Happy Thanksgiving

Hi friends,

So, Thanksgiving is definitely not one of my favorite Holidays. I think it ranks fifth, under Christmas, New Years, Fourth of July, and Halloween (in that order). Thanksgiving is a generally boring Holiday, it has never been a big deal here in the Haines house. I hope I get married some day so I can pump up the proverbial jam. I mean, I'm looking forward to having a big thanksgiving dinner with a lot of kids running around and football in the background... heck... I'd like football in the back yard. I want to have a Thanksgiving where I get excited when the doorbell rings cause you don't know which guest it will be and where the out-of-towners bring their Christmas presents because they won't be back for a while. I want a Thanksgiving where there are decorations and fall scented candles and where there is a kids table where the eldest cousin still has to sit, even though he's 20. I'm looking forward to a Thanksgiving where the post-dinner tradition involves ridiculous amounts of board games and ice cream, not to mention coffee type beverages. My perfect Thanksgiving will be the one where I close the door behind the last relative and/or friend and turn around to a house that has been perfectly worn-in from the days events, only to begin planning for the year to come. THAT is Thanksgiving!

I don't really have much to post about tonight, I guess. I have had a pretty busy week, so I haven't been around to update. Hallmark is a CRAZY place during the Holidays! Also, I am really working on getting a job so I don't have much free time at all. Granted, that is no excuse to leave you all hanging ;) So... in honor of of this wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, I have composed a short (and not too meaningful) list of things that I, Tempa Elizabeth Haines, am thankful for.

* Telephone correspondence
* Reality Television
* Blooper Reels
* Mod Podge
* Down comforters
* Slightly tinted lip balm
* The word "balm"
* Christmas music
* Friends reruns
* The movie Serendipity
* Digital cameras

Like I said... not too meaningful. If you'd like a more sentimental list, please refer a few blogs back and you can catch a much longer, much more intimate list there :) Ok, well that's about it from me. One Month till Christmas! At this time 2004 years ago our friend Mary was mighty pregnant! Poor Joseph was probably running out to get her some pickles and manna right now.

Goodnight all,
Temp