, I'm sure! Completely, utterly, 100% them - it couldn't be any more perfect.

Career

# 6 - I'm thankful for having a steady income. I'm also thankful for the career that I do have. It is challenging, interesting, and offers so much room for personal growth. I'm glad that I don't have to wake up and go to a  job that I hate. I know there are many people out there that do. Thank you God for providing everything I have - I can do nothing without you.

Friends

#5 - Friends. I am so thankful for the friends in my life. These people really care about each other as people and not what they do for a living, or what they look like on the outside. Pretty much all of them I inherited through marriage but I just can't imagine what life would be like without them!

They are the people you can see just a few times a year but when you start talking it's like you just had coffee with them yesterday. The ones you can laugh with, argue with, and sometimes you want to throw things at them, but when it's all said and done - being friends is more important than anything we could argue about.

To all my friends - thank you - because I do thank God for each and every one of you. You are all a blessing to me and I'm glad to be a part of your lives too.

P.S. (Remember that last part next time we're arguing and/or you want to throw something at me!)