here on Clay Pit Creek...

I am grateful for Maddie's fun weekend with Maisy. I am grateful for a fun night with Lydia last night. I'm so grateful for the civilized day with our good friends. I am frustrated in dealing with my in-laws. What a bunch of crazy nutters.  I feel bad because there is no way i can figure out how to enjoy Christmas with them, unless i borrow a xanax from a friend. I trt not to take on their craziness, but its noteasy

Thanksgiving!  The big show of gratitude! I'm grateful for... my sweet, wonderful, beautiful daughter who dances for us after dinner, who sings and dances during DWTS, who still loves to play make believe. my dog for hogging the bed last night. coffee, for starting my day right. family, for coming over today. God, for taking care of Great-Grandma. my house, which is so nice, and comfortable. my job, for giving me so much as far as intellectual stimulation and travel and a salary, to boot. the nap I'm going to take later today, after turkey time.

Coming into the holidays and the season of Thankfulness! I've been trying to take the Pope's advice on living a good life, most notably with this    “Proceed calmly” through life-I love this. I definitely have a tendency to freak out, to go straight to the worst case scenario. The minute to minute of my life is awfully nice-I need to make an effort to be there in the moment and enjoy it-not worry about what might happen next. I am grateful for the AWESOME teacher conference we had.  I am grateful that Mrs. Becker did not say that Maddie should go into the resource room math. I am grateful to Shelley for watching Maddie while I was in Nashville.

I am grateful for the cotton, for SC blue skies, and for how good Maddie is being!