For Each other

56-Judah for driving 4 hours today and 6.5 hours tomorrow so we can spend Thanksgiving in Boston
57-Meghan for making me be nice to myself and for sharing interesting facts (did you know your nose never stops growing?)
58-Jeremiah for inviting us to his house for Thanksgiving
59-Angie for making me an aunt again (Welcome Kaitlyn Faith)
60-Nathaniel for Helping
61-Micah for sharing his family (and life) with me
62-Marcus Elise Charissa Claire Noah Nick Tristan and Zoe for being there to spoil and then give back to their parents.... :)
63-Keith & Karen for making me feel at home
64-Grandma Henry for great stories...
65-Abi for keeping me connected
66-My mom for understanding when I'm going nuts and always giving me the recipes i call for.
67-my Dad for loving me unconditionally and making it really easy to understand God as Father.
68-Ami Dawn for having the same sense of humor
69-The very nice desk agent for being very nice late at night.
70-That I could EASILY finish out my Hundred with the people i have been blessed to have in my life.....and that i Have so many blessings that I don't have to pad my list

Thanks and Praise

42-Cell Phones
43-My homegroup (an awesome group of people doing life together and eating really good food on Monday nights.)
44-The internet
45-A New baby Niece and her safe delivery
46-Chatting with my mom
47-That God does not give me what I deserve
48-Air compressors (to fill that leaky tire, no fruitflys on my dresser!)
49-that I know how to crochet
50-Brother in Laws to visit in Boston in the fall
51-Brothers and sisters in law to drive to Boston with
52-That I have enough to give some of it away
53-leftovers for dinner
54-more than one pair of shoes
55 a&b-that I have a laptop and it still runs.

Always always always thankful

28-Unexpectedly free mornings

29-E-mail reminders of appointments (going to give blood this AM, totally forgot)

30-Public libraries with printers

31-that 2% of 0 is 0 (accidentally evaded borough taxes from 2009- rectifying the situation today by printing a w-2 and mailing the forms)

32-Freedom to spur of the moment decide to spend a few extra days playing with precious nieces and a handsome nephew and helping their mama and papa move

33-spell check....I before E in nieces.

34-sunshine even though it's cold out

35-A good Job for Micah

36-a good church - Ladies Tea this afternoon

37-a modern dryer (to go with #12) for when you need to wash 3 loads of clothes and don't have time to air dry

38- that we discovered we were going the wrong way before we reached West Virginia

39-Houses that are not trashed....

40-Small towns

41- 29 years of being loved. (dudes, 29 is so old.)

Thanks be....

13-apple butter on whole wheat bread
14-the "pop" sound that signals a proper seal
15-sunrises
16-morning naps
17-shop-vacs
18-long phone calls with my mom
19-sitting and visiting with my husband
20-clean rooms
21-laughter
22-memory
23-traditions
24-sweaters
25-Pizza
26-pianos (OK so its a keyboard, i'm still thankful to have it)
27-favicons!!! (check it out in the address bar on your browser, i'm so cool)

Thank-full.

I had already typed my first 10 things as well as a few nice words about my mother who started this tradition and then the internet ate it. :(

here we go again (in no particular order) i am thankful for:

1-a dry warm place to live

2-Really pretty great inlaws

3-Even better parents

4-my husband

5-my sisters (of course i'd be thankfuller if they lived closer.....)

6-an end of daylight savings time (light before 8AM totally makes up for dark by dinnertime)

7-excellent reception for NFL games
(even though the steelers lost and my husband is defecting to the browns {who would certainly NOT have beaten the ravens, he's just mad, he'll come back...but will i have him? *Evil grin*} it is nice not to spend all sunday afternoon searching for ways to jerry-rig an antenna in a black hole of reception)

8-new friends

9-old friends (KT i swear i will call this week)

10-lovely weekend weather

11-a puppy who rides well in the car

12-a modern washer

What are you thankful for? Join the Haveners as we list 100 things we're thankful for in November.

Me On A Tractor

This may be one of the best photos of the two of us. Maybe we'll send a Christmas card with a tractor since we missed our chance at a cannon photo this summer in Williamsburg.

I helped Micah rake the hay on Saturday. By "helped" I mean I rode one lap around the field on the fender and posed for this photo. In Ohio this summer I "helped with the hay" by plugging in the hay elevator that one time.

Mostly my real contribution is that I loan my husband, carry water to the hay field  and cook dinner for the hay makers (My mother in law prefers to make hay than cook. It works out well for everyone).

Off to grocery shop with Grandma and give blood.

Oh What a Beautiful Morning

I refrained from singing songs from Oklahoma! at the top of my lungs this morning since other people were still in bed at 7 AM. I took a photo of the sun rising over the field instead.

All the sounds of the earth are like music
All the sounds of the earth are like music
The breeze is so busy it don't miss a tree
And a old weeping willer is laughing at me

Oh, what a beautiful MORning
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I've got a beautiful FEELing
EVerything's GOin' my way.

It continued on from there.   OK LA HOMA! where the winds go whippin' down the plains.... OOOH the Farmer and the cowman should be friends..... People will say we're in love..... Poor Jud is Dead a candle lights his head...... Ev'rything's up  to date in Kansas City..... I'm just a girl who Caint say no....

I am still humming about a little surrey with a fringe on top :) - and now you will be too hahaha!

In my mind all these songs come with a bouncing ball. Weird things happen when all your childhood musicals were on VHS recorded from TV singalongs....