Thankfulness

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, a day traditionally filled with family, love, turkey, and yelling at the ref that that pass interference call was crap.

Along with those things, as with many families, we have a tradition around the dinner table of naming the things for which we are thankful. And also, in my case, overeating.

I thought I would get my list together today, before I am too stuffed to think straight (and breathe correctly, for that matter), so this year I might come up with something to be thankful for other than Tums.

Here are a few things off the top of my head:

Gravy

Stuffing

WiFi

Peach Snapple

Ziploc bags

Teachers

Breweries large and small

Four-wheel drive

Boats

My books

Other people’s books

Libraries

Wineries

Amazon.com

Readers

Reviewers

Dr. Seuss

Dishwashers

Distilleries

Doctors

Dentists

Google

Garbage disposals

A/C in the car

AC/DC in the car

Spellcheck

Tabasco Green Pepper Jalapeño sauce

Literacy

Indoor plumbing

Soldiers

Babies (other people’s)

How babies are made

Kids (sometimes even my own)

Puppies (other people’s)

Dogs (sometimes even my own)

Family

Friends

Pork products

Family and friends who bring pork products

Opposable thumbs

Fireworks

Deodorant

Toilets

Toilet paper

Elevators

Duct tape

Dave Barry

Forever stamps

The five-second rule

Braces (not paying for the braces, just the braces)

Pizza

Outhouses

Comedy

Fingernails

Every day it’s not windy

Salt

Water

Saltwater

Rick Riordan

Zippers

Baseball

The San Francisco Giants (most years, not this one)

Getting to be a coach

Getting to be on a couch

Fortune cookies

Traveling

That travelers’ checks (cheques?) are no longer a thing

Every day without a school project

Beef

Tacos

Nachos

Movies

Popcorn

The fact that the book is always better than the movie

Sports

Compound interest

Lifetouch School Portraits, for all the humor they bring into my life

J.K. Rowling

Any time the house doesn’t smell like boys’ shoes

Our church

When my phone works through buttons and speakers in my car

Google maps

Whoever invented the refrigerator

Costco

And most importantly, my amazing wife.

That’s probably enough for now. Feel free to steal any of those for your own tomorrow.

Have a great Thanksgiving,

-Smidge

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