Today I’m thankful that I, with my brown thumb, can sustain and nuture the sensitive plant (it’s actual name!) i bought earlier this past spring to the point of blossom!

Today, I am thankful for my beautiful cousin! Today is her birthday and chronologically she’s a year younger than me, but in all other ways, she’s definitely much more mature! We grew up close as sisters and I have many, many fond memories of her, not the least of which are our happy days on Surf Drive Beach in Falmouth, MA. And I can’t forget out family Thanksgivings and Christmases, at her parents’ home.

Maribeth, I love you so much, and I hope you have a fantastic day today and much fun this weekend! See you soon!!!

Today I’m thankful for the lovely dinner last night with my cousin Maribeth’s daughter, Amanda. Nice conversation, lots of laughs, and she fell in love with the mac & cheese at Cobbie’s, just like everyone who tastes it does!

I’m also thankful for the gorgeous autumn colors that are still going strong around here:

No, mom, I’m NOT going in the woods today, I think I see something scary!

I’m thankful I got to see an old friend yesterday! Maureen lives up in Vermont, about 4 hours away, so it’s always a treat to see her. We had lunch, then did a bit of shopping at West Elm…found the cutest felt mistletoe there!

What am I thankful for today? Well, I just beat Dave’s sister in Words with Friends…that’s good, right? For me, anyway ~

I’m thankful for getting a good night’s sleep. Poor Dave is coming down with a cold, so he slept on the extremely comfy futon (not being facetious, it really IS comfy) in the spare room and I slept with Wolf keeping me company on the bed.

Oh wait! Wrong picture, wrong bed, wrong wolf!!!

this is the right Wolf!