It’s the time of year to be grateful - and dang, I have so much to be thankful for this year. 9 exceptional authors, lots of great success stories, a healthy family, a supportive husband, a thriving blogging community (read :: you!) … ah, I could go on and on!
Thanksgiving, though primarily a U.S. based holiday, is really just a celebration of all that we have. And all of you international folk can celebrate that with us this week, right?
So, if you are in the United States, what are you doing for Thanksgiving?
And no matter where you are, what are you grateful for in 2007?
I have a really interesting holiday planned - My Aunt, cousins and their children from Salt Lake City will be here for the first time in about 10 years. We will be getting up extra early to go for a hike by my parents house, then we will be having brunch here for 17 people (that sounds so much more intimidating now that I can see that in print! Yikes!). Then it’s back to my parent’s house for dinner.
The interesting part is that I am getting up at 2:30am the next morning to go live blog at Best Buy for Black Friday… Watch Momsational to win any goodies they throw our way!
So, how are you celebrating Thanksgiving or gratitude this week?
Thanks to Nick Schmidt, Maura , Jim Durbin, Lornadoone, Stephanie, alli, Des Walsh, Mother Earth, nextSTEPH, Christina, Denise, Tony Berkman, Easton Ellsworth, Busy Mom, and Derek for chiming in two weeks ago about BlogWorld!
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2:30 a.m.?! Does this mean you’re going to be in Best Buy blogging about the mad shoppers? I’m not sure which seems more treacherous - shopping at 2:30 a.m. or blogging about it! Hope you find a cushie spot above the masses.
Helene.
We never get to have much of a Thanksgiving weekend because my husband is a manager at Best Buy, so he has to be at work at 3 AM for all of you types!
It’s ok though, it’s the life we’ve chosen. I’ll get to see him again sometime in January. 
We are going to his uncle’s house though on Thanksgiving day. It should be fun!
I am heading to Lake Martin, Alabama for family fun with my husband’s side of the family. We have lots to be thankful for, including a new niece and additional spouses to the family. Should be fun!
We’ll be going to my inlaws’ house for dinner. We alternate eating with them and with my family, since both sides are local.
This year we absolutely had to go to my inlaws, though. They’ll be gone for 2-3 months starting in early December, helping my sister inlaw with her daughter and baby that is due Christmas day. My kids will no doubt miss them, but we’re probably going to sign up with Skype so that they can still see and talk with them.
I lost my mother a few months ago and thinking about the upcoming holidays has me at a loss. We’ve decided to go out to eat for Thanksgiving, something we’ve never done before. I’m thinking along the same lines for Christmas actually…maybe going away somewhere. I’m finding that carrying on with our regular traditions is just to painful but planning to do something totally new, is easier to swallow.
As far as gratitude, we choose to live it daily, rather than celebrate it only during this time of year.
Wow Wendy - 2:30 a.m.? You are a dedicated blogger. On Thanksgiving, we’ll be at my sister’s house in a tiny town in southern Missouri, about two hours away from any real retail. For us, Black Friday will be all online. Hope they have a good Internet connection.
We’re having a quiet Thanksgiving at home. We have no real plans to shop on Black Friday.
As for Thanksgiving, we’ll go to Busy Dad’s family celebration.
It means traveling for a couple of hours, and, dragging my dad with us, but, hey, I don’ have to cook.
(I think I’m doing Best Buy, too, btw)
We will be getting together with my parents and my brothers (and their families). We all bring our favorite dishes so no one gets stuck with all the cooking.
I just lost my comment. I hate it, as I do it even after 1 year (almost) of blogging.
So the short version..
Love holidays, extended family, so we have 3 or 4 gatherings. Family is loving and sharing and large. We look forward to every reason to get together. Sometimes on specific family can’t and we never give pressure or guilt. Life is stressful enough..we hope they can make it later or another time..whatever works. Hope life is long for us, as we still have much to give..
Dorothy from grammology
Remember to call your grandma
In a world of divorce I gave up thanksgiving as a holiday to my ex, his family and the elder grandmother. They have a bigger family, seemed like the right thing to do and I seemingly could always land somewhere at a friends.
When I remarried I attempted to do thanksgiving,I hadn’t really mastered”the bird” and dinner at our house was more intimate - meaning often just us - eventually it started to rotate back to his house merely at request - the kids liked seeing the larger crowd. Who could blame them?
In recent years and my second divorce I have been welcomed into a friends home and this year we are getting our kids together - they are the same age - why we never did that before is really silly -
my friend when she pulls the turkey puts on this tune and we all do the turkey dance - it makes me laugh so hard i could pee in my pants
being grateful fills and warms my heart tremendously. Like you wendy, and especially this past year, the list is very long
I could speak to the tangibles but I have decided it’s all the intangables that have been at work - the subtle things we do as humans to foster support, inpire and love - I have been blessed by so many of these things this past year
and in blogging - well I am stunned by all that goes on here - it’s a very warm, caring and VERY giving space
You — wendy - whom I watch affectionately from afar are such an inspiration
Many future blessings to you and yours
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Mother Earth aka Karen Hanrahan
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It’s been a hard year for us financially, so instead of having our own dinner this year, we’re going to my Mom’s house. Makes me feel sad as I love to cook my own turkey, but we have to do what we have to do. On that note, I’m thankful for my family! I am so incredibly blessed by my two little boys!
My family and are having dinner at my Mom’s. Not sure who all will be there yet. I am thankful for everything I have, my whole family is in good health (though the kids are turning me grey-lol) and that is the most important thing. I have seen a lot of unfortunate people and I feel for them. It really makes you realize what the important things in life are.
Our holiday will be a fairly traditional one with just immediate family this year, about 6 of us in all. I am truly thankful for a wonderful husband and child and some really great grandparents to my son. My husband and son are already at my parents house, and I am looking forward to joining them in a few days. The house is quite empty without them at the moment, although I have gotten a lot done this weekend! I know this has been said many times before, but if you don’t have family, what do you have?
Is it awful that it’s Monday and I still don’t knw what we’re doing for Thanksgiving? Everything this year seems to boil down to family politics. How disgusting is that? Most likely, the hubby, my mom, and I will cook up some turkey and mashed potatoes here at the house and call it good. I’m really looking forward to the day after, as I think we’ll probably set up the Christmas tree that day.
Happy Thanksgiving Wendy and everyone else!
Celebrating Thanksgiving at home in Colorado with family. And taking Thursday and Friday and Saturday OFF!
In Australia we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving but I definitely am thankful for family, friends, health & our beautiful country.
I’m also glad that I’ve discovered Internet Marketing that I can help pass that info onto others to help them prosper.