Reading all your Spins this week has been a needed reminder for me in that not everyone is thankful for the same things. Some people are thankful for their immediate world, some are thankful for the very thoughts in the heavens.
I am thankful for life, love, freedom, friends old and new, a roof over my head, food in my belly, love in my heart, songs in my ear, thoughts in my head, a virtual neighborhood of some of the dearest people I could only be so lucky to call friends, health in my body, a friend and confidant in my husband, and a child who reminds me every day that I have so much to be thankful for.
You know what else I'm thankful for? This week's Spins:
DeeMarie over at My Life In A Nutshell
Casey over at Half As Good As You
DeeMarie over at My Life In A Nutshell -Why yes! Another one from DeeMarie!
Sandie over at Sandie Simply Says
Laufa over at Morgan Madness -And another one from Laufa!
DeeMarie over at My Life In A Nutshell
Cyndi over at The Adventures of HarryJack -Relaxation Spin!
DeeMarie over at My Life In A Nutshell
Heidi over at The World According To Heidi
Krystal over at Mommy's Escape
Michele over at It's A Dog's Life
DeeMarie over at My Life In A Nutshell -She's still going!
Ali over at Aloicious: Life in the SLC
Ginger over at When Ginger Snaps
Good Father over at Good Father (Wowza!)
Mary Anne over at The Stiletto Mom
Jenboglass over at Steenky Bee (I'm mush over this!)
"Not At All" Wicked Step Mom over at Life and Times of a Wicked Step Mom (I completely took liberties with her name, but click the link to see why!)
DeeMarie over at My Life In A Nutshell
Katie over at Parental Supervision
Heinous over at Irregularly Periodic Ruminations
Mo over at The Daily Snark -New to the Spin Cycle!
Cyndi over at The Adventures of HarryJack
Anita Doberman over at Ovalina -New to the Spin Cycle!
April over at April's Little Family
Sammanthia over at The Edge of Insanity
HeatherPride over at Riding The Short Bus
Bessie Viola over at bessie viola
DeeMarie over at My Life In A Nutshell
Carrie over at Cole Pack -Updated today! Fresh Spin!
Kirsten over at My Life For the World to See -Updated today! Fresh Spin!
Ferd Crotte over at The Best Parts -Updated Saturday! Fresh Spin!
Please take the time to link over and see all the amazing Spins on what truly matters in life.
Next week's assignment: Holiday Newsletter.
Ugh. I hate these. (And we just got our first one a couple of days ago.)
They read like a Who's Who list, how the kids are acing subject after subject, hubby got 8 promotions in the last year alone and is now practically running the company. Wifey has been spending her days overseeing the cleaning of her home ("I don't know where I found the time before our Rosita joined the family!") and volunteering while being able to run the PTA. Blah blah blah, green grass, green grass...
Pull out this year's calendar and write it up, a holiday newsletter to your family and friends telling them about your year. Make it as serious, funny, sarcastic, hammy, crazy as you want. Did your five year old find a cure for the common cold? Tote that achievement! Did you win the lottery and spend half the year globe trotting? Spread the love! (And the wealth!) Did nothing at all change in your life except the date and you have absolutely nothing to write about? Well, that should be a quick read, indeed.
Write em up, lick a stamp, and send it SASE to the Spin Cycle!
Remember to get them in by December 5! (Seriously? We're at the end of the year already?)
(FYI- I am going to be one of the insane people joining in Black Friday, please don't ask why, I may burst into tears, so I will be out and about from 3AM until about midday. I may not have a lot of time to check for new Spins, but I will get them linked as quickly as possible before 3PM. Again, I am not a smart person. If I was, I would be sleeping until the Sprite was ready to get up and she's proving lately that she's NOT a morning person. Sleeping in.. Seriously, tears at the ready!)
See you next Friday on the Spin Cycle!
What did you do to DeeMarie on that spin cycle. She's in there 6 times (yes, I counted!).
did she get stuck in there or are you horsewhipping her until she produces the goods!
