Giving Thanks

For Thanksgiving "dinner", I went with my parents to Golden Corral, a local buffet restaurant. I wasn't a very happy camper when Mama said that Daddy wanted to arrive there about 11:00. I'm not an early bird by any stretch of the imagination, and at that hour my stomach is just starting to think about settling from the light breakfast I might have had. But by the time we arrived, I found I was famished and we all had a nice "dinner" with everyone getting to eat their favorites with no work to prepare the meal or mess to clean up afterward. Quite a deal! I was also surprised at the number of people who were there so early. I came home and took the dogs for a walk. This was a treat for them, but it was also to help my meal settle. The dogs enjoyed it much more than I.

While on our walk, I pondered the things I have to be thankful for. Yes, it's been a hard past 9 months, but I am thankful I am still here giving it the good old college try. I am lonesone for the companionship I have lost, but grateful for the family and friends I have. I'm thankful I'm still able to support myself with my own little business, and that I don't have to work for someone else. I'm thankful that I have my health, and am sleeping much better these days.

Now I believe a nap is called for, then it's back to the grindstone. I have a wholesale order to fill, a show to do next weekend as well as the next, and I must take some time off tomorow to go into the big "city" for a jewelry market and to pick up more lumber.