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I have not posted in a while. For my two loyal fans I’m sorry about that. Today is Thanksgiving and I have a lot to be thankful for. But I’m not going to write about that yet. We are enjoying the day with Jim’s parents and the kids and we have already skipped ahead to start the Christmas preparation. Jim just had to put up his new white Christmas tree to make sure it was going to work in the living room. But more on that later. Due to the fact that this is Turkey day and that my husband is rushing ahead to the next holiday made me decide it was time to finally clear out the remnants of Halloween candy that linger in our bottom kitchen drawer. I found a few Jolly Ranchers, a couple packs of fruit snacks and this. Worst. Halloween. Candy. Ever.

Need I say more? I only wish that I knew which house these packs of croutons came from. I might pay them a visit next year just to see what they come up with for 2010. I’m not sure if them taking the time and effort to write “Happy Halloween” on the bag makes it better or worse than if they had just handed them out as is. Is it possible they gave croutons to everyone? Who has that many bags of croutons in their house? Can you actually buy mini-crouton bags in bulk? Or maybe they just went through the pantry and found all the crap they wanted to get rid of, wrote ‘Happy Halloween’ on the labels and called it good. Happy Halloween pickled herring, maybe? It is possible they were stoned out of their minds and thought it would be funny. I kind of hope so.

On that note I will transition back to the holiday at hand, Thanksgiving. Here is what I am thankful for.

Whidbey Island weekend away with friends

My mother-in-law’s cooking and cleaning at my house

Reading with Thelonious

Ione’s non-stop creative energy, even when it wears me out

Jim’s white Christmas tree and the joy it brings him

Jillian Michael’s 20-minute shred workout (even though I kind of hate that bitch)

Talking to my sister on the phone all the time

Seeing updates of my nephew, Calvin, on the blog

That I have a job that I love, am good at, and that makes a difference

the people at VCC

my epileptic gargoyle and his sidekick, the mutant space monkey

family and friends and all the love they bring into my life

I could go on, but you get the idea. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.