Gratitude, Thanksgiving & the Smoke Alarm

As I was commenting on Jane's wonderful Thanksgiving post this morning, I realized that my comment had the makings of a blog post in it. This is what I said...

"I am a big believer in being thankful and expressing that thanks. My prayers are often filled only with thanks, and I'm grateful we have the habit of having family prayer morning and night because that means we're taking the time to express our thanks to the Lord as a family twice a day. We see the direct results of asking for safety and then thanking Him for it every day." (This is true for good health, help through the day, and so on.)

I am in the habit of mentally listing things I'm thankful for regularly, but as I was listening to the The Power (for the 3rd time) the other day, I heard the author again suggest that I make physical list once a month of all the things I'm thankful for. She suggests being incredibly thorough with this list and including places, smells, people, events, and on and on.

I will be finding some time today to make my list, but until then I give you my Thanksgiving debacle.

Because I was loudly doing this.

I did not hear the timer ring for this.

So I was harassed by this.

Thank heaven I have more of these!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Comment Window Tidbit: It is currently 14 degrees outside (and my window is open because of the burned pie crust!) and the high today is only 18 degrees! Aye Carumba!