Thanksgiving came and went this weekend. I meant to cook a spectacular autumnal feast with vegetarian stuffing, squash soup and pumpkin cheesecake. Instead I worked for much of the weekend and seemed to eat an inordinate amount of cheese and cookies. As it happens with every holiday, I was in complete shock that it was indeed Thanksgiving weekend and my fantasies of making pumpkin waffles, centerpiece gourds and  corn husk dolls for the cat were dashed. I need to learn some time management and organizational skills. I suspect that I will be in shock on December 24th when it dawns on me that I have yet to make all the homemade Christmas gifts I was planning on creating. A holiday just wouldn’t be a holiday without big plans postponed until the following year.

Despite my nonexistent Thanksgiving feast,  I managed to feel grateful this weekend:

• The sun shone for a whole day, which was very welcome after days of drizzle and overcast skies.
• I had an amazingly vivid dream about a raggedy hairy beige dog, a cross between Mr.Mugs and an Irish Wolfhound. The dog and I were completely enchanted with each other and although it was huge, it insisted on clambering onto my lap so that it could smother me with big doggie love.

• I enjoyed the refreshing citrus-y scent of my grapefruit shower gel.
• My  local coffee shop had my absolute favourite flavoured coffee  (German Chocolate Cake, yum).
• A client brought me baked goodies, including almond macaroons. I didn’t know that such a thing existed. So delicious.

• The Sweetie and I spent an evening doing a Julia Child voice competition (He won).
• We drove to Kitchener to admire the open farmland and fall colours.
• We found an adorable looking antique shop that had a cat with only three and a half legs who was very camera shy.

I have love, I have health, I have baked goods and I won the Sweetie lottery by nabbing the sweetest Sweetie there is. I may be lacking in cash and canines, culinary and organizational skills, but I am still a lucky girl, and I am very thankful.

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