1) Coming through safely the storm, and also my loved ones and friends losing no more than some fences and trees at most. We were very lucky.
2) That I can work as a volunteer at the Mobile Foodshare truck
today instead of being a customer - and that I can help the people who do need
food distributions.
3) I am thankful today for all the people who helped make breakfast and
lunch a success - we fed two crowds! Five people helped cook and serve, plus to
husband of one for dishing "Gypsy Soup" (that his wife made - vegan and everybody RAVED
about it, we served many second portions) and helping some people carry their
lunches to their seats.
4) Today I am going to be thankful that someone else is cooking breakfast -
and lunch too, if I am lucky!
5) Thankful that there is just one more day of insanity before the
election!
6) Thankful to be in a country where I can vote, where I will not get shot
for voting, and where almost anybody of any colour, creed, gender, or economic
status has the ability to vote.
7) Today I am thankful that I am working out of a home office and did not
have to try to drive home in this weather.
8) I am thankful the temperature warmed and the snow melted and I could get
my car out of the snow with no trouble.
9) I am thankful to be having supper with a bunch of "Chaotic
Peasants" tonight.
10) Thankful to have spent an evening with good friends at an interesting and
to get a blue-frosted cupcake with a Cyclops (X-Men, for the uninformed) pick
at the concession stand.
11) Today I am thankful for our VETERANS.
12) Since my thankful yesterday was for our veterans, my thankful today is
for those serving in our military, because they will become our veterans.
13) Thankful for our cast and crew, pulling together to solve problems and
make the show run smoothly. And especially for people like Greg, who is
basically rebuilding a major set piece overnight (with some help from Adam and
Paul), and Barbara who is coming in to finish all the painting the set
designer/builder couldn't get around to doing.
14) Thankful that we have a day off from rehearsals tomorrow.
15) Thankful it was the last CSA delivery
of the year. We got some great stuff (including romanesco, which I am very happy
my share partner let me take from our share, and apple jam and kimchi in the
last salty/sweet share) but it’s getting pretty cold to be outside at the distribution
site for 2-3 hours.
16)
Thankful that tonight is OPENING NIGHT for West Hartford CommunityTheater’s “My Fair Lady” and we can get that show on the boards!
18) Thankful for my Jacuzzi tub.
(Posted after strike of a show with four performances in three days.)
19) Thankful for insurance, and how much of prescriptions it covers.
20) Thankful for understanding and supportive boss, boss-of-boss, and
matrix boss.
21) Thankful for my family, in so very many ways.
(Except maybe the teeth-of-chalk, wide feet, and bad eyes. And my dad's sense of humour about half the time.) (OK, also not so fond of the fact that my nieces are both my height or taller. SHEESH!!!!)
22) Thankful that we live in a country where people can write, sing, and
enjoy a song like this. And so many others.
23) Today I am thankful for my baby
brother, born on this date a bunch of years ago. While there were times when we
were kids that I would gladly have sold or traded him to gypsies, pixies, or
anybody who would take him, since I was almost three he has been a constant in
my life - companion, confidant, conspirator. He is also a great father (even if
my nieces are already taller than I - he should have worked that out a BIT
better, maybe not until they are fifteen or so?), a great husband (so says
SIL), has his name on a patent, an MBA (gotten while a father AND traveling a
lot for work – I am very impressed), published photography, and mad chef
skills. Which we are giving him a break
on for his birthday with takeout from Outback and dessert from Kilwin’s or
Carvel. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOB!!!
24) Thankful to have spent money locally today - local merchants, local
restaurant. Couldn't do anything about the cinema but I do recommend
"Lincoln" - there was hardly an empty seat and the audience reacted
as if it were a play, laughing, cheering, and applauding at various points.
When they did the roll call, you could hardly hear breathing!
25) Thankful for a weekend with the family
(and random gekkos), full of laughter, music. food, games, swimming, and
ice-cream. Also thankful that SouthwestAirlines got us all there and back with our luggage - and letting us take
luggage at no additional charge so that we could do our usual
Christmas-at-Thanksgiving swaps.
26) Thankful for a good Monday. Work
done (and I didn't forget my passcodes after the long weekend of food-coma!),
errands run, boxes moved into livingroom in prep for sorting exercise. And
speaking of exercise - new elliptical is set up and working. I just have to
figure out the display stuff..........
27) Thankful that I have a warm, secure house with enough food and warm
clothing. On "Giving Tuesday," what did you do to help those who
don't?
28) Thankful for my bestie Judy and fellow Texan Laura, who drove me to and
from surgery, today! Also to the Brenners
for keeping me overnight, just in case.
29) Thankful to be home again after a successful Surgery Part 1, hoping for
a rapid adjustment. Now that I know what to expect, I'm looking forward to Part
2.
30) Looking back on the month of thankfuls, I see
that I have a really good life and a lot of things for which to be thankful –
and yet so many other things that I could include:
·
Art
museums and galleries, and the artists who fill them. And the fact that you can experience them by
more than just walking around, through things like Second Saturdays forFamilies and the living Clue games and other activities.
·
Theatres,
and not just because I like to play in them.
Places that transport us, entertain us, enthrall us, and sometimes
challenge us.
·
Cinema,
because there are some things that don’t fit into theatres (and it’s cheaper).
·
Travel,
because I like to do it and can afford it and get to visit some of the above and
other places and experiences all over the world, from the Mariinsky Ballet to
The Reclining Buddha to the Grand Canyon to almost touching the sky in New
Zealand.
·
Music.
·
Public
television and radio, without which I could not enjoy some of my favourite shows
and without which I would not have learned a lot as a child and teen.
·
Having
really good doctors and access to medical care, which has saved my life a
couple of times and is now restoring my sight to a level I cannot remember
having.
·
First
responders, who protect and serve.
Policemen and firemen and paramedics and all the others who are there
when we need them and do things that others wouldn’t dare.
·
Having
a warm house and enough clothing and food and things, and being able to help
those who don’t. I know I said this
earlier in the month, but I’m still thankful as I read about people who don’t.
·
That
there are good people in the world who DO try to help others, and make the
world safe for them and the next generation.
·
Speaking
of the next generation – baby giggles.
·
Being
able to experience the world with children and learn from my elders.
·
Ice
cream. And naps. Had both today.
·
Friends,
and not just the ones I have on Facebook.
People with whom I can be myself and be silly, and discuss things for
hours or sit quietly and enjoy each other’s presence, do “what can possibly go
wrong?” and have stories to tell on the other side, who I can rely upon even if
we don’t see each other very often anymore.
·
Family. Because according to a lot of people I have a
good one – and I agree.
·
For
living in a country where, whatever you may think of it and its leaders, we
have a lot of freedoms and opportunities that you might not get elsewhere. My forebears came here because of that, and I
see it today, especially with all the griping that people are able to do about
the government “of the people, by the people, for the people.” I have been in places where this freedom
doesn’t exist, or didn’t so recently that people still whisper. Having the freedom to speak out, the ability
to make changes, and just plain being able to vote, is a real treasure that we
should cherish and respect.
·
Freedom
of religion, and freedom from religion.
·
Creativity. I may or may not have it, but I can enjoy it
from others.
· Books. And public libraries. The former can take you anywhere, anytime, suck you away better than time machines and magic carpets. The latter make them accessible to all.
