black friday

it's black friday.  i rolled out of bed at 7:30 am and took roo and moo shopping.  i wanted a keu.rig and got one on a good deal.  we've used it all day today.  the girls and my family love it!

while we were out shopping roo asked what black friday was.  i had to figure out how to explain it to a six year old.  lol!

did you get up early today and get any bargins?

give thanks

Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks unto the Holy One
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son
Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks unto the Holy One
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son


And now let the weak say, "I am strong"
Let the poor say, "I am rich
Because of what the Lord has done for us"
And now let the weak say, "I am strong"
Let the poor say, "I am rich
Because of what the Lord has done for us"

that is one one of my favorite praise songs.  i've been humming this tune all morning.

here are some things i'm grateful for.

ike

my family

my mom

my friends

little girl giggles

little nieces jumping in my bed

marty's cute doggie stare

pumpkin pie

cool whip *you can't have pumpkin pie without cool whip*

doggie kisses

hugs from my mom

hazelnut lattes
texts from 10 year old moo
little nieces who want to sleep in our room
and for YOU, all my friends in the blog world.


Happy Thanksgiving!

it's thanksgiving eve

it's thanksgiving eve and i'm an in aunt suzy bliss.  yesterday we stopped at my in-laws, which is half way to my mom's, and spent the night.  this morning we had some time with them and then got on the road to my mom's home in virginia.

when we pulled into the driveway my nieces came running out to greet us.  it was awesome!

hope you have a great day tomorrow!

busy bee

it's a busy, busy day for us here.  tonight when ike gets off work we are starting the trip to my mom's house for my family's ThanksChristmas.  i started calling it that two years ago because thanksgiving is the best time for us to get together and have christmas.  but my brother is a stickler and no christmas on thanksgiving day.  this is the first time we'll actually honor his request.  lol.  we'll open christmas gifts on friday morning instead of thursday night.  that is if the girls let us wait that long!  ha ha!

thank you all so, so much for the thoughts and prayers for my friend.  i really don't have anyone else to talk about it with except for my blogger and twitter friends.  we're the only ones outside of her family who know what happened and we respect that.  she is stable and will be in icu a few more days for testing and then transferred to another area where she will receive the help she needs.  thank you again for the support you've given me and ike.

now here's a peek at a present for my mom, brother and sister-in-law.  i found a frame to put pics of the girls in.  here's my sweet nieces.

i had them printed in black and white.  they're so adorable!  i just love the expressions on their faces.  it really represents their personalities.

well i gotta go wrap some more ThanksChristmas presents!  hope you have a great day!

fragile, handle with care

fragile, handle with care. we see that a lot don't we. on packages, in life. every time i ship a package the postman always asks me if there is anything fragile in it. and if you're a christmas.story fan then you know the joke of the box with fragile marked on it.

those of us dealing with infertility certainly know just how fragile life can be. but lately i've been reminded of that very fact.

when my father died it was sudden. i spoke to him at 6:30 pm on the phone and at 8:00 pm he had a massive heart attack. an hour later he was gone.

two weeks ago we had an elderly friend who went to get something from the basement. he tripped down the stairs, hit his head and died.

yesterday at 11 am at church i saw a friend in passing. she told me i looked pretty. those were almost the last words i would ever hear her speak. at 9 pm her husband called and said she was in the hospital and she had tried.to.commit.suicide. she was stable and he was going home to get a few things and then going back to the hospital. my heart stopped. i had my pj's on so i got dressed and we headed to the hospital to be with him.

i still don't know any of thy why's and how's and frankly that doesn't matter. she has always had depression issues. she has struggled with that for some time. she has two children but a few months ago she has a miscarriage. that has been hard on her. i'm not even going to try and guess about any of this. all i know is that she had a defeated look in her eyes recently. i'm not going to beat myself up for not reaching out to her either. but i won't ignore that in another human being ever again.

my soul is crushed. for her. for her husband. for her two children. and i can't talk with any of my IRL friends about this yet as we are the only ones who know. so where do i go when my soul is troubled. i go to my tweets and to you my blogger friends. thank you for listening to me when my soul is heavy.

please say a prayer (or good thoughts) for my friend. for her family. for those of us who love her and want her better. she has a long road ahead of her. ike and i just want to be the best friends to them that we can right now.

and yes, life is fragile. so handle with care.