To be Thankful

Feasting Day.

Yes, it was here.

Thanksgiving.

And, as it was Thanksgiving, and I didn't post on that day I thought I might as well continue my post about all the things I'm thankful for, even if it is a day or two late.

I have a million and one things to be thankful for.

I am thankful for my family, the crazy, crazy, and awkward family I have. But as weird as they are, they're my kind of weird.

I am thankful for bestfriends. Together we come up with the best bad ideas, make the best waffles and have the best random dance parties ever. Bestfriends make my life a happier place and it wouldn't be nearly as exciting without them. 

(P.s. Happy 18th Birthday to one of my bestfriends, on last Wednesday :) )

I am thankful for my sister. She is my little big sister, quite literally as she 4 inches shorter than me and three years older. While we do get in little fights and bicker like an old married couple she will forever be my role model and gives the best advice. We've been through a lot but I wouldn't trade those memories of getting dislocated elbows, watching harry potter and being book nerds together for anything. :)

Done.
With the sappy things, that is.

Okay, now that I've shared the sappy things I am thankful for I can address the other, not so sappy things that most of us are thankful for but won't always say.

Let's be honest here.

I am thankful for T.V.  For without it, there would be no family night laughing at The Office, or Sienfeld, or Modern Family.

I am thankful for cookbooks. I know that sounds odd, but I would be lost without them. If they didn't exist I would probably be eating Ramen noodles and cereal for the rest of my life.

I am thankful for bathrooms. Yes, bathrooms. As a runner and avid participant in various camping and hiking trips, I know that a bathroom, even a Sandy Can or Honey Bucket (most of the time) beats peeing in the bushes. True Fact.

I am thankful for waffles. As I mentioned before, I am not the most creative at cooking and waffles are an easy breakfast I make almost everyday. In fact, I am eating one right now. And it's delicious. 

I am thankful for bobby pins. I have this hair that's got a nice cowlick on the right side of my head that deems my hair always to be messy and in my face, without bobby pins I would look something like Cousin It from the Adams family and probably wouldn't have any friends.

I am thankful for dictionary.com because of all the interesting things I learn from it. Like did you know a cowleech is really a cow doctor, one who heals the diseases of cows? Well now you do. And it's all thanks to dicitonary.com. You're welcome.

I am thankful for fingers and hands. Have you ever thought about what it would be like without them? I have. And you would just have nubs. Little nubs that you couldn't pick things up with, or really use unless you had to wack someone. And even then that's unpractical! So, I am thankful for fingers and hands because they allow us to hold hands, pick up mugs full of hot chocolate, greet people and express yourself.

I am thankful for couches, because sitting on the floor would just be awkward in large groups all the time.

And, lastly (but not really because I have sooooo much more to be thankful for), I am thankful for winter. Without winter there'd be no Christmas which is just around the corner and I'M SO EXCITED. :)

So, I honestly am thankful for all the sappy and meaningful things in my life, but I am also thankful for the little things. 

What are you thankful for?