Giving a Little Untraditional Thanks!
posted on Nov. 26, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am so excited that Turkey Day is finally here. For one thing, it’s the prelude to the whole holiday season…my absolute favorite time of year. It’s also the time of year for having plenty of opportunities to pig out with zero guilt, and to gather and catch up with family and friends that you haven’t seen in a while, which I am a total sucker for. There is just something so special about the holiday season that makes me feel like I’m a kid again. I still get excited for Santa to come and unlike a lot of New Englanders who choose to complain about it, I happen to LOVE the snow! The holiday season always has a way of reminding me to dream of good things to come in the new year…just as I did when I was younger, and Thanksgiving is the kick-off!
I figured that I just couldn’t possibly get through an entire Thanksgiving without writing about all of the wonderful things that I’m thankful for in my blessed life. Of course I am thankful for the obvious things in my world. I’m thankful to have the most wonderful parents that any child could ask for who love me unconditionally and support me in everything that I take on in life. I am thankful to have the most charming and adorable three-and-a-half year old on the planet and I’m even more thankful that he is 100% healthy and happy. There isn’t much more that a mother could ask for, and to me that is perfection. I am also thankful to have a husband who is willing to put up with my crap on a daily basis and still wants to be married to me. He is also an amazing father and wonderful provider and I’m a very lucky girl. Aside from the obvious things that I’m thankful for, however, I have to admit that there are plenty of “little things” that I am eternally grateful for as well. I thought it was only fit to give these little untraditional blessings the credit they deserve, so here goes nothing!
- I am thankful that I have been blessed with extremely small breasts. Yes, you heard me right. It is common knowledge that your boobs tend to sag after having a child, and I’ll just go ahead and put it out there that my tiny little A-cups are definitely pointing south. I can’t even imagine how far down they would hang if they were any bigger…at least with their miniscule size I can “fake it” with a good push-up bra.
- I am thankful that my beautiful little boy takes after his Daddy and picks up so quickly on technology. He isn’t even four years old yet and on more than one occasion I’ve had to ask him how to work the remote and turn on the TV. I am so thankful that I can rest assured that 10 years from now, he will be able to show me how to work whatever new cell phone is the “hot new thing” so that I’m actually able to call him to find out how to work the new remote to whatever is the new TV. Considering that I can’t work the one we have now, I’d find myself in a real jam without that kid.
- I am thankful that my son has given up his afternoon nap. For one thing, since he doesn’t nap anymore he usually goes to bed without a hitch. I am even more glad he doesn’t nap anymore though because I don’t have to worry about our neurotic neighbor waking him up each day with the lawnmower, leafblower, chainsaw, or snowblower. I mean, the guy is completely and totally obsessed and always seemed to have a sixth sense for recognizing the exact moment that I put my son down for a nap. He’s so obsessed that once in a while he even wanders over to our yard and runs the leafblower because he is sick and tired of our leaves blowing into his yard. Total psycho. I keep trying to convince the hubby to go out there one morning and stand on his front stoop banging on pots and pans. So far he hasn’t obliged.
- I am thankful that the neurotic neighbor does not read my blog and does not even know that I have a blog for that matter. I will be completely mortified if he ever finds out, or if he ever tries to friend me on Facebook. Considering the amount of shit I talk about this guy…and the fact that he is a corrections officer, I’d probably find myself in a bit of a pickle if he ever catches wind of how much I trash him. For now I’ll just keep doing the “neighborly” thing and wave hello and smile real big every time he looks over into our yard.
- I am thankful that there has not be one second in my life where I had rock-hard abs. My post-baby belly has been much less of a disappointment for me than so many other new moms because my expectations are so much lower. I mean, so what if I can see my tummy jiggle in the mirror while I’m brushing my teeth? Something like that would be much more traumatic had I ever been blessed with a six-pack.
- I am thankful that I’ve never been a huge fan of Black Friday and at 4:00am tomorrow morning, I will be happily sleeping in my warm bed instead of standing in a crowd of hundreds in front of Walmart waiting for the doors to open and reveal the deal of the century. Some people are brave enough to handle something like that…but not me. I’m too much of a wuss. Death by trampling? No thanks.
- I am thankful for reality TV shows that my husband and I watch because it makes us feel better about our own lives and puts things into perspective. I’d like to give special recognition to the “Real World Road Rules Challenge” for making us truly thankful that the hubster has a real job and doesn’t have to make a living by moving into a house with 20 drunks and a couple of strippers and competing in ridiculous activities such as being rolled down a hill in a tire and climbing on a metal cage suspended about ten stories in the air.
- I am thankful that the local liquor store in the center of town not only has great wine, but also comes fully equipped with a couple golden retrievers and a can of dum-dums at the check-out counter. It makes a trip there just as entertaining for my son as it is for me.
- I am thankful that I am just a regular human being and that I’m not a celebrity and don’t have to live up to the pressures of being a mom in Hollywood. I won’t get fired on Monday if my scale goes up five pounds over the weekend, so on that note, I plan on completely stuffing my face with all sorts of delicious Thanksgiving goodies.
- I am thankful that I did laundry this week and have a couple of fresh pairs of yoga pants upstairs that I can put on once my pants start cutting off my circulation after my Thanksgiving gorge session. Hmm…maybe I’ll have two desserts tonight!
The Mommyologist’s Last Word: “I wish you all a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving full of whatever your “little things” are!”
