Thankful...

I am thankful for so many things! Where do I begin? Well, let me share 2007's Phillips Family Thanksgiving Adventure...told by Dexter.

So it all started out when my parents packed up our car with all their stuff, including me, picked up Uncle Chris from his apartment at the school, and headed off into oblivion one fine Friday after school. I was content for the 8 hour ride to Uncle Chris's family's farm in West Virginia...man! what a place! We got to spend two days roaming around this 300 acre horse farm, and I hung out with my new friends Spitball (my mom kept laughing at that name), Audrey, and Copper.

We loaded up the car again, minus crazy Uncle Chris, and headed toward Pittsburgh, PA. Mom was super excited about seeing her good friend Bridget for the first time in FIVE years! I was excited when we got to her house because I got to meet Ruby! What a babe! We got to go to the dog park in Pittsburgh and play for hours! woohoo!


Onward we went, after some good fun at Ruby's house. Conway, PA was our next stop. This was my dad's grandmother's house. We saw all the family, and though it was fun, sadly, I was banished to the top of the stairs while everyone made a big fuss about Thanksgiving dinner.

They let me come down while they ate, though. That was worth it. It smelled delicious!

This is the best part! The next morning it snowed!!

I got to go to yet another dog park, this time in the snow and I met even more friends. On our drive home, my dad backed our car into a "decorative wall" at a restaurant where we stopped. He was so mad...I think it's going to be fixed, though.

and last, but not least, a pit stop in good ol' black mountain. Here I am with my twin, Indie. Our parents kept mixing us up. It was hilarious! Hopefully Uncle Nick will bring Indie to visit with me soon!

(okay, this is me for real) It's seems dumb to follow that little anecdotal silliness with the reality of what I'm thankful for, but I blog so little, I might as well get it all out at once.

I'm so thankful for family and I am so thankful for friends. I love that no matter where we are in life, we always have open doors around the country and around the world of friends to welcome us in. I'm thankful we are able to travel. I am thankful for holidays and spending time with family. I'm so thankful that my sister and parents will soon be living closer to me! I'm thankful for jobs, even though I don't always leap out of bed each morning to greet the day with open arms, I remember what it was like without one. I'm thankful for a home in a beautiful place. I'm thankful for my hubbie and his patient demeanor.

Thanksgiving has passed and the hustle bustle of the holidays are definitely here, but I hope I'll continue to give thanks to God each day for what I have in this life.

I'm sorry my pictures are so big. (and darn it! it cut off most of the pictures!!!grrrrr.) Macs don't like blogger, so I'm looking into a .mac account to start a new blog there. I'll keep you posted.

Tag...

So, Becky has tagged me and I must comply. For what excuse do I have? Here I am sitting around avoiding grading tests.

So, here are the 10 most incredible, juicy, secretive, intresting things you never knew about me...

1. I spent a lot of years of my life thinking I wanted to be a professional dancer. (a ballerina, in fact.)

2. I went to drama/dance camp with Mandy Moore, Christine Lakin, Corri English, and some other people you may or may not have seen on tv. (actually, if you ever came over to my house, you knew that because I would have made you watch camp videos..right Becky?)

3. I still feel guilty about telling all my friends in fifth grade I had gotten glasses because I needed them, when actually I had gotten fake glasses at Claire's. ( I still remember the heart to heart me and my dad had when I cried about it)

4. I would like to own an organic bakery and coffee shop one day in the fairly distant future.

5. I love being a wife, and I enjoy taking care of a household, but I HATE (passionately) both ironing and folding fitted sheets.

6. When I was younger, I was EXTREMELY shy, and it wasn't until I was in fifth grade and got into acting that I began to actually talk to people I didn't know really well. I still have major issues with talking on the telephone.

7. I have been seriously contemplating becoming vegetarian lately.

8. I have lived on three different continents...not at the same time... that would be tricky.

9. When I first met Brian, I had this HUGE crush on him. I kinda stalked him one day from my dorm room window, and when I saw him get in the car with another girl ( just a friend, I found out later) I balled my eyes out. I'm not really sure if I ever even told Brian that story. I told you this was juicy!

10. We're trying to get pregnant! This month was our second try, to no avail, and Friday night, I cried when I found out. I know it's silly. I need to be patient....that's another thing I struggle with.

So, if you learned new things about me, that you didn't already know, then this game really is pretty fun. I suppose I have to tag people now...but I have nowhere near 10 people who actually read my blog that aren't already involved in this. I challenge my baby sister, Suzanne. It will be a test to see if she really reads my blog....hmmm.