Thankful Part 2

Part 2 of Thankful November is here!!

We thought you weren't coming back.

Common misconception, you need to have more faith in my return....apparently we are still in the "trust vs. mistrust" stage - lets work on that.

Seriously, an Erickson reference, at 10:30 at night, on a Tuesday?

Yeah, get over yourself...now a bunch of people have to Google "Erickson, trust vs mistrust".

November 5 - I am thankful for my job. While it is not always super fun it is a great job with great co-workers, administrators, students and parents. I can not think of a better place to teach at right now. The support from this community has been fantastic, it makes me feel like teaching was the best choice I could have made with my college degree.

November 6 - I am thankful for my dad (Happy Birthday DAD!) You are super funny and always know random stuff that makes me smile, and sometimes helps me win knowledge bets.

November 7 - I am thankful for friends who understand my obsession with books and at times get my jokes, like when I use the reference "shouty capitals" and my co-worker almost spits milk out her nose during lunch. You know it's a good day when there is almost a nose spew.

November 8 - I am thankful for my sister. Carly has an amazing aunt whom she calls "Kee Kaw" we have no idea why. She loves Kee Kaw and gets really excited when she calls, Caitlin is one of the few people Carly actually talks to on the phone. Talk - read: says one or two word phrases like "lunch, eat it, pizza,  more bites, Baggie house, some" which translates to "We had lunch, I ate some, it was pizza. Maggie is in the house, I threw a fit at the end of lunch and when mom told me to take more bites I gave some to Maggie instead." Somehow my sister gets the translation - this is why she  is getting a degree in early childhood education, because she is totes awesome.

November 9 - I am thankful for my step mom (Happy Birthday KIM!) I am glad you are part of our family. You keep my dad in line and give a healthy dose of sarcasm to everything we do. You also write a mean newspaper - OH COME ON DAD....we all know who really runs the show, you are just the writer (hee hee)

November 10 - I am thankful for Saturdays and sleeping in and also cuddling with my daughter until 7:30 in the morning, even with the crazy time change just a week ago, she still slept past 6:00! Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

November 11 - I am thankful that my husband is home safely - he went to South Dakota for a hunting trip and came home much more relaxed and happier - he needed a mancation. Plus he brought home some delicious phesant.

November 12 - I am thankful for Mondays. I dislike them, but am thankful for them because one day it won't matter that it is Monday and the beginning of the work week. I could be retired or unemployed. But for now there are Mondays and Mondays are good because that means I have a job and we have a solid income we can depend on, we might squeak by but we are squeaking still!

November 13 - I am thankful for job interviews. My husband had one today and while he might not get the job. Knowing that someone liked him enough to give him a job interview is pretty exciting. We will know if he got the job on Friday - until then, my 15 followers,  send a little prayer for us - espeically for my wonderful husband who really really wants this job.

Thankful part 1

November 1 - I am thankful for our family they are pretty great to us, this past year and a half would have been much harder with out all of them.

November 2 - I am thankful for my bestie Kel who knows me all too well and still loves me. She is a fantastic person and a great listener, especially on long drives when a person is super sleepy and on the way to school.

November 3 - I am thankful for my mom who bought me a stainless steel Sunbeam mixer because I wanted it and we were at an auction and she was kicking major but in the auction....she also got a set of ladies golf clubs which my step dad called me to inform "Your mom bought this golf bag and clubs for $35 and it has $30 worth of balls in it, she keeps opening pockets and balls keep rolling out and she found some shoes and gloves and deodorant, she made so much money today" Yep, my mom...deal finder and keeper of the used deodorant from an auction - okay, maybe not keeper.

November 4 - I am thankful for a husband who understands when I am at my wits end and entertains out daughter all day so I can write a crazy long paper for my masters classes. He is the light of my world and a fantastic father and husband who on occasion does the dishes and bought a new vacuum because he didn't like vacuuming with the old one!

Thankful November and other November only things

There are a bazillion people doing "Thankful November" on their facebook walls each and every day. 

As you all know I have tried the "post stuff every day thing" and it fails miserably each time. 

yeah, we know, we read each day for the first two days and then came back for another week and there were no posts. Do you even know how this blog thing works?

YES, I know how this blog thing works...gezz, get off my back.

I have devised a plan to do a modified "Thankful November" in which I post about each day just not on each day. We will see how it goes. 

I am also participating in "No Shave November" in which I will refuse to shave, except my armpits - those are a must. My husband loves this one!! 

Yeah, I bet he loves it, about as much as he loves when you ask him to rub your feet and take out the trash. 

But I will not participate in "Movember" as I am not yet in menopause and can not grow a mustache, this one I leave to men with enough testosterone to grow facial hair and most women over 60.