Give Us This Oklahoma Day: The 1st Gift of Christmas

12.04.2009

The 1st Gift of Christmas

In our house the 1st gift of Christmas comes on the night of Thanksgiving! Everyone gets a new pair of slippers {even Daddy in Iraq got a pair}, the kids all got matching Christmas PJs and we added a Christmas movie to our collection! After opening our gifts {and switching PJs} the girls curled up in Daddy's chair to watch Frosty the Snowman & Frosty Returns. Sitting there watching our children I was reminded that while this year is hard {no fun, terrible, exhausting} I have a wonderful husband who is providing for our family {so we can have crazy gifts on Thanksgiving night} and we have three very special reasons to be thankful.

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100 things to have done before I'm 30 {yes that's 2 years away}

1. have baby #4 2. run a 5k 3. learn how to sew {for reals} {DONE} 4. volunteer {DONE} 5. finish my degree 6. take a real vacation 7. buy {another} house 8. submit a scrapbook page to be published 9. read {a real} book 10. make a cake from scratch 11. donate blood again {the last time didn't go so well} 12. make a quilt {baby size?} 13. pay for someone's food behind me in line 14. stop drinking {the dreaded} pop 15. watch Gone with the Wind 16. try a new fruit 17. eat a cupcake from a cupcake store {DONE} 18. play in the rain {DONE} 19. donate more than I feel comfortable with 20. help a stranger in need 21. have a momma/kid day for each kid 22. take a cooking class 23. go on a helicopter ride 24. read 5 non-fiction books 25. take a train ride {DONE} 26. ride a skate board 27. serve dessert first 28. throw a tea party {DONE} 29. get a pedicure 30. plant a garden 31. can a batch of something 32. find a perfect black dress 33. try sushi . . . gaging already 34. sew an entire outfit for one of the kids {DONE} 35. be done Christmas shopping by September 36. make cinnamon rolls from scratch 37.Go a week with no TV 38. Take an unplanned weekend vacation {DONE} 39. Learn how to cook a turkey {DONE} 40. send someone a package just because {DONE} 41. Ride in a limo 42. build a fort in the living room {DONE} 43. celebrate a Tuesday 44. have a picnic in a field 45. drive 1000 miles {DONE} 46. eat a bowl of veggies 47. kick a soccar ball {DONE} 48. Go to a college football game 49. Watch my babies go to school {1 DONE . . . NEVER again!} 50. Exercise everyday for a week 51. Take dance lessons with Jeremy 52. Put together an entire outfit for myself from Goodwill or some other thrift store 53. Learn how to take better pictures 54. Laugh more, seriously lighten up! 55. Eat watermelon for dinner 56. Take a family bike ride 57.Climb a mountain {DONE} 58. ??White water raft?? 59. Listen better 60. Ask God his plans instead of coming up with my own 61. Seriously Barb, take a week and sweep the floor after every meal 62. Go a week without doing laundry - HELLO JEREMY!!! 63. Memorize 10 dinosaur names 64.Teach my kids how to read {IN THE PROCESS!} 65. Take a fish off the hook 66. Stay in my PJs all day, really it's okay to do that once in a while {DONE} 67.Paint a picture and display it in our home 68. Play 9 holes of golf 69. Volunteer for a class trip {DONE} 70.Make my grandparents a priority - don't miss their stories 71. Finish the family books that were started 3 years ago 72. Swing 73. Eat a snow cone {DONE} 74. Make a new friend {hopefully a lot of them!} {DONE} 75. Volunteer for Volunteers of America {DONE} 76.Serve a mission out of my community 77. Pray more 78. Make homemade icecream 79. Take family pictures {DONE} 80. Spend a weekend with my sisters 81. Memorize 30 verses 82. Go to Ikea 83. lay in a hammock without being interrupted {HA} 84. Read my Bible everyday 85.Cherish the little moments 86. Go away for a weekend with Jeremy 87. Start saving for Disney World 88. Have 2 cars and NO car payments 89. Cook a meal with Jeremy and the kids all together 90. Send a get well package 91. Lead/CoLead a group 92. Scrapbook at lest 5 pages a month 93. Be brave 94. Learn to navigate a busy city {DONE} 95. Recover my dinning room chairs 96. build something/anything 97. Find an object that is needed {i.e. dresser, square table and redo it} 98. Find a tossed item & reuse it 99. Pay off all debt 100.Blow out 30 birthday candles!!