I am thankful for,,,

-my incredible family for constant acceptance
-freddy for loving me and helping me focus on the joys of life
-the support of all the incredible women in my life (chances are that if you are reading this you are one of them. You have no idea the difference you have made in my life this year and I am so fortunate, for you have been so positively uplifting).
-the gift of life, living it, and experiencing it
-faith and peace, even if sometimes the peace is only in my heart, but I'll take it :)
-my desire to constantly learn and question
-my job and the opportunities it has given me
-health
-finally embracing my voice and using it the way I should
-all the people who included me in their celebrations today. i will never want to miss a Thanksgiving breakfast with my aunt barbara and uncle brendan!
Hope you all had a beautiful thanksgiving...and enjoy shopping tomorrow! I might hit the gap...we'll see how sleepy I am!!!

ode to the iPhone

Oh, iPhone, how I love thee, let me count the ways:

1. You are pleasing to the eye and you play my music, thus pleasing to the ears, too.
2. I get my email wherever, whenever
3. I get the Today's Special Value at QVC when I need to see it, even if I am in bed
4. THE APPLICATIONS: this is the best feature of the iPhone. I have an Obama 08, to do list, birthday tracker, wedding tracker, urbanspoon, shaazam, and pac-man. The functionality of this thing makes it worth the price tag. I no longer need to drag the planner around. It is in the phone (which goes everywhere anyway).
5. The voicemail - I see who called, click their name, listen, and hit a delete key (no 7 stuff to deal with)
6. I can google anything people need to know. yup, annoyingly wonderful way to end an argument about who stared in that ridiculous movie.
7. texting: I see all the previous texts from a person on one screen
8. less to carry in a nice little machine :)

YES WE CAN

Tonight I am incredibly proud of my country. I am so proud to be an American (I don't think I have ever been more proud of this in my life). I look forward to a future filled with hope, change, and the belief that together we will make this country, this world a better place. I am uplifted, inspired, emotional (I just cried through the entire acceptance speech) and again, so very proud.

Above all, I am honored to have as our 44th President, Barack Obama.

YES WE CAN, YES WE WILL.