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I think we should ponder what God has done for us in this year. I know Thanksgiving is on the 25th but even on that day how much of it is spent in reflecting all of our blessings? Be honest, most of the time we take time in praying a nice prayer over the Thanksgiving meal but we get so caught up in family and preparations of the holiday that that is about it.

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

—Psalm 9:1

Let us take some time to reflect. Can you list some things you count as blessings? Like i was told on Sunday, blessings are not just the thing we consider ‘good’… God can bless us through giving us hard times… those things that mold and shape us into a better stronger person.

Some things God has blessed me in:

• Bob got a job right out of college. It is awesome. And with that we have made some friends, which is great… you can never have to many of those!
• We had another beautiful baby girl, Abigail. Her smiles just make my day sooo much better! Anabel is growing and getting bigger all the time. She is so funny to watch and play with. Each day she does something new and adorable. I love my girls and watching them grow!
• We were blessed to buy a new home. Oh how sweet that has been! I love having a home to call my very own, to paint and decorate how ever we want! Hehe. God gave us this big home for a reason, i can’t wait to see what he has in store for us.
• Recently we had a hard financial time where we didn’t know what we were going to do. Then God showed us a way and we are so thankful! Things aren’t perfect financially but at least He showed us the way! I think it has helped my faith, although i need more!
• I also am thankful for my family. I have been given a great family that has seen me through hard times and good.

Would you take time and write some things that God has done for you this year? I would love to hear it!

This morning i went to a few thrift stores. The Salvation Army had all their craft items priced at $.05 per item so i was thrilled! All for a dollar i got crochet hooks, yarn, ribbon and two bags full of fabric along with a few other things. ^_^ Yays!

I also found a rocking candle holder and a glass bread pan. Then at Goodwill i found two shutters for $2.99 for both of them. I have several ideas for those!

So i need to get crafting!

We got home in time for lunch and then naps! I’m hoping to get some trim painted while the Littles are asleep!

Wow so i am so happy with what we managed to get done this week end. We got a couple projects finished and started another (painting our living room) We managed to get the whole living room primed in like 3.5 hours… i thought it was going to take a lot longer then that! I just hope we can keep this up and get the living finished by next week end.

Also i cam up with an awesome idea and i can’t wait for Bob to do it. The idea is for him to take the wood from the entertainment center we have now and build us a custom built in cabinet/entertainment center to match the room. One day when we have the money for it we will be installing white crown molding and base boards and possibly a car rail. So i’m excited. I can’t wait to get the yellow paint up on the wall. I think it will make everything pop, that and it makes the room feel way bigger then it is!

I can’t wait for the holidays! I think the yellow paint will be awesome. It goes good with all seasons and the Christmas tree will look great up against it.

Oh and Bob finally agreed that he will let me have free rain in our bedroom and that i can make it Asian themed, i’m so excited! He has already cut the bamboo curtain rods that we already had and made them fit our windows in the bedroom and he is making custom curtain rod hooks that look really cool. We still haven’t decided what color to paint the walls…. kinda tough there.

Wow today has been great!

What we got done: Living room prepped for primer, bathroom base boards scrubbed, photo album cover finished. I also rearranged the book shelf in the office to contain our other tv and vcr for kid movies. Thought it would be good when we have family over. The kids will be able to have a room to play and if the parents so choose, watch a movie.

Today's Projects

Tonight me and Bob made that pasta we came up with again. Although this time we didn’t have frozen corn so we used peas instead… we will see how it tastes, also we used half the bacon to make it a little less fattening.

Yummy Pasta Recipe

Tomorrow is church and i am looking forward to it. We plan to try and get the living room primed tomorrow, cross your fingers for us!

Last night i made homemade pizza. At first i was going to make them in to loaded bread sticks but i decided not to. It’s a long time since i made pizza, i use to do it fairly often and i forgot how easy it was! Especially with a stand mixer, it does the kneading for you and that is soooo nice!

Dough:

Finished Product

I never thought i would say this but breakfast sausage YUM! Just one of the things that has changed since I've been married, lol I use to hate and gag at sausage, now i really like it. So weird!

Ok me and my hubby last night worked together and made a pasta. Here is what we did:

Ingredience:

• 2 TBLS Butter
• 2 TBLS Flour
• 2 C Milk
• 1/2 Package Cream Cheese
• Dash of Red Pepper Flakes
• Dash of Salt and Pepper
• Dash of Oregano
• 2 TBLS Olive Oil
• 1/2 Small Onion (chopped)
• 2 Cloves Garlic (chopped)
• 1 1/2 Roma Tomato (chopped)
• 1 C Frozen Corn
• 1 Pound Bacon
• 3 C Pasta

In a sauce pan melt 2 TBLS Butter & 2 TBLS Flour together in a sauce pan. Wisk in 2 C Milk & 1/2 Package Cream Cheese together. Add Pepper flakes, salt & pepper.

Fry bacon until quite crispy.

In another sauce pan sauté garlic and onion, add in the tomato, corn and crunched bacon.

Boil pasta, drain, add sauce to noodles and boom! Yumminess!

More pics of the day @ stilltidbits.blogspot.com

Abby has a cough and a runny nose, poor little thing. Boy am i glad she nurses though. I don’t have to really worry because i know every time she eats she is getting just what she needs to fight off this cold, unlike Anabel… i did stress over Anabel when she was sick. Thank goodness Anabel feels good now!

Yesterday was Halloween as everyone knows. The day went pretty well. Bob made homemade spaghetti and for dinner he made barbeque ribs and french bread, i made mashed potatoes and corn. Sadly thought the ribs had so much fat on them and hardly any meat that you couldn’t really chew it. I still enjoyed the meal though.

Coaches wife had let me borrow a little bee’s outfit so we dress Anabel up in it and got some pictures. Then we took her over to a couple’s house that we met through the school. A very sweet couple. They had bought Anabel some healthy snacks and a Cinderella sippy cup, and Abby a teething ring. It was so nice of them to think of my girls :) Anabel loved being the center of attention at their house. Anabel loved her little bee’s outfit, she didn’t want to take it off. Soon i will have the pictures of her in it uploaded but i left the camera in the van… so it will be later today.

We went to church also yesterday morning and it was a really good service. I really enjoy the church we have been going to.

…… Anabel just climbed up into her high chair so that is my sign she is hungry… i better go feed her :)

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