24 days of Thankfulness

Here it is: The annual thankful list, it's a little cliche, but it's just the perfect time to do it!

At the beginning of November I was going to blog about something I was thankful for everyday until Thanksgiving... which obviously didn't happen. So, to make up for it I will write a list of 24 thank you's for Thanksgiving.

THANKFULNESS LIST:

1. Living close to the mountains, going to Alaska made me appreciate this more for some reason

2. My church calling; love those young women!

3. WEIGHT WATCHERS. Thank YOU for teaching me to eat better so my stomach won't explode

4. Health Insurance

5. A warm place to go home to at night

6. Chocolate. What else needs to be said? 

7. My job, I love those little kids!

8. My country

9. Jane Austen novels and movies

10. College! I am so glad I had the opportunity to receive my degree

11. My parent's dog (who is my namesake), I'm REALLY grateful for her nowadays because she ate some rat poison just DAYS before Kat Call's wedding and almost died. :( I used to be grumpy about her name because this is often what happens at my parents house: "Annnnnnnniiiiieeee!" "What???" "Not you, the DOG!" 

I've learned to appreciate her more now. Love that little rascal. 

12. Food. Good food. I love it so much.

13. Books. Books. Books. Books. 

14. Indoor plumbing, electricity, and all that stuff that is wonderful.

15. Nature.

16. Yoga and Pilates. 

17. Pinterest (and thank you Courtney for bringing it to me)

18. My cruise to Alaska this year

19. Horses, and my cousin Nicole for teaching me how to ride

20. Good friends surrounding me (and will act like they're 12 with me)

This is what it's like when I'm with friends.

21. Family. Family, family, family! My immediate family that I grew up with, and the family the family that I married into. I love all of you SO much! 

22. Hot Chocolate. I drink this nearly everyday

23. Holidays, any of them. I love any reason to celebrate.

24. Last but not least.....

I'm thankful for this swell guy here. 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! 

First Halloween Craft

I have a test in two days, a test that I haven't even begun to study for. I really REALLY want to make some chex nutty-buddies, even though I've already eaten two brownies (no, I'm not pregnant, thank you for asking.). To help with my boredom and to stay away from more sweets, I will post a blog.



Since I said in my "fall to-do list" that I was going to do make some Halloween Decorations, I thought I should post some that I do. I finished these blocks just last night and I'm fairly pleased with the results. The only thing I am not pleased with is the letters. Normally for holiday blocks I use rub-on or stick-on letters, but I couldn't find any I liked so I went with a stencil to paint the letters on... and I will avoid doing it again at ALL costs.


I had to redo the "H" in "Happy" three times. I had to keep putting new paper on and then redoing it. It just came out gloopy each time. And that "a" in happy? oh goodness. those squiggle marks were so NOT on purpose. I would've fixed it but I was out of that orange paper. all well... the squiggles aren't so bad I suppose. :) There were some others (as I'm sure you can see) that needed fixing as well but I only fixed the worse ones because I just wanted to be done.

despite the silly stenciled letters, I still like them. And now, I think I'll go study.