Being Thankful.....

Most people start their list of things to be thankful for on November 1st and then stop on Thanksgiving.  I'm going to be a little different.  You should already know that...LOL!!!  I'm going to start my list of things to be thankful for today and end on December 31st.  This year has been better than some and worse than some, but at least the good has out weighted the bad.

Before I go into that I'm going to vent about my Thanksgiving.

First of all, my older babies were with their Dad the whole week.  I missed them so much.  I don't know how people can live without their children.  Our home is small so it's hard to have our whole blended family in one place.  I hate feeling like when my babies big sister visits I have to send my children to their Dad's house.  I haven't had all of my babies for Thanksgiving in three years.  I have to choose a holiday and I'd rather miss them on Thanksgiving than Christmas, but why do I have to make that sacrifice.

Second, my Black Friday shopping was sabotaged by an unexpected bill.  Well I should say unexpected by me.  It would have been prevented had my "significant other" been pro-active.  I hate being the financially responsible one.  I had plans to get his daughter, my older children, and our babies Christmas presents with that money.  This man makes $10 an hour more than I do, yet I carry the household financially.  Yes he is supportive in other ways.  I am thankful for that, but sometimes I want to be able to do the things I plan and save for.  I'm not asking that much. 

Third, we all got sick.  I finally have four days off in a row and what happens.....everyone gets the damn flu.  I will admit the Man really stepped up with this.  He had way more patience than I did.  We spent $350 on Thanksgiving food that we did not eat and ended up throwing away because we were all sick.  Last year, we vowed to spend less than the $400 we spent.  I will NEVER NEVER NEVER let him plan Thanksgiving again.  For someone who hates to throw away food, he is making a yearly habit of it on Thanksgiving.

Lastly, we decided that next year we will do our own family Thanksgiving.  Between the $300 of food we throw away and the family drama (luckily I missed out on being home with sick kids), it's time we do our own family holidays. If we must have family holidays, it will be a select few.  There are enough adversities in this world, family does not need to be one of them.

Sorry it's been so long since I've blogged....I promise to be better about my ranting!!!