I'm back!!!

So I was looking at my "friend" Jen's blog yesterday.  (Yes there is a story behind the quotation marks.  She really is one of my best friends.)  She has 2 wonderful children that i am totally in love with.  Zach has Cerebral Plasy, and her daughter Emily has an eye muscle condition.  This woman has struggled so hard in the last few years, and will probably continue to struggle.  And she is doing ot all as a single mother.  I have been a single parent, and it is NOT a picnic, but to have 2 children with special needs would totally overwhelm me.  

Anyway, since I have gotten to know her and her beautiful children better, I have realized how much I have to be thankful for.  

I have taken the liberty to borrow a concept from an e-mail that I have recieved many times.

I'm Thankful.

I am thankful to get out of bed every morning, because it reminds me that I can walk.  Something that is too easy to take for granted considering that many in my situation cannot.

I am thankful that my husband and kids annoy the crap out of me.   It means that we have beaten today's odds, and remained an "intact"  family.

I'm NOT thankful that I still have to make dinner every night, but I AM thankful that we have plenty of food, because a lot of people go without.

I am thankful for my children, and the noise and the mess that they bring, because when I was younger, I didn't know whether i would have kids or not.  

I am thankful for friends who call me when they need something, or just to talk.  It means that I have friends, and the I am valued and loved.

I am thankful for my family for the same reason.

Not ready to have kids!

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I'm Thankful for..........

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
This year, as always, I am thankful for Family and Friends who have loved me, and held me up, and helped me to become who I am today! I love you all!

Where did the time go?

I swear I am not old enough to have a teenager! I went to sleep one night, and when i woke up, my baby was a YOUNG WOMAN!!!!! I am still trying to figure out how that happened!

Election Funny

As my family was watching the results come in on Election Tuesday, we failed to see that even though Lily is only 3, that she understands more than you think. She was running around saying "I'm Barack Obama!" As the night was coming to a close, we got together for family prayer. Dad said that maybe "Barack Obama" should say it. So she got ready, and I guess dad wasn't quite ready. She looked straight at him and said "Be quiet, John McCain!" They really are listening and paying attention, even when we think they are not!

Get Checked!

O.k. I never thought that cancer would get this close to my family! My mother just recently went through a bout with Breast Cancer. She had surgery, and now the tumor is gone, and they think they got it all. But it was still too close for comfort. I will definitely be checking any moles or lumps that seem a little odd from now on.

So, Why the Monkees??????

O.k. People have asked me over the years why I got obsessed over the Monkees. So here goes. I will try to explain the last 22 years of my life the best I can.
Over the summer of 1986, my sisters and I were bored out of our minds, so we did what all children do. We turned on the T.V. We flipped through some channels, and settled on Nickelodeon. As it happened, that summer was the 20th anniversary of the Monkees t.v. show, and musical act. Well, we got into it because it was quick moving and funny. I took a liking to Davy Jones, but when my younger sister Nikki decided that he was the cutest, I went to the next best choice. Mike Nesmith. Don't ask me why. It was the whole tall, dark, and handsome thing. I found myself liking the show more and more, and looking forward to it every day. Not long after that was my birthday. I got a few Monkees tapes, and i tortured my whole family for YEARS as my collection grew. My sister was working at the local amusement park at the time, and she told me on my birthday that the Monkees were coming to Lagoon, and I was going to get to go! I was SO HAPPY. I still remember the concert 22 years later even though we were in the bleachers, and they guys looked like chipmunks.
My obsession grew. As another side note, I was born with Spina Bifida, which is a genetic deformity when the spine doesn't close all the way. I spent a lot of my childhood in the hospital, and dr.'s offices, and in clinics being poked and prodded and such. And The Monkees played a BIG part in that . I would take my little walkman to the hospital with me, my mom put up pictures on the walls of one room, and I usually had one magazine or another full of pictures.
They became my "happy place". When I was scared, I listened or ran through songs in my head. When I was sad, it was the weepy sad songs. The music became a comfort to me. In later years, I listened to mainly Michael Nesmith. The music became my "friend" when i wasn't able to play with other children. And to this day, I still pop in a Monkees CD or a Michael Nesmith CD. Though, not as often as i did as a kid. My family still turns the station when they hear a Monkees song. The songs and the show are now a staple at my house, and I have watched my kids, and my sister's kids all get into the fun.