Simply Thankful

December 31, 2007

It is so amazing to come to the end of another year and see that we are truly in a better place than we were last year.  As I look over the posts from last year I recollect that even though there were some pretty big events, the moments that had the most impact were the small ones that didn't seem noteworthy at the time.  I am so thankful to have been able to go to visit family at a reunion and during the Easter holiday.  I am thankful beyond words to have gone to the Fall Women's Conference at Lake Geneva and I doubt that I will ever miss it.  I am thankful to have been part of The Water's Church start.  I am thankful that my mother's cancer is in remission.  I am thankful that I do not have cancer.  I am thankful that some of my dear friends, though I will miss them terribly, have passed on to heaven to be with Jesus.  I am thankful to be able to be an at home mom and homeschool my children and worship God in the open and not have to hide.  I am thankful that there are men and women fighting for my and other's freedom while I stay safe at home.  I am thankful that all the Jansen's were together at Christmas this year.  I am thankful to be able to lead the Ladies Night Out group and Scrapbook Group, and for the friends that I have made in doing so.  I am thankful to have help to start the next season of life groups and have a plan in place.  I am thankful to have a husband who loves me no matter how wild and crazy my dreams are, who is Godly and loving enough to tell me no, no matter how much I fight it!  I am thankful for six beautiful and loving children who fill my days with meaning and help me put into perspective our place in eternity.  I am thankful for friends who have and always will walk with me through all of life's valleys and climb to the mountains tops with me.  I am thankful that my regrets in life are few, and the things to celebrate are all due to God's grace and mercy.  I pray that your new year will be one with few regrets, many celebrations, and the strength found in my Lord Jesus to walk with you in the valleys!  Blessings and love to you!  DJ

December 27, 2007

• that I finally got out here to post my thanks to you God for loving me even though I put you on the back burner so often
• that you, O Lord, are watching over our family right now and know the plans that you have for us
• that you have given me a family and good friends to love

Decemberr 6, 2007

• that my children love me no matter how mean I can be at times
• that I finished my dress last night and my hubby really likes it
• that God gave me a family to try to work around and with
• that I finally logged onto the grace forum and posted my 101 things

November 30, 2007

• that for the first time since the twins were about a month old, I have a couple of new shirts to wear (I am so glad that my pants and skirts are holding up!)
• that I got to help April find a great outfit for the Ladie's Tea next Friday
• that the Lord has given me a few minutes to do some small updating to, hopefully, bless all of you!

November 26, 2007

• that our dear friend, Pastor Carl, is still holding on and hoping for complete healing from the transplants...we pray he make a miraculous recovery
• that our new friends came over for a post-Thanksgiving feast last night and we all had a wonderful time and can't wait to get together again
• that I finally bought the pattern I have been drooling over for about 3 years and I have started cutting and will hopefully have it sewn together before the Christmas tea which I get to go to again -- Wahoo!
• that I may just have enough confidence to not care what people think and wear it to the Orchestra concert that the boys and I are going to on the following Sunday evening
• that I may even wear it to church, often, because I love to wear beautiful things
• that Addie picked up sewing with the lacing cards and she is doing great...I see many late nights sipping tea and sewing together
• that my hubby likes to watch me while I putter around the house
• that I still have to put together a fundraising letter and soon...pray for me!

November 20, 2007

• OK, I know that you have heard it before, but running water is really the bomb! (Did I say that right?)
• that my hubby is helping me with the cleaning and I will attack Mt. Un Fold Clothes before bed.  I will conquer it before it conquers me!
• that God is with me even through all of life's puky and poopy moments

November 19, 2007

• that we made it through our crazy week and ended it with Immerse, our church's wonderful worship and prayer service
• that my new friend and her family will be over during the next week to enjoy a meal
• that we had enough money to buy more fabric for the boys' "buckskin" shirts, the old fabric was gumming up needles no matter how much "silicon" stuff we put on them, hopefully this will work better (thanks ladies at Hancock's)

November 14, 2007

• that dentist visits are no where near as expensive as doctors!
• that I got to do LNO last night and everyone had a good time (and they liked the gifts that we made!)
• that the LNO ladies want to get together and make gifts like we made at the next meeting

November 13, 2007

I have so much to be thankful for today, I am just going to list them all:

• that when I take my baby in for EDS (Electro Dermal Screening), they tell me what I can do to help her and I don't have put her through a lot of blood tests
• that we can treat Candida Albicans (yeast) naturally, and that there are things other than refined sugar that are sweet
• that my EDS lady really is the best!
• that my hubby came home early and we got to see him, even though he has a bad headache
• that I get to facilitate the LNO (Ladies Night Out) group for my church
• that we are going to Barnes & Nobles for a scavenger hunt and coffee
• that nobody that is coming knows that I made prizes/gifts and am still making them.  It really is that fun!
• that I had everything that I needed on hand to make the gifts (thanks for finding the blue bottles April!)
• that April signed me up to in a contest to win a Christian suspense novel
• that the novel arrived today, autographed with matching bookmark
• that April got me the Real Simple subscription
• that the Christmas issue arrived today
• that God is really wonderful and allows me to ramble on about everything else first, without Him, none of the above would have been possible!

November 12, 2007

• That I can edit posts after I have accidentally published them!  Doh!
• That God will give me strength to get through this week that has 8 different appointments or events!
• That my hubby will watch Jane Austin movies with me.