November Thankfulness....

As we are all well aware we just finished up the month of November. What's so special about November? well, there's usually snow, delicious food, family time, and fun holiday traditions(one of my favorites is The Nutcracker!). Plus, the added spitirt of Thanksgiving that most people seem to have. I know it's everywhere during the month of November. and of course, November isn't the only time we should be thankful, but it does seem to manifest itself a lot more around Thanksgiving than any other time of year. So naturally, facebook seems to be one of the best places to talk about life and what you're thankful for. I joined in and did the Thanksgiving thankfulness countdown, and here's what I came up with: November 1: today i'm thankful for rice bags. :) they are so wonderful to curl up with when your body is achy, tired, and cold. November 2: Thankful for sleep. :) I'm feeling much better now! November 3: thankful for amazing friends(and their wonderful husbands that take such good care of them!), great girl talk, pizza, laughter, memories, and continuously building relationships. :) What a fun girls night I had with Heidi and Rebeka! November 4: Today I'm thankful for laughter, naps, pampering oneself, M&M's, heaters, and wonderful friendships that just keep growing stronger despite the fact that although we're at different stages in our lives. Life is so good! November 5: Is grateful today for simple messages that may not mean much to the sender, but did to me. Thank you. November 6: today I'm thankful for my moms awesome sewing skills, sundays, firesides, President Boyde K. Packer, chocolate chip cookies, friends, tissues, testimony meeting, my ward, great movies, laughing with my roommate, puzzles, peanutbutter, and my brothers and sisters. November 7: is thankful for skype, crockpots, laughter, friends, random visits, family home evening, temples, and days off. :) November 8: today I'm thankful for; leftovers, living in Logan, seeing friends on campus, hugs(and meeting my hug quota for the day!), my nieces and nephews, a wonderful sister-in-law that feeds me delicious dinner, facebook conversations, friends with wonderful words of wisdom, my yellow trench coat, the Cha-cha, bluezone, blankets, cold meds, and sleep! :) November 9: today I am thankful for: bananas, my wonderful co-workers, fun people in my classes, facebook(and how much fun it is to argue about for an in class discussion,) the opportunity I have to go to college, free prints at the USU computer labs, my religion, and the many wonderful leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. November 10: today I'm thankful for the wonderful relationship I have with my roommate. And the knowledge that if we need one another, we'll be there. Our fun adventure trying to fix her car, random 10pm trips to walmart, laughter, and being able to vent on bad days. November 11: today I am thankful for family. both extended and immediate. My siblings are the greatest. Went to lunch with most of them today and had a great time! And my nieces and nephews are oh so adorable. I'm thankful that my immediate family lives close so I can see them often and be there to help bring up my lil munchkins. November 12: is thankful today for missionary letters. :) and all of the amazing young men and women serving our Lord and representing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints all across the earth. November 13: today I am thankful for the Gospel, and the Holy Ghost. It's remarkable how it all works. I'm also thankful for great friends and fun times. and Dawna Webb and everything she does for people and the wonderful things she does to bring people together! November 14: today I am thankful for Johnathan in my English class for helping me print my assignment since I forgot my student ID card, Nicole Homer for just being awesome and giving up like a half hour of her afternoon to just sit and chat with me, the academic advisers up on campus for helping me be less stressed about registration, hamburger helper, and all of the wonderful people in my life that put a smile on my face. November 15: today I am thankful that I chose to ride the Aggie shuttle up from the bottom of old main instead of walk because it means I got to see the wonderful Paige McMurdie, and Alex Fronk, the beautiful Heidi Brandley Thorne, and I got to spend more time chatting with the fantastic Lexi Nielsen because I got to class earlier. :) Who knew making a 'lazy' decision could be so beneficial?! ;) hahaha. and I am also grateful for getting to spend time with friends. It's the best! November 16: today I am thankful for good Monday/Wednesday/Friday classes. And all the people that make them good. especially people like Misty Inglet, Nicole Homer, and Ashley Bingham! November 17: Today I am thankful for those times when things just work in your favor, even if at first they don't seem like they will.(I got into all of the classes I wanted!!) November 18: today i'm thankful for shelter from the storms of life- bot in Nature and personal/emotional storms. November 19: had a lot of things to be thankful for today: fun times spent with friends, the beautiful valley I have to live in, good entertainment, friends trusting you with exciting secrets, and seeing two people so in Love and knowing their love is Eternal. :) November 20: Today I am thankful for Cameron Bartlett and his willingness to help me out with what could have been a potentially awkward assignment. :) I am also thankful for my great ward and how strong the spirit always is in our meetings. November 21: today I am thankful for: Cancelled classes, warm blankets, Netflix, and my "remarkable yet not the best idea ever" talent to write good grade earning papers in extremely short amounts of time right before class...... November 22: today I had the opportunity to see my cousin Coden, his beautiful wife Ashlee, and their remarkable baby girl Sophie. Today, I am thankful for miracles. In reality, little Sophie shouldn't be here today but because of modern day technologies, the priesthood, the hand of the Lord, and many answered prayers she is a happy, healthy, growing little girl. It is great having Cody and Ash in Logan and I am really looking forward to getting to spend more time with them and getting to know them better. ♥ family is the greatest. November 23: Today I am thankful for my friends. They are the greatest!! Girls nights are great, spending time with friends I haven't seen for a while is awesome, and hearing cute little stories and getting giddy with my girls from high school will never get old. :)

November 24: Today i'm thankful for the life I have to live. It isn't perfect, there are things I don't like, and there are things I wish I could change, but I am try blessed. I have the best family, adorable nieces and nephews, wonderful friends, a good job, the opportunity to get an advanced education, a nice apartment, the blessing of the Gospel in my life, a beautiful valley to live in, and blessings beyond measure. Never forget that even when life is not going your way that you have so much to be thankful for!

The last few months have not been the easiest for me. I have had struggles, but I have so many things to be thankful for. It is always so fun to record what you were thankful for and then go back and read it a little while later. Some of these things feel like they happened just the other day, and others feel like it was more than just a few weeks ago. It is nice to have the reminder that I am so very blessed. Life may not always go they way I'd hoped or planned, but despite it all, there is ALWAYS something to be thankful for! Even on your hardest days......