Thankful Thursday (Desperately Needed Today)  

UPDATE TO THANKFUL THURSDAY

This is proof of how God works miracles in our lives when we take a few minutes to praise him!

I got home from a miserable Thursday of work to find an unexpected refund check from an old account I'd basically forgotten about. DH & I now have enough money to buy Christmas presents for our daughter and family members!

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For the first time, I'm playing along with "Thankful Thursdays", sponsored by Welcome To The Nut House.

I've had a really tough week-- from the near "red polka dot skirt" debaucle of yesterday to today, when the computer system at work crashed at 1pm, leaving me with just four hours to get my entire newscast put into working order. I just feel like things haven't been going my way.

But, when stuff like this happens, I know the best thing I can do is take a step back and reflect on what is just so incredibly awesome about my world. Besides, we are exactly 28 days from Thanksgiving, so what better time than now to start thinking about how blessed we are?

So...

Today I am thankful for...

#5) The fact that today is Thursday. I love Thursdays. All the anticipation of the weekend, but without any of the letdown. I'm especially thankful that Saturday is Halloween, and G gets to dress up in her awesome fairy princess costume!

#4) I'm thankful that DH has been so gosh-darn wonderful lately. I've been apoplectic frustrated lately by my string of bad luck, but having him around to calm my nerves, make me a cup of hot tea when I get home, and remind me that "luck" is just a matter of perspective makes everything better!

#3) I love my hometown, Cleveland, Ohio (not where I currently live, but where I called home for 18 years). Call it what you will-- a pit of recession, the "Mistake By The Lake", home of losing sports teams-- but people from this part of the country have a lot of pride! When I get really homesick (like I was feeling today), I watch this video. Sure, it makes fun of my hometown, but it also makes me laugh. So much of it is true, and only a true Clevelander (or maybe someone from Pittsburgh, Columbus, Detroit, or Buffalo) could really apprediate it! (By the way, did you notice in the picture above that G is wearing Cleveland Indians overalls?)

#2) My mom; we talk almost every day on the phone, and she's a hoot. She always has a funny story or a juicy piece of gossip from my hometown (yesterday, we talked about how my "Dear John" was in love with his current girlfriend! Woo hoo!). She helps me keep it real.

And finally...

#1) NBC comedy night! I've got "The Office" on the brain so badly, I accidentally called one of my coworkers "Michael Scott" (his first name is Michael, but his last name is most definitely not Scott-- and he is nothing like Steve Carrell's character on the show!). After a rough day of work, it's going to be great to go home, veg out with DH on the couch, and laugh at other people's jobs... even if they are fictional!

What are you thankful for?