Thankful Thursdays: December 8

Today I'm feeling slightly angry and a bit stubborn. My oven stopped working on Tuesday night, and I got it into my head that I could fix it, but I was met with obstacles with everything I tried to do.  So today I bit the bullet and called a service repairman.  I will have to pay a lot of money and will have to wait until Tuesday for it to be fixed, all of which rankles me a bit.  I would like to wallow in that, but it's Thankful Thursday, so I will let that rant be the end of it and move on to happier things.

Today I'm thankful for:

Work pants that are slightly looser.
Hallelujah! I can wear them and my legs still get some circulation! I'm not cut off at the waist any more.  What a difference two weeks can make.


Cherry Coke Zero, my new soda obsession

It's so good and it makes me feel like I can accomplish anything. Weird? Not to me. Seems perfectly logical.

Christmas decorations

I can neither confirm nor deny whether this was also on my list last week. But I love 'em. Also April had a contest for Christmas trees this week, and I got to look at a bunch of pretty pictures.

Christmas cookies
The best baker on campus,* Miss Linda, gave my office a batch of cookies that have big bits of Snickers inside them. They are AMAZING.  Picture melted caramel-y nougat. I would take a picture for you guys, but it wouldn't do them justice, and they're in a slightly public area (good for someone who doesn't want to look like a pig and keep going back for more) and I don't want my coworkers seeing me take pictures of cookies.

Being a youth leader

Working with youth has given me some great life-long friends like these girls: Amie, Taylor and Cara.  It's also giving me a free dinner at a great restaurant tonight for "Leader Appreciation" night. Both are very good things.


Wow, after writing this post I feel a lot better. I scrolled back up to the top to read through it before publishing and had already forgotten about the anger over the oven situation.  Being thankful is a great thing. So I think you should take a minute and remind yourself about what you're thankful for (and I'd love to see it in the comments section below.)
*This is an unofficial title. There has been no contest to declare her the best baker on campus.