HAPPY Thanksgiving
Turkey day is just around the corner- this year will be spent with some friends and Jed's family.
Things I'm thankful for this year (no particular order):
- I have a job. It may not pay all my bills but I manage nonetheless- and its better than being jobless.
- Gas is now down to $1.59 range in this area- which is great cuz the $3-5 stuff was killing meI hard core.
- I'm thankful that my new neighbor is not a crack addict who gets into screaming matches with his crazy girlfriend at 11PM- keeping me awake from midnight to 5AM- 4 nights out of the week. Yes- that is what I endured last year. This year, I have a nice, quiet young woman with a cute, fuzzy dog. A significant improvement.
- Thankful that I had the opportunity to go to the Philippines this summer to visit my grandparents and that they are still in good health.
- Thankful that my parents and grandparents in Albany are also doing relatively well considering the state of their neighborhood.
- Grateful that my dearest friends are also doing well and (for those with children) their kiddos are healthy.
- Happy that my sweet cats are healthy enough to drive me crazy- and steal my spot on the couch or try to shove their heads in my glass of milk.
- Thankful to be loved by a great man. (Awwww! Mushy!)
- Grateful my eyes and ears and hands still work.
- Grateful for the sense of humor and talents shared by the many people that I work with or am friends with both in RL as well as on "teh ethernet".
- Grateful that my pc is too old to handle computer gameplay- I spent too much time playing WoW and other time sink games- now my time is consumed by painting, drawing, reading, crocheting, and actually DOING things with my friends and lovey dovey ones. Don't get me wrong- I love WoW and other games- but I'm one of THOSE people- who spent waaaay too much time on it. So when I think back on this past year- over how many paintings I've done and other things I've done--- I'm really grateful.
- I'm grateful for chocolate. CHOCOLATE!
- For starry nights.
- For buffalo gals that sing by the light of the moon.
- For ready mix pancake batter that only requires water (because I hardly ever remember to buy eggs these days).
- I'm grateful for books- the kind made with paper and board and binding glue--- the sort that you hold in your hands.
- I'm thankful for comic cons, comic books and all things geeky.
- I am grateful for music.
- I am thankful for shoes.
- For figuring some stuff out on my own.
- I am grateful for t-squares and levels and drawing pads and drawing pencils and rubber erasers and the mess of graphite on my fingers and in my poors.
- I am thankful for my vast variety of flavored lip glosses.
- I am grateful for hedgehogs, meerkats, turtles and butterflies.
- I am grateful for roach bombs.
- I am grateful for pennies.
- I am grateful for auto signatures on email.
- I am grateful for soup.
I am grateful for all this and much more.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Happy Thanksgiving to you. :)
-- unless you are from a country that doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving a la USA -- to which I say- have a great day. Just a plain ol' day- have a great one. :)