Last week, "Indian Princess" and I spent Thanksgiving with her parents in Lakeside, Montana. We had a wonderful, laid-back time in a beautiful, beautiful area. We were able to catch a couple of flicks while we were up there, The Mist, 1408, and Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, which was an abomination of a comic movie. I mean it was X-3, Spidey-3-craptastic. Galactus as a cloud?!?! WTF!?! I did enjoy The Mist and 1408, and would give them each a solid “B” rating. However, "Indian Princess" wanted to hurt kittens after the controversial ending of The Mist. When we gathered around the dinner table on Thanksgiving, I thought of what I was personally thankful for. A list of the many things that crossed my mind follows.
I am thankful for:
• Being able to share each and every day of my life with my wonderful wife.
• Having great relations with my mother & father-in-law.
• The safe travels that we had.
• Having the support of family throughout the years and always being encouraged just to be myself.
• My good health.
• Job security.
• Having the camper to ourselves (wink, wink).
• Cuddles with loving old cats.
• The toasty-warm atmosphere of a cozy living room.
• Exquisite Thanksgiving food such as homemade rolls, devilled eggs, stuffing, turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, and peanut butter fudge.
• Funyuns–the ultimate road-trip snack in my opinion. If you don’t like Funyuns than Jesus hates you.
• The privilege and good-fortune to experience and enjoy all of the above.
It’s cliché, but I do hope that everyone is able to pause and reflect and be thankful for the good things in their lives, even if just for one day. It’s important to always focus on the good, regardless of how much bad there may be. In my mind, there is simply no other way to live. I hope everyone else had a great Turkey day.
Peace, out!
6 comments:
I was totally with you until the Funyuns...
It's un-American to hate Funyuns! ;)
I'm a fan of the Funyuns. They have international appeal!
As for F4:2 - yeah, it was terrible. They dodged the 'fucking up a characters back story' bullet. But as I've said before, completely forgoing a characters back story is not the same as preserving it...
That movie wasn't was bad as the Mist!! If you can believe that. I don't think I've hated a movie so much in my life. Everything else about the trip was wonderful though. Great food, company, location and cuddles with loving old cats:)
WOW, my grammar was bad!! Let's try that again. 'That movie wasn't as bad as the Mist'.
Couldn't agree with you more on F4:2 Flynn. That was a pretty watered-down Silver Surfer.
Glad to hear Funyuns are celebrated in Maple Leaf Land as well. Canandians know their snacks. ;)
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