Give Thanks

I Love Thanksgiving Day it forces me to stop and think...think about being thankful for all sorts of events in my life ranging from my 3 darling children, wonderful hubby and supportive family all the way to my 3 furry babies (2 Shih-Tzu's & 1 Cavalier Spaniel).  Life can be difficult when you try to juggle all the responsibilites that come with it....BUT...as I get older I realize it's all about how you BALANCE your life.  Although I can get very "stressed" about "THINGS" I forget that mostly things are NOT important.  I remind myself that it's not about economics either, b/c my gosh you could have lots of money and if your not BALANCED, how good do you feel?  Look at all the miserable celebs around us! 

I also realize that a Happy Mommy= a Happy Family! :)

So I try to balance and found that paper crafting H-E-L-P-S!  It's never the craft alone ie. rubber stamping, cardmaking or scrapbooking. (although seeing a finished handmade product is such a rush. Right?)  It's the people I do my craft with.  To all the gals that have come over and stamped with me, I'm sending you  a BIG THANK YOU!  You have made me one happy lady and my family thanks you too!  Hee hee...  Getting together and laughing the night away (all the while creating these amazing projects) to the point where my ribs hurt the next day is priceless....So here is a little THANKS!

Look at my Babies! Oh I meant the furry ones....

These are our newest addtions.  Say hello to Milo & Lulu.  Yes you guessed it they are pure bread Shih Tzu's (we keep their hair short).  They are brother and sister (we couldn't pick b/w the two) and they are soooo funny.  They get into everything but when they turn to look at you with those Shih Tzu sad eyes I just melt!  We got them on June 28th, 2007 they were 6 1/2 weeks old. 

Great story....

It was the last day of school and my hubby picked up Dean & Anastasia (4 & 7) Christina was home with us (2 years old) ...I was "yelling" that I needed help putting the groceries away.  Mind you we use Fresh Direct and they deliver boxes of groceries to our home.  So I asked them to help me open and put away the last box.  When they opened the box they were extremely shocked to see 2 puppies jumping out at them.  It literally took them 25 seconds to realize what was going on.  It was sooooo funny to see that pause in their face...like WHAT is Going ON HERE?!?!?  Well, needless to say when they came to and figured out there was nothing to put away but 2 adorable puppies they flipped out and screamed and were so happy.  I'll tell you these moments are truly PRICELESS!! 

It's unbelievable but they have grown so fast! (the dogs I mean... :)  They went from 3 lbs to 8 lbs in just a few weeks.  They'll probably gain another pound the male more so but this is as big as they get.  We love our two additions to the family. 

Ginger our 8 year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel loves the company again.  (Our 8 Year Old Shih Tzu Chloe passed this May).  After Ginger and Chloe being together for 8 years....Ginger was "LOST".  So we had to get her some buddies.  So yes I'm crazy 3 dogs, 3 kids, yadda yadda but I truly love it!