Fun Fact Black Friday

1. 
I didn't buy anything today.  The closest I came was paying for our gas fill up prior to leaving my brother-in-law Matt's house.  We were only about a quarter of a tank down but the gas was only $3.19 (super cheap in these parts) so we took advantage of it.


2. 
We had a lovely, lovely Thanksgiving at my brother-in-law's house in Delaware.  The only challenge was getting the children to sleep at night.  We had a great time otherwise!


3. 
The trip to Matt's took 3.5 hours (some light traffic, one potty break, one dinner stop).  The trip home was made in a record 2 hours.


4. 
Tonight, all children were asleep around 7:30.  Awesome.


5. 
The weather today was gorgeous!  We went for a nice long walk, played outside a bit.  It was great to be able to do that after starting the kids' day out with a lengthy car ride.


6.
I am truly feeling thankful for all that we are blessed with.  Family, friends, health, love...we are rich in all those things and so much more.


7.
But the whole truth?  I am simultaneously trying to squelch my wish for us to have more or better things.  It sounds so awful when I read that over.  I can't help wishing that we had some extra cash on hand so that I could have done a little shopping today.  I can't help wishing that the thought of buying two new bikes for the boys for Christmas didn't seem like such a stretch. I just want to have a normal Christmas...maybe I need to revise my idea of a normal Christmas?  Really, I just want to feel like we are living a normal life in terms of having what we need plus a little extra for fun stuff.  Maybe I need to rethink what a normal life is?


8.
I didn't start this post with the intention of it turning into "Depressing Fact Friday"


9.
Back to Gratitude: I am very, very thankful that my mom came over tonight to give me a hand with our early bedtime.  She made the process exponentially easier.


10.
I have a cute Turkey Day photo of the kids but have not uploaded it yet...maybe tomorrow.  I am TIRED!