Thankful Things

Thanks for the good words on my previous post.  If you were local, I'd buy you a pint.

In advance of Thanksgiving, here is a list of the things that I am thankful for today:

• My wife, three kids and I are healthy and happy.
• The kids are doing well at school.
• In our community theatre company's upcoming performance of Aladdin, my youngest son will be the Sultan and my older son will be Genie (the role he was born to play).
• My daughter is planning her school's winter formal dance and is a member of National Honor Society.
• We are very happy at our new church. This is more meaningful than I can really explain here.
• My mom is healthier now than she has been in 20 years.
• My dad just came out of back surgery (which went well). He also dropped 98 pounds over the past 2 years and now weighs less than he did in high school. All due to nutrition choices. Amazing!  (Got to get me some of that!)
• At work, we are starting to settle in to the new "normal", where only a few of us are still working here in Arizona. But the transition has kept me very busy lately. It's good to be busy in this economy.
• I have an excessive amount of vacation time saved up, which I hope to utilize this holiday season.
• We are heading into Thanksgiving and Christmas, which is my favorite time of year.

And now, I present you with a video from last week's SNL.  It kinda features Andre the Giant (my alter ego).