1) I am off this Saturday... :) But my Saturday will consist of taking my dogs to the groomers, taking my car to Toyota to be looked at, and packing! Fun right!
2) Tomorrow kicks of my birthday weekend!!! Around here birthdays are celebrated for the whole month, which technically means I can start celebrating today!!! (By around here I really mean my birthday!)
Birthday's are fun and special. I have always been a big believer in celebrating your birthday! Maybe it is all the attention you get, all the free food from restaurants, or maybe it is just knowing that you were able to live one more year! Lately there are too many people I know that have found out that have cancer or another life altering disease. It really makes you stop and think about everything you have to be thankful for. You could be the parent who is in the hospital with a young child who has been battling cancer, or you could be the wife or kids who have just lost their father, but no you were given another chance to celebrate your life and have a clean bill of health. You just never know what is going to happen and you should never take the small things for granted.
In honor of turning 25 I have compiled a list of everything that has happened to me in the past year along with some things I am extremely thankful for.
1) Celebrating our 1 year wedding anniversary! I look forward to many more years but we were able to spend this one at the beach! :)
2) Graduating from Cosmetology School, after 2 long years of working full time, and going to school part time until 10:00 every single night the day finally came where I received a diploma for all my hard work!
3) Passing my apprenticeship for Cosmetology!! This test is very stressful, and not to mention I was pretty much 9 months pregnant, and had my baby girl about 2-3 weeks after I took the test!
4) Welcoming my first baby Mattie into the world on December 4, 2012. This was truly a life changing experience and I am very grateful to have had a healthy pregnancy, and an easy delivery. And an even healthier baby girl, who is very determined, strong willed, and smart!!
5) Selling our house!! This was something Chris and I had pondered on for quite some time, we finally decided the time was right to list our house on the market. While I am extremely happy that we finally sold our house and will get to move on to the next chapter in our life, I am also sad as well. This is the first house we lived in as husband and wife, this is the first house we brought our baby girl home to, this is our house that we have made many of memories in. But I am excited to see what the next chapter holds for us!
6) I was able to get a job part time working in a salon.
7) Our family business has continued to grow. Very thankful for this, and the opportunity to be apart of it.
8) We took Mattie on her first trip to Gatlinburg! It was a blast even though she probably will never remember it!
9) Our sweet Mattie celebrated her First Christmas, New Years, Valentine's Day, St Patricks Day, Easter, and 4th of July!
10) I celebrated my first Mother's Day!
11) My Mom made a career change, and I could not be more happier for her. Its amazing at how much stress was lifted off her shoulders.
12) I started blogging, even though I haven't been great about it. I am really going to try to keep up with it. I probably will not be one of those once a day deals, but hopefully 3-4 times a week!!
13) We were able to pay off some debt!! YAY!!!!
14) I am very thankful that we are able to provide for our little Mattie and enjoy the small things in life. I am thankful our parents taught us the value of money, and what good credit really means! It goes a long way! :)
15) I am thankful that my family is healthy and we are all together and able to enjoy each other's company!
16) Well going along with # 5, when we sold our house we found a new house to move into! Very fortunate to have found a house we like and it in a good school district for Mattie if we decide to send her to public school!
17) My sjogren's symptoms have died down since I became pregnant and had Mattie. It is really nice to not be so thirsty all the time and to have dry eyes. Occasionally I might have a day where my eyes feel dry but not nearly as bad as they were!
18) My sweet little brother was able to purchase his first house at the age of 21! I am so proud of him. It is an adorable house and he has worked hard for it! Along with getting his promotion at his job!! He is top dog, well I think he is anyways because he gets to travel everywhere for his company and even got to fly on the company's private jet!! :)
19) Tomorrow August 2 me and Chris have officially been together for 6 years! 6 years!! Wow, that is a long time!!! Everyday my love for him grows deeper and stronger. To watch him with our daughter makes my heart melt!
20) Chris also lost his Uncle Tommy this past year, he passed away from cancer. It is a very hard thing to lose a person you are close to, but I am thankful that he did not have to suffer anymore.
21) My hubby turned 31, and will be turning the big 32 this year!!
22) I found out I was going to be an aunt for the 2nd time!!! We will be welcoming a sweet niece or nephew this February. I pray that my sister in law as a healthy pregnancy and that a healthy baby will be born! Can not wait to meet him or her! You will have to learn fast to keep up with Ayden and Mattie!
23) We celebrated my nephews 2nd birthday! Hard to believe that little booger is already 2! Seems like yesterday we were waiting on him to pop into this world. He is a little firecracker! Also very thankful that whatever was wrong with him at the beginning of the year is gone. It was very sad and scary to see him suffer when he was so sick. So glad he is a healthy little guy!!
24) My car insurance should lower some more now.. right??
25) I am thankful to be given another year to celebrate my birthday! I am also sad that I am half way to 50. :( Oh well, I am another year older and another year wiser! I am thankful for all the love and support from all my family and friends! I am truly one lucky girl and extremely blessed!!!
Happy Birthday to me!!! Count your blessings!
XOXO
Lyndsay
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