It's me, Charity

1. A thunderstorm at the farm. 2. Grilled Pizza. It was very yummy! 3. Spending the entire day in PJ's. 4. No makeup. 5. Curling up on the couch and reading magazines. 6. Looking forward to worshiping with my parents on Sunday! 7. Knowing at this time next week I will be with my ENTIRE Family, Snugglemuffin included!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8. New Makeup!! 9. Michelle bringing my Avon to work and visiting with me! I heart her!! 10. Bible study starting this week! 11. Watching a favorite old(er) movie. 12. The sleep I get in my old bedroom at the Farm. 13. Sharing old memories growing up in the country as as homeschooler with Jessi! 14. Not having to get up at my regular time untill Weds!! 15. Getting to attend a Professional Development Conference on Tuesday! I'm geeked!! 16. Dark nail polish. 17. Crazy good clearances at Sears that got me more work clothes! 18. Cardigans. 19. Hugs from my Momma 20. My purple glas...

So at the risk of being a cranky pants I figured it was time to sit down and write down what God has blessed me with recently, so I can work on an attitude adjustment! 1. Having ALL Final Grades in over 24 hours before the deadline! 2. Having no stragglers or huge stresses during the Final Grades Process! 3. BREAK TIME!!! 4. Wearing jeans and capri's for the next two weeks. 5. 3 pm snack with Audra 6. Laughing so hard with Holly that we were crying 7. Cooking a nice grown up dinner and it tasting good! 8. Finding an early Christmas gift for my SIL!! 9. Getting off at 5 pm. 10. Lots of stuff on my DVR. 11. Being able to laugh at and make fun of stressful things. 12. Getting closer to having a clean and organized apt!! 13. The fact that I didn't need a shower after coming home from work today-It's been HOT!! 14. God giving us sweltering hot days over 100, it's making fall and winter not look so bad. 15. Nose and tooth pain getting alot less worse!! 16. Going to my Chiro o...

1. A parking spaces two rainy days in a row. 2. A breakfast sammy from Muy Caliente when I was desperately dying of hunger. 3. Getting to visit with my Muy Caliente! I miss her!! 4. Beautifuly Quiet days at work. 5. Long weekends. 6. Heart to heart talks where you learn something from the other person. 7. New Nailpolish. 8. The anticipation of getting my hair done. 9. Two phone conversations with friends this week. 10. Baby Smiles and Snuggles. 11. Watermelon season! 12. Crisp Coke from McD's! 13. Realizing God is teaching you a lesson. 14. Finding my favorite lipgloss at Meijer! 15. Pretty new checks.

1. Dad's surgery going well and recovery going better than expected. 2. Mom starting to feel better from her Pneumonia. 3. Family that you can count on no matter what. 4. Email, texting and facebook that allows you to stay in touch with your loved ones, no matter where you all are. 5. Getting to talk to both Amy and Ellen on Weds night. 6. And then seeing their Mom at Payless the next night! 7. The comfort of friendship that has went on for years, Amy & Ellen- 15+ and Kim-8. 8. Friends that are still my friends despite knowing me that long! HA! 9. Coupons. 10. Payless doubling coupons. 11. Gas going down 50 cents in the past three weeks! 12. Looking forward to a long weekend in just one week! 13. Summertime. 14. My blue gap shoes with sparkly stones on them. 15. Sparkly things period. 16. Having a full freezer of quick meals. 17. A free weekend! 18. Lunch with Audra Friday and Emboz and baby Madi Monday! 19. Getting ideas for articles for Connections. 20. Microsoft Word Documen...

1. Random student coming into our office and asking us if we would like him to get us some Dilly Bars from the Preferred Partners fair. It was so sweet and thoughtful! 2. Quiet Morning @ work Thursday and a quiet time after 4:30. 3. Solving a problem and getting accolades. 4. No feelings of overwhelmedness today. 5. 32 degrees not feeling as cold as I had expected coming from 68 degrees yesterday. 6. Free Lunch Picnic from Anne. 7. Left over apples from picnic now in our fruit bowl! 8. My new-found addiction to Oranges. I cannot get enough. 9. Only 2 apts on the schedule tomorrow. WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! 10. Seeing Bergs and Sheryl at Bible Study and getting hugs! 11. Realizing that God is trying to change me. 12. And that he's not giving up on me despite my stubborn sin fullness. 13. Books from the Library. 14. Having time to read 3 books in 4 days. 15. A new Greys Anatomy tonight!!!

