Friday's Favorite Things!

FRIDAY!!!!! I LOVE Friday! It means more time with Daddy, and more help with the kids. AND NO visits for Ruth! It also means, Friday's Favorite Things!! I wanted to share something, before I make today's list!

This week, I tried something new. I listen to K-Love all the time and have heard their "Make A Difference Monday" often, but have never really done it myself. You know how it is, "oh that sounds so great, I will have to try that some time", well that was me. This past Monday was a rough one for me. Pretty terrible. Woke to Ruth running a small temp. I called and tried to get permission to keep her home from her bio visit (since visits are so difficult for her), but since the temp was small, we had to go. So off we went. By the end of the visit her temp was 103.5 and I had a sick baby one my hands. The trip home was slow and stressful with rain and wind. I was overwhelmed by the stress of the day and decided to pull of and get a ice cream cone from McDonalds. (I know, eating because of stress is a huge problem I have). I was in the drive thru and having listened to K-Love the whole trip, I had heard all of the "Make A Difference Monday" talk. I decided to give it a try and paid for the person behind me in the line!!! And it happened! My terrible, stressful day, became better. I felt good and positive. It was still raining, and the baby was still sick, and I still had a ways to go before I was home...but I had made someone else's day better! And in do that, my day became better. The focus was off of the negative of the day and on the positive. In His Word, God has asked us to put others first. And when we do, we are helping ourselves more than we could ever help another! What a blessing that experience was for me! So as I write my list of "Friday's Favorite Things" I am enjoying, finding the good...because it makes the bad seem less "BIG". You should give it a try! Here is today's list!

-healthy children

-NAP TIME!

-Brownies!

-Peach/mango salsa!

-hearing Hannah "read" Ruth a book! (she can't read yet, she just makes her own little stories)

-having Dan as my Valentine!!!

-making little biscuit pizzas with the kids

-God's protection

-my new dishwasher!!!!!

-having enough money to pay all the bills!