30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 30

Day 30: I'm thankful that I have so many more things to be thankful for. 


Well, I made it. Full disclosure: I did have to "cheat" and do some back-blogging to get all these posted...some days because internet and blogger were being spotty, other days because I just didn't have time to write anything...but I gave it a solid effort.  Admittedly, it was harder than I thought it would be to do this whole 30 days of being grateful thing.  Some days I felt thankful for so much that I didn't know where to begin, other days it was hard to come up with something, no matter how miniscule.  But in the end, this little exercise reiterated to me how fortunate I am in life to have so much to be thankful for.

Now, on to some more regularly-scheduled blog posts!

30 Days of Thankfulness- Day 29

Day 29: I'm thankful that it is now socially acceptable for me to listen to Christmas music non-stop.  As a general rule, I won't bust out the Christmas tunes until the day after Thanksgiving.  But now that turkey day is over, it's on.  I could listen to 100 different versions of Oh Holy Night and be a happy camper all day long. I love this time of year.

Now if only I can convince Will to get our tree this weekend...

30 Days of Thankfulness- Day 28

Day 28: I'm thankful I have a wedding to talk about! :) Otherwise my 30 days of thankfulness was going to start getting pretty lame...

Today I'm also thankful for: Burts Bees chapstick, my gigantic Beatles Love Water Cup that I keep at work, and for Spotify for letting me create my own playlists.

30 Days of Thankfulness- Day 27

Day 27: I'm thankful for patience.  Roughly 9 days into our engagement, and we're both learning how true the meaning "Patience is a virtue" really is.  Will and I are fortunate that we have the same common goal in mind for our upcoming wedding- we want it to be a unique, fun, party that people where people will have a great time celebrating with us.  Where we are...ahem, differing in that vision, is the location.  Aside from a far-fetched vision of marrying in a castle in Ireland, I am not the type of girl who dreamed about her wedding day.  That is turning out to be pretty unfortunate because now I can't even begin to decide where we should get married.  I have so many thoughts swiveling around in my head, I hope I'm patient enough with the whole planning process to get everything worked out.

2nd thankful thing: I'm thankful that Will actually wants to participate in the planning process, even if it does cause a few more headaches.  It's his day, too, so I want to be sure he's just as happy with how things turn out as I am!

30 Days of Thankfulness- Day 26

Day 26: Thank goodness for lazy Saturdays.  We had nothing to do today but call friends, go to a car show, and watch movies.  I loved every second of doing nothing.

30 Days of Thankfulness- Day 25

Day 25: I'm thankful for the seasons, and to live in a climate where I actually get to experience all 4 of them.  I love each for different reasons:

Spring: my birthday, the smell of rain, flowers blooming
Summer: Boating on the lake, going on vacations, a dark, air-conditioned movie theater
Fall: pumpkin spiced lattes, changing leaves, sweaters, boots, and football
Winter: Holiday season, the anticipation of snow, and all around general merriment

30 Days of Thankfulness- Day 24

Day 24: I'm thankful for new traditions...even if I'm not the one who decided they should be so.

Last night, as mentioned earlier, we were celebrating our engagement by surprising Cari with our "announcement".  We spent many hours at the kitchen table talking and laughing, and many glasses of wine were poured for me from my trusty box.  (Side note: I love me some boxed wine- it's so affordable and actually decent these days.  But, it's hard to know when to say "when"- unlike a bottle, which eventually has to run out, a box of wine is deceptively always full!)

At some point in the conversation, Will's dad let me know that he would be knocking on the door at 6:30 AM the following morning to get me up so I could help stuff the bird.  In a merry stupor (and thinking he was joking), I agreed.

Well, the joke was on me.  Sure enough, I've been up since 6:30 AM this fine Thanksgiving morning, working side-by-side with Willard to shove stuffing into a turkey.  And my wonderful, sweet boyfriend fiance(!)?  Sleeping like a baby in his room.  Welcome to the family.