On Thankfulness

I'm not doing that whole "post something you're thankful for every day on Facebook," thing. I'm not tweeting (much) about what I'm thankful for. But that doesn't mean I'm not. Thankful, that is.

Today, I worked all day. It was a long day. This week has been really busy for me at work. I feel like my days just fly by when I'm there! After work, I had my step-dad pick me up (Robert had to stay late, and since we carpool, I didn't want to sit around idle for an hour and 15 minutes). I came home, did the dishes, picked up my stuff around the house, got ready to go paint, and then took care of Elizabeth (she was with Robert's parents and sister today, so she actually got dropped off after I was home).

I nursed her, ate my dinner, took her 6-month pictures (to come later), and handed her off to my mom for bath time. It wasn't fun; I hate leaving her as much as I have to lately. Especially on her 6-month "half" birthday!

Here's a little teaser preview
of Elizabeth's 6-month pictures. :)

Robert came home and got himself ready to go. (We had committee meetings at church tonight. I skipped mine, because I had way too much to do). We went our separate ways for a few hours.

I went to our house as soon as I got Elizabeth settled with my mom. (It took a little while longer than anticipated, due to her clinging to mama and my camera pretty much quit working while I took her pictures).

I got to our house and found Robert and his dad working on our bathroom. Robert stopped what he was doing to unload my truck.

Learning how to tile!

It's setting up nicely. :)

This is what Robert & his dad finished tonight!

It's a mess right now, but it will be
worth it when it's done!

 I started painting the entertainment center where my dad left off today. While we were at work, he went over there in the middle of the day just to help us out and get the first coat on the entertainment center finished!

Anyway, I painted until I was tired of painting the 2nd coat (2/3 done with it), and Robert picked up where I left off after his parents and sister went home tonight. I unpacked boxes of food into my new pantry, and then we came home. Robert made me dinner after stopping by his parents' house to pick up my laptop which I had left there accidentally.

As I got ready for bed tonight, I was going to thank Robert for dinner when I realized I needed to also thank him for driving to his parents' house to pick up my laptop. Then, I remembered I should thank him for helping me paint, unloading my truck, putting our ballots in the mailboxes, etc.

The point is that my list of thankfulness is so long, I often overlook it.

I'm vowing to pay more attention now, and say "thank you" more often.

Will you join me?