Thankful

Yesterday we spent the Thanksgiving holiday with Josh's family...good food and lots of family. I realized, after seeing how old my nieces have gotten - they are now 11 and 13, and they were flower girls in our wedding at just 3 and 5 years of age - time has gone by so fast, and while they enjoyed being around the adults, it was different in the sense that they were so self sufficient and had to be hassled at times to visit with everyone. I realized that my little girls will be there, and not too far into the future and that I should cherish all the time that I have with them at this age. The girls had a great time hanging out with their nieces, and there was a lot of girl bonding to be had.

The day before, however, I had some bad luck...all around. Talk about things happening in three's, well it seemed to be much more than that. First of all, I am going to Chicago on Monday. The hotel I'm staying at called to tell me they had overbooked the rooms, and well, I was going to be put at another hotel far, far away from my coworkers. At least I had a hotel room. Then, I decided to head out of work early for the day because there was a lot of pie making to be done at our house. I arrived home and set my bag down and forgot that my portable coffee mug was in my bag and I had laid it on its on side. A few minutes later, my work laptop was soaked. And now my work laptop is dead.

So, a little while later I decided to start peeling the apples for the pies. I ended up skinning part of my finger in the process. Painful. I also peeled the apples in the sink. I didn't remove them from the sink and instead put them down the rain. I take the blame for stopping up the sink and clogging the disposal that Josh so kindly dealt with on Thanksgiving morning. There is possibly one other thing that went wrong, but I can't for the life of me remember what it is now. That's probably a good thing.

Thanksgiving ended up being so much fun, and I've so much to be thankful for. I think Olivia was most thankful for a bowl of whipped cream:


And today? Well, I'm on the upswing folks. I was researching new iPods and about to run out and get one, but decided to look around one last time in hopes that I wouldn't have to spend money on a new one. And I found it.