Wild Turkey

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This Thanksgiving, what are you thankful for? (I stole this list of questions from Organizing Your Way – I’d love to hear your answers, too!)

What small blessings?

A knitting group that has formed among my co-workers at lunch time.

Vanilla steamers.

Borrowed maternity clothes from my much-more-stylish sister.

The wonder of technology to help keep in touch with the daily lives of faraway friends and family.

What big blessings?

A baby on the way! I’m not one to talk about this much, but this baby is something that I’ve hoping for for a long time. I am so happy that we have been blessed in this way.

And even though it didn’t seem like it during the construction process, I know this new kitchen will be something that I will be happy about for many years to come.

What surprise blessings?

Sunday night dinners, knitting (and solving the world’s problems, of course!) with my favorite knitting friend. 

An endless supply of home-cooked meals from friends as we lived without our kitchen for 10 weeks! 

What trials and hardships?

It sounds crazy to complain about getting a new kitchen, but finding out you have crazy water damage that requires you to gut your kitchen THREE DAYS after finding out you’re pregnant is pretty stressful. I just took things day to day, but seriously, there were times that I thought I was going to lose my mind.  However, I know that my husband and I learned to work together to get through all the little (and big) problems that inevitably come up during construction.  He just didn’t have to deal with morning sickness at the same time, the lucky dog!