Ten on Tuesday

1. Sick of being sick. I'm sounding like a broken record.

2. This weekend I want to do my own thing. It won't work out that way. I'll clean, do laundry, feed the children, and then maybe I'll have an hour to do something on my "fun" list. Hmmm.

3. A trip to a tropical island sounds like pure bliss. But if I had a choice, I'd just like to be back in our routine. No barf. No plugged noses. No need for a mommy nap. Ahhhh.

4. If there was a safe drug I could give the girls to keep them little, sweet, and innocent I may consider it.  I love them at this age.

5. Abby loves candy corn and dislikes chocolate.

6. I love a clean kitchen. Especially at the end of the day. Great night cap. Yup, I'm old!

7. I'm looking forward to reading President Bush's new book (Shannon, stop rolling your eyes!) I wish I could see him at the Air Force Museum on Veterans Day. Maybe a happy compromise of his audio book for the drive home at Christmas will have to suffice.

8. It floors me that more people don't strive to learn from history and the mistakes of others. Maybe it just never occurs to them? Hmmm.

9. Word on the street is there's a new cupcake shoppe opening in Fairborn. A high price cupcake shop. Those better be some monster share-with-a-friend delights!

10. I want company. The kind that comes, cooks, cleans up and stays for a long time just hanging out. Hahaha. Right.

Day of Thanks--No. Nine

Lauren: "I'm thankful for ummm, a Buzz."  Still, thankful for something she doesn't have.  "I'm having that for Christmas.  And that red car," she instructed her dad.  She's still not giving up on that red car she saw at the BX months ago!

Abigail: "I wish you would feel better."  If you could see her, you would wish she would look better; what a mess!

Brooke: "I'm thankful for Lauren's spontaneous desire to wear dresses.  Yesterday, while she matched, she looked oddly like a cross-dresser.  Today, she looks like an adorable little preschooler.  I'm also thankful Abby made it through the day without barfing at school.  Now, if we can just get over the colds that have knocked Geoff and I out.  Getting it out of the way for the holidays, that's what I'm telling myself."

Day of Thanks--No. Eight

Abigail: "You." Awe. Thanks, Abby.

Lauren: "I'm thankful for a Buzz Lighyear."  Yes, she is thankful for something she doesn't even have.

Brooke: "I'm thankful for a fun night at Bunco, but sad I couldn't be home for Abby who apparently vomited all over her bed.  Seriously, enough of the barf! When is this going to stop? For all of our sakes!"

Day of Thanks--No. Seven

Once again, leave it to me to neglect doing this post until after the girls have gone to bed.  So once again I will instead write something I am thankful for about each of them.

Brooke: First of all, I'm thankful I rocked it today and got my stuff done.  All of it.  Okay, most.  But I'm wondering, when am I going to be able to sit around and enjoy a lazy Sunday?  At this rate, maybe when I'm 80.  Ughhh.

Abigail.... I'm thankful for her will to learn.  She can entertain herself for hours playing school.  She writes, colors, draws, reads, and sings.  When she isn't fighting with her sister, she's like a long skinny jewel.  I wish I could squeeze her tight and never let her grow.

Lauren.... Tonight she walked into the bathroom singing Pants on the Ground, and dropped her pants.  Where did this kid come from?  I'm thankful for her individuality.  If I didn't have anything else to do, I'd probably spend my time kissing her and tickling her. She's such a little cuddle bug!

Thank a Veteran

One of the things being a military wife has instilled in me is the profound respect for our armed force veterans.  It is a respect and appreciation I believe is important enough to pass onto our children, and it is never too early to start.

A veteran is someone who has served a minimum of three years in the military.  It can be a man or a woman, officer or enlisted.  They may have seen combat, been stationed overseas, or never left US soil.  They are retired, separated, on reserve, and on active duty.  All of them have given up some aspect of their lives for the greater good of their fellow Americans.

Chances are you see a vet. everyday and never know.  In fact, you can probably recognize their favorite sports team well before you are ever aware they are a veteran.  They serve quietly and honorably, blending into the American fabric.

Whether it is someone you know and love, or a stranger.  Whether you say it with a card, with flowers, a hug, or a prayer....

November 11th is Veterans Day.  Thank one.

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Day of Thanks--No. Six

Lauren: "For watching Bolt."  Ahhh, she's finally gotten the Penny Movie she watched this summer with her Papa.... Great use of her gift card money.  Thanks, Grandma Phillips!

Abigail: "I'm thankful for, ummm, ummm, Bolt."  Really, Abby.  That's the best you could do?

Brooke: "I wish I could say I'm thankful for feeling better, but I'm not.  So I'm going to have to go with being thankful hope, surprises, and honesty.  And trusting that being a good person leads to good things."  I try.

Day of Thanks--No. Five

We're thankful for....

Abigail: "Um, oh, nothing."

Lauren: "Just about Christmas."

Brooke: "Standing upright for more than a two minute stretch.  Catching up on my shows.  Getting laundry done.  Surprises; I love 'em!"