Wednesday, November 18, 2009

I'm Thankful for Thankfulness


I'm thankful that the church is so New York. I'm thankful for Dallin H. Oaks singing from the pulpit. I'm thankful the soundtrack to this Mormon Message sounds like the soundtrack to About a Boy. I'm thankful for 25 cent refills. I'm thankful for BYU. I'm thankful for two turkey dinners every Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for shade. I'm thankful for memory foam. I'm thankful for lunch. I'm thankful for iTunes. I'm thankful for feta. I'm thankful for cardigans. I'm thankful for wipes. I'm thankful for codeine. I'm thankful for sales. I'm thankful for Ross. I'm thankful for blogging. I'm thankful for my sisters. I'm thankful for working moms. I'm thankful for stay at home moms. I'm thankful for good scout leaders. I'm thankful for Oriental Trading Company. I'm thankful Diet Coke is never explicitly mentioned in the Word of Wisdom. I'm thankful for free agency. I'm thankful for people who read this and don't judge. I'm thankful for Elvis Presley. I'm thankful for Neil Diamond. I'm thankful for Barry Manilow. I'm thankful for The Monkees. I'm thankful for working at a record store. I'm thankful for my old ward. I'm thankful for my new ward. I'm thankful for Christian. I'm thankful for Cesar Millan. I'm thankful for Stacy and Clinton. I'm thankful for Gregory House. I'm thankful for Legacy. I'm thankful for my family. I'm thankful for duvets. I'm thankful for Provo High. I'm thankful for the library. I'm thankful for woods. I'm thankful for Tivo. I'm thankful for Jack White. I'm thankful for Michael Jackson. I'm thankful for coziness. I'm thankful for RC Willey. I'm thankful for my mom. I'm thankful for horses. I'm thankful for Stendig calendars. I'm thankful for cilantro. I'm thankful for Mrs. Karlsven. I'm thankful for missionaries. I'm thankful for Gorbon B. Hinckley. I'm thankful for President Monson. I'm thankful for President Obama. I'm thankful for my neighbors. I'm thankful for curbside recycling. I'm thankful for Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I'm thankful for drive through. I'm thankful for quirks.

17 comments:

  1. annie valentine9:59 AM

    As a fellow Ross and Neil Diamond lover (not to mention practically every other thing on your list), I am really looking forward to meeting you.

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  2. Annie10:31 AM

    Fabulous. All around. Raising a glass of diet coke in your westerly direction. (I'm going to steal some of those for the annual Thanksgiving around-the-table thankfulness list.)

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  3. dede10:35 AM

    I'm thankful for you for posting this today. I needed it!

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  4. Kate Coveny Hood10:38 AM

    I'm thankful for Every Day I Write the Book (the blog - not the song - but now that I think of it, I'm also thankful for the song and that silly 80s video where I first heard it) - one of my first favorite blogs!

    And I am also thankful for The Monkees. Glad to hear I'm not alone in that.

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  5. Heidi Totten10:39 AM

    I started to think that you were spelling thankful wrong, but I'm thankful that I realized you weren't.

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  6. Carly11:48 AM

    I'm thankful that you are thankful for your sisters, and for Jack White and memory foam.

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  7. JP1:56 PM

    I am also thankful for Stacy and Clinton. And Legacy. Although, that last one is new for me.

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  8. Phoebe2:00 PM

    How could we not be thankful for Gregory House?

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  9. Melissa2:37 PM

    I'm thankful for Harry Potter and your blogpost about it from 2007. I purposely avoided it then because of the spoilers. Now that I finished The Deathly Hallows and am all into my Harry Potter obsession and sleep-deprivation-from-reading phase, no one else cares about it anymore. So I went back and read that post and felt (almost) like I could be in on the excitement. And if you were ever to edit any old posts, you can remove my name as one who thinks she is too good for Harry Potter.

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  10. Vern5:42 PM

    I'm thankful that you blog. I'm thankful for the post office. I'm thankful for fake plants. I'm thankful sanitary wipes. I'm thankful you have stalkers, because then when I say, "Hey, my friend Kacy once said..." people are like, "Shut up, you KNOW her?"

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  11. Katie7:20 PM

    Legacy - me too.

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  12. grannybabs9:02 PM

    I'm thankful you lived for a time in Monrovia so I could become your friend!!

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  13. Christian F9:06 PM

    I'm thankful that you have never referred to me as DH on your blog. I'm thankful for Ben & Jerry. I'm thankful for Sam, Maggie, Ben, and Ellen too. I'm thankful for BBQ. I'm thankful that pork is so versatile. I'm thankful for patience, especially yours.

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  14. Julie9:39 PM

    I'm thankful for lists.

    (And I love love love that video.)

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  15. Staci3:56 PM

    I'm thankful that you shared a table with me at a Provo High event. I'm thankful that we share a friend in that woman who lives in NY. I'm thankful that Christian's heart belongs to you. I'm thankful that four children have such an incredible woman as their mother. I'm thankful that I read this beautiful post.
    Thank you!

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  16. Meradith12:28 PM

    I'm thankful for this post! It made me feel all warm and fuzzy. I may have to copy you and put this video on my blog too. (I will give you a shout out when I do.) Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. Maybe I'll go buy some new Uggs and get a new puppy, too. After all we DO have sister houses, don't we? It's a great time of the year isn't it. You have some well expressed thankfulness here.

    Now I have to go find your post about Harry Potter because I just read Marcy's comment and just finished the 7th book myself and am in some kind of post-Harry-Potter depression. (Wonder what they're doing now, Harry and friends.) I keep feeling like there's something I should be doing, some horcrux I should be finding, but then I remember it's just Harry life still lingering. I'm gonna write Mrs. Rowling and tell her to please write more. I'm thankful for good books.

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  17. Julie K2:58 PM

    I'm thankful that dude Channing got sent home.

    Oh. And all that other stuff you mentioned, plus sitting. I am thankful for sitting.

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