Pure.Joy.

Lately, it feels as if I am only getting a second to write when I don't have access to my home computer for picture posts. Pictures make posts so much more fun ...but, for now you just get boring me.  Me, and my sappy "Pure.Joys."

*Love my friends. Love my family.  So many have rallied support for our little tree endeavour, and I feel so much gratitude and love. Packages of books have already been set...ALREADY! I contacted Abby's Cheerleading team in an effort to get her peers involved with the project she created.  They are not only getting involved, but involving the entire studio. We are beyond thrilled. Man, people are just good.

*I got a new car.  In order to get this new car, we really had to have a few things land in our favor. The people we bought it from went above and beyond, on a personal level, to make sure it happened.  They actually went so far as to take some loan officers from a bank to lunch which resulted in an interest rate drop of over 2% for our loan.  It was amazing.  I have loved my last car, but when you can't open your driver's side door without opening the window first, have to pray and gently guide the key in the ignition so it doesn't get stuck forever there, cautiously use your brakes because when you do the entire cars feels like it has been hit with a 6.0 earthquake....It is time to let it go.

So, we did...and I am in new car heaven.

*Abby did her homework by herself last night.  WITHOUT drama.  In fact, I would say homework has been drama free for the past two weeks. I know, I know, big deal right? Whatever. I know you moms of kids in elementary school feel me on this.

*We paid off our first credit card in its' entirety this week. We have been working for the past month or so to pay off all our medical BS, and now...we can begin the good stuff. It felt so freaking good... WAY better than the momentary rush I feel when buying a cardigan (but, man...I do love buying those).  I may actually begin to hate Dave Ramsey and his money makeover nonsense a little less now.:)

*I heart Modern Family. I could sit all day long, eat bon-bons and watch re-runs.  I've never laughed out loud at a show like I do that one.  Abby would watch it with me too...it is the inspiration behind her quest to marry a Chinese man, or adopt a baby girl from China and name her Lily.

*Leg rubs rock.  I have actually been feeling really well lately, which is obviously a very good thing.  Occasionally though...I push that good thing a little too far, and the reality of the big lesion in my brain hits me like a mac truck. I've overdone it a bit this week...not really doing anything special, just doing all we working moms do on a daily basis. A couple of nights ago, my leg said, "You need to knock it the hell off and lay down."  I didn't listen. Well, I actually did...but, not until like 9:30. In fact, that was probably the first time I had really sat down that day. My leg hurt. It hurt like those stupid growing pain-dull ache-kind of hurts. I cried, maybe not so much because of the pain, because it was bearable, but because I really was quite enjoying my lovely denial land. I also cried because I needed attention, because honestly, that's pretty much the main reason why any of us cry. 

Blair noticed. He even rubbed the nasty cramping for a while. My leg and heart felt lots better after those few minutes of attention.

*Deak's hugs; they can squeeze me and fill me up for hours. Really...they should almost be illegal.

So, there it is...Pure.Joys. Week #2/3. 

I promise, pictures next time.