Critter Chronicles
Thankful
>30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 23
> Day Twenty-Three: Knock-Offs Bargains Back when Tony and I were engaged and registering for wedding gifts, we went to Tar-jay. Partly because we really liked that store, and partly because we didn’t want to register for high-end gifts that our family and friends (most of the latter whom were either newly-graduated from college or … Continue reading
>30 Days of Thankfulness: Days 21 and 22
> Day Twenty-One: Friends Yesterday we spent the day with friends of ours that we hadn’t seen in two and a half years. When we last parted ways, they went east to live closer to their family and we went way far west to Japan. Thanks to Facebook and our respective blogs we’ve stayed in … Continue reading
>30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 20
> Day Twenty: The Ability To Buy Toys Not for my Critters, but for me. Last January, after Christmas was all said and done, Tony and I discovered a “surplus” of sorts in our bank account. The responsible move would have been to throw that at our HELOC, or into our emergency fund, or into … Continue reading
>30 Days of Thankfulness: Days 18 and 19
> Day Eighteen: Colorado Sunsets Photo by mikeb_80918 Day Nineteen: Colorado Sunrises Photo by COflower Someday I’m going to wake up early enough to take a picture like the one directly above. This morning’s pre-sunrise sky looked exactly like this one – absolutely breathtaking. I can’t accurately convey just how gorgeous and unique this landscape … Continue reading
>30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 17
> Day Seventeen: Those Who Support My Decision to Homeschool My interest in homeschooling my children was a slow simmering process that began years ago, when I met several moms who taught their children at home and started thinking about the concept of such, both the pros and cons. I met a woman with smart, … Continue reading
>30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 16
> Day Sixteen: I’ve Grown Up A Bit I’m trying to push past the everyday things that I generally think about when someone asks me what I’m thankful for. Which is why I’ve talked about my teapot. And sore legs. And a working car (Tony’s car started up after I wrote yesterday’s post, by … Continue reading
>30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 15
> Day Fifteen: A Working Car Tony’s car broke down right outside of our driveway today. We think it’s the carburetor. Actually, I have no clue what its problem is because I know nothing about cars whatsoever. Except this: I love my car. When we got here at the end of July we had plans … Continue reading
>30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 14
> Day Fourteen: I Didn’t Take Out The Garbage For the past eight and a half years that Tony and I have lived together I have been in charge of taking out the garbage 90% of the time. And perhaps that’s even being generous, because giving Tony 10% of the credit is stretching it. I … Continue reading
>30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 13
> Day Thirteen: A King-Sized (family) Bed You know how all seasoned parents out there tell you not to make grand parenting proclamations until you’ve actually been a parent for a few years? Yeah. It’s true. Back before I was pregnant with Bear, and even for the first two weeks after I’d delivered her but … Continue reading
>30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 12
> Day Twelve: A Clean Desk And the time needed in order to get it into that state. Back in September, when we’d mostly gotten ourselves settled in, I took the above picture of my desk, with the caption stating it’ll probably never look like this again. I don’t claim to be prophetic, but merely … Continue reading
