Being thankful

It has been over two weeks since I last posted. Sometimes life just happens, and it happens in a way that is a little more intense that normal. Some tough stuff for folks and I needed to be there with them rather than here typing. I have missed the chance to type though because I do that for me. It really is quite a selfish activity. I know there may be a few folks out there who read it, and I hope you may enjoy it, even smile at it sometimes, or think for a minute or two, but really I write it because I like writing.

There was a lot I could have blogged about over the last two weeks.

My friend who in the midst of her child being in hospital, with initial uncertainty of diagnosis, told me how for the last two years she was managing to fill her kids advent calendars with lots of forgotten toys and have delighted children each morning. Great idea and as long as it works go for it. Those of you who have ever tried to pack forgotten toys into a charity bag, while your children were in the room, may have some idea why this would actually work!!

We have the littler boy eating bits of carrots. He will not admit to it if you ask him. He is a wise one and will not want you to get in on the game. Tomato soup too is a recent addition to his diet. These probably do not sound dramatic things to you but in our house they are the cause for much celebration.

We have Santa all organised for this year. He made the decision that while second hand is good and commendable there is a time when it is wise to have a new product with a years guarantee particularly when the second hand products are not that much cheaper. He also decided that one big family present was another wise move. Think the kids will approve, in fact they will be thrilled. They have surprised me in that they do not have a list for him. They are asking to put out a drink and mince pie for him and this year Santa better remember to eat it. The year he forgot caused a moment of panic which required a dear friend to rescue Santa's reputation!

I am having a wrapping crisis. Partly in truth because I have not actually bought the things I need to be wrapping and partly because the store that sold the rolls of recycled brown paper, the mainstay of my wrapping has stopped selling it. They do sheets but that just does not work the same. What to do now? I really like the recycled approach and I think I am probably too late to buy the fairtrade.

The fact is that while I could have blogged about all of these things in detail and enjoyed it, the biggest thing for me over these days since Thanksgiving, with all the busyness, the uncertainty and the bumps that life brings, is that I remain thankful and even more so for that list that I wrote about in my last post.

So if you have come to my blog a few times and have read again and again about being thankful you have been up-to-date with where I am at!