doing: just got home from Harry Potter 7 - Part 1!
feeling: tired, but very very glad that its the weekend!
listening to: the even breathing of my (finally) sleeping son.
i haven't written for a while for a number of reasons. none of them decent, but still every time i sat down to write i just blabbed. so it really wasn't worth wasting your time as the reader!
i finally have a few things to write about now so here it goes.
first up, my son. my wonderful, beautiful, headstrong, opinionated son. he is still loving school. he would much rather be there than anywhere. still his number one question almost every morning is, "Mommy, where am i going today?"
he has also started to develop a little mouth on him. he seems to think that telling Matt and i what to do - in a very firm voice - is his ticket to everything. however that is not the case. throwing fits hasn't been working out for him either. i'm sure i've said this over the course of the last 4 years but, i think the terrible 4's are worse than 3's or 2's. he finally understands what he's saying... and i think that makes things worse!
however, on the other hand. now when we ask him to do things he understands what and why. thats helped in some areas. sometimes he gets in the mindset that his room NEEDS to be cleaned... and he just goes. naturally this only ever happens right before a nap or bedtime. but what can you do when he's finally cleaning his disaster of a room! he usually gets a late bedtime on those nights!
...... okay seriously - its now Thanksgiving day, i'm awful at this.
to backtrack, Harry Potter was awesome!! if you are a fan you have been waiting for this movie! i was expecting alot, but then again i've read the book and know that its just a little slow in the middle. so i wasn't sure how they would do that in the movie. but all in all they did a wonderful job(as they always do!) i'm lucky because Matt has only ever read the 3rd book, but he continues to see the movies with me and continues to understand just what's going on! so that tells me that the movie makers are doing a smashing job! of course, my mom and i laid information on him for about a half hour after the movie was over. just to fill in the gaps.... which he did not appreciate. but still listened politely!
so, i loved the movie! i'm ready to go see it again! and i'm also ready for July, when the second part comes out!! i'm so jazzed about it!! however, i think the whole Harry Potter world will have a little heartbreak after the final movie comes out. what will we do then? when all the books are done and all the movies too!?!? it'll be a sad day for us. but also a great day, because i know the final movie is going to be epic (yes i used epic!) i think i already put on my work calendar that i have to have most of that day and the next off in July. i'm doing midnight show, sitting outside, everything! i have to!
and now for real time.
today was Thanksgiving. Matt and i have always said the best Thanksgiving season we've ever had was maybe the second year we were married. we had, no joke, at least 6 different Thanksgiving dinners that year! and no mashed potatos at any of them!!
this year his parents left for Arizona, so we had Thanksgiving at their house in October. last weekend we went to Panam for the Croghan side. today we were in Grinnell for the Bowden(my mom's) side. and tomorrow is our own little families dinner together! to add to that we've gotten to go to our church's Fall Dinner AND Ethan's pre-school's church's dinner!! its been a great great great November!!
but however much i do love Thanksgiving food, that's not really what the whole season is about! i was thinking, truly thinking, about what i'm thankful for. its easy enough to say family, friends, job, ect, ect. but when you really think about it what ARE you thankful for?! i know i do a bit of complaining about my life situation in general. the fact that we've been trying to sell our house for 2 years, that we both need new cars(if not now, in a years time we will), that i just want to go shoe shopping already and not wait for my next paycheck!! and many other things. BUT, i'm truly thankful for all the things i have. the house, even though its too small-its a house. it keeps us warm and safe. our cars, even though they need work or just to be retired, they get us from A-B every week without fail. they just keep hanging on for us! and well the shoes,.... i'm still going to complain about that-cause what girls doesn't want to go shoe shopping all the time!?!?
i know that God has blessed me and my family in all the small ways that we need. we haven't won the lottery yet,... but maybe someday! but we have enough to get by. Ethan is happy, we all have clothes to wear, a bed to sleep in, and food to eat. we love each other and we know how to get by when and if things get tough. of course we want more, and new things, but when we are ready for those things He will give them to us. until then i am happy about where my life road is taking me. i can see tomorrow and tomorrow never with holds its suprises for me!
finally, i wanted to let you in on the family i hold in my heart.
my Grandpa Max - i can hear his laugh. he was always laughing at something! today when we said grace before dinner it felt a little odd, because he was always the one who said grace for us. but my Dad did it, and did great! :)
my Grandpa Pete - broken legs(checked with tickling), magic eggs and him sitting in the same chair drinking coffee every morning at the farm. i remember little things he taught me about farm equipment and farms in general.
my cousin Justin - he was only 5 when he died, but today i learned something about that whole thing that made my heart feel at ease. not needing to tell any details, but what i thought wasn't true, and it makes me feel better about it. i can remember him with his skinny little body and big fat smile! his sweet blonde hair and running through the yard with all of us cousins!
my aunts Midge and Honnie - tomorrow i will go downstairs and dig out their handmade Christmas ornaments. we hang them on our tree every year, and my mom gave them to me possibly because i asked for them. i can't imagine our Christmas tree without those ornaments hangining on it!
i'm thankful for my family that is here now and the ones that are in heaven. for what they taught me and the love i know they gave to me. a little bit of them helped me to be the person i am today!
