Thankful & other November Happenings

Thankful that (Aunt) Sharon &
Granny love me, favorite 
Thanksgiving food was the turkey 
treats (scotcharoos).

Hello there Adventurous Friends, greetings from South Dakota.  How you doing?  I intentionally thought about everyday things to be thankful for this month according to the activities going on for the day.  The Grands shared their thankful things & favorites of the Thanksgiving holiday.  They all looked so pretty & handsome dressed in their Sunday clothes on their way to church.  I texted with the older Grands most everyday about thankful things.  That was an enjoyable activity this month within itself.

This is Sentence a Day where I join others & write a little something about each of my days, wrote in a long drawn out sentence or 2.  This month's sentences includes a thing I was thankful for each day.

* Mon 1st - Lions club meeting, talked about the world series fundraiser board, Christmas dinner & having a gun show maybe in the spring, ate at #3, thankful for friends to laugh with.

* Tues 2nd - Thought it was Wed, changed the sheets on the bed, off work early, did a couple loads of laundry, wrapped some more of Grands Christmas presents & got a box ready to mail, thankful for soft comfy flannel sheets.

Not yet sure what Thanksgiving
is all about, but she sure is 
adorable wearing that big bow.

* Wed 3rd - Read, watched videos, emailed & calculated to set a date for minimum age retirement coming up sooner than later I'm hoping, thankful for a career that has provided decent wages & good benefits through the years.

* Thurs 4th - Gas, groceries, bill paying day, thankful for good tasting food & clean water. 

* Fri 5th - Ordered Christmas dresses for the Grandgirls & shirts for the Grandboys, thankful for Rose (a pet) to go on walks with on nice sunny days like today.

Watching the muskrats swim at sunset.

Week 45

* Weekend 6th & 7th - Kevin mulched leaves with the mower, the air smelled so good, fresh cut grass is one of my favorite smells, camped over in the buttes, did some trail riding & had a picnic, thankful for a handyman husband that could fix the camper rig when all the batteries were dead.

Exploring the area around camp.

Detours & gravel roads while 2
new bridges are being built.

* Mon 8th - Off work early, marked things off to-do list - vacuum, wrap baby gifts, cook spaghetti for supper; thankful for tax dollars at work as I drove over one of the new bridges.

* Tues 9th - Off work early 2 afternoons in a row, got gas & groceries since Thursday my day of doing those things is a holiday, made cheesy tators to go with leftover spaghetti for supper, gathered the years pictures in a folder to make a book, thankful for patience as I was stopped & waited for 3 semis to make their way through the 1 lane construction zone.

* Wed 10th - Full day of work getting everything caught up the day before a holiday, thankful for inspiring & motivational bloggers as I received an Awesome Prize from Far Side in the mail from her Snow Stick contest.

* Thurs 11th - Listened to the wind howl, set the timer for 30 minutes of blog reading in-between laundry & cleaning, thankful for veteran's public service.

* Fri 12th - Went to church pancake supper, thankful for being able to participate in local fundraisers to help aid the community.

Week 46

* Weekend 13th & 14th - Went camping up at the pond, watched a couple favorite Christmas movies - Christmas Card & A Holiday to Remember, wrapped & boxed the rest of the Christmas gifts on hand, thankful for supplies to wrap Christmas presents having joy & blessings thinking about the reason for the season.

Thankful for strawberry &
chocolate milk, favorite
Thanksgiving food was the
pumpkin cake that said 
Give Thanks.

* Mon 15th - Lions club meeting, meal at #3, next meeting is the Christmas potluck dinner, spoke up to bring mashed tators & gravy, thankful to have the opportunity to be a member of a service club that does activities to serve the community.

* Tues 16th - Finalized Friday's work baby shower preparations, boss mentioned the shower was also for one from another office, thankful for having another baby gift item on hand being the season for gift giving. 

Thankful for Nana sending us
presents each Christmas, favorite
Thanksgiving food was Aunt's
Mac & cheese.

* Wed 17th - Coworker on Covid quarantine leave, no more afternoons off early for a couple weeks, thankful for good health not having to miss work.

* Thurs 18th - Got gas & groceries, needed cookie mix for the baby shower & milk for my coffee, thankful for convenient shopping for everyday items in our small town with population 380.

* Fri 19th - Up early making cookies for the shower, everyone wrote down their predication when the baby would be born, I predicted December 15th, thankful to share a good time at work with coworkers setting aside drama & animosities. 

Setting up the baby shower area at work.  

Week 47

Happy Birthday to Grand Olivia

* Sat 20th - Facetimed with Daughter & Grands, got introduced to Rosie their new guinea pig, Grands talked about what they wanted for Christmas, bingo night, took container of leftover cookies for snack sharing, thankful for electronic gadgets to be able to keep in contact with family when they are far away.

* Sun 21st - Shopping in Rapid, chicken biscuit for breakfast, butterburger for lunch/supper, thankful for freedom to enjoy a beautiful morning ride & a day of life doing things we want to do.

Thankful for the fact that our
family is so successful, favorite
Thanksgiving food was Aunt's
Mac & cheese.

Thankful for my family, favorite
Thanksgiving food was the ham
or pumpkin pie.

* Mon 22nd - Long busy exhausting day at work, pregnant coworker having contractions, thankful for coworkers going above & beyond their regular duties to help out. 

* Tues 23rd - Mailed Moma's Christmas box, pregnant coworker in hospital to halt contractions, too soon for baby to be born, thankful for prayers & modern medicine.

Thankful to go to church on Sunday
& getting to play football during
the week, favorite Thanksgiving thing
was Granny's classic biscuits & jelly &
Thanksgiving practice listening to
Christmas music.

* Wed 24th - Got the rest of the Christmas gifts wrapped, boxed, labeled & ready to mail, thankful gift wrapping is done & thankful pregnant coworker came home from the hospital & probably on bedrest till baby is born closer to due date.

* Thurs 25th - Happy Thanksgiving, spent the day cooking with Kevin in between watching the Macy's parade & Hallmark Christmas movies, decorated for Christmas, thankful the Pilgrims & Indians became friends & had a celebration.

Thankful for good food &
clean water, favorite Thanksgiving
thing was definitely the sweet potato dessert.

* Fri 26th - Leftover Thanksgiving fixings for lunch & supper, thankful for Christmas music played on the radio while driving to work.

Week 48

* Weekend 27th & 28th - Beautiful weekend for camping & trail riding, leftover Thanksgiving fixings for supper, watched 2 more favorite Christmas movies on dvd - Christmas Lodge & The Holiday, found some caves to explore, thankful for nice weather to enjoy the last weekend of the month.

Original pass before the 
road was built.

Maneuvering though some
of the rocks was a tight squeeze.

 

* Mon 29th - Did inventory at work, thankful all the counts came out good.

*Tues 30th - Mailed the last box of Christmas presents, thankful & blessed that my holiday gift giving is complete.

Moma already opened her Christmas presents,
said she loved the shirt.

These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how about you?