Thankful Thursday

It is the last Thursday of November, and THIS CLOSE to the last day of the month.

Can I have a WOOHOO!?

I don't know what it is about the end of the month. It's not just that I can see the end of NaBloPoMo in sight. I get antsy like this at the end of every month.

I complain that time goes by so fast, yet I am always eager to start a new month. This makes no sense and I cannot explain myself....

You're getting off topic, Jennifer.

Gratitude. Right!

• I am thankful for plenty of turkey leftovers and Mark's (well, Emeril Lagasse's) turkey pot pie.
• Homemade cranberry sauce that has completely ruined the idea of ever letting canned pass these lips again.
• Wine Club Wednesday with my best gal pals. And the 80s. And Rock of Ages. The three all together made for one bitchin' night!
• My resolve in telling AJ he cannot have a stupid slushie maker for Christmas.
• The love and laughter that fills this house. My husband and kids crack me up, and it makes me love them all the more.
• Looking forward to Mark and my dad doing some electronics rearranging in our living room next weekend, and how much better it's going to look. This may make Christmas decorating a little slower, but it will be worth it.

What are you grateful for this week?

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Thankful Thursday: Thanksgiving Day

On Thanksgiving 2012 I am thankful for:

The number  one thing, after last March, my husband still being here

to celebrate another Thanksgiving with us.

My beautiful, bright, healthy children.

They light up my life, and without them I would not be whole.

Our cozy little home.

(In spite of any roof leaks.)

My parents.

My extended family which includes two grandmthers still living,

aunts, uncles and cousins, as well as my in-laws,

including Mark's 90 year old sainted grandmother.

The delicious food my husband will cook today.

My dad being here for us, and us for him.

The bigger picture.

Having faith that there is reason and purpose

and much to be learned.

Laughter.

The lovely people we call our Friends.

Walking, Wine and Whipped Cream.

YOU lovely people who are my online friends!

I wish you a THANKFUL  and yummy Thanksgiving!

And leave you with my son singing a song he learned at school:

Dinner Bells Dasing through our food With a knife and a fork so fast, Corn and peas do go, while through my throat they pass. Into my tummy the plop. Making growling stop. Oh what fun it is to eat and eat until we drop! Oh dinner bells, shotgun shells, turkey got away. What are we supposed to do on this Thanksgiving Day-ay? Dinner bells, shotgun shells, turkey got away. What are we supposed to do on our Thanksgiving Day!
HAHAHA!

Thankful Thursday

As I start writing this on Wednesday, I am not oozing gratitude. I have been out of Paxil for two days. A computer glitch this morning was the straw that sent me into tears. I felt angry at Mark for not going to the pharmacy to pick it up when I know that whenever he is out of one of his myriad prescriptions he doesn't hesitate. But I suppose Paxil isn't life or death....

And then I started arguing with my mother on Facebook. Good times.

But like I say, there is always something to be grateful for, and by God, I will find it!

After the long holiday weekend I am thankful for QUIET. The kids went back to school yesterday, but it wasn't until today that I got to be alone. I ended up pretty much taking a "mental health day". That's a thing, right?

Velcro has made it possible for us to put off teaching AJ to tie shoes for nearly 7 years. However,  he needed sturdier, lace-up shoes. We're working on it. I am grateful for patience.

I am thankful for the deliciousness that is my favorite teriyaki and their $5 lunch special!

Regardless of what I said above, I am so very grateful for my sweet husband who, although utterly bewildered by my emotional state, which by the way is exacerbated by being on a birth control pill (I mean, I am putting EXTRA estrogen into  my body!), just gave me hugs.

What are you thankful for this week?

Thankful Thursday

I am grateful that I have started seeing a counselor. Today will be my third session. I feel like I am being proactive in how I handle the crud in my life. He inadvertently showed me something about Mark that will help me to better deal with some of the things he says to me that have thus far been very difficult for me to listen to.

I am very thankful that Mark had a great birthday, complete with cards and gifts and a lobster dinner from my dad! And SUN. It was raining when he came home from dialysis. He proceeded to expound on how it has rained every year of his life on his birthday....blah blah. I think God decided to get him and made the sun come out!

That sun let me have a fantastic walk. And yesterday after I showered and got dressed, I looked in the mirror and for the first time, thought maybe I look a little smaller than I used to. That feels pretty good.

And I am grateful the election is over and behind us. I am still more grateful that it was decisive, with Obama/Biden winning both the electoral and popular votes. I expected him to carry Ohio, but I am so pleased that he also won Florida. Also proud of the state of Washington for passing the legalization and taxation of marijuana, and for backing the state legislator in granting marriage equality. The times, they are a-changin'!

Won't you join me in expressing a little gratitude?

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Thankful Thursday

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It is November 1st and American Thanksgiving is this month!

On the 22nd, in case you didn't know.

Two years ago, beginning Thanksgiving night, I published a DAILY gratitude post through the Holidays. It was fantastic! I highly recommend taking a few minutes each day even to just think about what you're grateful for. There is always something.

Around here this month I will express my gratitude every Thursday, including Thanksgiving, and I encourage you to join me!

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Now then....

I was so grateful that Mark got to spend a whirlwind weekend in California for his grandmother's 90th birthday a couple weeks ago. Ever since March it has become so much more important to him to get to spend time with the people he cares about. He hadn't seen his grandmother in probably 5 years. Mark also got to see two of our best friends. The four of us all met in 1994. They're married and we're married. They're like family.

(I'm trying not to be mad at Mark for NOT TAKING ANY FREAKING PICTURES WHILE HE WAS THERE!)

I am so thankful that the change in the weather is (so far) only slightly hindering my walking. I've had to admit that walking in the rain pretty much sucks, but I have been able to find enough breaks in the rain to still get out there. I want to somehow get our treadmill upstairs to the loft, so if there is no break in sight, I can use it.

I am grateful to a supportive and encouraging friend who talked me into going to a business-y networking event she co-hosted (I was a virgin!) where the key note speaker talked all about influence. How perfect is that topic for a blogger? See me being open to the possibilities? More on that later!

Need to express some gratitude?

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