5 Days of Gratitude

On Facebook my Mother In Law had me do 5 days of gratitude. All you have to do is write something you are grateful for for 5 days. I figured I would share what I wrote on here as well. It's always nice taking a minute to think about all the great things in life. 

Day 1 of Gratitude. I am blessed to be married to the most amazing man and my best friend, Josh. He has always been the one for me, it just took him 10+ years to figure it out ;) He supports my decision to stay home with Ruby, and puts up with me when I am cranky. No matter what he is there for me and can always make me smile. Did I mention that he is the best father? Well he is and Ruby is head over heels in love with him...total Daddys girl. 

I am truly the luckiest person in the world to have found my soul mate. I could never love another man the way I love him. He is my past, present and my future. <3

Day 2 of Gratitude. I am so unbelievably grateful to have my beautiful daughter Ruby. She makes me smile all day long and keeps me on my toes. I absolutely love spending all day every day with her. I feel blessed to be able to have children, because I know there are a lot of people out there that can't. At one point I wasn't sure if I would be able to, so every day I am thankful that I can, and I will continue to do the best that I can for Ruby. I had no idea I could love someone so much before even meeting them, and the love grows everyday. ❤️

Day 3 of Gratitude. I am so lucky that I have such an amazing family. I don't know where I would be without each and every one of you. I get to spend time with my mother multiple times a week and get to Facetime my father almost daily. Without you guys I would not be the person I am today, so thank you from the bottom of my heart. My sisters, even if we dont get to spend as much time as we'd like to together, I am happy that we are all still close. I know we have had hard times as a family, but we came through so much stronger and closer than I could have ever hoped. 

All my Aunts, and Uncle, cousins and inlaws...I really made out like a bandit because I have the most wonderful family. I really do love you all, and am so happy that you are a part of my family and life. <3

Day 4 of Gratitude. Over the years I have had lots of friends come into my life. Some did not stay long, and some never left. One moved away and now we only talk on the phone (trying for weekly,) and see each other once a year. Some I see weekly at swim class and then playdates! Another one I see when we can sync up our schedules (sometimes months in advance) and go do something fun like the park or aquarium with the kids. Then there’s one that makes me beautiful once every 8 weeks and we try and see each other more but we are both so busy. All my ladies at the clinic…I miss you tons. Old friends and new friends, it doesn’t matter, I love you all, and am so happy to have each and every one of you in my life. To my old friends that I don’t see anymore, I think of you often and hope things are well, and will always be here if you need me. And that goes for all of you. My friends over the years have helped me so much, when I was sick, dealing with stupid exes, etc. I just want to say thank you for everything. You have all touched my life in one way or another, and I love you all. I am so grateful to have awesome friends <3

Day 5 of Gratitude. All my life I have loved animals. I have had a dog since I was 1 1/2 years old, and I always will. Currently we have 2 dogs, Scrappy Doo and Nikko, 3 cats, Brembo, Sookie and Buttons, and 2 lizards, Jack Jack and Calvin. Loving animals is who I am. They love me unconditionally and ask for nothing in return. They know when I'm sad and come and snuggle me and give me kisses. You are never alone if you have a pet. We are so lucky that they all get along (some pick on each other but all in fun) and they are all great with kids. I really couldn't ask for a better group of animals to have in our family. I love them all. 

Holiday Season

It's the holiday season again! What is your favorite holiday? Mine used to be Halloween, but that was before I had Ruby. I use to love the Halloween parties and dressing up, now that seems like way too much work. I always loved Christmas as well. Now it's definitely my favorite holiday. 

I love giving presents and seeing peoples faces when they open them. And now I have Ruby to shop for and this year she'll be able to really rip open the presents and play in the paper. Last year shewas four  months old at Christmas time so she couldn't really enjoy it. She liked looking at the lights on the Christmas tree but there was no opening gifts. So this year will be so much fun for her and for me and Josh watching her.