1. Eph 4:29 2. No jacket or coat required weather! 3. No line of people outside my office when I came into work. 4. The most peaceful, perfect Friday night! 5. Carnation Breakfast Blend Drinks in CHOCOLATE!! 6. Wearing my new open toed, brown bow sandals from Goodwill! 7. Hot pink nails :) 8. Cutie Oranges. 9. Handmade presents from Debby. 10. Using my words for good! 11. Dog N Suds posting my blog on their Facebook page! 12. Teaching my first Piano lessons and LOVING IT!!! 13. God's grace in making a crazy day not as horrible as I expected. 14. Eating lunch outside at a picnic table. 15. Seeing Cara at the library. 16. Ice cold water. 17. Library books from a favorite author. 18. Hugs from Linda K Shaw! 19. Funny Quotes from Linda K Shaw "You can't be laying around here doing nothing, this isn't Unicef!" 20. Yummy Salad that I made!

1. Its my BIRTHDAY WEEK!!!! 2. My blog makeover that will be revealed Friday!! 3. Being back at work after being sick for what seems like forever. 4. Sweet messages from my bible study girls praying for me! 5. Prayer Warriors! 6. An AWESOME Mom and Dad who will do whatever they can to help me. 7. Demerol, Versed and Botox in the tum-tum. A winning combination! 8. A great team of Dr's- especially my specialists that communicate with my primary Dr so we're all connected and on the same page. 9. Writing for Connections. It really challenges me to think deeper and grow more. 10. My Zebra print dress. :)

1. Parking space in A- right in front of the door! 2. Same parking space still being emptying when I came back from lunch!!! 3. My Hair obeying me this morning and not looking like frankenstine. 4. Purple Ruffle Shoes!! 5. 1 month untill my birthday- i am sooo totally geeked over the entire weekend!! 6. Seeing Tyler at Chik Fil A! Made me smile! 7. New verses to memorize that fit my life and situations! 8. My core group of people that I can call/text at any given time to pray for me and they stop everything and do just that. I heart my prayer warriors.

1. Kathy bringing me green bean chips!! YUMMY!!! 2. Learning how to make a super yummy new dish and having leftovers! WHAT! WHAT! 3. Two fast days at work. 4. Seeing a preview of my FABULOUS new blog design!!! SQUEEE!! 5. Dr Avery FINALLY shaving his beard!! What a happy surprise!!

1. Having my sweet bible study friend Michelle, as my nurse at Urgent Care this week! I was so sick and depressed, seeing her face really made me feel better! 2. And knowing God had sent her to be my nurse at that moment just for that made me want to cry! 3. My friend Nicki D who just happens to work at my pharmacy. When i had a reaction to my meds and a new one had to be called in an hour before the pharmacy closed she was able to get it filled and then texted me as soon as it was ready so i could come pick it up. SO thankful for that!! 4. The fact that I am starting to see the light , no, not THAT LIGHT, but the light at the end of this sickness tunnel. 5. Friends that care about me being sick despite the fact that I spent 98% of my life sick. They still care and listen and ask questions and want to know and help.

1. A parking space in A on the first week of classes in the middle of a snowstorm! Nothing short of AMAZING!!!! 2. Bagel from Big Apple that made me feel better. 3. Cari and Nickey visiting me over their break! Such Sweet girls!! 4. My Mom and her voice of wisdom and the way she can calm me down when i'm upset or in the depths of despair. 5. My pink sparkly watch! 6. Very quiet office. 7. New pics of Benjamin! I love him so much!!

So its a new year and I am going to purpose this year to get back into counting my grace in the small things. I don't know if they will be every day or every week but at least once a week I am going to post about how God has blessed me in that week! The first Grace comes along with a picture. I am SO THANKFUL for whoever saw my lights on my truck turned on after I came back from lunch on Thursday. They took down my employee parking number and through that Reception was able to track me down and let me know my lights were on. Thursday night I worked overtime and didn't leave untill after 8:30, I am so thankful I did not leave then to discover my battery was dead! Instead I found out at 3 pm, and later that afternoon Shane, our erstwhile Security guy, came outside with me with this handy box charger and charged my battery! It was fabulous! It was only on my battery for like 2 mins and then i just sat in my truck and let everything charge. I have jumper cables but I so need one of...

