I am thankful:

• that I found an internship at a wonderful site with incredibly kind people.  I get the honor of working with people when they are in their last days of life, and when their family members are going through the hardest times of their life.
• that I have wonderful parents who love me no matter what, and are incredibly supportive.  We can sit at the dinner table and talk about anything and everything.
• that we bought a $48 turkey.  14 lbs, and $3.09lb.  It’s local, antibiotic free, and free range.  I am cooking it myself!
• that school is almost done.  I am so close to the end - now I just need a job, and will enter the working world.
• for Honey Bunches of Oats.  It’s still the best cereal in the whole world.
• forThe Office, and Evan for introducing me to the American version
• for Fringe, for being the new X-Files
• for having an internship that is so much fun, that I don’t want to leave at 5pm
• for having a boyfriend who makes me laugh, smile, and writes songs about me.
• for all my friends, even the ones I don’t see very often

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I will be sure to let you know how the turkey tastes.

I’m going to do most of my Christmas shopping from handmade, or used items.  I say most because I’ve already bought two items for my parents over the summer that were new.  But I have several ideas that are handmade or used for other people.

I’m doing a lot of shopping on Etsy, which is an amazing hand made shop.  I think the best part about Etsy is the reasonably priced (or free) shipping costs.  I just had something delivered that was shipped for free, and last year, I’ve had to pay 75 cents for other items.  It’s not like eBay where you purchase something for $3, and they make you pay $9 in shipping!!

I also have the good news that I ordered our local turkey for Thanksgiving yesterday.  $3 a pound, but it’s from Bob’s Turkey Farm in Lancaster, MA (two towns over).  It’s raised right on a farm there, and I go to the farm to pick it up.  I’m supporting a local farmer, and will have a delicious bird for Thanksgiving, and not a cheap 49 cent frozen bird from Market Basket. To get birds to cost that little money, I don’t even want to think about how they are raised, and how they can get them so mass produced that they are practically given away.  No thank you!

Of course, I just watched Food, Inc. It’s the movie version (almost) of Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma. I highly suggest you watch it.

I’ve also decided to eat less meat, as I did back in the Spring.