July 31, 2007

* getting my ironing done
* the fun Nora is having at VBS
* Ryann and Nate being one and the same

July 30, 2007

* cereal and milk
* Nora having such a great time at VBS and seeing it on her face when she got home
* Ryann

July 29, 2007

* a laid back morning
* Nora's excitement during VBS service
* fun dinner with Doug and Jenny

July 28, 2007

* the neti pot
* nyquil sinus
* the computer

July 27, 2007

* healthy children
* a wonderful marriage
* too many blessings to count

July 26, 2007

* Doug & the boys watching Ryann and Georgia so I could take Nora to the doctor alone
* good conversations that don't include arguing
* Jenny

July 25, 2007

* a really good turnout for a check-up and shots x3
* God providing the business cornbread needed to make his bonus
* my mom coming, playing with the girls while I picked up the house and then chatting with her after they went to bed

July 24, 2007

* getting some laundry folded
* the doctor's office lady not being rude
* a night out with cornbread, john and michelle

July 23, 2007

* Nora's excitement over receiving her tball trophy
* being able to watch Georgia eat cotton candy for the first time
* conversations with Ryann about when she became a big girl

July 22, 2007

* cornbread taking an unexpected day off
* an impromptu lunch and shopping expedition with Michelle
* cheap IKEA crap

July 21, 2007

* finally getting the side door painted
* a trip to the library with Ryann
* Soccer = "Bouncy Lotsa Lotsa" (Ryann)

July 20, 2007

* never having to deal with a flooded basement
* being able to help john and michelle with their flooded basement
* getting Ryann's closet finished

July 19, 2007

* one closet down, one to go (for now)
* talking to BFF on the phone
* watching Ryann and Georgia play with a puppy

July 18, 2007

* leftover paint
* pre-made chicken for dinner
* the vidalia onion chopper

July 17, 2007

* the boys next door being as obsessed with my girls as my girls are with them
* compost
* fiction books

July 16, 2007

* Sunday morning snuggle time in bed
* getting most of our food prepared for the week
* ice cream dates with Nora and Ryann

July 15, 2007

* a day with no agenda
* the girls finally being able to play with Nate and Nolan after church
* going to bed early even on a saturday night

July 14, 2007

* the most beautiful weather ever
* Cookie By Design cookies
* actually enjoying a Jack Black movie (School of Rock)

July 13, 2007

* a competent surgeon and a short surgery
* tylenol with codeine
* Nora wanting to play next door when she got home at 11:30

July 12, 2007

* the girls being really, really good when I took all three to the grocery store with me
* getting everything I needed to get done finished by 3 so I could sit outside with Michelle
* Georgia's reaction to the name Dave and the sight of Dave

July 11, 2007

* getting every single piece of laundry washed, dried, folded/hung up/ironed and put away!
* clean pillows
* seeing michelle and the boys after several days of not seeing them

July 10, 2007

* the cotton ball tower that Georgia built on Cornbread's face while he was sick and sleeping
* a morning bath for the girls
* going to sleep early

July 9, 2007

* pancakes with the boys
* my newly burned mixed cd's
* how well cornbread took care of me and the girls while i was sick with the flu

July 8, 2007

* bulgarian split squats
* cornbread accidently popping the hood of the car (when he went to close it he found $20 on the ground)
* sitting outside at ColdStone with Cornbread talking and laughing

* nora being brave at the doctor's office
* a new glow in the dark, hard cast
* orland park public library

July 6, 2007

* nora being able to go to a white sox game with her daddy and eating lots and lots of treats
* ryann understanding (later) that she'll get a turn
* cornbread

July 5, 2007

* a clean garage
* being able to sleep in
* an hour nap

July 4, 2007

* Aunt Jan taking care of Ryann and Georgia while I took Nora to the doctor for xrays
* Chicago fireworks
* finally getting to sleep for longer than 20 minutes (at 4:30am)

July 3, 2007

* the nicest weather anyone could ever ask for
* keeping up with my ironing
* the girls playing so well together

July 2, 2007

* nora being able to play with Nolan today, which lifted her spirits a lot
* having a picked up house by the end of the day
* finding Georgia soon after she took off all of her clothes and her diaper - soon enough that she hadn't made a complete mess of her crib

July 1, 2007

* getting my bedroom curtains ironed and put back on the wall
* being able to workout while cornbread put the girls to bed
* a mostly comfortable day for nora