Thankful in November

Day 20:

Last night I started coming up with a plan for Thanksgiving dinner. It's always just the hubby and me because we live so far from both our families, and I can't even invite coworkers over (not that they don't already have plans with their families who live near) because we don't have a dining room table. "Please join us for a feast around the coffee table..." I usually don't mind this. I got over my "need" for a huge family gathering in order to enjoy my holiday long ago. We have figured out how to trim down the food prep to just the things we really like, so we don't have a ridiculous amount of leftovers.

But I started getting frustrated last night as I was trying to come up with some "new" recipes for this year. Running things by the hubby: sweet potatoes? No. Scalloped or mashed? Don't care. How about dessert? Yeah, we probably should. Sweet potato pie? No. Pecan? No. So, I got annoyed and walked away to finish planning on my own. I know he doesn't like pumpkin pie (I don't really either) and I'm tired of making apple pie (I have an awesome French apple pie recipe that I usually make). But he won't try anything interesting. So, I finally decided if I'm going to make something "standard" so that we both will eat it without complaint, I'm going to stick to something easy: chocolate chip cookies. That's a Thanksgiving dessert, right?

I was still grumpy about all of it this morning as I started to prep for buying the groceries. About halfway through the store I just stopped. We've been married for 11 years. At least 10 of those years we have done Thanksgiving with just the two of us. I remembered all the years that we had to scrimp the money together just to be able to buy a turkey. Some years I remember my Dad finding out and giving me grocery money to do it. My whole shopping perspective changed. I am SO THANKFUL that not only are our finances no longer so tight that we have to decide if we can even have a Thanksgiving meal, but that we have each other to share it. Whatever we eat, it will be together.

Sorry, that was a much longer post than I intended to make... :blush:
 
I'm just going to drop by here and state that today, I'm thankful for extended family with a slightly LARGER Ford Taurus than mine, living within a reasonable distance from my home, cause I could NOT fit a 20x20x20 shipping box with a 5 ft. stuffed animal chipmunk I was paid $350.00 to make, into my own Ford Taurus, for THE LIFE OF ME.

Back door frames were to small, trunk was a massive nope, it fit in passenger's seat but it blocked my vision for the entire side of that car and I could have wrecked.

So contacted family, got that thing OUT of here! I chalk it up to a once-in-a-life-time experience.

My expertise is custom ponies, never plushes.
 
Hugs, CJ. That was sweet to read. Sometimes we need little reminders that most of these things we get worked up about aren't really very big deals in the scheme of things. They just seem like it at the time. When we realize how very blessed we are, to have people to love and be loved by, food to eat and homes to shelter us, we also remember how many people have literally no one and nothing. It makes me feel very humble and grateful.

I love thinking of you fighting a huge box with a giant, possibly irate chipmunk in it Lighting! LOL!

I'm grateful for our new Post Master. He's a delightful goof. He always jokes with me about packages and Ponies and gets me to open them there sometimes to see what I get. Today he had a fakie for me. I'll cherish her. And him. He's such a hoot.

His computer was down and he'd been on hold with IT for hours so the nutbar had wrapped a RUBBER BAND AROUND HIS HEAD to hold up the cordless phone! He did this so he could work and not tote the phone in one hand! LOL! I asked him was it a Redneck Bluetooth and he just cackled. What a great guy.
 
evilbunnyfoofoo said:
I love thinking of you fighting a huge box with a giant, possibly irate chipmunk in it Lighting! LOL!

I'm grateful for our new Post Master. He's a delightful goof. He always jokes with me about packages and Ponies and gets me to open them there sometimes to see what I get. Today he had a fakie for me. I'll cherish her. And him. He's such a hoot.

