11/27/12

Today was a pretty good day. The radio station I listen to does this thing every year called “Christmas Wish”. People nominate other people/families that are suffering or going through something – a house fire, some kind of bad accident, a major illness, etc. – and the radio station surprises that person/family with all kinds of great stuff – groceries, gift cards, clothes and toys for kids, etc. They usually do a wish a day in December, but at the end of November they have a wish-a-thon all day, grating a wish an hour, and raising money to grant more throughout the season. I LOVE this day. Listening to these heartwarming stories, and hearing the strength and faith people have while going through the various difficult experiences is so uplifting, and hearing the love and emotion people have for each other while they read their stories and nominations is amazing. It just fills me with the holiday spirit all day! That day was today, so even though I cried A LOT throughout the day listening to these stories, I loved it.

The days have been going really fast – I can’t believe it will be December by the end of the week. I’ve been so busy at work that it seriously feels like I just got there when it’s time to go home. I love the quick day at work, but being swamped for SO LONG is really getting draining. I’d give anything for our office to be able to hire another person – we’ve been underwater for so long now.

I was also pretty excited because I finally touched base with our insurance agent today, and we’re getting together tomorrow to adjust our insurance policies. Now that Christian’s truck is paid off, we can drop his full coverage and save quite a bit of money. YAY! He was also able to lower our homeowners insurance a little bit (which was set to go up about $200 this year – ugh). AND, he wants to try to get my life insurance policy adjusted. Right now I pay a TON for a fairly small policy because of my heart disease. Since I’ve basically been cleared by my cardiologist and don’t require any monitoring or anything, we’re thinking I can go ahead and get a larger policy for cheaper – like a “regular” person. Fingers Crossed!

After work I picked up the girls from school, and we met Christian at McDonald’s for dinner and some playland time. We had some gift certificates, and I’ve been too busy and too tired to grocery shop this week, so this was a good alternative for the day. After some food and playtime, we made our way home…took a quick bath, and cuddled up on the couch for “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Shrek the Halls” on TV. LOVE Christmas movies, and the girls are SO into it this year. It’s cute.

I finally got Amelia down to bed and made my way downstairs to workout. My legs and arms were KILLING me, so it was pretty painful, but I made it through. I watched a couple shows, got myself ready for bed and passed out! Busy day!

This morning, before school, Amelia was really concerned about Chuy for some reason, and had to keep an eye on him while we went to the bathroom. What a helpful gal...