Friday, November 30, 2012

#335/366--Thankful, Day 30




I am just entirely blessed.
...a picture a day...
...really does...
...keep the blues...
...away...




#334/366--Thankful, Day 29

...for sushi...
...with a BFF...
...on her bday...

 ...and an empty movie theater...
...on a school night...


Wednesday, November 28, 2012

#333/366--Thankful, Day 28

...for bright, shiny...
...full moons...
 
...for games with my kiddo...
 
...and for a good friend...
...who jumped my van...
...and told me how to...
...hook up...
...a battery charger...
 
...and the extra time...
...I got to spend...
...chatting with my kids...
...while I was waiting...
...for my friend...
...to come give us a jump...
.thankful.
 
 
 


Tuesday, November 27, 2012

#332/366--Thankful, Day 27

...thankful for surprise notes...
...from...
...good friends...
.heart.happy.
...so thankful...
...to be able...
...to teach beside...
...this precious teacher...
...for 7 years now...

...also...
...thankful for...
...a movable divider...
...between our classrooms...
<3

Monday, November 26, 2012

#331/366--Thankful, Day 26

...for memories...

...I remember...
...my dad...
...used to like this...
...except I realized I got the wrong kind...
...he liked the kind with raisins...
...been missin' that man...
...a lot...
lately.
...Sure am thankful for him...


Sunday, November 25, 2012

#330/366--Thankful, Day 25

...thankful for...
...multiple languages...
...being learned...
...under this roof...
...thankful for education...
...watching my children...
...absorb...
the world
around
them.

#329/366--Thankful, Day 24

...thankful for...
...compliments...
I was told
that I
look like
Jodie Foster
so...
I searched for an image
of her
that MIGHT
even
come close
to
resembling me
and, poor Jodie...
...here's what I found...


...yeah...
that's ok
drunk guy.
You tried.
...It's nice to hear it, anyway...
.thank.you.

Friday, November 23, 2012

#328/366--Thankful, Day 23

...thankful for friends...
...that's all Sarah's stuff...
...not mine...
...I bought
an 8$
waffle iron...
<3


#327/366--Thankful, Day 22

Thanksgiving Day
 
...time in the Word...
thankful for Christ
 
 ...time with my loves...
thankful for Grace
thankful for Forgiveness
thankful for Mercy
thankful for Healing
thankful for Time
 


Wednesday, November 21, 2012

#326/366--Thankful, Day 21

...for my young man...
...and his initiative...
...to put up...
 






 
 
...these cute froggie Christmas lights...
 
I'm also thankful for...
...my sweet BFF, Sarah...
...and her son, Luke...
...who got them for me...
...because they know...
...I.love.frogs...
 
 


Tuesday, November 20, 2012

#325/366--Thankful, Day 20

...itty, bitty...
...cute...
...little fairy-looking...
...bugs...
...on the windshield...
...in the early morning...
 
and
 
...tableside guacamole...
...with good conversation...
...and an amazing bestie...
...thankful...
 


Monday, November 19, 2012

#324/366--Thankful, Day 19

...I am thankful...
...for running...
...not just the exercise, in and of itself...
 
...but the ability...
...to do so...
...the movement...
...of my legs...
...and arms...
...my ability...
...to breathe...
 
...much of this...
...is taken for granted...
...daily...
...but today...
...I am thankful...


Sunday, November 18, 2012

#323/366--Thankful, Day 18

 
...games...
 
...the "cup" game(?)...


...but also...
...in particular...
...the "what" game...
 
...the person who is "it"...
...tries...
...to make you say...
"what"
...and if you do...
...you are it...
 
...yet another thing...
...that helps keep us sane...
 
...and thankful...

#322/366--Thankful, Day 17

...baseball...
it keeps our family sane


Friday, November 16, 2012

#321/366, Thankful, Day 16

...for friends...
...who love me...
...and my ability...
...to be the...
...dorkiest person...
...possibly in the universe...

Truly.
...I went all day...
...with...
...the tag...
...still attached...
...to my new shoes...

I am thankful
for the ability
to laugh at myself.

Because really.

I mean seriously?!

You have to admit
I do a lot of 
...awkwardly dorky...
...things...

Thursday, November 15, 2012

#320/366--Thankful, Day 15

...sunrise through my window...
 
...a note from a cutie...
(("Ms. Franco, I know writing time is short
so I thought you can extend it so we can
have more writing time. Love, Luke"))
 
...sunset with rainbow halo...

(although it didn't show up in my pic very well)
 
 


#319/366--Thankful, Day 14

...a warm kitchen...
...lots of memories all over my fridge...
...a new xbox game...
...and sibling love...

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Monday, November 12, 2012

#317/366--Thankful, Day 12

...before...
 
 
 ...during...
 
 ...after...

...today...
...I am thankful...
...for the barber shop...
 
.but.
...I am thankful...
...for so much more than that...
 
...through some random
chain of events...
...this evening...
I got involved
in a situation...
...and...
...it caused me...
...to contemplate...
...what ifs...
 
.that.can.be.scary.
#countingmyblessings#
 
 


Sunday, November 11, 2012

#316/366--Thankful, Day 11

...My Freedom...
Happy Veteran's Day
and thank you to
those who serve
(past, present, future)
 
...and also...
...the clock on my wall...
...which always reads...
9:50.
It reminds me that...
...time flies...
...time stops for no one...
...and...
...I...
...should make time...
...not waste time...
...or I will lose time...
...because you can't buy time...
...and...
...time is money...
...so...
...you can never have...
...too much time on your hands...
...the time is now...
...so stop killing time...
...and be thankful...
 


Saturday, November 10, 2012

#315/366--Thankful, Day 10

...a day...
...spent shopping...
...with friends...
...and a night...
...spent watching...

#314/366--Thankful, Day 9

...gifts from children...
...let me know I am loved...
...and for that...
...I am thankful...

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

#311/366--Thankful, Day 6

...yes. I know...
...you should be thankful...
...all year long...
 
...but honestly...
...are you?
 
...Sometimes, it's nice...
...to focus on your blessings...
...and count them...
 
...especially the little things...
 
...more importantly...
...the things that seem little...
 
...but really aren't...
 
...If you are like me...
...you get bogged down by life...
MOST OF THE TIME
...so I am spending this month...
...counting my blessings...
 
...A few things today...
First...
...the sunrise...
...on my way...
...into school...
 
...these two heathens...
 
...and...
...a conversation...
...I had...
...with...
...a 7-year-old...
...who is in my class...
...and was also in my kindergarten class...
...two years ago...
 
Cutie-pie:  Ms. Franco, you say hi to all the kids from our kindergarten class, don't you?
Me:  You bet I do!
Cutie-pie:  You remember us all? I remember (he lists names of kids who have moved)
Me: I remember.  I could never forget!  You guys were my favorite Kindergarten class ever.
Cutie-pie:  I won't ever forget either.  I really enjoyed Kindergarten.
 
Seriously.  He enjoyed Kindergarten. Dude. Me too. My heart just overflows.
I love.love.love. my job.