His computer was down and he'd been on hold with IT for hours so the nutbar had wrapped a RUBBER BAND AROUND HIS HEAD to hold up the cordless phone! He did this so he could work and not tote the phone in one hand! LOL! I asked him was it a Redneck Bluetooth and he just cackled. What a great guy.
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Aren't postal carriers great? I have one at our local p.o. that greets me by my first name whenever I walk in. ^___^ She also notes when I haven't been around to ship stuff out for a while lol

Oh god when I shipped out that chipmunk, the post man at that place was hilarious. We were discussing if the package would be fragile or not, and... it's a 5 ft. stuffed animal chipmunk, so obviously not. But I was like "you never know... that chipmunk could be rabid" and jokes went downhill from there xDD

Ah today... thankful for... lots of things. NEW MAKE UP LOL I got new make up yesterday, ELF BRAND lol I love it.
I'm thankful for painting g3 Gingerbread custom with her gem eyes, while listening to family decorate for Christmas with Christmas music playing and my 4 year old son dancing to it. Good vibes were had here, today.

I'm also thankful for.... not being broke yet <___< checked bank yesterday I was a rich... "witch" then of course I had to pay bills and buy things and ship a lot of things out, so... I'm probably close to broke again but I'm stubborn about getting sales so more will be had soon enough
Then..... CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WILL ENSUE

Santa Mana on delivery~
 
I'm thankful that my daughter is feeling much better.

I'm thankful that my more awful relatives are NOT coming over to make a family holiday feel like the deepest circles of a not-very-nice-place.

I'm thankful that peoples gifts are shipping out quickly so I won't hafta worry if they'll get there in time.
 
Day 21:

I'm thankful for snow on the weekend, when no one had to go anywhere!

Day 22:

I'm thankful for my new friend taking me to "the world's largest Christmas store" today! I found out about Bronner's after moving to Michigan and I'm super excited to experience it for the first time today!
 
I'm thankful your mom is doing so well too, luv! And I'm grateful my aunt is in such good health. She's my mom's sister and just like a second mother. I'm lucky to have her!

Ooo, and she's a stinker. She told me some juicy family gossip about my holier-than-thou uncle. Teehee. I'll never look at him the same again!
 
Yesterday I'm thankful for making sales customs within 2 days
Thankful for pumpkin pie with my mom

I'M NOT THANKFUL FOR MONDAY MORNINGS lol
Monday can go back to bed .3.
 
So many thankfull days have already passed but I am not too late ;)
And your post have been so much fun to read! I would like to like everyones post but I am a bit lazy :p

I just gonna list some of the things:

- Thankful I got so awesome friends that are there for me when I need them :)
- Thankful for my family, they are the best even when our path has been rocky sometimes ;)
- Special thankfull that I got the cutest nephew. He is the sunshine
- Thankfull that my mom disease was noticed early so she can get treatment (fingers crossed it goes well at least she sounds well)
- Thankfull I got the best boyfriend


Now I am most thankfull taht I got food since my tummy is growling :p
 
I am so thankful that my friend took the time to drive into town to see me today. She brought me a birthday gift which was so cute. She took me to the thrift store. That was a blast as I came home with a very unique item I love from the 1960s. I am so thankful we didn't have to talk about problems and stressful things and just had fun. I could do that kind of thing every day.
 
Well, our central heat burned out at the other house. You might think it odd to list that here in a gratitude thread, but Hank went in and found the house full of smoke and got my elderly aunt who lives there the heck out of the house. I'm SO GRATEFUL he was there right when he needed to be. No real damage except now there's no heat, but there could have been a fire had he not arrived and thrown the breakers! I'm so thankful for my quick thinking son and that my aunt was unharmed.
 
Day 25:

I am thankful for the two meetings we have set up at work today. The first will be myself and the other full-time dance faculty meeting with someone from the provost's office to discuss the possible changes we'd like to make to courses and our program for the fall schedule. And the second is all three dance faculty meeting with our technical theatre director to discuss the possibility of producing the full-length ballet The Nutcracker next season. Wish us luck!
 
Day 26:

Today I am thankful for remembering that I can hook my laptop up to our projector! Now my day of cooking/baking can be accompanied by any music I wish, and any movie/show that I can stream, or DVD I put in. SO AWESOME! Hoping to stream the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade here pretty soon.... Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
 
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