[Flake, Jack Johnson]

So blogging may be pretty sketchy this week.  I am getting my wisdom teeth, all four, out tomorrow.  I have to go completely under and my two bottom teeth are impacted pretty badly, so I'm going to have a bloody mess of a mouth and lots of hopped up drug experiences this week.  It's a good diet plan for Thanksgiving, though, so that's my one good thing :)

Beyond that, it's a pretty simple week.  The family I nanny for is back east for the holiday, and I get to have the whole week to recover.  My husband and I are planning to drive to my parents' house Wednesday, and then we'll be back by Thursday night because Jason has to work at 3am in the wee hours of Friday morning.  The week will speed by!

I'm not feeling particularly chatty tonight- two dear, dear friends from my college years visited today and I pretty much talked for the better part of the last 9+ hours!  If I'm feeling well enough I'll write this week; if I'm not up to it then right now I want to wish you all a very wonderful Thanksgiving!  I truly hope that people will think about being grateful for all that they have.  It's easy to focus on what we don't have, but I'm so thankful that this year marks my first Thanksgiving having been married to my husband for the full year past.  I'm grateful for how much our marriage has improved and grown, how much I have changed and matured.  We have had very difficult financial times, but we have never missed a meal, even amid broken cars we have always been able to get where we need to go, and we've lived in cozy homes and never had to miss paying a bill.  We've been very, very blessed.  We have an incredible church home that we're a part of, and Jesus has really changed our hearts to be more grateful people, far more servant hearted toward one another and others than we were a year ago.  I'm so grateful.

I hope you all feel much the same about the wonders in your life.