Today has been a wonderful fall day. Rainy, chilly and perfect for being inside with all the busy-ness of getting ready for Thanksgiving. I’m the designated pie maker in our family and today was pie day. What’s your favorite pie? I like them all, but Pecan is by far my favorite. If you’re outside the US and you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you have something that gives you the opportunity to gorge on pumpkin and pecan pies — I think Thanksgiving is about the only time we take the time to enjoy them!
In the spirit of so many of you who do frequent gratitude posts, here are a few things, both big and little, that I’m thankful for:
- First and foremost, Family. All the characters over there on the sidebar.
- A gloomy rainy day that makes me happy for a nice warm home.
- Thanksgiving Pies!
- My goofy, kind brother-in-law who makes me laugh and who needs a character name so he can appear in the sidebar too.
- Fabric. Thread. Patterns. Sewing Machine. Iron. You get the picture.
- All of you. Your blogs so full of daily inspiration.
- SweetiePie really is a Sweetie Pie.
- A week off of work to be able to do a few things that I never have time for.
- MyDadLovesMeBestSister is hosting Thanksgiving, so I don’t have to work so hard this year.
- The Quilty Peeps.
- That I can humor two grown boys who spent time yesterday while I was gone, laughing at their mother’s blog.
- My job. I’d much rather be home, but it’s good to have a job.
- Sump pumps.
- Time to clean out the linen closet that I wanted to clean early last spring.
- TheManoftheHouse keeps up with our computers.
- Time with the family to play Hand and Foot.
- Rolo candy.
- This little indulgence. It made my pie making so fun this year.
- Thanksgiving is early this year, which makes the gap between Thanksgiving and Christmas longer.
- We have a “chance” of snow accumulation tonight.
- TheEmptyNestChild hasn’t eaten anything requiring surgery so far this year.
- Good health for everyone in our family.
- The best parents a girl could ever wish for and a very happy childhood.
Well, I could go on and on, I’m very, very blessed. If you’re in the US, I hope you have a very wonderful Thanksgiving surrounded by loved ones.
XOXO,
Anna
Happy Thankgiving Anna! We don’t celebrate and we don’t have that yummy pumpkin pie! You sound blessed indeed!
What a great list, Anna! Happy Thanksgiving! We don’t celebrate, either, but since I’m home all day anyway it feels like I’m celebrating the holiday with you. But instead of pumpkin pie, we’ve got pizza pie. Cheers!
Your pies look great Anna – and what a lovely post about thanks! It’s a shame we don’t celebrate over here – I’m not keen on Halloween for all it’s witchy/scarey connotations but traditional harvest festival celebrations seem to have disappeared which is such a shame (especially now I have an allotment of my own!!!!)
Have a great time! Lucy xxx
You’re on my thankful list too! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Junie xoxoxo
The pies look yummy. I hope you get the snow you’re wishing for. We may get a wee bit here too. One thing I’m thankful for this morning is I finished up my food prep yesterday so I can do some blog reading while everyone else is sleeping in. Have a truly blessed day.
Don’t forget those of us who are not in the US but are still celebrating with thanks this day! (One thing my husband will NOT be thankful for is that link to Williams Sonoma – those are an adorable indulgence!)
That’s a wonderful list of blessings.
Hope you have a great day! And enjoy those pies!! (pecan is one of dh’s favs too)
HAPPY THANKSGIVING Anna!! I’m so thankful that you drove two hours to meet me with the gang while I was in your neck of the woods. LOL!!! Even if you were wearing masks of ME!!!! ROFLOL!!!! I hope you have a wonderful day. Did you say snow???? Can I come back??
Happy Thanksgiving… your pies look wonderful!
Happy thanksgiving to you and your family Anna. It seems like such a good time to give thanks and realise what we really should be grateful for having.
Kim x
You don’t happen to have a recipe for those delicious pecan pies do you?
Happy Thanksgiving Anna, I hope you are enjoying a happy and peaceful time with your lovely family.
Sandra.x.
Anna
thanks for the cookie recipe.. I have always wondered about the ‘black white cookie’ since I seen it on Seinfeld last century *W*.. Never seen them in australia, so now I think I have no excuse not to make them and try them out..
Lissa
Hi Anna!!! Happy Thanksgiving to you too!!! The pies look YUMMY!!! Being from the South I have to agree with you… PECAN all the way! :o)
Oh how LUCKY SweetiePie is… and that you actually think she IS a sweetiepie… yea… I KNOW my MIL has never thought that about me! LOL
Hope your day was wonderful!!!
Lala
Happy Thanksgiving! I like ANY kind of pie. :-)
I hope that you and yours had a wonderful day. Yummy looking pies, too.
My oh my, Anna! What a yummy post!! I LOVE pie, and those pies are to die-for delicious looking! I think I’ve just gained 5 pounds! LOL!
I love reading everything you’re grateful for – what a wonderful list. I spent yesterday thinking of everything I was grateful for, and the list was HUGE! And, yes, you are definitely on that list, ma’am!
Hope your day was full of love and, of course, lots of food!!
Hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving Anna. Oh my those pies couldn’t look yummier…and snow…I’m on my way. No snow here in sunny Florida.
Hope it was a great day
Suzie Sews
Anna what a wonderful list of things to be thankful. I think I need to take time to write some of my own. It’s so easy to forget and not count even the little things. Thanks for giving me a nudge in that direction.
By the way those pie’s look YUMMO sister – cute crusts. Now I suppose I will need those little gadgets also, LOL. Hope your enjoying your time off and getting your lists of wants checked off.
Hugs – Karen
OH ANNA!!!! How beautiful, your pies are so much prettier than mine. LOVE EM…and the Grateful,,,,well how true, we are all so blessed and you certainly are one of my blessings. Love ya,Jewels xoxo
Yummy looking pies Anna! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
Love your pie pictures! Have you ever had Chocolate Pecan Pie? It’s delicious…..I’m with you, thankful for warmth and friends and family, scattered as they are, and many other blessings.
I loved reading your thankful list. :)