I am grateful for:
Being able to travel for 2 weeks in Europe
Having a great boss (who gave me 2 weeks off)
and my regular bowel movement
LOL

I'm grateful for writers like you...you make my day!

Being told in early September that my job and thus my employment were being eliminated in late September and no longer having to deal with the blithering idiot I had to report to.

My wife told me I came home that day in a better mood than she had seen me return from work in years.

I've had a job offer, which I won't take as it invloves moving and we don't want to, but it is also only my second week of not being on payroll.

I'm grateful that I have retired but also have a part time job I really like that makes me feel like a contributing member of society.
I'm grateful that my son & daughter-in-law were able to find a house they could afford in a neighborhood full of young families and that they've moved in.
I'm grateful that my daughter has a great job that takes her around the world, but kind of sad that she'll be in Abu Dhabi at Thanksgiving time.
I'm grateful that nobody minds that my Thanksgiving celebration consists of a pot pie and a movie. Want to join me?

I am grateful for my restaurant which plans to serve over 1500 needy people this year for Thanksgiving.

I am thankful for:
- My parents and sister who love me unconditionally
- My sweet baby boy whose smiles and giggles make life worth living
- My husband
- My oldest son because he is mostly self-sufficient
- My job even though I hate it. It is better than being unemployed.
- Food blogs, which are the only way I keep my sanity at the aforementioned job

May you all have the happiest of Happy Thanksgivings.

I'm grateful:

*That Blondie is retired from the Army.
*That he has stuck with me for 25 years.
*That everyone is reasonably healthy. Hey, in my family that is an unusual thing.
*That I have good friends in real life and online that I know I can always count on. And, yes, foodwhore, that definitely includes you.

I am grateful that I am not pregnant this year and can therefore comsume copious amounts of alcohol which I need in order to deal with the in-laws down in Atlanta.

I am grateful for:
-A wonderful husband who tolerates me when I forget to apply the Bitchotine patch (is that a metaphor or can I buy one without a prescription?)
-A furry, happy dog who is always ecstatic to see me, and who has survived a chronic illness much longer than we expected.
-Having a job I enjoy, and which pays fairly well.
-Owning a warm, comfortable house. Who cares about worn out carpets and out-dated cabinets? It is a privilege to have a home when so many do not.
-Microbreweries (at least the good ones).
-Winter! I love snow!
-Maybe most important of all, having good health.

Thank-you FW for encouraging people to reflect on their blessings. There should be a Thanksgiving celebration every month.

-I am grateful for having an amazing group of friends that I can really count on in tough times and fun times
-I am grateful my biopsy came back negative
-I am grateful for having a job that meets a lot of my needs
-I am grateful to be living alone for the first time in my life ever, and that my post-divorce single life has many more moments of joy than loneliness
-I am grateful for having time in my life to have hobbies (home cheese making, knitting, teaching myself languages, etc.)
-I am grateful for the bloggers that make me laugh, that inspire me, that provide me with food and knitting porn, and motivate me to keep writing.

I am grateful for my wonderful clients who keep us fed, and did not let us down when we were forced to buy our new property.

I am grateful for our gorgeous new property.

I am grateful for my gorgeous husband who helped me rebuild my gorgeous new property.

I am grateful that I get to do a job I enjoy every single day.

And I am grateful for the internet and for whomever created Blogs. I love blogs. Blogs make my day so much brighter! (for I am a lover of words and there are just SO many stories/blogs...ooh yeah...yum!)

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I'm thankful for family. And everyday my husband comes home and still has his job. He works construction and it has slowed to a snails pace. I'm also thankful for your sense of humor!

I'm thankful that after I kill, clean, package and sell 50 feathered remnants of the age of dinosaurs that I won't have to cook one! If you've ever raised turkeys, you'd quickly understand that T. Rex is not extinct, he just evolved into a turkey! People ask how I can kill my turkeys come the holidays. Let me tell you, by the time November 1st rolls around, I'm chanting THREE MORE WEEKS. And to think I gave up tricking for farming.....

I'm grateful I'm not going to my parent's house this year for the holiday. My sister in law (who lives out of town from my parent's house) was hoping the folks were coming down to my place and was planning on inviting her entire family to my mom's for Thanksgiving when they left town for my house. When the parents decided to stay home this year, SIL's plans were thwarted and she's been a b*tch on wheels for the last month because *she* can't throw the party in her inlaws house (without their permission btw) that she wanted. Fun times.

I am beyond grateful (uber ecstatic) that Obama won.

I'm grateful for my husband - he works so hard to take care of us all. After 22 years we are still best friends and can still laugh with and at each other.

I'm grateful my husband and I both still have our jobs after several layoffs at each of our companies.

I'm grateful we are all healthy now after several major issues early in the year.

I'm grateful we can afford our house and the land around it - I really love our pond, my veggie garden and enjoy watching the variety of wildlife that visit us.

I'm grateful for the true friends I've had for many many years.

I'm grateful I have time to do the things I enjoy - baking, cooking, needlework, gardening - and can share my efforts with others.

I'm grateful my children are growing up into young adults I'm proud of.

I'm very grateful Obama won - he only has to worry about fixing the whole world now.

Thank you for asking for these comments - it puts many things into perspective.

I know what you mean about being grateful for being grateful...but as well, I'm grateful for:

* my parents who are looking after me whilst I jobsearch in the most difficult economic climate I (or they) have known

* the ability to think positively

* creativity - and my art box

* cooking to keep my health and spirits up!

* friends

* the fact that it's possible to make cheap & cheerful presents in the shape of homemade fudge...

* smiling!!!

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I'm grateful that the surgery to repair the damage done by the surgery to repair my heart was successful.

I'm grateful that my wife of 47 years had both the energy and the good humor to stand by me through all of it.

I'm grateful that my grandparents invited my parents and me for Thanksgiving. We'll share with other aunts and uncles and everyone brings something. It's a potluck Thanksgiving and nothing is ever forgotten. :D

- being able to feed my child well enough she can be picky
- having in-laws that make Thanksgiving FUN, instead of making me ill (your poor client)
- having enough money that I can afford to cook a hugely elaborate meal
- having the health to be able to do it

It's the simple things. Or it should be.

I'm grateful that my leg woundss finally healed.

I'm grateful that I have been able to find the funds to make my house the way I want it.

I'm grateful for my new boss who thinks I'm "da bomb".

I'm especially grateful for my wonderful niece who can be counted on for help and encouragement.

I'm grateful that the Phillies won the World Series, Obama won the election and that the baseball season and the election are finally over and I can stop gnashing my teeth.

I'm grateful for the interlines so I can visit old friends. Happy holidays!