Posted by: Tara@Sticky Fingers | November 28, 2008 at 08:55 AM
I used to try to make my whole Christmas letter rhyming.
Yep, I bet people used them to wipe their butts and light their fires. Sad.
Posted by: Rhea | November 28, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Hey, here is mine
http://colepack.blogspot.com/2008/11/spin-cycle-velcro-wall-2830.html
Posted by: carrie | November 28, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Here's mine http://kirsty815.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/thank-you-oh-great-tom-the-turkey/
Posted by: kirsten | November 28, 2008 at 10:53 AM
OMG!!! i have to write a newsletter? This is not going to be pleasant - I will have to figure out what happened all year@! All them percocets and 800mg Ibuprofen really did a job on my brain cells!!!
Oh and huge shout out to you from I-95!! I know you are an I-75er but whatever!!!! Have fun - let me know if Sawgrass/Broward/Coral Square (Whichever you went to) was really THAT bad!
Posted by: Krystal | November 28, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Oh!!!I was 5th - and now 6th!!! This is so totally worth it!
Posted by: Krystal | November 28, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Sorry I didn't get to the Spin this week, I know, I suck. Holiday newsletter? That could be interesting.
Posted by: Captain Dumbass | November 28, 2008 at 12:09 PM
TOP 10!!!!
Great spin this week! I think I read every single post, lol! I'm also thankful for the virtual neighborhood, and the friends I've made in the blogosphere. I never knew blogging would be so fun ;).
Newsletter, eh? Mine reads more like a status report, heh.
Happy (Black) Friday!
Posted by: goodfather | November 28, 2008 at 01:33 PM
I'm thankful for you.
I'll be spinning again this week. A new favorite part of my plans!!!
Posted by: Deemarie | November 28, 2008 at 01:39 PM
I'm thankful for her too! And you and John and Franny- boo and Mikey-pie and the entire Sapersteins!!!
Posted by: Naomi | November 28, 2008 at 01:42 PM
Sorry I almost forgot to spin this week....here I am totally late in the game!
http://www.geezlouize.com/
And next weeks spin will be really interesting seeing as when I get one of "those" letters I don't even read it, just toss it in the trash. (I know, that's really bad hu?!?)
Posted by: Heather | November 28, 2008 at 01:57 PM
Whew! Girl, I just got back from black Friday shopping and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz *snort* ...huh? What was I saying? Oh yeah - are you as broke as I am now??
Posted by: HeatherPride | November 28, 2008 at 02:49 PM
You are a far braver woman than I to venture out on this day... I only went to the he flipping grocery store and IT was jammed.
::hides until Xmas shopping season is over::
Posted by: Michelle | November 28, 2008 at 03:10 PM
hi! New follower here... Love your blog, esp the spin cycle! Gonna join up very soon.
Hope the shopping went well! (I always say I am gonna do the early bird shopping thing but then I never get my butt out of bed... Sad! Plus the crowds where I live are enough to cause a major panic attack in the parking lot alone! Blech!) Definitely let us know how you did.
:) Robin
cinnamon & honey
Posted by: Robin | November 28, 2008 at 03:15 PM
Love that picture of Sprite on the swing, she's such a cutie (and a great reason to be thankful!). Hope you scored big with the shopping today...
Posted by: Casey | November 28, 2008 at 06:33 PM
My post of 11/26 probably qualifies. There are so many reasons to be thankful, especially the people that have helped me in my life.
http://web.me.com/ferdcrotte/The_Best_Parts/Blog/Entries/2008/11/26_Ferd’s_Thanky_Music_playlist.html
Posted by: Ferd | November 29, 2008 at 07:31 AM
I hate those show-off letters so much, I'm going to have fun writing one for you this week. Love your blog, too.
Posted by: Beth, Scottsdale, AZ | November 29, 2008 at 04:57 PM
Thought I'd give it a shot:
http://michellesamom.blogspot.com/2008/11/ive-never-written-holiday-newsletter.html
Posted by: Michelle | November 30, 2008 at 08:37 PM