unemployment top ten

#10. cleaning porta potties is fun to do,

fun to do, fun to do. (ahem not so much, but singing primary songs helps--ok that's not true either but he survived it!)

#9. my family sure goes through A LOT of toilet paper. Seriously, who knew?

(in keeping with the potty theme)

#8. we are LEARNING to love left-overs. and eggs. Eggs are good.

#7. it DOES get hot enough on a flat roof

in August to fry an egg.

#6. less REALLY IS more!

#5. you learn how humbling (and hard!) it is to accept goodness from others. (we are ready to be in "giving back" mode any time now!)

#4. attitude really is everything.

(o.k. maybe not EVERYTHING,

but you know what I mean!)

#3. coupons are a mom's best friend.

#2. it's OKAY to have a mini nervous breakdown now and again...this too shall pass!

(and your kids now know to bring you

some kleenex so you can sop

up your snot and move on.)

#1. we are so very blessed!

really and truly.

I have said it before and I'll say it again-

I would love for this unemployment stuff to be over, like.... YESTERDAY!

BUT, looking back over the past 5 months we are amazed at the outpouring of love from those people, who have LITERALLY been God's hands, here on earth.

To each of you this holiday season,

WE THANK YOU

for your love and thoughts and prayers and goodness and acts of kindness to our family.

thank you

thank you

thank you