A - Air -good mountain air to breathe
B - bread - Fougasse, French bread fresh from the oven
C - Colors - all the colors of the rainbow
D - Dolls - being able to create and sell them
E - Electricity - because when you are in the midst of a storm-induced power outage you really learn to appreciate it!
F - Friends - on Facebook and other places
G - German Accent - I have a sort of love-hate relationship with that one. Some days I get tired of telling people where I am from. But it sure make for interesting conversations, too...
H - Harvest. Of course, what would be more appropriate on Thanksgiving Day? We harvested lots of veggies and got to grow our own watermelon in our community garden patch this year.
J - Jobs. I am glad my husband has a job and is able to support the family. I pray that each person who needs a job will find one this coming year.
K- Kids. My kids make me smile all day. What would I do without them?
L- Lemons. Because when life gives you lemons, you just make lemonade with them. And we have this saying in German: sauer macht lustig. (sour things make you laugh) so don't lose your sense of humor no matter what!
M - Marcus. My husband, though often he does drive me nuts.
N - Nuts. I love all kinds of nuts. Coconuts. Walnuts. Pecans. Hazel Nuts.
O - Origami. I think paper crafts are so cool.
P - Pizza. I know 90% of kids say that when asked for their favorite food. I like making Pizza from scratch with fresh veggies grown in my garden.
Q - Questions. It's good to have a lot of questions and look for answers all the time. Makes us smarter. It's the people who have all the answers that do scare me...
R - Recycling, reusing, re purposing.
S - Safety. The children say, they are thankful that we live in a country where people are fairly safe from political unrest.
T - Tomatoes from the vine. Okay, it was weird how we had tomatoes to eat from our garden until the end of November this year. Freaky!
U - The movie UP. It's a favorite in our family. The most UP-lifting kid movie I have seen in a while.
V - Verwandtschaft = the German word for relatives. I do miss my family from Germany and hope to make it home soon.
X - X-Factor Show. I hate to admit it, but I do love that show. So much better than American Idol because older folks can be in it. Not that they would ever win in this culture focused on youthfulness...
W - Wool, soft and warm to stuff my dolls with.
Y - You, the people who read my blog.
Z - Zeit - the word time in German. I am grateful for the time I have to create and write.
Now quick do your own alphabet and tell me what things you are grateful for.
Happy Thanksgiving!
4 comments:
A- Apple tartin (made by my cousin)
B- Backrubs
C- Calm after the visit
D- Dolls to make
E- Electricity (thanks, Ulla!)
F- French knots in embroidery
G- Galaxies
H- Hot showers
I- Illustration
J- Juice, freshly squeezed
K- Kisses
L- Light (especially during this time of year)
M- My daughter M.
N- Neologisms
O- Octopuses
P- Pie
Q- Quilts
R- Running gear
S- Soup
T- Tony
U- Ulla
V- Vroomy, vroomy (see Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus)
W- Woglinde (as well as Wellgunde and Flosshilde)
X- xi, xu, two letter words in Scrabble
Y- Yams
Z- Zippity doo dah, zippity ay, my oh my what a wonderful day. (The most famous Disney song from the movie you will never see.)
Oh wow! thanks, Farida for taking the time! I am totally flattered to be your U. I am not sure if anyone noticed that I had skipped the x. Now I had to add my x to make it complete.
"X" is one of those letters than when you skip it, it seems impolite to point it out. The English language just doesn't have that many true X words.
I think only scrabble players know those 3 words. LOL
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