Count Your Blessing -- Day 5

I actually have a few today!!! Yay for having lots to be thankful for!

1). This blessing, I think, is the one that excites me the most! Tonight is when we "fall back!!" I love this time of year because it means I gain an extra hour of sleep. That alone deserves its own blog post! If you know me at all, or read any of my Facebook posts, you know I am a girl who likes her sleep! It is hard for me to sleep and I have to have the perfect conditions (absolute silence and darkness) -- so sometimes I do not rest well. An extra hour always makes me feel better though.

2). I got to watch a lot of TV today, and that has become a rarity. I caught up on all my Grey's that I've had DVR'd forever, as well as weed through my BH 90210 and watch those episodes I kept. All while in my favorite TTU pajama pants! (I also watched the TTU/UT game, but that was NOT my favorite time of the day, lol). I even watched "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" on TBS. Yay!!

3). I also had time to finish a book I have been working on for a while.  It is called Look Back by Lisa Scottoline. It was a book I bought at the school book fair. It was an okay read. It was really good at hooking you in the beginning, got pretty boring in the middle and super predictable at the end. But, it was definitely different than anything I have ever read.  Because I have finished this book, I can now finish the two Christmas books I have.

4). I used a recipe I found on pinterest to clean the microwave and it really worked!! In a microwave safe dish, take three cups of water and add in a teaspoon of vanilla extract. Cook on high for five minutes. The steam makes it easy to wipe out the microwave and the vanilla makes the house smell great!! I actually did not have any vanilla but did use orange extract and it was fabulous! I even wiped down the counters with it. The kitchen smelled liked the holidays!!  I am thankful that other people are so crafty at making their own household cleansers that don't have harsh toxic chemicals!!

5). Last week Ty and I cleaned out his binder and we put away some papers he thought he didn't need anymore. Friday, I checked parent portal and discovered that yes, indeed, he did need them. So, we pulled them out tonight and he was going to do them. Yay for a mom who knew better than to throw any of that work away, and YAY for them being completely finished!! All he has to do is turn them in -- they will be late but at least they are not zeros.

I had a really good and productive day. I am thankful for that!