wearing your own shoe, playing a Sega game featuring you, while singing your own song in a new commercial, starring you, broadcast during the Superbowl, in a game that you are winning, and I will not sleep until that happens. I’ll give you fifteen minutes to call me back.

1. I am grateful for delicious lemon ricotta pancakes made by my sister-in-law. They are heavenly!
2. I am grateful for 10 hours of sleep.
3. I am grateful that I grew up in a family that likes to play sports, as opposed to watch them on t.v. I’m not sure why my little brother is now trying to dissent from a long standing family tradition of non-sports-watching, but I don’t like it one bit. Sure, we will all enjoy the occasional “big game” on the t.v., but it is not a normal family activity.
4. I am grateful that my brother and sister-in-law are such good examples of parenting. Granted, they do have a pretty sweet child, but I think part of the reason he is so sweet is that they love him unconditionally and have rules. He knows when it’s nap time, it’s nap time. Even if he isn’t that tired, he will happily rest in his bed for “nap time”.
5. I am grateful for Chevy’s chips and salsa…and fajitas. I don’t understand why the one in Orem closed, but I love that we manage to make it there just about every other time I’m in Vegas. Even if our server was crap…it was still yummy!

1. I am grateful for chocolate. Period. And the quiz result above is totally appropriate.
2. I am grateful for airplanes, making it possible for me to spend Thanksgiving in Las Vegas.
3. I am grateful for the nice guy who stood up on the bus from the economy lot so I could sit down. I would have been fine standing, but it was really nice.
4. I am grateful for Justin and Cherity who are happy to have me come to their house every year for Turkey Day.
5. I am grateful for a job where we have Thanksgiving and the Friday after it off. It was the same last year, but the four years previous, I was always back to work on Friday…and that was not fun.

1. I am grateful for my fabulous rubber gloves. They are thick and lined with some kind of fabric so that my hands never get gross inside. While I would definitely prefer to have a dishwasher, the rubber gloves make all of the hand washing bearable.
2. I am grateful that I am able to see God’s hands in my life regularly. I could seriously create a whole blog just about this one topic. It is amazing.
3. I am grateful for friends who are honest, even when I might not want to hear what they have to say. Not only are they always good for advice, when they say something that cheers me up, I know that what they are saying is true.
4. I am grateful for Starbucks hot chocolate and pumpkin scones.
5. I am grateful for kind, generous people who are willing to open their home to me (and their door in the wee hours of the morning) with just over a week’s notice so that I have somewhere to stay when I interview at my next school.

1. I am grateful for tweezers.
2. I am grateful for Diet Coke.
3. I am grateful for cell phones.

1. I am grateful for father-daughter dates…even though I am 30, they are still really fun. My dad is one of my favorite people to talk to.
2. I am grateful for a a brother-in-law who treats my sister so well…and is patient with me when I get a little crazy and protective.
3. I am grateful for beautiful sunsets.