The Latta Family

Jeez I suck at this!  I keep getting further and further behind!!! Oh well, on Friday 11/8 I was grateful for the end of the week.  Last week was a real stinker.  I hated everything. I was in a rotten mood.  And I was sick of myself.  Also- I was grateful that Alexa's friend called and asked if she could spend the night.  That meant I could go to Senior Night at the Varsity Football game without Alexa.  She would have been utterly MISERABLE.  It was sooooo cold.  I was bundled up and had hand warmers and I was still freezing.  I was also grateful my rice bag, which is basically a piece of fabric sewn into a tube that is filled with rice.  I heat it up and put it on my feet in the winter time.  It keeps my feet so toasty warm.  Saturday 11/9 I took my kids shopping.  I hate shopping (this is sounding super grateful).  I hate crowds.  Andrew hates shopping.  He's a HUGE pill . . .  normally.  But I was pleasantly surprised and grateful for a positive shopping experience.  And

Day #5: I am thankful that I got to spend some time with Alexa's Girl Scout Troop.  We spent the meeting planning what to buy for our Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes. I was so thrilled with them.  They were focused and engaged and thoughtful in the items they wanted to put in each box.  I thought they would want to stick with the 5-9 year old girl range, but they wanted to do a box for the 2-4 year olds and the 10-14 year olds.  I loved the way they worked together and thought about what girls from other countries might like and might need.  It was refreshing- especially since earlier in the day my high school students were threatening to crush my soul with their apathy.  Day #6: I am thankful for my co-workers.  They have been really helping me out this week.  I've overbooked myself, and made some mistakes due to arrogance.  They helped me clean up my mistakes without a complaint! Day #7: I am thankful I got to go with Alexa's class on a field trip today.  4th g

Today I am thankful for two things that I couldn't choose between: 1. Honeycrisp Apples.  They're my FAVORITE apples.  FAV.OR.ITE!!!!  They're so crispy, and sweetly tart.  I love their texture.  (Granny Smith apples have a texture that is too . . . squeaky.  Does that make sense?  When I take a bite of a Granny Smith apple, my teeth literally squeak on the apple peel.  It's a very unpleasant sensation and I don't like it. But peeling apples is so much work. Gah! The troubles I face.  Some women are walking 5 miles to bring moderately fresh water to their families, and I don't like to peel apples.  Clearly I have it rough y'all.) 2. Surprisingly, I am thankful for Andrew nagging me. Since he's done with baseball for a bit, we decided to start back swimming as a conditioning method for the spring, and so he nagged me until we went.  Thank goodness.  I was working myself into a total tizzy.  I made a mistake at school, and I'm having to fix it.  I&#

I am thankful I had the desire to meal prep my lunches for the week. I didn't last week, and I ate: cereal one day for lunch, Boars Head Buffalo Chicken slices wrapped around a cheese stick, pb&j, and leftovers.  I was going to eat overnight oats for lunch one day, but instead of putting them in the fridge the night before, I put them in my lunch bag and left them on the kitchen counter.  I was super depressed . . . thus the cereal for lunch.  What do I have fixed?  oooooh, it's one of my FAVORITE lunches!!!!  Buffalo chicken burgers  , roasted sweet potatoes, and a small salad (also- my salad rocks the hiz-ous!  It's spinach with dried cranberries, candied pecans, a raspberry vinaigrette, and goat cheese crumbles.)  It's a delicious lunch and full of health. 

This is going to be a strange one to be thankful for, but hopefully you understand.  Doug's been out of town since Tuesday at the crack of dawn.  While I don't want him to be gone forever, I do like that I sometimes get my bed all to myself.   I watched Christmas movies on Hallmark and LifeTime and no one was around to give me a hard time about how they're cheesy or how it's NOT CHRISTMAS TIME!  It was GLORIOUS!  I slept with all the blankets on the bed last night, and no one moved them so they were hanging half on the bed and half off (which I can't stand! I can literally feel the covers moving when they're 1/2 on and 1/2 off!!!!).  Or complained that I had too many blankets on the bed. Now with all that being said, I'm super thankful he'll be back tonight so that I can sleep on my left side again, which is the side I like to sleep on, but if I sleep on my left side, my back is to my bedroom door.  If my back is to the bedroom door, I can't see

I think I'll jump on the 30 days of Gratitude bandwagon, so here goes: #1 I'm thankful for spending quality time with my kids one on one.  Last night Andrew and I  tried a new to us restaurant and then came home and piled up on the couch under blankets and watched Star Wars Empire Strikes Back  at his request.  It was a perfect way to end a fun, but crazy week at school.  (It was Homecoming and Halloween . . . all in one week!!!!)  That one on one time is a good reminder me that not only do I love my kids, but I like my kids.