thanksgiving: The Hardest Day & An Attitude of Gratitude
- 11/24/16 06:57 AM
This week, in honor of Thanksgiving, I share with you a very personal blog post written by my Marketing Design Specialist (who also happens to be my sister). I don't normally post about things so personal, but it seems appropriate this week. Thanksgiving is upon us. Thanksgiving was meant to be a national holiday in which we express gratitude for survival, bountiful harvests, divine goodness, and to commemorate the feast held at Plymouth in 1621 by the Pilgrim colonists and members of the Wampanoag people. However, retailers have successfully retrained our brains to define Thanksgiving as the opening marker of holiday shopping. (As (3 comments)
thanksgiving: 3 Extra hours in a Week? Thats something to be thankful for!
- 11/08/11 11:09 AM
What to do with 3 extra hours? I have read multiple posts about what other folks would do with an extra three hours in a week. I do wish I could be as noble as part of the rest of you and do some more community volunteer work, but that’s already built into my schedule. Here’s what seems to be missing from my schedule: · Repainting the trim on my house · Getting the flower beds ready for winter · Finishing the fencing · Regrout the floor · Install a wood burning fireplace