Today, my "30 Days of Thankful" item is, my online mom's groups. I first joined the Babycenter community boards when I was pregnant with Olivia. I was a lurker for a while, just reading the various questions and responses. Eventually I became more and more active, the more comfortable I got. Over the years I have 3 main groups I devoted most of my time to...my January '09 spin-off group, the "Snowbabies", which was specifically for people due the same week Olivia was due. My January '09 Working Mom's group, which I enjoyed because a large majority of the online community world is stay at home mother's...while there is nothing wrong with that, it's no big surprise that the two worlds have pretty significant differences - it's nice to connect with people that are truly in the same boat as you. Finally, my July '10 spin-off board, the "Little Rubies". This is the group I definitely connected with the most. It is a very small group, and we all just had an amazing connection and great level of comfort right from the start. In the end, these women help me in so many ways. They cheer me up when I need it, they don't judge me for my choices, they let me be me - no questions asked. They have such an amazing level of tolerance and open-mindedness. There is no question that I would have gone CRAZY, long ago, without them.
Today was a pretty good Sunday. It started off fairly lazy...at least on Christian's part. Of course he ended up staying out way too late last night, so had no interest in getting up this morning. The girls and I ate some breakfast and goofed around for a while, and I managed to get some laundry done. While the girls napped, I started tearing apart the office....going through paperwork, cleaning out the closet and all that fun stuff. Now that we don't have our desktop computer, we're clearing out the room, and turning it into a playroom. We're going to get the carpet cleaned, do some painting and decorating and move all of their toys into the room. It's our next project, and I'm pretty excited about it. It will take us a while to actually get it done...we can't even get the carpet cleaners in until January, but I'm happy to have started anyway!
After naps, Christian started putting plastic on the widows. While he did that, the girls and I watched some old Disney movies...I found my box of old VHS's...seriously, how did we survive through "rewind" and 20 minutes of forced previews?!? LOL.
Finally, it was time for baths and bed. The weekend came to an end, as quickly as it usually does. At least it was another fun filled, weekend, and we got quite a bit done. Always a plus!
Here is another cute sister lovin' picture to share!
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