HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Whether you spend the holiday with family and friends, or choose to spend it in peaceful contemplation and solitude, I wish all of you a wonderful day. Remember, no matter what your circumstances, you are blessed. Each of us has something, no matter how small it may seem, to be thankful for.

Reasons to be thankful that you may not have thought of--

I AM THANKFUL

For the wife
Who says it's hot dogs tonight
Because she is home with me
And not out with someone else.

For the husband
Who is on the sofa
Being a couch potato
Because he is home with me
And not out at the bars.

For the teenager
Who is complaining about doing dishes
Because it means she is at home,
Not on the streets.

For the taxes I pay
Because it means
I am employed.

For the mess to clean after a party
Because it means I have
Been surrounded by friends

For the clothes that fit a little too snug
Because it means
I have enough to eat.

For my shadow that watches me work
Because it means
I am out in the sunshine.

For a lawn that needs mowing,
Windows that need cleaning,
And gutters that need fixing
Because it means I have a home.

For all the complaining
I hear about the government
Because it means
We have freedom of speech.

For the parking spot
I find at the far end of the parking lot
Because it means
I am capable of walking,
And I have been blessed with transportation.

For my huge heating bill
Because it means
I am warm.

For the lady behind me in church
Who sings off key
Because it means I can hear.

For the pile of laundry and ironing
Because it means
I have clothes to wear.

For weariness and aching muscles
At the end of the day
Because it means I have been
Capable of working.

For the alarm that goes off
In the early morning hours
Because it means
I am alive.

And finally, for too much e-mail
Because it means
I have friend who is thinking of me.

Yes, I really, truly, do exist...

And for those of you who have been wondering--I am alive.

I know I've been absent from this blog for several months. Nearly half a year. Ouch. Time does fly. And in real, flesh and blood, life, well, I've been missing for a little over a month. Ok, so some of you who know the hours I keep and how rare it is for me to actually appear in the sun lit hours, that flesh and blood part may seem a bit of a myth. Contrary to the popular rumor though, I have not morphed into a vampire. Well, I don't think I have. I did recently have a run in with a stake barely missing my heart, and ended up with a 2" long gash on my right cheek/smile line. The doctor tells me he doesn't think it will scar. In another week or two it should be completely healed. (Ok, the stake was a rusted metal garden stake--no wood anywhere near it, but you get the point. Or at least I did.)

Soon, I promise, I will make another entry and share a little of what has happened in my life in the past couple of months. I'm not going to promise that I will appear again tomorrow or even next week. At the moment I am very busy with both by day job and my writing/editing stuff, and battling my room-mate for the right to use my computer once in a while. But heck, what do you expect? He bought a new camera. We went on a 3 week trip. He took 8500+ photos. I downloaded them for him and haven't seen my lap top since. :-)

Gotta get back to work, but I will return.