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Giving Thanks

This morning, I am thankful for:

  • Black Friday shopping – on my couch, in my slippers, with a cup of tea and my laptop, yesterday’s blueberry muffins warmed and sweet.
  • A healthy boy, after a long croupy night.  He seems much better this morning, though we are all weary from spending the night in the bathroom with the hot shower running, humming lullabies.
  • Bruce Cockburn’s Christmas album, playing softly now.
  • Garlands and ribbons and lights, which we will pull out today, even though there are many other things to do.
  • The dog, who ran away twice this morning and nearly killed himself in traffic.  He is a pain, but I’m thankful we have him.  Sometimes I have to say this out loud to remember it.  🙂
  • A wonderful holiday with lots of family and a very successful Thanksgiving meal.  A golden, juicy turkey; dried cherry and sausage stuffing; mashed butternut squash; brussels sprouts and cauliflower; garlic and Parmesan green beans; mashed potatoes with homemade gravy; dinner rolls; and four kinds of pie.  We pulled out Patrick’s great grandmother’s silver plate cutlery, our wedding china, a beautiful cutwork tablecloth my mother in law brought from home.  My sister in law bought roses.  It was a feast for all senses, and I’ll remember it a long time.
  • Our rotten cat, who has been plotting ways to devour the roses ever
    since my sister in law brought them home for us.  They’re on the
    mantel.  I can see her working out a plan to get up there.
  • My brother in law, who, when sieving the gravy, poured almost all of it down the drain, providing us with hours of entertainment at his expense.
  • My niece, who learned about ten new words during the week-long visit.  She is a smart, adventurous little peanut, and I love her.
  • My husband, putting away dishes and stripping beds in the back rooms, while I sit out here and have some computer time.  I love him, too.
  • My babies.  One, chasing the cat around the dining room table, picking up his slippered feet and slapping them on the ground, because he likes the sound.  And number two, a little tadpole doing flips in my belly, her heartbeat strong on the doppler last Tuesday.  We’ll meet him next June.

3 Comments

  • super jane

    EEEKKKKKS!!! i am just now able to catch up on my blog reading. congrats, gill!!! i\’m so, so excited and happy for you!

  • LEO

    OMG Congratulations! So exciting. You have so much on your plate I hope you get lots of help and extra love for the next 7 months!

  • Aimee

    WHAT? where have i been? a little behind i guess…congratulations…such excitement…by the way sometimes cold air helps with the croup too…dress him warm and take him out to the cool air…or open the freezer…