We head into Thanksgiving this week, and as the name implies, my mind has turned to all the things for which I am grateful. Well most of the time. The few times I have been out shopping, my mind has been on how many people really need to quit being bitchy and focus on what they do have in life. That’s a different post, however.

This will be my first Thanksgiving out at the farm, and oh my, how fall suits this place! I’m learning new routines with the dog (have to wash his feet when we go out side after it rains because ALL THE MUD), the cat is getting much cozier as it cools off (as I type, she is positive she can sit in my lap on top of the iPad. She cannot), and cooking has taken a definite cool weather direction (soups, chili, beans etc)

I am grateful for so many things this year, this blog post would go on forever if I named them all. I am grateful to health and friends and the fact that I have the ability to build this house and move out here. I am grateful for everyone who helped me along the way. I’m even grateful to people I don’t know – my awesome kitting was an owner surrender and because of that person, I have the most amazing house panther.

I will keep this short, I know we all have a lot to do this week so that we can enjoy the week with family and friends. I hope you find all the blessings in your lives this week and spend a little time reflecting. I worry that our society is much more focused on what we don’t have, than what we do. I don’t have everything I could want (there’s not enough room for that much fabric anyway) but I have enough, and in that I am tremendously blessed.

I would also like to express my gratitude for whoever had the brilliant idea of gas fireplace logs with an electric starter. I have fire at the push of a button and on a chilly country morning, it doesn’t get any better than that.