Blessings...count them one by one.

I LOVE Thanksgiving.  I mean, I love it.  I love the fried turkey, all the sides, and pie.  I love the chaos that fills the house when my family gathers together.  I love the drama that sometimes it causes.  :)  I love getting off of work for the holiday (when I do).  I love lounging with a full tummy and snoozing off to football games in the background.  I love looking through the ads to see what deals there are, even though I rarely need to buy anything.  I love that Dickens on Main starts that weekend in the darling town of Boerne, the place that will always be home to me, no matter where we live.  And, I love the tradition of craft market shopping with the ladies of the family the day after  Thanksgiving.

This year, my cute family has listed our blessings day by day.  It's not the cutest sign in the world.  Maybe one day we'll have a gratitude tree or a cute chalkboard.  But, it's not about being cute.  It's about being thankful.  I wanted to snap a picture of it, so I never forget what was on our minds this year.  Meg & Mom even added to it on their little visit.

And, now that Eli is in pre-school (one day a week), I love that my refrigerator is covered in his art.  I'm shopping now for a fridge for the new house, and I just keep thinking about how nice these stainless refrigerators look, but how I will have to find another place to hang up Eli's things.  Somehow, I feel like a real mom with this stuff hanging up.

I can't wait for this next week.  Especially since I am working my last shift now, before I have the entire week off.