Thankful posts

Last year I saw on Facebook one of my friends was posting something they were thankful for every day for the month of November leading up to Thanksgiving.  I decided to join in!  It was a great exercise for reminding me how many great things God has given me.


Tomorrow is November 1st and it's time to start again.  I've been in a funk the last several days, I'm hoping as I redirect my thoughts to things I'm thankful, joy will refill my heart.  It seems like once Halloween hits, it's non-stop until the end of the year, with two birthdays included in that time period, too many end of the years become hectic and stressful.  I am praying this year will be different for me.


If you are a facebook person, I would encourage you to give it a try and encourage your friends to join you.  Post one thing a day that you are thankful for.  If you miss a day, don't stop, just pick up where you left off.  This isn't meant to be another thing to do and be a burden, but an opportunity to fill your heart!  If you aren't a facebook person, make list or share around the dinner table every night one thing you are thankful for.


I Thessalonians 5:18 - "give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Elaine and George....but no Jerry

Remember the Seinfeld episode where Jerry had to go out of town and George and Elaine had to hang out without him.  Jerry was their common interest.  Well, I had no idea that Sarah Elizabeth was our Jerry!  Sarah E is still gone at Outdoor Ed and I took the younger two to the zoo today.  It was a very quiet outing.  Now, there was no fighting, so that was nice.  But no silliness either!  Can't believe I'm saying I miss the silliness for as much as it can drive me crazy!  I didn't realize how much Sarah E contributed to the silliness, although I knew she was a big part!

Outdoor Ed

Well, our oldest left for Outdoor Ed today.  She has been excited for the last few weeks and then the day before was teary.  This is the first time for her to be away from us for this long and without any contact with us too.  It's only 3 days, but that can seem like forever if you are unsure.  So I'm praying she will relax and enjoy herself.  I do have a friend chaperoning that's already sent me a text to say they arrived safely and all is well!  It's very comforting to know she is there!

I just looked at the forecast...I had heard it had snowed over the weekend, but today it was to be 60 and sunny.  I'm a bit nervous about tomorrow's weather, rain and 50, but what can I do??  I remember camping as a little girl with my girl scout troop and crying in my tent when it was raining and I was cold and wet and just wanted to go home.  At least she's not in a tent!  I know she will do great and make good decisions, but letting your children grow up is hard.  I want her to keep her innocence and be forever 11, but I must let go, but will do so slowly!

Fall....

I love the Fall season.  Many reasons, some new, some old.  I remember as a young teenager going with my mom and sister to one of home parties to 'discover' my color, you know, to know what colors you look best in.  I am a fall, dark greens, browns and oranges.  I do like to wear those colors and have always loved a green car, 3 of my 6 cars in my driving days have been green!  Ha!  That's funny!

I love the changing colors and the leaves falling.  I even love raking the leaves!  It was much more fun back home when we had trees in the yard...it's no fun in my current yard!  I guess my back can be thankful for that!

College football!!  Whoo Hoo!  I love following the Georgia Bulldogs and really all the SEC teams, but it's fun to catch glimpses of lots of games on Saturday!  I pull out the TV schedule out of the sports section and fold it so I can only see what games are on and put it on the end table.  I actually very rarely spend a WHOLE Saturday watching football, but usually at least watch one and the TV usually stays on a football game most of the day and night!  If I can, I send the kids upstairs to watch their stuff in our bedroom.

Growing up in the south, one of my favorite things about fall was the relief from the hot humid summers!  Also, getting to wear a light weight jacket on my walk to school and wearing jeans (or now, I like to wear shorts with long sleeves) and playing in the leaves.

While I still love Fall here in Colorado, I do wish the season was longer.  We could have snow as early as September some years.  I remember last year a huge storm that came through the last week of October that cancelled school for 3 days!  I'd love for fall to last through Thanksgiving!

I love having the windows open and feeling the crisp air.

Fall break starts this afternoon when school lets out.  What kid doesn't love that feeling when the bell rings and you know you don't have to come back for a week and in some cases longer!  I'm feeling some of that right now!  The alarm is in the off position and will be taking a break.

May this Fall last and last....please!

Simply Significant

As I thought about starting a blog, of course I spent some time deciding on a name.  I wanted the name to say in just a couple of words, what the blogs will be about.  Simply Significant.  Can anything be simply significant?  Doesn't that seem to be a contradictory use of words?  Simply - plainly, merely, nothing more. Significant - important, meaningful, momentous.  My day to day lives seem very simple, making lunches, doing laundry, grocery shopping, cooking and the list goes on.  These are very simple things and can make us all feel like our life is plain, and nothing more.  But these simple tasks and these simple days I live do matter and ultimately, tell the story of a significant life.  We all live siginificant lives.  I have no idea where this blog will go (the last time I tried, I only made one post).  This may be just for me.  I tend to process things better when I write them, so we will see.  Feel free to comment and share your thoughts along the journey!