Blessed

It's so easy to sit around and feel sorry for yourself. To sit and say "oh my, I'm so tired, work is kicking my butt, I have no time for my friends, I have no time to cook, I have no time to go see my mom. Wah, whoa is me"

I would like to take a minute and say that I am truly blessed.
2010 was a really hard year for me. My mom's cancer, losing my job, losing Tango, family drama, dealing with fibromyalgia... you name it, it sucked.
I really let it get to me. I got to the point where I just couldn't take any more, had a major panic attack and almost ended up back in the hospital because of it.

2011 is going to be different. My mom still has cancer, I still miss Tango, and I'm still bitter about what happened at my last job. The difference will be with me, and how I respond and react to my life. 2011 is going to be about positive attitudes.

Thank God, I have a job.
Thank God, I have friends. Great friends. This might be the first time in my life when I can actually say that and mean it.
Thank God, I have food in my fridge and do not need to go hungry.
Thank God, my mom is still here. I am so grateful for every minute that God gives me with her.
Thank God, I have family that loves me. Drama or not, I never have to question whether I am loved.
Thank God for my daddy. He is my rock. 
Thank God for giving me the years I had with Tango. For letting me help him know what it felt like to be loved. For giving me a little ball of unconditional love in return. For teaching me patience. For bringing me to a point in my life where I would get Jasmine.
Thank God for Jasmine. Without her, I may never have gotten out of my funk last year. She has given me a reason to get out of bed every morning.
Thank God for Petey and Bella and McDuff. My children.  Fur, or feathers, paws, or claws, my loves.
Thank God, for Disney World. For at least 8 days a year I get to just be. I get to live in my fantasy land, and be the Princess I know I am, see the world, and be a kid again.

Thank God for my amazing husband, who can always make me laugh, and makes me feel like a princess every single day.

What are you thankful for? Do you think your attitude can impact your future?

Free Dog and Cat to Good Home

UGH. I am of course kidding... after all they are my babies and I love them like they were my children. BUT let me tell you ... they are lucky they are so cute or one of them would have wound up out the window today!

Someone, (I'm looking at Tango and/or Petey) PEED on my bed today. On my favorite bedspread. The one with all the fabulous matching throw pillows.

This is the 3rd bedspread to meet such a horrible and stinky fate.

Oh fabulous bedspread how I'll miss you...

Trendy Treehouse Shutter Love Tuesday

Friendship

Look closely and you'll see the little black cat being snuggled by the little white dog. They are the best of friends even if they don't always act like it.

Trying Something New...

I try to respond to every comment I get. I love comments, and I love interacting with my followers/readers.
I realized the other day that I rarely go back to a blog I left a comment on to see if the owner replied. It made me wonder if my readers did the same and therefor think I don't respond to them...

So today I replied to the emails I received telling me I had comments. That way you know I saw your comment, and we can continue the conversation if we wanted to.


Is that a good idea? Is that what you do when you get a comment on your blog? I'm still trying to figure all of this stuff out.

And just so this isn't a totally boring post... enjoy a random photo of my boys. Petey the cat likes to look out this window and stare at the birds. Tango the dog likes to pretend he's a kitty (as seen in this post) and so he copies Petey and stares out the window with him. Petey does not enjoy this and gives Tango death stares because well, Tango is a dog, and thinks it's his duty to bark at anything that comes near the building thus scaring away the birds.  Note the dirty look the cat is giving the dog.