1. 1 confirmed person helping me move! YAY Stimpy!! 2. Snuggles with Madi. 3. 2 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4. Kicking butt and taking names today!! 5. Yummy breakfast drink! I LOVE carnatino bfast blends!

1. Deb coming to my rescue not once, but TWICE today and doing it happily!! She is my HERO!! 2. Finally making a dent in my drawer/desk. 3. 3 days!!!!!! 4. Looking forward to a new apt and a dishwasher that hopefully works!! :) 5. My awesome parents who help me out even when they dread it! HA!

1. Apes found the straw to my water bottle that we have been searching for, for TWO WEEKS!!! YAYS!!! 2. Happy people at work today! 3. Pepe's with Dr Avery 4. Possible end to my neighbor nightmare! 5. Warm enough outside to not wear my jacket!

1. Less than a month untill little no name comes!! 2. Parking spot in A- no creepy fri night walk. 3. PJ's-glasses-magazines-couch. 4. Dr R cracking my neck back in to place. ahhh relief!! 5. Bryna found me on FB!! YAYS!

1. Having a shower today and not a shower bath! YAYS for a cleaned out drain!! 2. GREAT parking space this morning when I had a ton to carry in! 3. Hug from Carmine! 4. Finding the perfect snowflakes to hang from the ceiling at Dollar Tree. 5. Only one car in front of me at the drive thru this morning!

Ok so I was doing this awhile back and fell off the wagon but now I am committed to it again! Apes and I decided that every day we are going to come up with and share 5 grace in the small things with eachother to help with our stressed out crabby attitudes. And wouldn't you know after we did we both felt so much better and Twanda was nowhere in sight!! So without further ado here we go!! 1. Marc Broussard- Pandora Radio- Dr Avery turned me onto this singer and I really like him! I discovered he gas a pandora station and i'm loving it!! 2. A really relaxing lunch break sitting in my truck with the windows down and the 70 degree in Nov!!!! wind blowing in. 3. Being able to get a salad with my sammie instead of the fries I don't like. 4. Not feeling like puking at all today! YAYS!! 5. Sheryl completely cracking me and a student up today with something so out of character, I almost died laughing!

1. Mandisa- Not Guilty. My new fave worship song. 2. Finding pretties for our tables in Bible Study! LOVE being the Hospitality Director! 3. My Danny Gokey background at work. It makes me smile. 4. Emails from Caca. 5. Visits. 6. Perfect fall weather. 7. That old pair of beat up, non matching pj's that just feel SO GOOD! 8. Mom's from scratch pancakes made by ME!! 9. Naps. 10. Can I get an Amen on the naps? 11. Seeing my Amy in 10 days!!!!!!!!! 12. Almost halway into the semester! 13. Thanksgiving in 7 weeks!! 14. Looking forward to meeting little no name my precious nephew in 2 months!! 15. Girls nite with my Katie Marie this coming Friday night!

1. Being able to Surprise Apes for her birthday! 2. A FABULOUS Friday at work!! 3. The horrible noise in my apt complex stopping and finally being able to sleep. 4. Worshiping with several thousand people at the Casting Crowns Concert! 5. Emboz and Jennifer sitting in our section! 6. Leaving for NC in 4 days!! 7. Tomatoes straight from the garden.. mmm yummy.. 8. Need I mention cucumbers??!! 9. My awesome blessed life. 10. A great kickoff to our Fall Women's Bible Study!! 11. Fall Weather. 12. Coca Cola. I love you and I always will!! 13. Fixing my computer myself. GO ME!! 14. Seeing Joey sing along to Slow Fade at the concert. So precious 15. People that make me smile! 16. A Day in Pj's. And yes I am a sloth! ha! 17. Two pictures on the same day of some of my favorite people! 18. Being able to serve at my church. 19. The friendships and wonderful women that I have met through my bible study! 20. Anticipating spending 4 whole days with my Caca!!! I miss her SO MUCH and can'...