Just a little after Thanksgiving

A couple of years ago I tried to do this thing called Every Day for a Year or ED4AY. My cousin did it on Facebook where she took a picture every day for a year.

That didn't work out so good for me because I tried to make a blog post every day for a year.

I lasted 4 days.

I then tried last year to do "Thanksvember". This is where I would post every few days and do the "What am I thankful for today" thing. Also a fail, I did not attempt to repeat.

So this year I did a "Thanksvember" redo - I decided to find something every day to be thankful for and pray about it on the way to school/work or in the shower if there was no work.

I found the last part to be hardest because if there is not work and no where for me to go - why would I shower? What happens on days where I don't need a shower?

Yeah, I am one of those people that don't shower every day - whats it to ya? I don't need to, I always smell like roses. Okay, not always, but if I am just cleaning house and playing with the little people play set with Carly I am NOT dirty enough to shower. Water conservation aka - lazy!

Back to the point of this - I was successful in this endeavor. I did find something each day, it wasn't hard at all. I am much better at saying thank you than asking for help. I blame it on the Cope/Ralstin combo of genetics. 

Those days when there was no work or shower, remembering was usually bed time and Carly would say her nightly prayer "Thank you Lord for a good day, Amen" and I would silently in my head say "Shit! I forgot to pray for something I am thankful for!" yes, sometimes I curse when I am in Jesus mode - I am me, Jesus and God know I curse all the time, no use pretending to be something I am not when I pray. I imagine them giving me a  frowny face as Peter writes on a sheet saying "She'll account for that one later." Does it deter me, yes, have I cut way back, yes, am I cured...hell heck no.

I am almost always thankful for something trivial.
*Thank you for a sound sleep last night
*Thank you for Cody having a job
*Thank you for there being enough french fries for tator tot casserole last night after I told Carly we were having it and then forgot we ate all the tator tots.
*Thank you for a cloudy morning so I don't have to drive in to the sun
*Thank you for making that deer stay on the side of the road

I think those are the best things to be thankful for because they help you to see that there are a lot of things going right in your life. If you focus only on the bad then all you see is the bad.

So a little past Thanksgiving I am still going to do "Thanksvember", and maybe I will do "Thankscember" also.