Even though the weather is getting cold, and it's dark until seven in the morning, this is still my favorite time of year. Got so many's different celebrations going on in a three-month span. It's just so much fun. Lots of visiting family, and just spending quality time with loved ones. What more could you ask for!

Aquarium

Last weekend was Ryan's sixth birthday. So we decided that this weekend we would bring him to the aquarium with one of his friends. We went and spent the whole day in Boston. 

It was pretty busy, but still a lot of fun. I forgot how big it is. We got to see seals and penguins, also thousands of different kinds of fish. We also saw sharks and turtles. And got to pet stingrays, and look at jellyfish. All the kids had a good time, and so did the parents. Ruby even took a nap while we walked around. 

Reality TV

There are so many reality shows on tv now. If you had your choice which one would you be on?

I love Survivor but I don't think that I would be able to win, nor would I want to do what they do. Same goes for Big Brother, I am not cut out for that show. Way too much drama for my liking. 

One show that I always thought I could do and would be a blast would be The Amazing Race! Travel the world and see things I could only dream of seeing. Taking part in different customs along the way. I think it would just be an amazing experience. Hence the name, Amazing Race. If you win awesome if not you got to run around the world with a loved one and collected so many wonderful memories. It's a win win in my book. 

Which show would you be on?

Fabulous Day!

What an amazingly beautiful day. It's one of those days that are just awesome. Your life couldn't get any better and you're just thankful for everyone and everything. Its just a happy happy day.

It's 74° and cloudy. I walked out my door this morning thinking that I was going to be cold, while grabbing something out of my car, and I was comfortable in my short sleeves. It was a very nice surprise. We've had such cold weather the last few weeks, this was a breath of fresh air. Literally. 

I think it made the day just that much better and that much more productive. I got a ton of work done, a bunch of laundry washed, dried, folded and put away, worked on some Christmas presents, got expense reports done, walked the dog, and did some research on a couple of things that I've been needing to look into. And it's not even 3 o'clock yet! Did I mention that Ruby had an amazing nap!?!? This weather is making everyone happy! 

Now off to finish the rest of my list, and maybe go to Michaels Craft Store if I have a chance. 

I love days like these :) Just had to share. 

Enjoy your day!

Fall Fun

I love all the fun Fall activities! Last weekend we went to the corn maze, which was in the shape of a cat and a mouse. Our family went, my sister and her friend and his little boy came. You start at the entrance and then walk until you find a mailbox with a question in it. All of the questions had to do with cats and mice. If you answer the question right it sends you the right way, if you answer it wrong you will end up at a dead end or completely turned around. Ryan loved finding the mailboxes while the other boy would read the question. Ruby had a blast being pulled in the wagon :) 

At the farm were a bunch of adorable animals and tons of pumpkins. We spent a few hours at the farm, going through the maze, looking at the animals and then finding the perfect pumpkin. It was fun a fun afternoon. 

I can't wait to go apple picking, and then I can make an apple pie! We're also planning on doing a hayride with the kids, that will be another first for Miss Ruby. 

Ryan's birthday is also next weekend, so the following two weekends he's coming down and we've got a birthday party planned and a special day trip that he wanted to do over the summer but we ran time. Then there's trick-or-treating, carving a pumpkin, cooking the pumpkin seeds, so much fun stuff to do this month! I wonder if we will have enough tme for it all! 

Time to get moving

Now that Fall is officially here, I've decided that I need to start walking more. I know it's a bit backwards, I don't know why I didn't start in the spring. I guess that would've made too much sense! Haha. So every morning Ruby, Nikko and myself go for a mile and a half walk. Ultimately I would like to take part in one of these fun runs that so many people do. But I need to work myself up to that, so for now we are walking. 

On Tuesday we went for our walk and I noticed when we were almost home that Ruby was missing both of her socks. She really hates wearing socks! We were going to find them Wednesday but it was downpouring so we stayed in. So the rescue mission was put off until this morning. I'm happy to report that we found the missing socks, they were sopping wet but we found them :)