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To honor the month of November, my Thursday posts will be all about the things I am thankful for. I want to preface that by saying that I’m not going to be listing the obvious things you’d expect, like Dale and the kids and my family and job and health. Instead, I’m going to be sharing the small things, the every day things, the things that might get overlooked if I didn’t really think about them.

  1. I am thankful for Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant. We listen to it every Thanksgiving and it always makes us laugh and smile and sing along. It’s a tradition that’s important to us and we wondered last night, as we were listening, if any of our kids have actually carried on the tradition. My guess is no but we’re going to ask the and I will report back.
  2. This may sound corny but I am thankful for all of you. I’ve been doing this blog thing for almost 18 years and readers have come and gone. I get far fewer comments now than I did years ago but the ones are get are full of connection and understanding and compassion and love. I am thankful for every one and for the friendships I have forged through writing this thing.
  3. Finally, this poem from Hannah Napier Rosenberg that I saw on Instagram yesterday. So many of my moments of gratitude come from the connections I make with others.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

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Three On Thursday

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To honor the month of November, my Thursday posts will be all about the things I am thankful for. I want to preface that by saying that I’m not going to be listing the obvious things you’d expect, like Dale and the kids and my family and job and health. Instead, I’m going to be sharing the small things, the every day things, the things that might get overlooked if I didn’t really think about them.

  1. I am thankful for my public speaking ability. While my preference is to prepare remarks ahead of time, I am often asked to say something without any advance notice. This actually happened to me last Friday at our Veteran’s Day parade when I had to unexpectedly give a speech on behalf of the Board of Selectmen. I’m amazed and truly grateful that this just doesn’t bother me and I don’t get nervous at all. Side note, someone told me that my spontaneous remarks were better than any of the pre-written speeches given by others.
  2. I am thankful for my planning skills. I definitely don’t like to leave things to the last minute and always feel better when I have an action plan whether it’s for a project at work or a holiday dinner at home. Yesterday I sat down and made a list of all the things I need to do for Thanksgiving and then I took that list and fit every item into my calendar. This will help me stay on track and will make for an overall more relaxing approach. Side note, I think I might try Ina Garten’s Make Ahead Turkey this year. I love the idea of having the mess of carving the turkey all cleaned up well before dinner is served.
  3. I am thankful that I made the time last weekend to swap out my closet, removing my summer clothes (I have a lot of summer dresses!) and putting in my winter things. I had been putting it off (mostly due to plain old procrastinating but also because we’ve had decidedly unseasonal weather) but on Sunday I decided to just do it and I’m glad to have all my cardigans back in my closet. Side note, as part of Style School I’m supposed to do a closet curation this week. Wish me luck!

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To honor the month of November, my Thursday posts will be all about the things I am thankful for. I want to preface that by saying that I’m not going to be listing the obvious things you’d expect, like Dale and the kids and my family and job and health. Instead, I’m going to be sharing the small things, the every day things, the things that might get overlooked if I didn’t really think about them. Let’s get started.

  1. I am incredibly thankful to live in Massachusetts and I am celebrating our election results. Maura Healey has been elected governor, putting a Democrat in that seat for the first time in a while. Not only that but she is our first elected female governor, the first openly gay woman to take the office in the entire country, and she and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll are one of the first all-female teams to lead a state. We also now have a female Attorney General, a female Auditor, and a female Treasurer. I am so excited about this new wave of women in our top elected offices because, as we all know, women get shit done.
  2. I’ve been picking up Jackie from preschool on Friday afternoons since September. My absolute favorite thing about this, and the thing I’m so thankful for, is the little wave he gives me each week when he spies me waiting for him. It’s adorable and sweet and the look on his face is so full of love that my heart just bursts right open.
  3. About a year ago I decided to replace all of my bakeware. I got rid of all of my mismatched loaf pans and muffin tins and cake pans and bought all new matching ones from King Arthur Flour. Last week I decided to add a few more so that I’d have 3 round cake pans (in 8″ and 9″ sizes!) plus another 9×13 pan and another quick bread pan. I used the 2 quick bread pans on Sunday to make this pumpkin bread and it is so good and those pans are so awesome (no sticking and perfect edges) and I’m really grateful for the means to do this.

That’s all the thankfulness for this week, friends. I encourage you to think about what you’re grateful for, I believe this practice is life changing and the more you do it the easier it gets.

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I’ve got three photos from Halloween to share with you today.

First up is Jackie, with a friend, in his Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas costume. His mask is off (one of the little ones he was trick or treating with was scared of it) but I prefer to see Jackie’s face anyway so I don’t mind.

Next up is Fred and George wearing their Gryffindor capes. Taking photos was a challenge! They were either trying to pull the capes off themselves, trying to pull them off each other, flopping over, or just generally moving. Having copious treats helped but it was still pretty tricky. At least they are both (mostly) in focus in this picture.

Finally, we have Hannah and Mikey as Dale and Carole, but reversed. When they walked in the house, I thought I’d bust a gut laughing. Mikey, as me, was perfection. He had a martini in one hand, a book in the other, and he told me to “get out of my seat” which is something I say to any of the kids when they are sitting in my spot on the couch. Hannah went with Dale’s classic look, a flannel shirt and blue jeans and L.L. Bean boots. She glued cotton balls to her face to make his goatee. I love that they chose this for Halloween!

I hope you enjoyed the costumes!

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I’m feeling a bit random this week so let’s chat . . .

  1. Style School takes a lot of emotional bandwidth. We’re learning to describe our feelings in relation to our outfits. We’re learning to send love to parts of our bodies we have hated. We’re learning about body shapes and how to balance out those shapes with clothing and accessories. It’s emotional, but in a good way. I really feel like I’m stretching and growing.
  2. Hannah recently got a really big promotion at work. She’s out of the classroom and into administration, friends! I predicted this would happen by the time she was 35 but here she is at 30 and she’s rocking it. I’m so proud of my exceptional daughter and very excited to see her thrive in her new role.
  3. Election Day is less than 2 weeks away and I urge you to vote. So many people around the world don’t get that precious opportunity and yet here in the US, voter turn out is often pathetic. So please, vote if you care about reproductive rights. Vote if you care about veterans and LGBTQ+ individuals. Vote if you care about democracy. There is so much on the line so please . . . VOTE.

And that’s all the news for this Thursday. If you wrote a post for this week, please add your link below. Also, given that it’s been 3 weeks since anyone added a link and, given that I pay for the InLinkz subscription, I may be dropping the linking part of Three On Thursday soon. I’ll keep writing these posts and of course you can, too, but it seems a little silly to have a link party when there are no party goers. hahaha!

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