April 30, 2007

* a morning of shopping and ice cream with nora
* our girls playing with the boys next door while we hang out with their parents - no fights, no arguments, no referreeing, no interruptions because they all get along so well
* all of my ebay stuff selling and being ready to ship (and making over $100 on it)

April 29, 2007

* finding out that we can probably fix our cabinets ourselves
* another dinner and a night out with Cornbread
* finding pants that actually fit

April 28, 2007

* going to see "annie" at the last minute
* free tickets to annie
* getting half of my grocery shopping done

April 27, 2007

* someone bidding on my dumb charlotte russe giftcard
* hearing the girls giggle while they're playing together
* leftovers

April 26, 2007

* pajama day
* getting finished with chicago heights route 2
* the boys fighting over who gets to babysit on the weekends

April 25, 2007

* getting all of my ebay listings done
* chatting with jeanene who I haven't talked to in a long time
* non stick pans

April 24, 2007

* more money on my gift card than I realized
* the girls wanting to play outside
* getting all of my stuff ready to list on ebay

April 23, 2007

* a morning out with just ryann, ending with ice cream and a fun 2 (almost 3) year old conversation
* my neighbor chainsawing a tree stump that i was trying to cut with a handsaw
* a whole (sunny) afternoon hanging out with cornbread and the next door neighbors - just chatting on the deck while all the kids played together and didn't bother us and we had no "pop up windows"

April 22, 2007

* that the zipper guy gave us our tickets back after I had to get out because of an inevitable panic attack
* that nathan asked if he could babysit
* portillo's hot dogs

April 21, 2007

* time outside chatting with my next door neighbor
* baseball season
* really nice weather

April 20, 2007

* nora playing at nolan's for the afternoon
* some major snuggletime with georgia before bed (like 45 minutes of quiet and not moving, but awake)
* ryann being so excited about seeing the play, annie, that she asks about it every 5 minutes - really, i'm thankful for that:)

April 19, 2007

* cornbread making dinner and cleaning everything up so i could finish my work
* mark buerle's no-no and how excited cornbread was
* laughing about hawk's reaction

April 18, 2007

* all three girls playing in the backyard without me for about 1/2 hour this afternoon
* cornbread taking a long look at his schedule and figuring out how to get our life back - and its working!
* nora's recent change in attitude

April 17, 2007

* nora already being packed to go to grandma's all by herself (May 17th:)
* having the boys over for dinner after not seeing them for a while
* bfww spending the afternoon here!

April 16, 2007

* our taxes being done a long time ago
* cooking with cornbread
* cornbread doing half of the grocery shopping for me

April 15, 2007

* hanging out with gram and gramps for an afternoon
* movie, dinner and ice cream with cornbread and an evening of free babysitting
* talking to my mom and dad until 2:30am

April 14, 2007

* the drive to michigan going by in a flash - we left and before I knew it we were there
* finding something okay to eat on the mcdonalds menu
* leaving the house clean for our return

April 13, 2007

* making pig cupcakes that actually look like the picture
* cornbread coming home and making the girls dinner so i didn't have to
* everything working out for our trip to michigan this weekend

April 12, 2007

* getting every one of cornbread's blasted dress shirts ironed - except the one he was wearing
* a quiet night by myself to iron and watch tv
* an unplanned day at home

April 11, 2007

* cornbread giving nora a shower while i made dinner
* getting packed by 9:15pm
* getting my grocery list done so i don't have to do it when i get home

April 10, 2007

* aldi
* a dramatic change in attitude from Nora
* nora wanting to share all of her easter candy with her friends and family

April 9, 2007

* easter brunch being only $10.95 per person - we were expecting $24.95
* free day
* free day being over

April 8, 2007

* JESUS has paid for my sins
* He rose from the dead
* I am saved

April 7, 2007

* a great issue of the Homer Horizon
* the eating for life cookbook
* cornbread doing nursery for me on friday night

April 6, 2007

* my father in law - happy birthday!
* cornbread reading to nora while I was finishing my phone calls - she was asking to read bible stories
* nora and georgia playing and giggling

April 5, 2007

* dinner with the boys after not seeing them for a while
* vaporizers
* thermometers

April 4, 2007

* kindergarten round up - the first step toward nora going to school
* an hour out with a friend
* so many nice comments on my blog for my birthday:)

April 3, 2007

* moving legs
* a free workout at swallow cliff
* a great friend for cornbread

April 2, 2007

* a free weekend before starting body for life
* breakfast with my parents and the girls and the big table in the back corner so we didn't bother anyone in the restaurant
* just hanging out with the family all day

April 1, 2007

* dinner with my mom and dad for my birthday
* great conversation
* an incredible church and church service