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Thankful Thursday

Is it really Thursday again?  Wow, I have been in a haze to the tenth degree.  Good days and bad days intermingled with a lack of sleep and copious amounts of caffeine. 

This week, I'm thankful for:

good friends.  I love that there are people in my life that will talk with me and hang out with me even when I'm a real b*tch.  That makes things better and helps ease the paranoia of "nobody likes me"

leading Bible study. It's been a nice challenge to be in the teaching role with adults again.  But I can feel that I'm not as good as I once was.  I'm hoping that practice with help with this.  Luckily, I have a great group that's willing to slug through with me.

used books!  I went to a pretty big used book sale this week and found oh so many goodies for homeschooling, as well as a few books for personal reading. 

a loving husband.  He is so sweet and kind.  He even stays up late with me when I can't sleep.  He also has great taste in TV shows so we get to watch almost all of our TV time together.  LOVE HIM!

language.  I am finally getting to the point where I am actually enjoying Hannah's language development in a way that is not about correction.  On Tuesday, she told me the story of the good Samaritan and let us know he was attacked by robins that were waiting behind a rock for him.  Let me tell you, after that story, I'm a little bit scared of mascot from Red Robin.

Is it me, or does it appear that he's jackin' a car in this photo???

Red Robin mascot.
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  1. M.L. @ The House of WhimsyApril 22, 2010 at 2:02 PM

    Just catching up in Blogland this week. Thank you so much for your well wishes and prayers regarding my mom. We're much happier with the new place.
    I hope all is well with you and your family.
    M.L.

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  2. Tina PuntigamApril 22, 2010 at 3:08 PM

    Thanks for dropping by!

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