Thankful Thursday

I have many things to be thankful for.
It always helps me put things into perspective.

There have been many times lately when I just get worn out or frustrated with things or situations and I really just have to look at the flip side of whatever is getting me down and find what I am thankful for.

So Thankful Thursdays really gives me a day to sit down

and have an attitude check and get my perspective back where it needs to be.

1. I am thankful we have a vehicle for transportation.

My 6 year old and I had a 2 hour conversation on cars
and who has a car (me) and who does not

(him and people in India)(according to him)

(I have no idea where he came up with that one)

so we then had a whole conversation about

how we really need to be thankful because not everybody in
America has a car. And then I started thinking that I would not

EVER go ANYWHERE with my 3 if we had to walk there or

ride our bikes there. ANYWHERE...... EVER.......

So I am very thankful for our car!

2. I am thankful we have potential buyers looking at our house.

I'm glad but it is a lot of work. So I am focusing on the glad part.

Keeping a house "show ready" (and by show ready I mean

clean enough that Southern Living could show up

and take pictures for their magazine) (not that that my

house would even qualify, I'm just saying I would like it

to be that clean!:) ) with 3 kids 6 and under

gets to be just a wee bit stressful. Just a wee bit!

But I am glad we are showing it. We had a showing today

and one scheduled for tomorrow. It really throws ME off schedule

but, once again, this is the thankful game, not the Lori whining game! :)

Ha! Ha! Ho! Ho! He! He! Ha! Ha!

3. I am thankful for bloggers.

Seriously. I didn't even know what blogging WAS until just this last
May when my neighbor across the street told me she blogged.

There are some very funny, witty and down right hilarious

women out there blogging their little hearts out! When you are
a stay at home mom, with little kids running around all day,

it is just nice to know there are others out there fighting the

good fight and striving to raise their families and be good

wives and just being amusing in general.

4. I am thankful for music.

(I'm not talking about VeggieTales here)

Music just soothes my soul! Whether it is hymns, the

Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Christian praises
Christian pop or a little bit of Harry Connick, Jr. music just makes

me happy. I love having a song in my heart!

5. I am thankful for our fishing pond.

That's right. We have a fishing pond. Right down the street.

We can walk there in about 5 minutes.
It has TONS of fish and all you need is a pole, a hook
and some bread and you can pull a fish out every time!

My kids think it is great! I think it is free I mean great!

Have a Thankful Thursday Y'all!