All My Praise....

I really need a Thankful Thursday today.

I have too many things on my plate that need finishing these next couple of weeks and I am feeling overwhelmed and understaffed, overfed and underexercised -- tons of tax paperwork, several sewing projects looming, a kitchen oven on the blitz, sickness going around the fam, home reno projects....... why do things come all together like that?

When I feel this way, I try to remember all the things I have to be thankful for. Blogging has helped me focus on being thankful--forced me to write things down, and then been there for me to read again when I am feeling low.

So what am I thankful for today?

1. A gas stovetop that works without electricity (the control board on our range is toast -- literally -- crispy toast).
2. A little boy that told me (as I was wiping his bottom), "I love you, Mom. You're my friend." What a compliment!
3. A man that surprised me by making our bed and leaving me a note under my coffee -- both of which I found after he left for work this morning.
4. A little girl that loves to smile (esp at herself in the mirror--that cracks me up every time)
   
5. Brothers that actually get along and play cooperatively more often than not -- for this I am very thankful.
6. Little feet and toes -- aren't they beautiful?
7. A contractor that doesn't mind (too much) when I change my mind mid-project.
8. Flower beds blooming -- daffys, hyacinths, violets, forsythia.
   
9. Chocolate (even though I have pledged myself to imbibe sparingly)
   
10. And last but not least -- YOU!!! my blogging friends. Thankful for you.
    

But, because of my many commitments over the next few weeks (and because of spring break next week) my blogging will be a little hit and miss. There will be days I simply won't have time to post......and who knows? Maybe I'll like it that way. I might not go back to every day posting.....or..... maybe I'll miss it so much, I'll hop right back in when things settle down a bit. It's not that I have run out of things to say -- hardly! I just have too much to do right now and something's gotta give (I love the house in that movie) -- and that something is blogging right now.

This song has been running through my head a lot the past couple of days as I have felt the pressure building. And although I am not going through the valley of the shadow of death.....I still need to remember that all my praise goes to Him.
He is the sustainer of me.....thankfully.