Things I am Thankful For

Yes, I know this is late, but some of the items wouldn’t be on the list if I hadn’t waited.

I am thankful….

1. That Hubby and I both have jobs with security that provide us with a roof, food, gas for the car, yarn, books, and cable t.v. with some to spare.

2. For family and friends. They are the only ones who can consistently make you criminally insane and yet you love them anyway. Probably because they are the only ones who can tolerate you when you have gone criminally insane.

3. That I am ahead on the Christmas knitting so far.

4. That I am not the one who put the salad and vegetables on the garage floor as a holding area for the great trunk packing.

5. That I am not the one who then ran them over with the car because they were quickly forgotten.

6. That I did not laugh when aforementioned event occurred, but was instead sensitive and understanding. This is not my normal modus operandi.

7. That I have been finishing a lot of Christmas knitting.

8. That we were able to cram 30 plus people into a 900 square foot house with one bathroom so people could visit my grandmother, who is in end stage cancer, for Thanksgiving.

9. That not all 30 plus people showed up at exactly the same time.

10. That my grandmother got to be queen for a day and see the majority of her family.

11. That my grandmother taught my aunts and mom to be such good cooks.

12. That my cousin was interested enough in knitting that she wanted to learn in the chaos that is 30 plus people in a 900 square foot house.

13. That Hubby is a relatively good sport and was willing to be one of the 30 plus people in the loud, laughing, storytelling, crazy chaos that is my family at the holidays.

14. That my family was able to celebrate with abundance when much of the world survives on that much food for a couple of months.

15. That I feel guilty and humbled by 13 and continue to pray for economic justice so everyone can have food in abundance.

16. That my list of Christmas knitting projects keeps getting shorter.

17. That a certain individual was triumphant in a certain election.

18. That Starbucks invented the Espresso Truffle

19. That the Christmas knitting is on target.

20. That I have most of the Christmas shopping done.

21. That people actually read The Knitting Rubicon.