Danke

Today I am thankful for lots of things.

I am thankful that I took such a useful language in High School such as German

(note the title of the post)

I find myself using my Deutsch all the time… so much more useful than, say, Spanish.

And, such a beautiful language.

mmmm

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I am thankful for Jack’s incredible Thanksgiving outfit. Those pants. Wow.

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I am thankful for the fact that I am not in Ikea Hell (pardon the language) tonight like I was 3 nights ago.

It’s a long story.

Just know that it was like hell.

But, worse.

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I am thankful that I did not take clogging until I was 18 years old.

Sorry Kate.

Sorry Annie.

The recent surfacing of the old clogging video made me grateful for hanging up the old tappers when I was 13.

I’m just saying.

(Sorry to mock your dream, but, yes, Kate, I took this off the BYU clogging website. That may or may not be our distant cousin)

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I am thankful for the Johnson’s baby lotion bottle that keeps Jack occupied just long enough for me to get him dressed before he shimmies away from me.

I am thankful that we now have a second child in our home.

This MONSTER of a TV.

Days of Our Lives times 100!!

Oh, and I might be thankful for my 2:00 daily fix of Days.

Go on, judge me.

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I’m thankful for the movie Anchorman.

I watched it for like the 55^th time today.

I suppose it would be fair to say that I’m thankful for Will Ferrell, in general.

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I’m thankful for Jack’s thumb.

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I’m thankful for Kneader’s grilled cheese sandwiches.

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I’m thankful for my dreamy fireplace.

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I’m thankful for the 4 kinds of pie I tasted today.

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As I was thinking of particular things I was thankful for today, and the above came to mind, sure…it seemed a bit superficial.

A bit shallow.

However, the true reasoning is that it doesn’t take Thanksgiving for me to recognize all the incredible things I have to be grateful for.

Like…

Brett.

His hard work. His humor. His talents. His companionship.

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My sweet healthy, happy Jack.

Doctors that helped Jack be healthy.

Babies in jammies.

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My overwhelmingly amazing family.

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Living close to my overwhelimingly amazing family.

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Fave 5 Minutes on my cell phone to call and talk to my overwhelmingly amazing family.

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Staying home with Jack

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A wonderful home.

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Laughter.

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A life enriched every day by all of the amazing people in it.

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However, not a day goes by when I am not thankful for these things

So, this Thanksgiving I let myself be thankful for my soap opera, grilled cheese, and past clogging decisions, too.

Because if not today, then when?

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I truly love this holiday. Love the food. Love the long weekend. Love the family-ing.

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday!

Glückliches Erntedankfest!

(Happy Thanksgiving)

Oh, and thank you Google Images for never letting me down.