28: Currently | November – the Thankful Edition

If anybody paid attention, I missed posting my “Currently | October” post. I hate when that happens. But as you know, it was a little busy around here with two work trips, a move, and marathon training. We also just hosted my mother-in-law for a long pre-Thanksgiving weekend. But there’s much to be thankful for right now…

THANKFUL | for a new home with a beautiful big kitchen and a guest room. It was great to host my mother-in-law and actually have room for a guest.

THANKFUL | for a cozy fireplace (no more fake TV fireplace over here!) and an office with a door and windows (and extra room for my Peloton). I cannot emphasize enough what a huge improvement in my quality of life this has been.

THANKFUL | for warm, colorful socks (a gift from my sister). She bought them for me on our skiing trip in the Dolomites earlier this year and they make me smile every time I pull them out of my sock drawer.

THANKFUL | for wonderful friends who send happy mail. It’s always such a sweet surprise!

THANKFUL | for remaining injury-free and being able to run and follow through with my marathon training. Race day is almost here (11 more days!) and I am nervous but excited.

THANKFUL | for beautiful cool fall days with blue skies and sunshine. We’ve had our share of rain too but I am hoping that race day will be dry (the 10-day forecast looks promising).

THANKFUL | for delicious food. I’ve been making steel-cut oats again more often and I cooked an early Thanksgiving dinner last weekend with all the fixings – mashed potatoes, green beans, walnut-apple-cornbread stuffing, cranberry sauce, and apple cake as dessert. And of course, there were leftovers (aren’t leftovers the best?)

THANKFUL | for thought-provoking documentaries. I watched not one (Buy Now), but two (You Are What You Eat) in the last couple of weeks and they both really gave me a lot of food for thought (no pun intended).

THANKFUL |  that we’ll be able to travel to Germany for the holidays. As I previously mentioned, I haven’t been home for the holidays with my family in over a decade and I am really looking forward to being home for German holiday traditions and a visit to the Christmas market (I am sorry to say there is nothing quite like it in the US), and of course, mostly to see family and friends.

THANKFUL | for this blogging community and all of you.

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! What are you thankful for?