Thanksgiving

A day and a half... and our house will be over flowing with family! 

I was hoping to have my stair project completed by Thursday... but I am not so sure at this point.  I have been doing so all kinds of things around here... that my back is absolutely KILLING me!!  I got a first coat of paint on the stair 'fronts'... and I am hoping to get a 2nd coat on tonite.  It is just so hard on my back!! 
Pulling the carpet staples out of the steps really did my back in!!  My husband, the "starter" ripped all of the carpet off the steps MONTHS ago... but never went back to pull out the staples.  Soooo.... that is what I did today (the kids helped).  In addition shopping, doing laundry, moving dogs and their crates, etc... etc...etc...  UGH!

Here we are... faced with the Holiday season...
Let me tell you... I am sooooooo very thankful I am who I am, and I am where I am.  Looking over my life... I could be in prison, I could be dead, I could be just like my family... BUT, I am NOT.  I am right here... right where I belong!  With an awesome hubby... making an awesome family for us and our kids!
Getting here was no easy task!!  I had to battle through people, odds, and my family! 
It isnt easy when you grow up in a family that is as dysfunctional as mine!!  As I am being reminded... the women in my family are down right nuts!  My mom and grandmother are so much alike they refuse to sit down and enjoy Thanksgiving with us... because they dont want to be in the same space as the other!!! 
Who cares how that affects MY kids... or who's feelings get hurt!  Obviously... the only ppl that truly matter to them... ARE themselves!! 
It is sad.
The only thing Stacy and I can do is use it as a teaching opportunity.  THIS is NOT what we want our kids to become!!!

Ok... I guess I better get to putting on the 2nd coat of paint!  If I dont do it now... I dont think it will happen... my back hurts soooooo damn bad.  I sure hope I can still walk come Thanksgiving day!!!
Tomorrow is going to be an even busier day!!  The kids are going to start their deserts!!!  And I have 7 dogs to groom!!  Ohhhh good times... good times...!!  Yea, I may be in a wheelchair Thursday!  UGH!!!

I really wish Mr Sunshine will come out to see us tomorrow!!!