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Happy Thanksgiving America

There will be a photo of the Wall Flower in a moment.  I don't want to oversell it, the progress is moving, but slowly.  For now I want to pause and create a list of my top 20 things I'm thankful for:

  1. A great partner - Paul tolerates all my idiosyncrasies and obsessions and loves me anyway.
  2. Great kids - all four of them.  Life gave me two sons and they gave me two wonderful daughters.
  3. My parents - at my ripe old age to have both parents still living in my home of original, what a gift.
  4. My siblings - both brothers with whom I have solid relationships even though as adults we've always lived apart. 
  5. My friends - some I've known for more than 45 years, across Canada and the U.S.
  6. Having an opportunity to go to college - and a good one for my undergrad degree, the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
  7. Growing up on a farm - it grounded me, taught me some hard realities about life and death and gave me an appreciation for a good work ethic.
  8. My cat - Mike has been a good pet for nearly 14 years.  He's a great buddy to have around when Paul is out or at home.
  9. Being in good health - despite my best attempts to avoid taking care of myself.
  10. Having fulfilling work - not everyone is so lucky to have both a good job and a satisfying one at that.
  11. Living in many places -  has given me perspectives about how to do life in ways different from my upbringing.
  12. Living on a mountain - the view from my family room is breath-taking.
  13. Happy memories - the advantage of a good long life.  The good improves memories and the long helps to reinforce the good and allows more forgetting of the not so good.
  14. The sound of rain on the roof - it is so relaxing and I get the opportunity to hear it often.
  15. A good local yarn shop (LYS) - a place to get help with knitting questions and where to meet up with friends.
  16. Rainbows - we get our fair share of them right over the inlet and each time I smile.  
  17. Challenges in my life - they've made me stronger, wiser and more resilient.
  18. GPS navigation systems - I'd be lost without mine, literally.
  19. Rainy days - they offer great opportunities to knit and I certainly live in a place where I get many.
  20. Libraries - free access to any type of book, including knitting books, all available to meet my heart desires for creating.
Enjoy your turkey, mash potatoes and pumpkin pie my U.S. friends and family; and as you do I'll celebrate these 20 and so many more that make me a very lucky and thankful person. 

And here's as promised the photo of the Wall Flower so far.

Wall Flower duplicate stitches continue
I'll also be thankful when this project is complete.

Comments

  1. Anonymous18 December 2012 at 20:48

    Great list!

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  2. JFlag19 December 2012 at 08:36

    Thank you Anonymous. This list reflects some of my most favorite things.

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