Day 23 Thanksgiving count down

Today I am completely overwhelmingly grateful for "Indian Summers". That's all. Plain and simple! That time in the year where one might be fairly certain all the warm days have gone for the year, and out of nowhere...the warmth comes again for those last few days. To remind us that it will come again. The last few days have been absolutely perfect! This at the same time that they are having huge storms back east, makes me even more grateful than I already was. (And that was a LOT!)

Day 24 count down....

Today, I am grateful for great friends and the opportunities that I/we get every once in a while to hang out with them. We do tend to get to see some of them more often than others and I do miss the others muchly, but am ever so pleased and excited when I get to spend time with any of them. I am also grateful for FaceBook in the respect. Yes, FaceBook! Because of FaceBook I have a good number of friends now that a few years ago I didn't even know! And to tell the truth, some of my newer friends seem to value me a bit more than some of my older friends. I am so glad to have them all though! Friends make life worth while! :) Thank you Friends! Love you all!

Day 25.....

Today (everyday) I am grateful for my Chet! for all the things he does for me and our family, for putting up with me, especially when I have bad days! For being the good man that he is! For being willing to help anyone he can even if it is not convenient or easy at the time. for being so willing to share with those he can. For being such a good Dad, even though he doesn't think he is. Thank you Chet, for choosing me time and again.

Day 26 count down to Thanksgiving....

Today, I am grateful for slow days. You know the kind of day I am thinking of....the kind of day that almost seems to draaaggggg on. The kind of day that if you had something you were looking forward to, you would be completely annoyed with. The kind of day that you really don't have any one thing in particular that you have to do or accomplish. THAT day is the day that I am grateful for.
They don't usually happen when you want them to. That kind of day is rare indeed!
Today though, we were blessed enough to have one of these very rare days! It was so very nice to just lounge about with nothing pressing that HAD to be done right now! Gave Chet time to take his time with what ever he wanted to do. Which wasn't really a whole lot of anything. Which I was very glad for. I was really glad he took some slow down time. Even if it was just for a day. Who knows about tomorrow, but i truly am glad for today! (It didn't hurt that I didn't have to go to work either) ;)

Day 27 Thanksgiving count down...

Today, I am SO grateful for the very incredible miracle of modern medicine and the amazing things they can accomplish!
I was thinking of so many of them as I sat in the waiting room today while Chet went through the surgery on his arm. His broken radius bone to be exact.
 I was thinking of all the things that the Dr. had said to us while seeing him in his office just two short days ago. Thinking how badly it had frightened me when he said they were going to have to replace the end of the bone! It really turned my stomach for a minute when I thought of that. Talking with him though, he made it sound as though it was just like an everyday sort of thing and that it really wasn't a big deal at all. In fact he would be going in the same as he would have were he just going to be screwing things back together!
The magic of pain medication! I can't imagine back in the days when they had none! Watching Chet today while they were trying to get his pain levels "managed". I have no idea how they managed without them! Seriously! And all the things in between that have gone on. From the initial X-ray to the first meeting with one Dr. and then the next. To going for MORE x-rays to the scheduling of the surgery, to the administering of the anesthetic, the the wheeling of Chet out the door. Then to the meeting with the Dr after the surgery where he told me it had all gone pretty much like he thought it would and that we would see him again in 5 days. Poof...Just like that....

The one thing that doesn't change is that the waiting is the worst part! However; I will wait for as long as it takes for Chet! Thank goodness the miracle of medicine has been able to continue to fix the things that he seems to continue to break! :)

Thanksgiving count down day 28

Today, I am grateful for the sweet soft power of the priesthood! If one ever wonders if God is aware or them or one that they love, just listen to a blessing delivered by one who is simply a messenger in the here and now.
Chet was give a blessing tonight in preparation for the surgery coming in the morning. That really is all that I need to say, at least for anyone who knows what a priesthood blessing is and honestly has faith, that the Lord is sending you a message just for you. For anyone who will read this, who doesn't know.....there really are no words that I could use to explain the peace and comfort that one of these blessings can bring. So grateful for this am I!

Thanksgiving count down day 29

Today I am thankful for small miracles that at the time, you don't realize how BIG they really were. We just found out today that what we thought was a simple broken arm for Chet will be turning into major surgery. They will be having to replace the end of his radius bone.
Now this might now sound like it is NOT a miracle at all, but compared of how bad this whole thing could have been especially after seeing his helmet and what could have been.

So looking back at the "small" miracle of a seriously broken arm, I have come back to the thought of how much worse it truly could have and likely should have been, I am SO glad that this small miracle is so much bigger than it appeared in the beginning.

Thanksgiving 30 countdown...Day 30

Well, it is time for me to sit back and reflect on things I don't always remember. The things I am grateful for. Not to say I don't remember them ever, but sometimes in the day to day, it is easy to get caught up and forget some of the things I have been blessed with most recently or even distantly for that matter.
Megan, stared doing it on FaceBook today, but I don't think everyone wants to see me post for thirty days. So if I post here, and you are reading it, it is because you came here looking for something to read. So....read on :)
Today, I really am thankful for my job! The flexibility it provides me and all the other perks that go along with it! I love the hours, I loved that when my kids were young I was on the same schedule as they were and home on the days they were. I LOVE having the summers off!!! I love getting to work with the kids. Especially in a way that doesn't leave me wanting to strangle them or their parents. Lunch time is almost always a good time for the kids, and thus a good time for us to get to see them when they are happy. 
Today and tomorrow due to the flexibility of the job, I was and will be able to go with Chet to a couple of Dr apts, and then to help him do some things he is not currently able to do on his own right now due to his arm injury. Although it is only two days, it is better than having no time at all!! So grateful!!

Another notch in the marriage belt ;)

Well, who would have guessed? I mean really? Some people even had bets as to if we would even make it through the first year! And look at us now! Two kids, several rough patches and 24 years later here we are!
I am glad to say that I think we are better than ever too! Still working on stuff, but as long as we are working together I find that to be a good thing!
We find more reasons that we like spending time together all the time. During the summer when I am off work I still look forward to going to work with Chet and spending the day with him. I am so grateful for the time that we have to be together!
Here is to the rest of forever with my eternal companion! The Lord knew you were what I needed Chet Parker! I love you! Now and always!