We are making more and more progress with our flooring each night. The living room is a little more than half way finished and it looks amazing. I haven't been taking any pictures the past couple of nights because i've been hard at work helping Johnny. (There will soon be pictures to come though of me using the saw, just so I have evidence for all those non-believers that women can't run saws! It is totally do-able.) We are so happy with how it is turning out and there have only been a afew "hiccups" which helps us stay motivated. We were really hoping to have at least the living and dining room done by this weekend, but Johnny has been extremely busy at work so we haven't been getting started until about 7 each night. We have been able to start putting a few pieces of furniture back, which is really nice. Our fingers are crossed that we finish up this weekend.
When you work in the agriculture business, moving throughout the course of your career is very likely, if you choose. This is happening to a few of our friends right now. Our friends Russ and Selena moved last weekend and we were/are very sad to see them go. They have the cutest 2 little boys and they are some of the most genuine people we have ever met. We truly miss them, but the good news is that they are moving to Columbia, MO, AND into the same neighborhood as my friend Samantha!! So they aren't real far away and we hope to visit them soon, once their lives are "back to normal" from the move.
Our friends Jon and Kim also just recently decided to relocate. They will be heading to MN which is pretty far from Evansville, but will allow us some nice ski vacations i'm sure. Jon is Johnny's boss. He and his wife Kim have 2 children who I absolutely adore. They are so well mannered and always have great stories to tell. They are such great people, and again, we hate to see them go. But we understand, as I am sure that moving will be in our near future as well.
I am currently on day 5 of my "No sweets November" and doing great. I still have not had a single piece of halloween candy or baked good. I did have a small sliver of ice cream cake on Wednesday, but I was still somewhat hungry after dinner, so I didn't feel so bad about it. I will weigh myself on Monday and am really hoping for some good results. I can already tell that my clothes are starting to fit better and I have a lot more energy. Plus, i'm not really craving the sweets as much either, which is nice!
Since November is the month of Thanksgiving, I thought I would start compiling a list of things that I (& Johnny) am thankful for. My intentions are to find something I am thankful for, for each of the 30 days in November. I just feel it is so important to reflect on and express how truly thankful and appreciative we are for all the things we have and not take them for granted. So, here's the list for today (and the past 4 days):
- My husband--without him, i'm not really sure what I would do. I don't really know how I was able to go 23 years without him because he is so amazing. He supports me in my decisions, gives me advice, comforts me, makes me laugh....I could go on and on. He's such a genuine, honest man and I am so thankful for him every day. I'm seriously the luckiest girl in the world!
- My family--I am surround by the most amazing family who would do almost anything for me and I am so truly thankful for them.
- My friends--I just love my friends. They are always there for me/us even if it is to vent about what went on at work....I couldn't ask for a better group!
- Bo--Even though Bo was Johnny's dog before we started dating, I feel like he is my own. Even though he's just a dog, he has truly taught me a lot about patience and happiness. He's such a gentle dog who is always happy and I couldn't ask for a better pet. We just love our Bo Bo! :-)
- Employment--I have always been thankful to have a job, rough economy or not, but I absolutely love what I do and am so glad that the opportunity has come open for me to teach the subject that I love. I know that Johnny absolutely loves his job too and both of us feel that it makes us feel "useful" in this huge world.....like we are making a difference.
My "friday favorite" for today is Thank You Cards. I absolutely love thank you's and I thought it fitting since it was the "Thankful month"! There's not a whole lot of things in life that are better than a hand written note thanking someone or having someone thank you. We are in the middle of writing our wedding thank you's and I find it really hard to fit everything in. It is just always so nice to make someone feel appreciated. Two of my favorite places to get thank you cards are Target and Hallmark. My friend Samantha has seriously rubbed off on me in this department because that girl always has boxes and boxes of thank you cards and well, now I do too. "They are just so handy" she always says, and I have to agree. It is always nice thank someone and let them know they are appreciated. I even have my students write thank you cards when we have guest speakers or when people do something nice for our class in general. I feel writing thank you's is a "lost art" and it shouldn't be.
I've included 2 pictures of thank you cards that I found on Hallmark's website (http://www.hallmark.com/) that I think are really cute. Sometimes the cards I have will include my initial or just "thank you". Eventually someday I think it would be neat to start putting together my own thank you cards, but we've got wood floors to finish right now. :-)
Happy Friday!
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