Bad Luck???

A few weeks ago my sister-in-law, Kim posted a blog about the string of "bad luck" she had encountered. She must have passed it along to me & Josh because it seems like not much is going our way these days. First of all Josh's work checked bounced. Yes, bounced. I was thinking that AmeriPride was going bankrupt but after talking to our bank it turns out that in processing the check it had been torn. So instead of calling us, the bank pushed it through as a bounced check. That was finally straightened out and then I had a wreck. It was the other person's fault but her insurance company is not going to pay. They are saying I contributed to the accident because I was going to turn but changed my mind. Now I changed my mind about 2 car lengths from the turn and when she hit me my blinker was not on but somehow I am still being blamed. So now that is going to Subrogation between the insurance companies so Progressive (her insurance company) will fix my car. That isn't settled yet but hopefully will be soon. Then yesterday I went to Walmart to get a few groceries and after being in the store about an hour. I went to check out. All I had was a check because I was waiting on my new Debit card in the mail. The check would not go through. So I had to leave all of the stuff that I had attempted to purchase in the store and walk out like a criminal. I was so embarrassed!! I called the number they gave me and after getting the run-around someone was finally able to help me. Apparently a cashier made a mistake and put my driver's license number on another person's check. I got all of that straightened out this afternoon. I actually had to go to Walmart Customer service to have them visually identify that it was not me that had written the bad check. What a mess!!!! I really don't believe in "bad luck." If I was trying to convince someone that there is no such thing as bad luck, I could not convince them based on the last month of my life. I know that things could be so much worse, but that is what is going on with me.

In happier news, Thanksgiving was a great day - as I had expected. The day after Thanksgiving my mom, my sister, my aunt, and I left the kids with their dads/Papa's and went shopping. We had a great day and got some great deals. I am now ready for Christmas!! I have started decorating but we will get our tree this weekend. I am SO EXCITED. Christmas is my favorite time of the year. It is also a very busy time but I think that is why I like it so much. Goodness, it is very late and tomorrow morning is ladies Bible class. I hope everyone is having a great week!

Happy Thanksgiving!

In just a few short hours, it will be Thanksgiving day. It is hard to believe that the holidays are already here! This will be Hannah's first Thanksgiving. We should always be thankful to God for all our blessings, however Thanksgiving is a time to reflect and to be extra thankful! I am thankful that God is in control of my life, that He created me, sent His only Son to die for me and I am His child! I am also thankful for Josh. God has blessed me with such a great leader for our family. With God as the focus of our marriage, we have a great life together. No, it is not perfect but we are happy. I am also thankful for Hannah. She is such a sweet baby! She smiles at me and it melts my heart. I am thankful that she was born healthy. I was feeding her before she went to bed tonight and I thought I am so thankful that we live in America. We have food, clothing, & shelter. I thought about all of the moms who have to watch their babies suffer from hunger and I can't imagine their pain! I am thankful that I do not have to worry about those things and I pray for those who do. There are many more things that I am thankful for and do not have the time to list them, but I will add that I am thankful for all of my family and friends. Everyone of you have been a great support & encouragement to me. I love you all and thank God for you. Thanksgiving Day usually brings out the emotional side of me, but I think it is good for me to think about all of the blessings God has given me. It puts me on the right track and makes me a better Christian!
I am excited about tomorrow. After I feed Hannah her breakfast, I am going to make a mad dash to the store to get a newspaper. I will have to map out my shopping plan for Friday (I am so excited!!!) while I watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Then, we are going to my PaPaw & MaMaw Shadix's house to eat lunch, then we will go to David & Susan's (Josh's parents) for dinner. I am looking forward to having a great day! I hope you have one too - Happy Thanksgiving!

My First Post

I am not sure what made me decide to join the blogging world, but here I am starting my own blog. I chose "Hannah's Mommy" as my blog name for several reasons. One reason is that I am not that creative and I didn't want to sit for a long period of time racking my brain trying to decide on a good name. The main reason I chose the name is because since my sweet little Hannah was born into this world people pay so much attention to her that they often
"forget" about me. As soon as we walk into a room everyone begins to talk to Hannah and then later say hello to me. If Hannah is not there I am immediatley asked, "Where is Hannah?" So instead of being Katie, I am now Hannah's mommy. I think this happens to all of us who are parents. I don't know about you but I love my new title! It makes me proud to say that I am Hannah's mommy. Hannah has brought more joy to me than I could ever imagine and I will love being Hannah's mommy for as long as I live!

Today was the Auburn and Alabama game - the biggest game of the season! Hannah and I went to Billy and Mary's to watch the game. Auburn won!! I predicted the score to be 24-0 (Auburn on top), however the score was 22-15! WARRRRRR EAGLE, HEY!!!! It was a great game! The fear of the thumb was made reality today! Josh decided to take advantage of the first day of gun season and go deer hunting. He killed the first one of this season. It was a doe. Now for those of you who know me, I really can't stand anything about deer hunting. I grew up with a dad and brothers who were obsessed and vowed that I would never marry a deer hunter. Well, never say never! I have to be a good wife and pretend to be interested. However, I am happy that he killed one since it makes him so happy. I knew the honeymoon was over when he replaced our wedding picture as the background of our computer with a picture of him and our nephew, Clay holding a deer he killed. He is lucky I am not offended by much! It made me laugh.

I guess that is all for my first post. Hannah is sound asleep in her bed and I am about to crawl into bed myself. Good night & WAR EAGLE!!!