I was extremely thankful yesterday, but I was being thankful at sister PJ’s house with family and wine, so here’s the Thanksgiving Day gratitude list a little late.   1. Family, both nearby and extended   2. Turkey because really, what’s better than turkey?   3. Wine (see #2) Skyping with Grandboy, Son, and DIL and sharing the Skype with everyone at sis’s house yesterday My nieces, Kate and Meg, who are beautiful, charming young women and always good fun! Today’s list looks like this: Prayers for Dee’s comfort through the holiday yesterday were answered Dropcam that lets us watch little Grandboy while he sleeps in his crib Playing on…

Why? I have a remarkably blessed life and yet today, I’m restless and anxious and grouchy and unable to focus. I have two major deadlines staring at me ,and I simply can’t seem to motivate myself to do anything useful at all. Oh, it’s not that I’m not getting any work done, I am, but I could be doing so much more. Plus, I have rolls and pies to make for Thursday at sister PJ’s Thanksgiving celebration, and my house needs to be cleaned. One would think that if I couldn’t focus on the paying gigs, I’d be doing something else useful. But nooooo… You know what I’m thinking about?…

…are on my mind because I had a checkup with the cardio guy today. I have AVNRT—AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia—basically, a short circuit in my heart that makes it speed up for no apparent reason. My cardiologist is a kind man and clearly very smart. I enjoy talking to him about all kinds of things. Today it was horses and Hoosier National Forest and wearing orange during deer hunting season if you’re going to be hiking (or riding) through the woods. I like him. He takes good care of me and this dumb little electrical issue in my heart. However, he’s young and eager and would really love to fix…

So, I made it through whatever wicked bug took up residence in my body and I’m feeling way better today. But I missed my grateful list last night, so here it is. I’ll post another one at the end of the day. It snowed–like maybe 12 flakes, but it was snow and I saw it falling. Winter’s on its way and I’m okay with that. Work. I have work and that’s always a good thing. Lani made it back from New Jersey safely. My ‘Droid—man, I love this phone! Reference this post and see how much my world has changed. Fresh flannel sheets—so warm and cozy!

…more to be thankful for. I wrote today…a lot! Went for a mani with sister PJ—trés fun. Made brownies for INRWA Retreat and only ate one! My warm cozy sofa and Antiques Roadshow. Found a song that one of Tim’s former bandmates posted for him—it was lovely and brought sweet memories of my dear old friend. So, how was your day? Why are you grateful?

I’m such a blessed woman, I’m amazed that sometimes I don’t always see that as clearly as I should. Today, I’m thankful for: The little video Son and DIL sent me of Grandboy tasting his first solid food. It is delightful, even though Grandboy’s not at all sure he’s into the rice cereal. Spending a couple of hours with Dee—she’s in the hospital being re-hydrated and given nutrition to build her up. Another test today to see if the docs can figure out a way to make eating easier. This thing sucks, so bad, and yet her main concern today was getting out in time to be able to vote…

So, my friends and fellow writers, Mary Stella and Liz Flaherty are celebrating November by naming at least one something they’re grateful for each day. Wow, what a concept! We forget to be grateful every day.  We know we’re blessed, that we enjoy untold abundance but we get busy and stressed and run out of time. Then we get whiny and grouchy and snap at our loved ones or even at the poor innocent cashier at the grocery who was never taught how to count back change. Life gets in the way of gratitude. I’ve been watching Liz post her thankfulness each day on Facebook—simple things, a lovely sunset, old…