So the winners are...
That I Don't Want Anything for Christmas - A few weeks ago I said something about Christmas over a broken Skype connection to my mother and her response was "What do you want for Christmas?" Not because she wanted to know but because she thought that I said that I wanted x for Christmas. The conversation carried on with me telling her that she's nuts and her complaining that she can't hear me etc., etc., the usual. But later on, when Dann and I were making dinner, Bug asked me what I really wanted for Christmas and I had nothing. I couldn't think of one thing that I would absolutely want for Christmas (with the exception of my TV on DVD yearly requests). I am thankful for not wanting anything this year because I believe that is a sign of me no longer expecting material things to make up for things that I am lacking in life. I am so thrilled about this. Finally, after so long, I have come to a point where I want nothing for Christmas. I am so grateful for this. However, don't be fooled. I did tell Dann a few days later that if I had to get me something that sapphire earrings would do. :)
Colin Survived - For those of you who do not know, my brother is a dentist and he has a crew of ladies that work in the office with him that I think are great. One woman, Debbie, went to school with my mom and she has a son that may be about 22ish (may be younger). On thanksgiving day Colin was running a marathon (I can't remember the name of the marathon right now) and ended up going into cardiac arrest while running. Lucky for him and all of us that many of the runners were doctors, nurses, EMTs etc. When my brother told me what happened to Colin the next day, it completely sadden my entire day. At the time he told me it wasn't looking very good for Colin. Miraculously, Colin pulled through this and I believe he is also home from Gesinger. I cannot be more grateful for this.
That I Found Something to Give My Brother for Christmas - So if there is someone in my life that I would love to show my gratitude for it would be Corey. The things that he has done for me my entire life can never be repaid and I would never be able to put into words how thankful/lucky/happy I am to have him as a brother. Trust me, I know that there aren't many people who have a such brother like I do. Every year I have trouble finding something to give to Corey for Christmas. If you ask him what he would like for Christmas he says, "Save your money, we're in a recession," or something along those lines. And you can't really go into a store and pick something out for him because everything he wants he has. Yesterday while I was searching for a present for someone else, I came upon the funniest thing I've ever seen. Well, funny if you are a Corey or an Autumn. I have LOLed every time I've looked at said gift. Goodness after Christmas, I might even post it on here with a story explaining why it's so funny. I hope he finds it as funny as I do!
Train - The band not the transportation vehicle. For reals, this little old band and I have known each other almost as long as I have known the Beatles. I think I was like many other people and fell for them when they came out with Meet Virginia. I've loved everything that they put out. I know every other person who likes Train probably started to like them because of their Save Me, San Francisco album, which is fine. I think since they album their music is happier, peppier, poppier. But that's okay. It makes me smile and they put on a good show. They are playing in Manchester in next year if someone wants to get tickets.
That Good Things Happen To Me - So, this story is quite unbelievable if you're a Beatles/McCartney fan. I am sure that most of you readers that are from America know that Saturday Night Live's musical star for the Christmas show is Paul McCartney. And I am sure that most of you, unlike me, knew that you have to request tickets for SNL by joining some sort of lottery and hope that you win. I was so sad when I learned this. I would love to be that close to Macca. I mean I don't know how close I'd be since I've never been to a live anything besides as concert with thousands and thousands of people. Anyway, on Monday Alex, Dann and I were all at McDonald's while I was using some of their Wifi. I noticed I had a message on Facebook. Where I thought it was going to be my friend Krissy, it was not. It was another friend who sent a rather long message asking me if I would like to take her tickets for the SNL show. WHAT!?!??!?!?! Does the Pope shite in the woods? I asked myself. (If you aren't Matt Cardona or Katie Brennan you aren't going to get that.) I immediately began to shake, scream and slap Dann's arm out of excitement for this! I mean sweet SNL! WOOT! But goodness me! PAUL McFreakingCARTNEY! for free! I cannot even express how thankful I am that these two thought of me. I can never ever thank them enough! :)
What are you thankful for?
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