Hey,
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
Well I thoroughly enjoyed my thanksgiving at my moms. She did an amazing job like she always does and it took her days and days of prep and effort and having to compensate for her sick daughter (me) at work didn't help in the slightest. Thank you mom you're amazing.
So on our way home from the good dinner with good company we happened across a deer. He was running with all his might but being as he was laying on his side he wasn't getting anywhere. Now where I live there are deer in the road all the time, some times they're alive and running around and some times they are dead. I think this is the first I've seen that was hit but still alive.
He was so sad... His frantic running motions slowed to a walking pace (again he never moved from his spot). He never stilled on our watch. I was walking the baby in a nearby driveway and I could see his sides heaving and steam rising from his mouth against the flashing lights. My husband was out directing traffic and calling the CHP. He pretty much stood guard over the poor guy until he felt it was more important that our son get home and he get out of the street. The CHP got there as we were leaving. I guess he drug him out of the road and called cal trans.
Some how all of this is mingling with frustration with our holidays getting over commercialized. They're not holidays anymore they're "sales events" Black friday is becoming Thanksgiving's mardi gras. Few know what ash wednesday represents anymore and though we don't have Carnival here it's just kinda sad that a time of deep spiritual reflection is overlooked.
I don't think I said I was thankfull for one thing today. So here it goes I'm going to be thankful:
I'm thankfull for my home, my husband and my son who make it home to me. and the city i live in and my parents who raised me here and the friends I met here.
I'm thankfull for life. The life I poses and call mine and the life I have been trusted with that is my son's and the lives who have touched mine and the lives who havn't yet. There were a few times this year where I wondered if i was going to die and those who took care of me weren't sure I was going to either. But you know what? I'm fine today and I'm so grateful for those at the fire department and the hospital who got me fluids and blood and got me on my feet again. Admittedly it took a few tries but they made it right in the end and that's what maters most. Someone in my shoes went to the hospital 6 times after her daughter was born for the same things. I really feel for that woman, I was lucky to only go back twice.
I'm thankfull for car seats and strollers and all those things that make toting this little hunk of cuteness easier. I'm thankfull for the relatives that baby sit ( namely my parents... every week and some times twice) that allow me to go to word or have some time with my man.
I'm thankfull that my man has lots of work for him to do and that his employers recognize his workmanship.
I'm thankfull to have good food, clean water, clean air, plumbing, clothing and shelter. I don't have to worry about the basics too often and I am soooooo glad.
I'm thankfull for teething tablets. Sitting next to me is my adorable co-author who is smashing his face into blankets mouth first and alternatively chomping down on his teething ring for all its worth. He is definitely working on a third tooth here. The sounds he is making rival the shrills that are associated with dolphins and its most adorable. He has a lot to say and at the moment I simply fail to translate it. He's probably raving about his grandma's yams.
Listen to this... it's my new fave "Fu-rigional" by the fu music.
Well.... my husband's on his way from his crazy walmart mission (I'm not sure if he does this to be contrary or what but every year he has to go to walmart on black Friday so he can get rain gear for work. I think most of it is people watching. kinda like he goes to the casino to play two or three rounds of roulette and leave. I think he's more interested in seeing what people act like there.
He's back! yay! awe baby bear got some new fleece jackets and pants. a red plaid one and a blue plaid one and diapers woo hoo!!
I love you all (since I know about half of you are family. I believe one of you checks back about every day... thank you!) Thank you for believing in me and encouraging me and I really wish I was better at showing my genuine appreciation for what all of you mean to me weather you're my mom, aunt, cousin, fellow fly girl or first time reader... each of you plays a roll in the story called life that I'm living I don't know where its going to take me but you've each left a unique mark on it. Thank you.
I would be remiss if I didn't take a moment to thank God. He's the one that placed me in the right home and the right circumstances and wow. Where would I be without him? I wouldn't have a bible or a savior, I wouldn't have anyone to pray to, I wouldn't have a Rock when the world becomes sinking sand...
Ok. I really need to go. I'm going to go be thankfull for hot chocolate, chapstick and family now.
Bye
laura
ps: no my etsy isn't close to operational yet. Sorry.
