Bring in 2013!

Well here it comes....the rest of my thankfuls...I have exactly 36 to type up here...can I do it? I don't know. But I better get started....

#331...I am thankful for Thanksgiving. Sadly most people only let their thankfulness show around then, if they even let it show. It's just nice to see most everyone be kind, even if only for a little.

#332...I am thankful for the mop I bought today. I've been using sponges and getting down on my hands and knees....and while that's been fun I had even more fun getting it done in like .25 seconds because I had a mop!

#334...I am thankful for the temple. We don't go nearly enough, but that is one of our goals for the new year, to go at least once a month. We went to the temple a few weeks ago and the spirit felt was amazing and I just love being reminded of all the blessings I can have.

#335...I am thankful for nails. Because without nails I wouldn't be able to hang up all my pictures in my apartment. I love that it feels more and more like a home.

#336...I am thankful for others examples. As sad as it is, some people are afraid to show a spiritual side, in fear of what others will think. I love those people that just put themselves out there and bare their testimony and aren't afraid to show what they believe at all. Not that I'm afraid or anything, but I definitely have some work to do, I mainly need to not be so shy. I just love the examples I see, because as it would, it makes me want to be a better person and better at sharing the gospel.

#337...I am thankful for Dr. Noorda. He's the second opinion doctor, and let me tell you, he is fantastic. He made me feel comfortable, he made me laugh, he was honest with me, and he cared about what I wanted to do, and let ME make decisions.

#338...I am thankful for insurance. There's no way I'd be able to visit the doctor like I have been without it. And surgery, thank goodness there is insurance there for that.

#339...I am thankful for the little signs in grocery stores above the aisles that tell you what you'll find in that aisle. If it weren't for those I'd be lost in grocery stores for hours.

#340...I am thankful that I can still be a "kid" with my husband. Sure we have to be grown up, but it's fun to just have fun together sometimes. And we do. We joke around, we talk in kid voices, and we enjoy life. It's great to take those breaks and stop stressing about things.

#341...I am thankful for fleece. I made some fleece blankets for Christmas and I never knew how much I loved fleece until I cuddled up in Kohn's blanket. The blanket might as well be mine now. Haha.

#342...I am thankful Kohn knows what he's doing when it comes to money. Because let's be honest, if I were the one handling bills I just don't think things would be going as smoothly as they are with Kohn in charge. He's pretty great, and smart too.

#343...I am thankful that I was born into the church. I can't picture my life not being born into it. Would I have been strong enough to accept the truth if I wasn't told it from the second I could understand? I don't know how things would have been, I like to think I would have accepted it. But I'm thankful I've always had the blessing of it in my life.

#344...I am thankful for how yummy soap smells. There is nothing I love more than the smell of the bathroom after a shower. It just smells clean, and not like Pine Sol clean, but just clean and yummy! And it's so warm!

#345...I am thankful for snow. Sure it's not fun to drive in, and it's cold, but it is what makes Christmas! And we sure did have a white one this year!

#346...I am thankful for lower gas prices. Just right around the time when we started filling our tank more than usual the prices dropped. That was definitely a huge blessing for us, and our wallets.

#347...I am thankful for the radio. I would hate driving so much more if I didn't get to listen to music while I drive!

#348...I am thankful that I actually found time to get this post done. Because it was something that I really wanted to accomplish, just to say I could. I know that I didn't put a thankful up every day, but I still will get 366 (Yeah I figured it is 366 with the extra day in February) things that I'm thankful for. And that's great. Plus, you would've gotten sick of reading something EVERY day.

#349...I am thankful for people who don't judge. We're not perfect, and we all have flaws. But thank goodness for the few people who don't care about those things.

#350...I am thankful that I can count. Counting is very important and if I couldn't count I wouldn't have been able to do this project.

#351...I am thankful for how supportive Kohn is. He is always there to cheer me on when I start something new, even if we both know in the back of our minds that it's not going to last long.

#352...I am thankful for the fantastic Christmas break I've had. I haven't gotten a lot accomplished, because I've been lazy. But I never get to be lazy so it was nice to do it for a little bit. Plus I still got important things done, so it was a win-win situation anyway.

#353...I am thankful for bubble baths. Whenever my cysts hurt they're just about the only thing that can help me feel a little bit better, even if just for the short time I'm in the bath. Sometimes I just wanna live in bubble baths, but then my hands would look like old lady hands, and we don't want that.

#354...I am thankful for how considerate my parents are. They do their very best to make sure Christmas is great for everyone, and I tell you what, they do a dang good job! We were spoiled by them, and I love the outfit I got from them! They've actually got good taste for old people ;) but seriously...my parents always want to make everyone happy, and that makes me happy! And I'm so thankful for their love and love them so much!

#355...I am thankful for a phone that works. My last one stopped working, so it was great to get a new one for just 99 cents, and it works! Wooo!

#356...I am thankful for new chances. That's what every new year is, a new chance to start all over. I was kind of a bum about it and said it was stupid...but the more I thought about it, it's really not. What a perfect time to turn your life around and make it what you want it to be. And to have the rest of the world trying to change things too make for great support.

#357...I am thankful for cute old men that always have nice things to say. Sometimes all I need to hear is an old man tell me I'm a pretty girl and I feel happy! Not that I'm into old men, it's just that they have been around for a while so they know a pretty girl when they see one, they've seen all sorts of people!

