Last night I received a phone call.
It was not a pleasant phone call.
A friend of mine from high school was shot in the back. I don't know the details but I do know he is alive.
So whatever religion you are, please keepy my buddy in your thoughts or prayers. Keep his family in your prayers because this isn't easy on them.
In July my friend went fishing with her older brother. She saw something in the bushes and told her brother that it kind of looked like a stuffed animal. Like a guinea pig stuffed animal. So she walked over to it and it moved! It was most definitely not a stuffed animal. She called me telling me of her discovery. The little thing had a pink streak in his hair and he had a harness on. There were no signs in the area saying a pet had been lost and I hadn't seen anything in the papers about a lost guinea pig.
My friend left her number taped to a pole up by the lake she found him at. We went to PetCo and the small critter expert looked him over. She said that judging by the ware and tear on his teeth and nails he had been lost for a month!
We talked to our husbands and the only way my friend could keep him was of we shared the responsibility. My husband agreed. Well after a month that didn't work out. He lives with us now but my friend still comes over to help take care of him.
He's a cuddly addition to our family.
So I sort of fell off the 28 days of thankfulness challenge, but it was getting hard to choose what I was thankful for. I have so many wonderful blessings in my life. Prety much, I'm thankful for everything.
Its also been a rough week. Sunday night, David and I had an argument about the same old stuff and I had a panic attack after saying something I did not mean.
Thankfully I have a wonderful husband who was very kind and was not angry for my mean words.
The very next morning I forgot to pay attention while backing out of my driveway and crashed into another car.
Again, thankfully, it was my good friend who glared at me for about 30 seconds and then made sure I was ok and stopped my panic attack from fully forming.
The rest of my week went ok and I made my house look pretty. I also put up Christmas decorations. Everything but the tree.
Our Thanksgiving was spent at home. Just David, Billy and myself. We cooked some turkey breast and mashed potatoes with gravy. A must. We also feasted upon cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, green bean casserole, corn, and my family's amazing salad recipe (its called Red top salad). And for dessert we had pumpkin pie. My son ate a whole slice of pie (a normal sized slice. My son is only a year and a half).
We watched 50 First Dates while Billy napped. It was a nice, calm Thanksgiving.
Also Happy Hanukkah to any of my Jewish readers! Do I even have any readers?
Today was a hard day. With my mom-mobile breaking down (its a Dodge Grand Caravan) constantly I needed miney to fix it. Well where do you get money when you're on one income?
Well I had a money maker sitting in my driveway collecting dust.
My first car. My Toyota Camry had been sitting there since February of this year.
I had many good times with that car. I couldn't believe it when my dad handed me the keys to it when I was 16 years old in June 2007.
I gave my future husband rides around town in it. The first time David told me he loved me was in that car. I've taken it camping. I went on my first roadtrip with David in it. I drove it home on my wedding day in my wedding dress loaded down with presents and my younger brother and sister and my puppy.
I took my nieces and nephew through their first car wash with it.
I got rear ended on Independence Day 2012; my son's first holiday.
It was my first car.
But I sold it this morning for $400. It may have been special but it was a pos.
Yay money!
Boo losing my first car.
Hooray! I'm another year older! I turned twenty-three yesterday and I must say it was a really good birthday.The cards are still coming and they are all very wonderful.
I had my birthday party on Saturday. I had onebf those Pure Romance parties. Everybody brought me a bottle of wine. I am set for the next six months (I only recieved 4 bottles but that's how often I drink). It was a pretty chill party. Thanks to every guest purchasing something I got $18 towards my purchase so I bought two things. No, I'm not telling you what they are.
Yesterday was pretty special. One of my friends bought me a $25 gift card to Applebees's. I love Applebees's. So David took me there for my birthday dinner. Unfortunately my car died so a friend if mine had to come to the rescue.
She carted us around. To my mother-in-law's to pick up Billy. To the house to pick up something before going to Wal-mart. And then to Wal-mart. David bought me a really pretty necklace out of one of the cases. A new cross necklace since I really wanted a new one.
It was a wonderful birthday. It even snowed a little.
November 18
Today I am thankful for the beautiful state of Montana. I moved here eleven years ago. Most f the time I hate it and want to move back to Oregon but then I remember all yhe blessings I have because I moved here.
I wouldn't have the many wonderful friends that I do today. I wouldn't have met my (yes, I'm gong to be mushy) soul mate. And if I hadn't met David then I wouldn't be the mother of my beautiful little boy. I wouldn't have the best dad in the world. Heck, my real dad could still be stuck in my life if I hadn't moved here.
I would be a completely different person if it weren't for Montana
