Tired....

I hope that you all had a good Valentines! This was my 7 to work and after today I will have put in 80 hours in one week. I worked a couple of doubles and a 12 today. Not doing doubles anymore! Ben and I both worked this weekend so we are going to celebrate Valentines next weekend when we are off. He did buy me the sweetest cards though :) Caitlin made dinner last night so that was a bonus!

I've been down again or maybe still. It seems neverending at times. I'm so grateful/thankful for what I have and for my family but there will always be a part missing....

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful...

1. that we have a fireplace....the low this morning was 13!!

2. for the beautiful sunshine

3. that I have been off this week :)

4. that we are almost caught up with bills...it was rough for awhile when we both were briefly out of work but it's getting better!

5. that are taxes are done

6. for Ben, my kids and all of you!

Today I get to drive Ben to Tuscusloosa, I know I spelled that wrong, for a mental eval to see if he qualifies to add PTSD to his disability. If he does, which he has been deployed overseas to "hotspots" and wars numerous times, then he goes from 60 percent to 100 percent disabled. He'll still be able to work if he wants but it will definately help and frankly all the time he put in and how they treated him the last couple of years he deserves it. It really makes me upset how all the servicemen and women are treated after they have served their country. Ok, I won't start on that rant right now! God bless them all though! We'll be going to the other side of Birmingham so it's a good hour and a half drive from here and he works tonight.

It feels really weird not to go into work on my off week but I"m not complaining. I will make up for it next week :( I'm just glad that I am employed AND I like what I do.

You all have a great Thankful Thursday :)

Getting there!

I'm finally getting there with the blog, trying to make changes to it and still needing to add some stuff but it's getting there slowly. I did add a couple of pics :)

It is cold here....probably not as cold as some of you are but its 18 right now and thats a bit chilly for here. The low tonight is suppose to be 17. I miss the beach! lol

I have to be honest, I had a whole bunch of small stuff I wanted to get taken care of inside the house and I haven't done any of it. It has felt good to get some laundry done and cook but thats about all I have accomplished. I just need a few small things that I have put off doing like putting the border up in the kids bathroom, finishing trimming out Justin's closet and painting it, rearranging some of my dishes in the kitchen. I will get motivated....maybe! lol

There is something else I have missed...my Thankful Thursdays....so look out for that :)

Have a great and warm day!

Last week I worked my 7 which included two 12 hour shifts...this week I have off :) When I go back I will work 2 doubles...yes I'm tired.

It's been raining here most of the day but the sun is trying to come out now. We might be getting snow flurries tomorrow. The kids are more excited about that than I am,lol.

I'm trying to figure out how to put pics up here.

I'll write more later, take care :)

We now have cable/internet service as of today!! It's the little things in life :) I will be posting more later and coming around your blogs soon :)

Happy belated holidays to you all and thanks for the bday wishes last month :)
Things are busier than ever. Work is busy...which is good but they are still short on nurses so I get called in a lot on my off week. Makes for a good check but getting tired...not complaining though! My sis in law got layed off her job...she made parts for the Honda plant and they are all cutting back now. Ben's grandma hasn't been doing too well so we've been trying to keep an extra eye on her. She fell last week, thank goodness nothing broken!

We had really warm temps but that is changing now. We are getting a cold spell...lows in the teens!

I called about cable and internet and they had to come down to make sure we had serviceability...which I know we do since there are others on our road who have it but since we live out in the boonies :) I'm giving them a call back tommorrow.

I miss you all and hope you all are doing well.

Well yesterday I turned.....38! Closer and closer to 40,lol! I actually had it off from work and so did Ben which is amazing. We went to Opelika and did some Christmas shopping and then he took me to the Olive Garden for dinner,mmmm! I got home and Caitlin had made me a german chocolate cake for dessert :) Thanks to my best friend in W VA for the card :)

I have been down the past couple of weeks....I guess it's the upcoming holidays and as always missing Matthew. I broke down in church last weekend. The sermon was alittle to close to home for me but I do have to say that the church we are going to is wonderful and a lot of the ladies knew it would be hard for me and surrounded me with love and prayer after.

I do hope that you all are doing good...I think of you all often. It's hard when we don't have internet and I can't connect like I want but that is going to change soon. We are catching up on bills and got Ben's little truck paid off :) We were behind when we both weren't working but thankfully we are and getting some extra hours. There is a lot of plants in our area that are shutting down and many people are out of jobs right now. It's so very hard! I'm just thankful that Ben and I are in the industry were they need people.

You all take care and stay warm! Sending you all hugs :)