What is it about the holidays that makes you get all excited to be alive? For me it is the family, the pure joy of knowing that I get to spend all of this time with the ones I love the most. It is the joy I see on my children's faces when they eat the turkey at Thanksgiving or open the first present on Christmas. They get so excited to set up the tree and to put the train on the track.
It is such a consumer market it is really easy to get focused on the buying and the giving and it is so easy to forget what these holidays are truly about. For instance, my favourite part of Thanksgiving is the great deals you get on Black Friday. I have been searching for the toys I want to get for my children and plotting which stores might have them on sale. I buy a newspaper once a year just to see the deals.
The worst part of it all is that it doesn't bother me. I love it. I love the Holidays. The part of the holidays I miss this year is the enjoyment of good food. Which leads me to I have officially lost 86 pounds since surgery on April 16th. Essentially, I have lost Calista Flockhart.
Anyway after Matthew's "sermon" on Thanksgiving I have allowed him to guilt me into making a list of the things I am thankful for this year. I will spend more time thanking God for the things he has provided me with and not complain for the things I don't have. So I made a list of the top 10 things I am thankful for this year.
1. Freedom to worship God
2. My nutjob mother who is praying for the end times soon
3. My nutty friend Kristin and all her forwards
4. Disposable Diapers
5. My dad and his cheerfulness and joy he brings to my kids
6. My sister because she is the awesomest Auntie EVER!!!
7. My kiddos because they keep me employed (I think I am one of few that isn't worried about
getting laid off)
8. My Blackberry :0)
9. My dorky brother and all of his dorky family
10. Dane because of course without him I would just have dusty eggs and I couldn't buy the disposable diapers. Okay, Okay and because he puts up with me and has a really cute bootie.
Oh and I will post Thanksgiving Pictures relatively soon.
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