{"id":379639,"date":"2012-10-19T03:28:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T03:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/19\/when-all-else-fails-be-thankful\/"},"modified":"2012-10-19T03:28:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T03:28:00","slug":"when-all-else-fails-be-thankful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/19\/when-all-else-fails-be-thankful\/","title":{"rendered":"When All Else Fails, Be Thankful"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have so many story ideas running through my mind, and yet they are all one giant, jumbled mess\u2026much like the hours of these past four days\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n
I haven\u2019t written a post of gratitude in quite a while, so tonight I\u2019m returning to an old standby\u2026<\/span> <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/o:p><\/span>Right now I am thankful for these\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n

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~ <\/span><\/span><\/span>My family<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span><\/span>~<\/span> I have a job to go to every day<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
~ <\/span><\/span><\/span>I enjoy the work I do, at home and at my day job<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
~ <\/span><\/span><\/span>My iPhone, which keeps me connected to the world<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span><\/span>~ <\/span>The creative thoughts that clutter my brain<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
~ <\/span><\/span><\/span>My new pair of extra-super-comfy slippers<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
~ <\/span><\/span><\/span>The gorgeous set of stoneware mixing bowls I discovered last night, ones that matched my (picky) vision of what I\u2019ve wanted for a very long time<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
~ <\/span><\/span><\/span>My oh-so-talented masseuse<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
~ <\/span><\/span><\/span>Our hot tub<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
~ <\/span><\/span><\/span>Progresso\u2019s new, and quite delicious, Recipe Starters<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
~ <\/span><\/span><\/span>My oven\u2019s Time-Bake feature<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
~ <\/span><\/span><\/span>Phone calls from my college kids<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
~ <\/span><\/span><\/span>My favorite pair of driving gloves (it\u2019s Brrrrrr!<\/i> at six a.m.)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
~ <\/span><\/span><\/span>My bed\u2026which I must retire to now\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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What things are you thankful for?<\/span><\/div>\n
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Soon\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n

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I have so many story ideas running through my mind, and yet they are all one giant, jumbled mess\u2026much like the hours of these past four days\u2026 I haven\u2019t written a post of gratitude in quite a while, so tonight I\u2019m returning to an old standby\u2026 Right now I am thankful for these\u2026 ~ My […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[473,474,113,475,476,477,478,479,77,480],"class_list":["post-379639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-creativity","tag-dinner","tag-family","tag-iphone","tag-masseuse","tag-meal-planning","tag-progresso","tag-progresso-recipe-starters","tag-thankful","tag-time-bake"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Progresso-Dinner-Thankful.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}