For this
week’s Writers’ Workshop, there were a couple of Thanksgiving themed prompts
since it is Thanksgiving in the States this week. Canadian Thanksgiving was last month but I
figure that there is no expiration date on being thankful. As a matter of fact, it’s something we should
remember to do all year round.
So here we
go!
-Name a colour
you are thankful for.
I think that
I have to go with green here. Nothing
gaudy; a nice deep dark green. I’m not
sure how we’re supposed to be thankful for a colour but it’s my favourite and I
have the eyesight to be able to see it……… so, yeah, I’m grateful.
-Something
your spouse does that you are thankful for
Well, I don’t
have a spouse but I have a pretty decent ex-husband who is there for our kids
and almost always willing to help me out when I need a bit of muscle for
something. I guess that I’m pretty lucky
in that respect.
-Something
that your kids do that you are thankful for.
I’ve raised
my kids to understand that every member of a household needs to do their part
in keeping that household running. This
means that my kids do their chores with little prompting or grumbling. Since I have a full time job outside of the
home, this makes my life so much better.
It really makes me appreciate having teens who are old enough to
contribute like that.
-A food you
are thankful for.
Frankly, I’m
grateful that I can afford to keep us pretty well-fed when so many families
struggle so I guess that I’m thankful for all food. Specific food though? Hmmmm….. chocolate is pretty high on my
list. Oh, and bacon! Bacon makes everything better!
-What recent
good news are you thankful for?
Nothing
monumentally good or bad has happened recently but I did chat with my
sister-in-law the other day and we’ve made plans to see each other this
weekend. Since it’s been a while since
we’ve seen each other, I’d call this good news that I’m very glad to hear.
-Name a drink
you are thankful for.
In the
non-alcoholic category, that would be tea with Diet Coke a close second. Booze? I do love a good glass (or two or
three) of wine.
-Name a
restaurant you are thankful for.
Right now,
that would be McDonalds. They gave The
Boy a job this summer (which he still has) which has (mostly) gotten his grubby
hands out of my wallet.
-Talk about an
animal you are thankful for.
Aardvarks! No, no, just kidding, lol! The real answer would be my cat. She is so attached to us that she’s
practically a dog. She adores the kids
and lands on their laps the second they sit down. She’s just a little thing but is hard to move
once she settles in.
I love my
Olay facial lotion. I don’t use it so
much in the hot weather since I’m usually sweaty anyway but, as soon as the
cooler weather hits, I use it every day religiously. If good old Oil of Olay was good enough for
my grandmother, it’s good enough for me.
-Name a
cleaning product you are thankful for.
A cleaning
product? Seriously? Sorry, I can’t be thankful for anything that
has to do with chores.
-What social
media platform are you thankful for?
Hmmm….. I
have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Facebook these days and haven’t
been on Pinterest much. I have to say
that I probably spend most of my time on Instagram these days and use Twitter
to stay up to date with my favourite TV shows so I guess it’s a tie between
those two for my gratefulness lately.
-Tell us why
you are thankful for the last person who texted you.
As I write
this, the last person who texted me was one of my co-workers. I have a good job but not what you would call
an exciting career. It is my co-workers
who make hauling my ass out of bed in the morning worthwhile. We work together like a well-oiled machine
AND we genuinely like each other. That’s
a hard combination to find.
-Name a candy
you are thankful for.
I love
Rockets! When they went on sale after Halloween,
I went and bought myself a big-ass bag of them which I’m still enjoying. For those of you in the States, you call them
Smarties; our Smarties are more like M&M’s.
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| For my American friends :) |
-Name an app
on your phone that you are thankful for.
Referring to
my answer above, I probably use Instagram and Twitter the most.
-What are you
looking forward to that you are thankful for?
I’m looking
forward to spending time with family at Christmas. The Christmas lights, good food and good
company light up those short winter days.
Kathy
I'd love to know how you taught your kids to do their chores. Mine are still little but I really want them to be helpful. I also love Christmas lights. Living in the Philippines, we get the beauty of them from September through to around February. I never get sick of looking at lovely lights. Thanks for your post.
ReplyDeleteI just started teaching them when they were small. As soon as they were old enough to help out, I had them picking up their own toys and helping out. I tried to instill the idea in them that everybody in the household were partners in running it. I get you on the lights. I have a string of lights that I have on my headboard all the time which I turn on every time I need cheering up :)
DeleteThat's so cool you got your kids to realize doing chores is just part of being in your family and everyone pitches in. That's awesome! Also love that your cat is so loving. My one cat likes to lay on me too and I feel bad if I need to move. Enjoyed this post!
ReplyDeleteI am pretty lucky! My cat is little but she turns into the heaviest boulder if I think of moving, lol :)
DeleteI am thankful for my cat, too! Still waiting for the magic formula for getting the children (and the husband) to clean up after themselves!
ReplyDeleteI think my kids realized early on that Mom is much happier when she's not trying to do everything herself and a happy Mom means happy kids ;)
DeleteRockets vs. Smarties! Who knew!?! And I think I have to agree with Instagram being my most enjoyed social platform too. You don't have to overthink it and you can just mindlessly flip through photos. Sounds like a fun time. :)
ReplyDeleteWe Canadians just have to be different!
DeleteI like how Instagram gives you snippets of friends' lives in such an easy format.