Thankful List

Before we head out for the Thanksgiving celebrations, I wanted to take a few minutes to list some things I'm grateful for....but nothing too deep or series. This is just the superficial, shallow, and frivolous stuff:

1. Sheets with high thread counts. It's like sleeping on soft butter and I can never go back. Thanks Mom for ruining me.

2. Cell phones. I know I survived without one but they sure make life easier. I remember getting lost and driving around aimlessly trying to figure out where I was because there wasn't a payphone around. Or because I didn't have a quarter. And running late? What was the point of pulling over to call? It just took more time! Now all I have to do is reach into my purse. And plug in my Garmin.

3. My sisters. I love having built-in friends. And someone to steal clothes from.

4. Bar Keepers Friend cleaner. The stuff is like cocaine for cleaners.

5. Depilatory creams. I am unnaturally hairy. Really, I think I'm a step closer to a monkey than the average person because there is no reason a human needs this much body hair. No reason at all. It's especially attractive because I'm female...because every dude wants a chick with more body hair than him...so I have to take care of it, for everyone's sake, and I swear depilatory creams work like magic.

6. That I have a flexible job with adequate leave so that I can be a working Mom and still make the class field trip, the Thanksgiving feast, and the Christmas party.

7. That I have a job.

8. Dr. Pepper. For as long as I can remember I've had a soda addiction. Sometimes the addiction has changed - it's been Mountain Dew, Coke, Dr. Pepper - I like them all. And as unhealthy as it is, as hard as it is to struggle with, and despite the fact that I try to quit - I can't deny that I love soda. It's like that boyfriend that you know you should hate but you just can't...

9. Mobile banking. This is especially helpful for people like me who never balance their checkbook or know how much money they have at any given moment.

10. Scary, psychological thriller movie/tv shows. It's a little bit demented but I do like the creepiness.  A guy from work recommended An American Horror Story and it's really, really intense and out there and at times may even kinda be boarderline sadistic. And I've been watching it every week.

11. Scented room spray. You try sharing a bathroom with my husband and then tell me that isn't something to be thankful for.

12. Having stairs. No matter what, I'm guaranteed to go up the stairs a minimum of 5 times a day. And sometimes that's the only exercise I get.

13. That I don't have to do manual labor. I help my husband with his houses occasionally and actually enjoy painting but I couldn't do it everyday. Or even very often.

14. That it doesn't matter how wide or squishy I am, my husband still finds me attractive enough to give me some lovin. It's kinda an important need and a big part of marriage. That would be my advice to all couples - make sure you find someone who gives you what you need in the bedroom. You'll always have people in your life to make you laugh, make you feel special, and that you enjoy being around. But ideally, this is the only person you will ever have sex with again.  Let that sink in people and listen to me when I tell you to choose wisely and make sure it's good.

15. Sangria swirls. There use to be a restaurant, a sports bar that me and my friends would go to almost every week (free bingo) that made the BEST sangria swirls. They went out of business (maybe free bingo) and I've never found a place that could beat their swirls.  Oh Varsity, how I miss you!

16. That my life is comfortable enough that I actyally have superficial, shallow and frivolous things to be grateful for!