30 Days of Thanks – Grateful for Lots!

I have missed posting what I have been thankful for the last week or so. Life rather got in the way, but by doing this adventure, I would often find myself thinking about what I was grateful for – just didn’t get it written down.

We did something different for Thanksgiving this year. My husband, two dogs and I all went camping over the holiday. Now, that meant a lot of sacrifice on my part, because I missed the Black Friday shopping. This has been a tradition for at least 10 years and I love getting up at 1:00am and meeting my sister-in-law, nieces, and others at the mall by 3:00am. I have had the pleasure of being first in line at KMart once.

However, the weather is beautiful and in the high 40s, so camping was pulling on me. We loaded up Thanksgiving Day (after my kids left to go to their dad’s) and off we went. We camped in SE Utah in Yellow Cat, where we can see the backside of Arches National Monument. I read, watched some tv, read some more, hiked, did some target shooting, read some more, and we had a blast. We did bury the trailer hitch and front truck tires in the sand when leaving, but hey – a little adventure is good. Only took us 10 minutes to get out.

I am thankful for being able to choose where and how to spend my time and in a beautiful area like Grand Junction, Colorado.

I am thankful for my kids stopping by to see us and spend one night with us before heading off to Denver.

I am thankful for who I am. I have worked hard to be me, and it is always a work in progress.

I will continue to write down (somewhere) what I am thankful for each day and that the fact I can breathe, walk, hug, love, cry, smile, laugh, and more is worth be ever grateful on those days where everything seems to be rather gloomy.

And, really, really thankful my trailer had a heater!