{"id":3613,"date":"2010-10-10T22:28:39","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T02:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/?p=3613"},"modified":"2010-10-10T22:28:39","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T02:28:39","slug":"day-149-10-10-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=3613","title":{"rendered":"Day 149 – 10.10.10"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 10, 2010. \u00a0Tenth day of the tenth month of the tenth year.<\/p>\n

I thought it appropriate to acknowledge the day with a top 1o list. \u00a0And seeing as it is Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, I thought it even more appropriate to list the top 10 things I am thankful for at this very minute. \u00a0I warn you, I’m pretty thankful lately, so it may be mushy.<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Wesley and Jaia – together and separately. \u00a0These two kids amaze me every day. \u00a0They are happy and healthy and wonderful littles. \u00a0I adore how much Wesley lights up when he sees his sister and I love that Jaia calls Wes, “her prince”. \u00a0I knew I would love being a mom of two, but I didn’t have any idea that it would be this good.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Dan – My husband cooks, cleans, gives baths, feeds, does hair, dresses (sometimes poorly), drives, encourages, hugs, tells bedtime stories and most of all, he loves. \u00a0I may not tell him as often as I should, but I never let a day go by without taking a few minutes to remind myself how lucky I am to have him and that I could not do any of this without him.<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Family – We have a big family. \u00a0A HUGE extended family. \u00a0They are spread out between two countries and are mostly much too far away for my liking. \u00a0But despite the distance, our family has our back. \u00a0Any time we’ve needed help with absolutely anything, they have hopped in a car, on a plane or picked up the phone and were there for us in any way they could be as soon as they could be. \u00a0 I’m so very thankful for all of them.<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0Friends – Obvious, yes. \u00a0Typical, no. \u00a0I am still friends – best friends – with some of the people who signed my yearbook in grade 7 and used ‘BFF’ before using BFF was trendy. \u00a0Some of us are going on 24 years. \u00a0Together we’ve been through bad clothes, worse hair, braces, true love, broken hearts, hangovers, weddings and funerals and now babies. \u00a0These girls love me for who I am and only sometimes remind me of it. \u00a0\ud83d\ude09 \u00a0But I’m doubly lucky because not only do I have them, I have met some people later in life who I feel very lucky to also call my friends. \u00a0Whether I’ve known them almost a quarter century (wow, that makes me feel old) or just a few months, my friends mean the world to me. \u00a0 I’m very thankful for each of them.<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0Health – We have our health. \u00a0Beyond the odd cold or flu here and there, Dan, the kids and I are genuinely healthy and I couldn’t be happier about it.<\/p>\n

6. \u00a0Caffeine – In September 2009 I gave up tea and coffee when i learned I was pregnant. \u00a0I didn’t have any throughout the pregnancy and since I made it that long, I decided not to bother starting again. \u00a0A few months after Wes was born and we still weren’t sleeping, I played with the idea of starting again but didn’t. \u00a0When October rolled around and I realized it had been over a year, I patted myself on the back for being so strong and then immediately threw in the towel. \u00a0My first cup was divine. \u00a0And every cup since has put a small smile on my face. \u00a0I am much, much happier with caffeine in my life.<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0Job\/Maternity leave – In Canada we get a year of maternity leave. \u00a0Other countries get as little as a few weeks to a few months. \u00a0For the first 365 days of my boy’s life, I get to wake up and spend the day with him. \u00a0I am very, very thankful for that – especially since that same little boy still wakes up 2-3 times per night and if I had to go to work in the morning, I’d be a zombie. \u00a0Notice ‘sleep’ does not appear on this list – I am still not getting any.<\/p>\n

8. \u00a0Long weekends – Seriously. \u00a0The only thing that improves a long weekend is weather warm enough to enjoy some of it outside. \u00a0And that’s all we did over the past few days. \u00a0And oh man, does it get prettier than this?<\/p>\n

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9. \u00a0Photography – I was never very good at drawing, or writing. \u00a0I never took music lessons and my drama skills are non-existant. \u00a0I sort of thought the art gene passed me by. \u00a0That is, until I discovered photography. \u00a0I love that feeling I get when I take a great shot. \u00a0And now, since I started visuelle photography<\/a>, when someone I’ve taken pictures of write or calls to tell me how happy I’ve made them, I just beam. \u00a0I hope to always enjoy it this much.<\/p>\n

10. \u00a0A waistline – I’m not gonna lie. \u00a0Last year at this time my waistline had already started to expand and as much as I love my boy, I’m thrilled to be wearing my normal sized clothes again. \u00a0Hello pre-pregnancy jeans! \u00a0Welcome back. \u00a0Make yourself at home and please, stay as long as you can.<\/p>\n

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Eat up. \u00a0You only get to have a feast like this a few times a year…so you might as well enjoy it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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