Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves
to recognize how good things really are.
~Marianne Williamson


 I had decided to take the day off and spend it with Lexi since she had the day off for Veteran's Day. Thank you to all our Veterans who have served, are serving and all those who have given up their lives to fight for our freedom.
 We actually had a really nice day. I made a strawberry & cream cheese butter braid for breakfast, and we watched some tv and then we played some games, she kicked my butt once in the board game Sorry, and I kicked hers in the 2nd game. Then we played a game of Monopoly and stopped after a few hours, then went back to it then stopped again. So we will continue playing it tomorrow after dinner.

Last night was so funny. I was so tired and she had asked me several times to do different things for her, and one was to go upstairs and get her a band aid while she was washing up the pots from dinner. Needless to day I was tired.  and cranky & I snapped at her and stormed upstairs. No, actually I Stomped up the stairs. I got to the top of the stairs & Started to laugh, then got her the bandaids and tossed them to her & we both burst out laughing. She said "Ok Mom, How old are you?" I laughed so hard, we just laughed over it because I had warned her that I was tired & Starting to get cranky. So when she asked me to do something else for her, I was spent & didn't really want to do it! I was so glad we were able to just laugh it off, because there really was no reason for me to behave like that, but see, I'm human & NOT PERFECT!

I of course apologized and then apologized again this morning because even though it wasn't a fight, I had a moment of infantile behavior! LOL
Things have been so crazy in our lives for the last few months, they finally have started calming down. We are talking about doing some really fun things to celebrate the days of not fighting, and we're going to go see the new Twilight movie and go out for a nice dinner, as a way to celebrate the hard work we have both put forth.

Tomorrow, I go back to work, I miss being a stay at home mom, but I love my job so much. It tears me up some days. But the money is good & I just love my patients, and it helps me support Lexi of course. I used to love being a stay at home Mom, and at times, think about what life would be like if I had never gone back to work and just stayed home. I know, we wouldn't have a nice car, we wouldn't have the house I had built. We have so much, We look around and think & even talk about how we have so much stuff. And we really do.
We also wouldn't have a majority of the friends we have today had I not worked. And we have so many amazing people in our lives. My friends are like family to us.

Well tonight is going to be a short post. We had the best day. And even though we had the hiccup last night, we laughed about it.

Have a great night!
GodSpeed!