Thanksgiving

It's a bit cliche, I know, to write this today, but I don't really care...

I thought today, on Thanksgiving Day, I'd make a quick list of things that I am very thankful for. So here they are, in no particular order

• I am thankful my niece is doing better and out of the hospital or coming out of the hospital soon.
• I am thankful that my other niece had a healthy baby and also is home.
• Speaking of homes, I am thankful that a) we found a new house, b) we could afford it, and c) I have a wonderful family to live in it with.
• I am thankful that MY daughters have not been in the hospital recently.
• I am thankful that I have a wife that I love very much.
• I am thankful for my job. Despite the headaches it's given me the last couple of months, it's rewarding and I wouldn't want to do anything else (except maybe be a rock star or a movie actor).
• I am thankful that I am finally through painting. That was enough painting to last me a while.
• I am thankful that in just a few days we'll be living in our new house.
• I am thankful for a father-in-law who knows a little bit about real estate and was there to give us guidance along the way.
• I am thankful, actually, for all of my family on both sides. It is nice to be self-sufficient, but it's also nice to know that if self-sufficiency ever fails that there are people who love you and are ready to lend a hand.
• I am thankful that Bengals are SO bad that I've just stopped watching them. If they were only pretty bad I'd be hanging on still, hoping that they might still make the playoffs.
• I am thankful that someone discovered chocolate.
• Speaking of food, I'm thankful that I gave up that whole complete vegetarian thing before Thanksgiving. After all, turkey is pretty much my favorite food that isn't a dessert.
• I am thankful for Choco and for all of the other ways that my children help me to be young.
• Speaking of my kids, I am thankful for each of them. I cherish them and cannot believe that I have been lucky enough to have such wonderful children. I absolutely don't deserve them. Just ask my mom and dad.
• I am thankful for spell checking to fix my errors as I type.
• I am thankful to God for these and for more. I am thankful to just be alive.

If I don't see you today or this weekend, Happy Thanksgiving.