the newest thoughts are bolded.
21 November: I'm grateful for my pillow. It's old, nasty, and crazy but I honestly have a hard time sleeping without it! And I'm grateful for my husband who allows it in our house.
20 November: I am thankful for the top notch, affordable, available healthcare we have as Americans.
19 November: I am thankful for kind strangers, like the one who kept me from falling to my death on the stairs at the post office.
18 November: I am grateful for electricity...I can look around and realize how different my life would be without it!
17 November: I am thankful today that I am considered a grown up and nobody can make me take a picture with Santa at the mall. The one there today was terrifying, and just as I started to feel like a freak for being scared of a fake Santa, a little boy started crying and yelling, "I will punch you, Santa, if you get too close to me and my baby brother!!!!"
16 November: I am thankful that I live a block from the best cheap Asian food and sushi where $10 buys me three dinners on nights I just don't feel like cooking.
15 November: I am grateful for down comforters. I would never have thought to kill a bird, pluck it, and put the feathers in a blanket...I would just have been too focused on eating it. Anyways, I love my down comforter and how warm it keeps me when my other bed warmer is away at sea. A queen sized bed is hard to keep warm alone when none of my pups will snuggle me.
14 November: I am grateful for the wonders of online shopping and the tiny spark of giddiness that comes from hearing the UPS truck pull up in front of your house!
13 November: I am grateful for warm clothes on these cold days. I hope I never take them for granted.
12 November: I am extremely grateful for my extended family and in-laws. Thank you for loving me and being a great support system.
11 November: I am grateful for all of the 'nerds' out there who didn't let bullies get them down and instead persevered so that I can video chat with my family, hundreds of miles away.
10 November: I'm grateful for my fabulous friends. I'm grateful for the ones who still hug me and love me even when we don't see each other but once a year. And I'm grateful for the ones who I can call on at a moment's notice. And I'm grateful for the ones who I don't know very well but will continue to get to know!
9 November: I'm grateful for this week of odd non-winterlike weather we have been having in the PNW. I don't know that I could cope with the seasonal depression that comes from scooping poop in the pouring rain yet.
8 November: Grateful, grateful, grateful for my three pups. They drive me absolutely insane sometimes (was it really necessary to shred two whole boxes of kleenix?!) but it's the most stress-relieving, loneliness-quelling thing to be able to come home to them and snuggle them.
7 November: Today I am grateful to have a warm bed in a warm house to crawl into when I need to be sad for a little bit. (And then I fall asleep and wake up feeling better!! It's a magic bed!!)
6 November: I am grateful for toilet paper. Enough said.
5 November: I am grateful for the freedom that being an American affords me. I loved going to the store and buying a turkey and all of the fixings to make an early Thanksgiving for my husband. =]
4 November: I am grateful for the military and all of the opportunities it has afforded us as a family. We have college degrees, job stability, healthcare, and a home. The sacrifices the military demands of us are small in comparison to what we get from it.
3 November: I am grateful for whoever decided to harvest, burn, crush, and steam small black beans and call the product coffee. Furthermore, I am grateful for my husband who makes a wicked strong pot and always leaves me a cup for when I wake up.
2 November: I am grateful for the clean water that comes out of the faucet. I take it for granted all too often. I can't imagine what life would be like if I had to walk 8 miles a day for clean water like so many women in developing countries do.
1 November: I am grateful for the man I married. He is my best friend and biggest fan. He makes me laugh, give great hugs, and never complains about taking out the trash.
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