I always take off the day before Thanksgiving to get things ready for the wonderful holiday when all the friends and family we can gather help us with our “BIG” turkey. It is organic, it is from a farmer we know, and it is BIG—although this year is a bit on the puny side at only 45#. It doesn’t beat the 52# from a few years ago but it will do.
Mostly everyone takes some time on Thanksgiving to think about the things for which they are thankful. As I started to do that my first thought was “Oh brother, same thing every year: wonderful husband (who will celebrate 43 years of sainthood on Thanksgiving):grown kids who each make us proud; delightful in-laws; fabulous grandchildren; job I LOVE; terrific work family; true friends: the luck to live in the United States and the chance to buy the BIG turkey.” Of course my second thought was, “WOW, the same wonderful blessings for another year!” Nothing better than that.
Today as I was ready to leave, Bill who is a vital part of the work family, had his two grandchildren come in. He is just crazy about those kids: darling Paityn who is his daughter Courtney’s girl and is 11 months old and the newest member Adian who is just 4 weeks old. Bill’s son Nick is his father and Nick is in our prayers while he is in Afghanistan serving in the Air Force. Aiden’s mom is also in the service and we all have to be thankful for families like this who sacrifice a whole lot.
Here is one work thing I am thankful for: getting my office cleared out from all the cables we DIDN’T pick for the new circulars. I hope you can see how many roads we went down. Paul found literally hundreds of things to consider. Who knew how many different possibilities there were. More at a later date on the “road to cablesville”.
Of course I would be remiss in not thanking all the wonderful people we have met since there was a Signature Needle Arts. Honestly, some of them are like family to us and I am more than thankful for every single customer. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I wish I could share the leftovers with you.
