30 days of Thankfulness: Day 6- Thankful for my son...

Day 6

I am Thankful for my son

From the moment I set eyes on him 3 years ago I felt a different kind of love. His first smile towards me melted my heart, and his first "Mommy" phrase brought me to tears. His first I love you came just a year ago with hugs and kisses accompanied. He is my world. I look at the future through his eyes.

Birth

1 Year

2 Year

3 Years

 See you guys tomorrow! (Hopefully with some VERY good news to share ;))

-Mel

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 5- Thankful for my parents...

Day 5

I am Thankful for my parents

My momma was the one I went to for everything and even though I caused her stress when I was a teenager, I tried my best to make it up to her before she passed away in February. Because of her I have a vision in my mind of what a wife and mother looks like. My pop is an amazing man and taught me how to use tools and do repairs around the home (even if I never show that off). He kept the boys at bay in High School and made sure I didn't trip when walking me down the aisle on my wedding day. And even though he gave me away that day... I will always be his little girl. 

See You Guys Tomorrow

-Mel

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 4- I am thankful for my husband...

Day 4

I am thankful for my husband

Without him there really is no telling where I would be today. Because of him I quit partying. Because of him I quit drinking every hour of the day. Because of him I quit drugs. Because of him I became a better person. Because of him I have never spent another night in jail. Because of him I started to believe... Believe in myself & Believe in others. Because of him I became a mother.

Because of him I never had to be a victim again. I have faith that I have found my Happily Ever After and it is because of him that I have done so. 

See you all tomorrow!

-Mel

30 Days of Thankfulness- Day 3: Thankful for Couponing....

Day 3

I am Thankful for Couponing!

It has saved us a total of $1600 in 4 short months, and in these hard times it has ensured we have enough food & toiletries for our family. It has also given us enough where we can donate to those in need that cannot otherwise afford it.

 

See you guys tomorrow! :)

 

-Mel

Day 2 of 30 days of Thankfulness....

Day 2

I am thankful for Good Health.

Healthy Living can be defined as: Eating healthy (or healthier in my case), Exercise (Because my knee is doing a lot better I can now dance a little bit), Living a stress-free life style (I am still working on that, however I hear Yoga is very good for that, and meditation.

-Mel

 

28 days of Thankfulness, 5th wedding anniversary, new quote for month of November...

Hello Everyone. I have started my "30 days of Thankfulness" however; I am only doing 28 this year..... till the day of Thanksgiving. I will be doing a blog post every one of those days :) They won't always be long, but I figured for my first year doing it... :)

So to kick it off:

Day 1

I am thankful for FAMILY

Also because it is November... and today is the 1st... You guys know that today is Chris and my 5 year wedding anniversary! :)

I also have a brand new quote for the month of November :)

See You All Tomorrow!

-Mel

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas....

Hello Fellow Bloggers!

Ok, Ok.... I know many of you will despise the above picture, but it is very true! Many places are already snowed in (Not here in the South... although I can only wish and hope), Retailers have already started putting sales on Christmas items & my coupon binder is filling up with TONS of coupons for toys!!!

I have almost finished my Christmas shopping. Yes... you saw that correctly... I have almost finished. We still have to buy Christopher's "big gift" which we won't get until Black Friday, and I still have to shop for Chris and he has to shop for me... but everyone else is about finished. I still have to make a few things for people (but that will wait for another month).

You may also have noticed that I have added a Christmas Countdown to my blog. 

On another topic -- this weekend we're going to Spartanburg for my nephews 2nd Birthday Party! It's 'The Hungry Little Caterpillar' themed!

The 31st is Halloween! &.... The 1st of November is Chris and my 5th Wedding Anniversary.

Well this is all for today!

-Mel