Counting My Blessings

In honor of Thanksgiving, here are the top 5 things I'm grateful for:

1.) My great husband. Sure, we have our issues, but I am so blessed to be married to John. He's a GOOD guy and that's not always easy to come by. Plus, he totally puts up with all my crap. He's super supportive when my family has drama, indulges me when I want to read the occasional romance novel and will sleep on the couch when he's snoring too loud.

2.) My awesome daughter. I can't even begin to describe my gratitude for Katie, especially when I consider all we've been through since I'm Pregnancy Challenged. She is truly a Godsend. Plus, she's just a great kid even though she called me "Mama Obama" the other day because "you get to be in charge of everything." I have no idea where that came from.

3.) My (our) home. I complain a lot about our house and rightfully so since it's 83 years old! It's a total money pit. We've completely lost track how much we've spent fixing it up. The street below is crazy and over the years, it's gotten even busier (we've seen the car crashes to prove it). Plus, people use it as a shortcut to get up to Highland Drive and race by our home which turns me into the ornery lady who screams on her porch. And we joke that we're on the "wrong side" of the ward since no one really knows we live up here and we never get visitors (except when Alex & Sarah brought us cookies last week which we were VERY happy about!). We've been talking about moving for years, but we're starting to feel more and more that this is the place we need to be for a while. All that being said, we moved in the day after Thanksgiving 8 years ago. We spent 1 1/2 years up at my parents during that time where we rented it out, but we always considered this our home. We love our ward, we love the school and yes, I admit it. I love my house.

4.) My health. I am grateful for a (mostly) healthy body. I need to lose weight, no thanks to every time I've miscarried I've added (and kept) on 10 pounds of emotional distress pounds. I have to take antidepressants and a sleep aid. I have to go in to the dermo every 6 months for a "mole patrol." But, how thankful I am that I have good health and have access to the medical help I need, when I need it. We are so blessed to live where we do, when we do and know what we know.

5.) My testimony. I have several non-LDS friends who read my blog and I usually try to keep my church-speak to a minimum. But I know you're all very accepting, as I am of you, of my religious beliefs. Yet, I couldn't possibly finish this list without mentioning my gratitude for my knowledge that Jesus Christ is our Savior. I can't even begin to include my thoughts in a mere blog post. These feelings are too close to my heart yet I'm extremely grateful for my testimony of Him and the Gospel.

I hope everyone has a FABULOUS Thanksgiving!!!