Nothing like being at home for christmas

Even if it's your parents' second home in a far away state since you grew up and moved out. Still magical. Especially if you get to play Christmas songs out of the gray songbook you love so well. And make and frost and eat Christmas sugar cookies (the deformed ones are no calories, right?) while listening to a Lawrence Welk Christmas show. Ahhh, I am thoroughly a little girl right now. No trace of the responsible adult that was starting to peek through.

Nov 15

Very thankful I do not live in the paranoid world of the Bourne films. Though I probably do and I'm just blissfully ignorant. If that's the case, I'm still thankful.

Thankful for a warm house and a great car. Thankful that my worries tend to be which thing to eat (or to keep from overeating) instead of whether there is anything to eat.

Thankful for K'nex. They rock!

Nov 14

Well, obviously this day was not that memorable because it's only been 24 hours since it happened and I can't remember what it was like. Except...

I'm thankful for good friends to learn new quilting techniques with. Then we can try them out on little blocks to all help one with a full quilt. Awesome. Thankful for being super close to three fantastic cousins who happen to be sisters (not with me. With each other. Remember, they're my cousins. Okay, clear? Yes? Good. Moving on). And they love one another and are so in tune that they have their own sister language. It's kinda like Japanese in the sense that they can just say a few words that mean volumes. and thankful that I know a few of the translations from that language. Can I just say, kiwi fruit?

Thankful that that made me think of my own sister language with my two female siblings. Ah yes, it makes me think of pink bedrooms and Popples and goobers.

Nov 13

Thankful to be able to work today. Thankful that I accomplished something with my work skills.

Thankful for my fast play DVD player so I cam see a movie in almost half the time. It's great for when I get home a little later and want to still get to bed at a decent hour. It can be done! Cake and eating! :). Though apparently I am the only one who likes it. I've had two roommates since I got this DVD player, and neither one can stand to watch a movie on fast play. Oh well, more for me.

Nov 12

Thankful I didn't have to shovel snow today. Thankful I had a day off for the holiday. Thankful to sew. Nice. Thankful for a warm house on a very cold and dismal day.

Thankful for instant viewing on Netflix. Thankful for the BBC who lately have created some pretty good shows, including Sherlock, Downton Abbey, and Doctor Who :) :) love it!

Thankful for being thankful for several days now. Gives needed perspective when I have a tendency to be maudlin.

Nov 11

Thankful to be able to play music for wonderful little kids to sing to. Very very thankful that I only messed up a few times, and only one of them was bad.

Thankful I didn't have to shovel a lot of snow today. Bleh

Nov 10

Thankful today for a newly teenage niece, happy birthday! Also happy, yet again, that I still have just over two months before the Grim Reaper takes away one of my remaining years that are all that is left between me and DEATH.

Thankfulness abounds for almost a foot of snow today! Even though I had lots of places to go today, I didn't mind so much. Or at least I told myself so and demanded that I believed it.

I am grateful today for my creative touch. I have to say that I made some fairly amazing advent calendars today. Glad they turned out well. I am happy that I can decorate my house with custom made wonderful things that I love.

And I love Sixlets. And Peachie-Os.