I'm Thankful

I am having one of the best Thanksgivings of my life, and it's the most unusual.

I've been very sick all week, so I've turned down all invitations to join family. Though simply being invited by so many loved one's has reaffirmed the feeling of family. This morning, Steve took Will and headed to his dad's for Thanksgiving.

I stayed home. I'm feeling better, much better. But I'm not much of a people person and December this year is going to overrun with people. On the fifth we're having a party for Will's fifth birthday, a ton of family is coming. On the eleventh, my dear cousin Lori is flying in to spend 4-5 days. I've very excited. Bonnet is flying home some time during the month for a week. And the end of the month we're having a family reunion in Dona and Lew's honour and all the Marquardts will be coming to visit. I'm hoping we'll have a day or two of them before we head to the coast for three days.

As you can see, my December is overfilled with people. I think even a people person would be a little concerned about it. Me, I'm terrified. Oh, not of any one person or occasion. Of all of them at the same time.

So I really needed today to chill. It was one get together that I could set aside without hurt feelings or lengthy explanations. I also needed the time to finish a few projects around the house that I'm having trouble finding non-Will time to do.

That beings said, here is how my Thanksgiving went . . .

I put on baggy shorts and a torn t-shirt as soon as the boys left. Turned the radio up loud on a country station. Removed two doors from their hinges and coated them with Kilz. Then I painted the inside of the linen cabinet. Then the doors. Then the linen cabinet. Then the doors. LOL

I took a break and drove over to Luby's to pick up lunch; liver and onions, hot rolls, pecan pie.

Finished up my painting, cleaned up my mess, and took the time to move my blog over - something I've been wanting to do for a while. Then soaked in a bubble bath; with candals lit.

Might not be your idea of a great day, but it was mine. At least this year.

It left me a lot of time to think of what I AM thankful for, and I came up with the following list:

• I am thankful to have a husband that understands me -- or pretends to.
  
• I am thankful to listen to country music loud -- and be glad I haven't cheated on my spouse, gone to prison, recently gotten drunk, or robbed a bank.
  
• I am thankful to eat Liver and Onions without the sound of someone gagging near me.
  
• I am thankful that so many of my family members called and tried to talk me into coming to visit this weekend; a good sign we're all recovering from our sisters loss.
  
• I am thankful I caught a cold this week; God really does work in mysterious ways.
  

I hope today left you thankful as well.