30 days of thanks...days 5 & 6

day 5 | 11.5.11:  my job.

i have a pretty sweet job.  i work for a product design company in the juvenile industry...baby products!  it's been a blast getting to see products designed from the ground up and then walk down the aisle in babies 'r us and see them on the shelves!  as the hr manager, i don't have a hand in the design, but i do enjoy when the engineers as for my input as an "experienced" mama.  it makes me feel like i contribute something!  i have never ever taken for granted my job and the perks that go with it, but especially in this ecomony and with numerous friends and family members unemployed at this time, i am even more thankful for it.

day 6 | 11.6.11:  my church.

i have been attending the same church literally since i was born.  i was baptised, had first communion, was confirmed and married and both my children were baptised at this same church.  also the same church that my mom was confirmed and parents were married in.  tony attends sunday school there now as well and our plan is he will too go through all the stages of his church life at this same church.  church has become more important to me the older i've become and this church, with our pastors and the congregation there truly feels like an extention of our family.  i've made wonderful friendships with people i've met through church...friendships that continue still to this day (hi rebecca!).  i am so thankful that we have a place that is so welcoming.