#358...I am thankful that I haven't gotten any yucky sicknesses that have been going around. I haven't got a cold, and on Christmas a flu bug started spreading around my family. My dad and Angela had it, then David got it, then Meagan, Rikki, and mom had it...but Kohn and I never got hit!

#359...I am thankful that I was able to accomplish this...I really needed it for my ego.

#360...I am thankful that there is a surgery to help my medical problem. It will help the pain go away, it will help. And I'm excited...who knew someone would be excited about getting cut into...

#361...I am thankful for magnets. That way I can put important things on my fridge.

#362...I am thankful for all the things I've been through to help shape me into the person I am, and the person that I am going to be. We all go through things to only make us better, as long as we handle it the right way.

#363...I am thankful my life doesn't have any gigantic drama in it. Sure there are little things that I make a big deal out of, but then I look at things other people are going through and I've got nothing compared to them. I've got it pretty good.

#364...I am thankful for blinds, who wants people looking in their windows!

#365...I am thankful the world didn't end on December 21 ;) I still have too much life to live.

#366...I am thankful for the past year. I've learned a lot about life and a lot about myself. I know there is still a lot to be learned, and I'm ready to learn it. I'm ready for a new year though. A new journey, new beginnings.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

....and that's my story!

It has been way too long....and I honestly don't know when the last time was that I posted either...and I'm just too lazy to look! Haha. The year is almost over, and I just about made it!....Because I like to finish things I will indeed finish the thankful posts before the end of the year, just not tonight. I just wanted to say "Hey, I'm still here!" and I WILL finish if it's the last thing I do, and you know what, it probably will be the last thing I do.

But...I don't go back to work until January 2nd, so after all the Christmas craziness I may be able to stick in a super long post (because of all the "thankfuls" I'll have to catch up on) before January 1st! I promise it will come! Until then...

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve! And I am so excited! I've been ready for this for what feels like forever, but it's really only been over a month! I was done with my Christmas shopping the day after Thanksgiving, and the wrapping, which is unusual for me, so it just felt like Christmas should have been closer than it was then. So I feel like a little kid this year....and Kohn will even tell you I snooped. And I'm not denying it. But there is a story behind it...

So when I was Black Friday shopping I found a pair of boots that I LOVED! And I told Kohn I needed them, because he was going to get me boots for Christmas anyway! So I took him in that store later, showed him the boots, and then left. Well later I was telling him some cute outfits those boots would go with and he tried to convince me he got a different pair of boots! Well...I was freaking out, because maybe I had been planning outfits for boots I wasn't even going to get! So, when he was working one day I opened the bag and saw that he was teasing and actually got me the right boots! So it wasn't really snooping....just checking. But I guess it's snooping because there was another present in the box with the boots, and there was another bag up there too. I didn't look in the bag, but because of the bag I knew what was in it, but still didn't look to see what they looked like....more shoes of course, cause you know how we are :) but again, I DID NOT LOOK! So props to me there! Right?

I promise I don't normally snoop, but it was all in the name of fashion....honest.

Alright, so what's been going on with our lives lately?

Kohn just finished another semester of school, and he did wonderfully! I'm so proud of him! And now while he's on break from school he's just working like crazy and building shelves for me and being the best ever! I sure do love him! :) Oh and he's being sexy as ever! :)

Me, well....I've been working, like usual. So nothing really exciting going on in my life, except now I'm on Christmas break and I'm crafting it up, baking it up, and hopefully will get to crocheting it up too! :)

Also, around Thanksgiving I started getting a really bad pain in my right side. We thought maybe it was appendix, maybe a UTI, and honestly maybe just a really bad time of the month coming up...it was none of the above. The pain kept getting worse and to the point where I would have to curl up in fetal position, and sometimes I cried...yes, I did. So, I went to see a doctor. She thought maybe some cysts. So we scheduled an ultrasound for the next week....

So I went in the next week, got the ultrasound, didn't even see my doctor that day. The tech found a large cyst on my right ovary, about the size of a golf ball is what he told me. He told me he'd get the ultrasound sent to my doctor and she would call to let me know what she wanted me to do.

Well she didn't call til more than a week later and said she just wanted to see if it would pop on it's own, have me come back in 8 weeks and then go from there if it hadn't popped. So I didn't like the treatment I'd received and just didn't feel comfortable...so I went to a different doctor for a second opinion. And I sure got a second opinion....it's like the first one was a waste of my time.

He did an ultrasound to just see for himself and what he found was something bigger than a golf ball, and it wasn't just one, it was three that had kind of all clumped together and formed what we seem to be one. So he decided he wanted to do surgery, forget the letting it pop on it's own business. He said he'd not seen something like it before, and it wasn't normal...

How can two appointments be completely different from each other? But boy am I glad I went to that second one. So now I'm scheduled to have surgery on January 14 to get those suckers removed. And please oh please get rid of the pain! Sure it doesn't seem like a big deal, but it hurts, bad.

So that's my thoughts there....I think I just had to get that out there because due to a previous status posted by my brother in law some people think I am pregnant. Which I AM NOT. Exactly the opposite. Doctor said the cysts make my hormones all out of balance, they make my cycle very irregular, and it makes it so my right ovary is not ovulating so it would be very difficult to get pregnant with the cysts because of what it's doing to my body right now (sorry if this is too much info for those reading, but I'm just sayin)....so let's just clear that up. I AM NOT preggers. Nor will I be for a looooong time. Babies are expensive.

Well now I just don't know what to say. But I believe that should clear things up. K thanks for reading. Oh....and....

MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! (All that good stuff!) :)