We promised to share some of the things that we dropped into our Thanksgiving-inspired “thanks jar” over the last month, which we finally got to read after a month of blindly writing without knowing what the other person was jotting down each day.
Here are a few highlights:
- For finally figuring out what the heck to do with this thrift store glass jar. – John
- That Clara’s birth was a miracle and she’s a healthy & happy little girl. -Sherry
- That we sold our house & found a new one that we love (fingers crossed for a smooth closing).- Sherry
- That Clara finds Burger as hilarious as we do. She just cracked up watching him.- John
- That John has an amazing family. I love my in-laws. – Sherry
- That when sick, Sherry’s far more fun to be around than I’d be. -John
- That Clara is in the 90th percentile for height. My tall girl! So proud. – Sherry
- For only having 1,500 sq ft of stuff to move and not 2,500 of it… this time. -John
- That this time six months ago, Clara was born. -Sherry
- That Clara gifted us with another 11 hours of uninterrupted sleep last night. -John
Clara, Clara, and more Clara. Apparently we’re obsessed with the girl, as well as being mindnumbingly predictable when it comes to listing things like each other, our pooch, our current house, our new house, our family and friends, and our life in general. Oh yeah and did we mention our baby girl?
But there were a few wild card mentions that we tossed in there just to keep things interesting (I seem to be thankful for a lot of edible items):
- For feta cheese. – Sherry
- For Burger’s preference for my lap. Haha. He loves me more. -Sherry
- That Clara seems to enjoy music videos as much as her Daddy does. -John
- For Dexter. Best show ever. -John
- That Einstein Bagels’ Mushroom Asparagus Thin Sandwich is so good. -Sherry
- For Google. -Sherry
- For thick socks on cold floors. -John
- For spellcheck. -John
- For the funny videos that come up when you search “chihuahua” on YouTube. -Sherry
- For Oprah. -Sherry
- For Tina Fey. -John
Any random people or things that you guys are thankful for? Any fellow feta cheese lovers? Or Tina Fey fans? And I know Oprah isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but I love her. Also have to agree with John about spellcheck. Can’t live without it. All of our posts would be spelt likee dis.
Looking for more Thanksgiving traditions? Check out these posts:
- A free Thanksgiving printable to mail messages of gratitude to friends & family
- Creating A Thanksgiving gratitude chalkboard display
- Our daughter’s first year writing Thanks Jar messages
Update: You can check out all of our favorite holiday decor finds here – many of which are under $15!
OMG-YHL says
Tina Fey rocks! If you guys haven’t watched the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor awards show, it’s worth it. It’s basically 2 or so hours of hilarious odes to Tina Fey. And Tina Fey makes a speech as well. It rocks.
PS- I love how you guys pay attention to everything, even making sure the cards are all matchy matchy :P
YoungHouseLove says
The decorative paper aisle at Michael’s is seriously addicting!
xo,
s
Kate says
You guys are so freaking cute!!!! LOVE IT!! So glad I found your site!!! :)
Victoria says
Chuckle. These are great!
At one church I belonged to, we had a very formal liturgy. The first Wednesday vespers service of each month was a thanksgiving service and we’d all write down the things we were thankful for. The priest would sing them out one at a time (formal chanting, too), and we’d all respond (chanting) Lord have mercy. One day it went like this:
For family and frieeeeeends (Loooord have mercyyyyyy)
For good heaaaaaalth (Looooord have mercyyyyyyy)
several more in this vein
For wireless interneeeeet (splorts of laughter -cyyyyyy)
Janice Smith says
I LOVE the one referencing YouTube, as my favorite past-time is finding all the videos with puggle puppies in them. I’m a teacher and during my planning periods everyone thinks it’s hilarious that I’ll appear to be doing work until I burst out laughing and realize that on my screen is actually just funny dog videos…
I love it and am SO thankful they exist!
Andrea | HomageStyle.com says
OK, so I’m thankful for a lot of things, and many of them much more serious and weighty than this.
But let’s just say that today, with the first blast of winter, I’m thankful for chapstick.
:)
Tara says
You guys, thanks a ton for your detailed response to my question above. I did pass on the info to my friend & she confirmed that the APGAR score did indeed improve significantly at the 5 and 10 minute mark. I wanted to share that and also say that you guys are so amazing in the care & level of detail you put into your responses. It’s no wonder you have such a successful blog and more importantly, readers (like me) that love you for your integrity, openness and willingness to help. Here’s sending a whole bunch of good karma your way!!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Tara! So glad to hear that your friend’s apgar went up at the 5 and 10 minute mark!
xo,
s
DeeAnna says
oh man my husband’s “celebrity girlfriend” is Tina Fey too! I think she is funny yet, cute….um I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. He likes funny girls I guess!!
Sarah says
hi! I love this idea so much that I am going to look for my own jar and try to make one myself, but do it every month of the year :) Instead of using a “gratitude journal” because I always forget to do it. Thanks so much for all the super awesome ideas! Don’t worry…if I post about it on my blog you will get full and complete credit!!!