The Good the Bad, & the Ugly!!

March 14th, 2011


Today was a productive day... I woke up and got ready and then came down stairs to find a disaster in the kitchen Ugh!!! I had to run the dishwasher twice and Hand washed some of the big dishes... 3kids and I ran to pay a bill. And Cam and Sadie played great upstairs for the rest morning while I had to do LOTS of Laundry. I had a little over reaction and yelled at my kids for fighting Sent them to their beds... If anything just to give me 10 min to cool off. I told Cam I was sorry for Yelling and that I need to work on being more patient. He said "what do you need to be mroe patient for a new Baby??" hahahaha (in his small little head being patient always means that you're gonna get something in the end)...

So the blessings list continues with the good the bad and the Ugly!! ;-)


112. Cameron folding Laundry (always a beautiful sight)

113. Kids sleeping in cause of the time change

114. Forgiveness of my children
115. Friends who understand venting

116. Piles of Laundry = plenty of clothes to keep us warm and trendy

117. Bins of "stuff" coving the office Floor

118. Recycle stitting on the floor waiting to be taken out to the recycle bin.

119. Children laughing and playing Loudly!!
120. Dirty Dishes on the dining Room Table

121. Pink eye medicine drops

122. Washing Machine that cleans OUR MANY PILES OF LAUNDRY!!!

March 16th.... (More good, bad, & Ugly)

129. Little girls entertaining each other

130 quiet rain
131. Coffee from neighbors

134. Toys all over the floor

135. "Grancky children"

137. Spontaneous hugs from my children

138. A clean fridge... AHH What a beautiful thing!

Colossians 2: 6-7 Counting to 100!!

So then, Just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, Continue to live in him rooted and built up in him, STRENGTHENED IN THE FAITH as you were taught, &

OVERFLOWING WITH THANKFULNESS!!

Colossians 2:6-7

59. Black open toed high healed Shoes
60. Walking to Church
61. Not so "Coincidences" btwn my devotions and Pastors Sermons
While reading about Eucharisteo, the emphasis in the sermon was also about the fact that before breaking the bread Christ gave thanks despite the road he was about to walk, a road to death.


63. A dreary Monday's cup of coffee and a good book in Hand

65. Melting Snow
66. Smell of Laundry outside of my house
67. My boy with a backwards hat
68. Sadie and her side ponytails
(#452 today's June 13th Noticing I can't count... Repeating 67&68)
70. Couch to 5K running program & the music I listen to!!

73. Family Dinner (realizing not everyone has this privilege)
74. Kids that are happy helpers
77. Neighbors who are Great friends.
78. Brand new Markers (providing quiet entertainment for an hour)
79. Hand-me-downs

82. The Grace of a Doctor to understand that I didn't get to take Sadie to the Specialists this year (what a relief)


89. A little boy who checks off his job chart before I even wake up.
90. A daughter who loves doing dishes
91. Having the company of my daughter while we work together
93. My Daughters sweet voice singing your praises!!
94. Sadie getting the words Wrong "Rosetta, Rosetta, Rosetta in the Highest"
(supposed to be hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the Highest)

100 An afternoon with my family at the zoo...

A Taste of Counting to 50 & a little beyond...

15. Not having to call security when my heat stops working in the middle of the night... Just elbowing Mike to go fix it ;-)

20. The smell of Dinner Cooking
21. Drippy Tuna Melts even if I can only eat 1/2
22. the satisfaction of hearing mike say "MMM this is the best Dinner, it tastes so good"

26. FB on ly phone & silly texts
27. Taking my sneakers off after grocery shopping... (Isn't that the best feeling!!!)

Let's discuss this 27... When I grocery shop in winter I go to 3 stores... Walmart, Roxies & then finish up with Stop & Shop... When the shoes go off and the feet go up on the Recliner... I get the sense of accomplishment and completion!!

28. Cameron Acting out Bible Stories for the "little girls"
29. Little kids wearing grown up shoes.
30. My son's fashion sense, White warm ups, Navy T, and a Red winter Knit Hat!! SUPER CUTE
31. Friends that help me grow

33. My husband coming home for lunch

35. Smiling until my face hurts

38. Crock pot Dinners
40. Strawberries dripped in chocolate Frosting mmmm good.

42. Family Game of UNO
43. Excitement when kids win

46. Balancing the budget!!
47. Finding the silly calculation errors

50. The smell and feel of Sadie's just laundered little white sweater.
51. 1st Breeeze coming through the windows after a LONG hard Winter
(51a. saying long hard winter like I'm pilgrim or something)
52. First Signs of Spring

54. Two children close in age that can entertain each other!

56. The Prayers of my children.

When My children pray and Truly Pray... (not just rush through so they can fill their hungry bellies) it is a GIFT!!! The ones where they truly ask God to bless those they Love... And thanking him for each of those people!!!! Where they ask God to help them through out the day to make good choices... Cameron will often say "Help me to love you forever"!

I am truly Blessed!!
Thank You Lord for These days!

A Journey of Gratitude

I must thank a dear friend who introduced me to the book 1000 gifts. She gave it to me as ag gift and with a journal.
Through Face book I've been sharing my many gifts (via my status) as I count my way to 1000, but I thought maybe it would be better to get back to blogging and sharing some of the gifts that pass through my life every day and tell some stories as I share these gifts. ;-) This is a way to document and share in the joys of life I hope you find it encouraging.


The journey of counting 1000 gifts began after a season of dark and dreary days that come with a VERY SNOWY New England winter. Days were long with 4 kids under the age of 5 and cabin fever for all of us. Oh the joys of these days; Will I truly be able to find things to be thankful for? And so the journey began....

March 2, 2011

I [am learning] how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I [am learning] the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. Philippians 4: 11-12

#1 Coming down stairs first thing in the morning to find a full pot of coffee and an empty mug sitting on the counter waiting for me. A reminder that I have a husband who loves me and always wants to take care of me.

#2. Laughter of little children
#3. Little ones and the development of language
#4. Cameron Reading "samock" = smoke
#5. Sun shining in my windows
#6. My girl's word choices "that's dis...usting"

#11. Sunshine past 5pm
#12. Chatter box quotes "Megan the Box" "Megan Supaman"
#13 Kid's running in and out the back door.
#14. Reading books to the kids on our bed.

As for this day it was a simpler day... One with little excitement but still full of Joy. A day full of eating, playing, coloring, watching TV, an unusually and blessed trip to Walmart for some staples to get us through until pay day. I folded the laundry during rest time, I baked cookies and made dinner for a church pot luck, and the Kids were able to play outside the first outdoor play time sense the snow had come many months ago.

Mike summed up this day nicely... "I love my kids and I love my Fam-I-ly!!" Mike over enunciates the "i" in family and I love him for it!! ;-)

Thank You Lord for Today,
Megan

P.S. I highly reccomend the Book 1000 Gifts by Ann Voskamp.