Thankful Thursday 3/15/12

I don't normally do Thankful Thursday posts. It isn't because I am not thankful. It isn't because I don't have anything to be thankful for. It's basically because a lot of the Thankful Thursday posts I see out there (not yours, Cami) come across as bragging. I truly don't want to be one of those type of posters, because quite frankly, it becomes less about being thankful and more about bragging. However, I am working on giving myself a physical and emotional makeover, so forcing myself to come up with 5, non-braggy, things to be thankful for each week is a good idea to keep some prospective, no?

1. Playing Wii Fit with my hubs last night.
    After going for a long walk with Max yesterday afternoon to the park and back, I was feeling really peppy. So after dinner last night, Vance and I turned the Wii Fit on multiplayer mode and had some fun while burning some calories. Then I signed into my account and we played some other games that aren't offered in multiplayer, but are still fun. We had a really great time, but I had a hard time going to bed after that since I was so pumped up. Ha!

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2. The GORGEOUS weather this week!
   Its been upper 70's-lower 80's all week and is forecasted to keep going. This is my favorite kind of weather. It isn't too hot or too cool. I can wear yoga/gaucho capris, a tshirt, and a hoodie in the AM and then remove the hoodie later in the day. I'm wearing flip flops today, too. The sun is warm and bright! Love it!

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3. My Hubs
   We have great conversations. I'm not afraid to be honest with him about anything and everything. He trusts me, and I greatly appreciate that. He respects me. He's a good listener and doesn't try to "fix things" unless I ask him to help. I love him. I cherish him. He is my Earthly rock.

4. Max
   That kid is a HOOT. He says hilarious stuff. He does hilarious stuff. He love learning. He loves singing and dancing. He is saying SO many words now, repeats the alphabet and numbers, can recognize that M-A-X says Max and will bring me the letter M magnet upon request, he knows most of his shapes (rectangles are still called boxes for some reason) and he knows every animal sound and name, including crazy ones! He constantly requests "tickles" and "cheekers." (Tickles is when he wants me to tickle him. Cheekers is when I zerbert his cheeks. I told him I was getting his cheekers, so now he calls that cheekers!)

5. Getting a new phone!
   At the end of February, I became eligible for my full "New Every 2" upgrade from Verizon. I need to make a decision by tonight, though. I need to decide if I'm going with the iphone 4 or iphone 4s. Anyone have any suggestions?? I can't decide! It's a $50 difference for me, so either is manageable as far as finances go, but the cheapest model of both phones have a couple of differences that are a semi0big deal to me. (1. 8GB memory in 4, 16GB memory in 4s. 2. 5MP camera in 4, 8MP camera in 4s.) Siri isn't a deciding factor to me, although she'd be cool to have. I don't know. Any suggestions? Experiences? Comments? Help a sista out!

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Music Monday 3/12/12

This song came on the radio yesterday on my way home from work. Every single time I hear it, I think "What if this song is true?" What if all of the suffering I've endured over the last almost 21 months is actually a mercy in disguise? Or what if it's meant to bring me healing? What if it's meant to bring me closer to God? I know for a fact that I'm not letting it be any of those things. Brokenness can be a really good thing, but if we make no allowance for healing or repair, then what is the point? I know I am in a severe valley of doubt right now. I'm struggling with everything I believe in, but not because God has left me to rot in my own misery, but because I'm lacking faith when I'm making each desperate plea. Part of it is because I'm afraid of not getting the results I desire. Part of me thinks that just because I believe it CAN happen doesn't mean that it WILL happen. I'm tired of being disappointed. I'm tired of feeling let down. I'm thirsty, and I'm ready to drink from the eternal fountain.


Title: Blessings
Artist: Laura Story
Album: Blessings

We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights 
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights 
Are what it takes to know You’re near
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
It's not our home

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise


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