30 Things I am Thankful for...

30 Things I am thankful for….

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, several of my friends are posting the 30 things they are thankful for on Facebook...one for each day of the month of November (assuming there are 30 days in this month.) I am going to try to post them all at once because I just don’t know if I can commit to 30 days of anything.

*These are in no particular order.

30. November--If you have read my Blog before you would know I am thankful for the month of November. It signals the end of middle school and high school football season and has birthdays of many of my most favorite people in my life.

29. My job--I love this year more than any other, I think, I have found what I wanted to do and where I want to teach…finally for the first time in my 30 years.

28. My husband--I didn’t know what I was getting myself into when I was 21 and saying I do. After 8+ years of marriage I am pretty proud of where we are and how far we have come.

27. My family. I have the best mom, dad and sister in the world. There is not one day that goes by that I don’t speak to one of them!

26. Chauncey—the best Labrador Retriever in the world. He is my walking buddy and my confidant especially when my hubby is away.

25. Michigan State University—I am proud to be a Spartan and everything it means to be one.

24. Holiday Breaks—It is the time I get to see my family and occasionally get to sleep in.

23. Pizza—My mom said when she was pregnant with me she ate a lot of pizza. I guess it’s an inherited trait.

22. Texas sunshine—95 percent of the time I love the weather here.

21. Michigan—I will always be a girl from “the mitten.”

20. My interviewing skills—I have had a lot of jobs in my day and pretty much every interview I have gone on has helped me to get to the next step.

19. Project Lead the Way—I feel lucky to be one of the 5,000 or so teachers that have been trained in their curriculum. The two weeks I spent away from home were the hardest I have ever experienced but totally worth it, especially now.

18. The power of prayer--need I say more?

17. My cousins—Growing up with cousins nearby, there was never a dull moment over the holidays. They were some of the first people I could be silly with, and some of the first I got in trouble with.

16. Traveling—I have been able to go to some awesome places with my husband and my family.

15. Cars that work—I hate having car trouble!

14. My I-phone—it has changed my life.

13. Bath and Body Works—I would die without their lip gloss and their wall flowers make my house smell divine.

12. Coworkers that make your day a little brighter. I think work is a lot more fun when you have comrades to commiserate/celebrate with.

11. Our house. Even though it is a pain at times, I love having a place to call home.

10. Books—I read a lot and I am thankful the city library is so close!

9. Nerds (I actually stole this from one of my students)—without nerds (or as I like to think of people that are way smarter than me) we would not have the improvements to technology that we currently have.

8. Dessert—Chocolatey, fruity, sweet—I don’t discriminate.

7. Coffee—I am not a huge coffee drinker but I love my Keurig and an occasional Starbucks.

6. Maurices—The material side of me is thankful for Maurices because they have the cutest clothes!

5. Christmas Decorations and Christmas music—Makes my heart happy, even if it is just for a month or so.

4. The outlet mall—we live less than five miles away from the outlet mall--sometimes I think that is too close.

3. My mom’s home cooking.

2. Parents who raised me right—they truly were my first teachers.

1. Choices in life—I try to stress this to my students, “You have the power to make choices (good or bad) in your life.”

And that is my list.

Thanks for reading.

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