Thankful Thursday

I am so thankful that Our basement project is almost complete. I am waiting patiently for the landing on the stairwell to dry. Then it’s on to the first phase of moving the kids into their new playroom and hubby into his new office. Sorting toys for the kids and putting them away in the ginormous cabinet we got for them and for hubby it’s bringing home ALL of his books from our old church.

I am also thankful for a husband who has the gifts and abilities to do all of these things by himself with no help from professionals!

It saves us a ton of money!!

Another thing I am so very thankful for is my freedom of speech! I can write whatever I want! Well Ok not WHATEVER I want. There are boundaries..I guess on a whole i am so very thankful I was born in this country and not somewhere else!

I Guess We Should Call Him Captain Obvious!

Matt Damon…Some might call him sexy, a genius, a …well if you like him fill in the blank…well I was reading an online news source about the upcoming election when I read something that left me…. Well…. speechless. Which was followed by a laugh out loud sort of moment. The article had a snippet of what famous people had to say about John McCaain’s pick for V.P.– Governor Sarah Palin. He said.

Senator McCain’s Choice of Governor Palin was purely Political

. UMMMM. The last time I checked the race for President was as “political” as it gets!! Not to mention it’s all Politics. Who Obama picked was also political. Politics is political. I think his “genius” is limited to that of his acting ability..And to that I say…..well you tell me what do you think!?! Oh and one more thing…..How Many States are there in the United States of America…The average American would PROBABLY say 50…the correct answer…But a Presidential candidate got it wrong when he said 57..That right 57 States….Can you guess who that was!!???

The NEXT Survivor

THANKS RUTH FOR SHARING!!! However i must note that i am not one of those types of women. I can’t do it all..Hubby and I work regularly together as a team..Which has made us so close. I also think that Hubby could beat the pants off of most men. After all he has been known for his time management abilities, I guess that is why he could work 12 to 4 am…go to college full time at one school with24 credit hours and take 6 credits in correspondence courses and still get a 4.0. All the while being an RA in the guys dorm, being engaged and oh so much more!!! I am so proud of him and I know he would succeed! THIS IS A RIOT! THE NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks. Each kid will play two sports and either take music or dance classes. They will also attend cubs, brownies, sea cadets or similar. There is no fast food. Each man must: take care of his 3 children, keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, and complete science projects, also, cook, do laundry, and pay a list of ‘pretend’ bills with not enough money. In addition, each man will have to budget in money for groceries each week. Each man must remember the birthdays of all their friends and relatives, and send cards out on time–no emailing. Each man must also take each child to a doctor’s appointment, a dentist appointment and a haircut appointment. He must make one unscheduled and inconvenient visit per child to A & E He must also make gingerbread men or choc chip cakes for a social function. Each man will be responsible for decorating his own assigned house, planting flowers outside and keeping it presentable at all times. The men will only have access to television when the kids are asleep and all chores are done. The men must shave their legs, wear makeup daily, adorn themselves with jewelery, wear uncomfortable yet stylish shoes, keep fingernails polished and eyebrows groomed. During one of the six weeks, the men will have to endure severe abdominal pain, persistent lower back aches, and have extreme, unexplained mood swings, but never once complain or slow down from other duties. They must attend weekly school meetings, concerts & plays, church, and find time at least once a week, to spend the afternoon in the park or a similar setting. They will need to read a book to the kids each night and in the morning, feed them, dress them, brush their teeth and comb their hair by 7:00 am. A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information: each child’s birthday, height, weight, shoe size, clothes size, teachers name, best friends name and doctor’s name. Also the child’s weight at birth, time of birth, and length of labor, each child’s favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear and what they want to be when they grow up. The kids vote them off the island based on performance. The last man wins only if… he still has enough energy to be intimate with his spouse at a moment’s notice. If the last man does win, he can play the game over and over and over again for the next 18-25 years eventually earning the right To be called Mother!

HMMMM…

This really caught my attention this morning!

“The definition of maturity is the ability to delay pleasure.”

This becomes more apparent when you have a toddler and that toddler does something he is not supposed to do. Then when asked why he did it he says “because i wanted to”!!!

What a perfect picture of the quote above!