Being Thankful

Good morning, it's Monday.  Thanksgiving where I live.  I spent some time this weekend thinking about "thanksgiving", what does it all mean anyway?

Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in much of North America, generally observed as an expression of gratitude, usually to God. The most common view of its origin is that it was to give thanks to God for the bounty of the autumn harvest.

In the United States, the holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. In Canada, where the harvest generally ends earlier in the year, the holiday is celebrated on the second Monday in October, which is observed as Columbus Day or protested as Indigenous Peoples Day in the United States . 

Wikipedia states,

Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day (Canadian French: Jour de l'Action de grâce), occurring on the second Monday in October, is an annual Canadian holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season. Although some people thank God for this bounty, the holiday is mainly considered secular.

On January 31, 1957, the Canadian Parliament proclaimed:

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A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed … to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October.

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So there you have it.  Not quite.  I'm thankful for my family, my freinds (some are one and the same), my co-workers and my great job, being successful and being happy and healthy.  It's a personal thing isn't it?  I'm thankful each and everyday and really, Thanksgiving, isn't it just an excuse to gather, cook and overeat isn't it? 

Nicholas bought an apple pie yesterday (shudder, no, I didn't make one) ~ he ate almost the entire thing himself.  Do you suppose he was thankful?  I'm thankful that I have a healthy growing son who has an appetite I can afford to feed! 

No baking for us for quite a while.  Seeing the Mr. Olympia competition (yes, thankful we can do that sort of thing) lit something within Chad and I.  We are being very strict with our diet and are at the gym everyday.  Thankgiving dinner this year (we celebrated yesterday) consisted of white turkey meat (no skin of course), LOTS of veggies, no dressing (you may know it as stuffing), no pease pudding, no cranberry sauce and a gravey thay was made of vegetable stock (home made) with no pan drippings!  It was extremely tasty.  I cannot believe how my tastes have evolved and changed in the past few weeks.  A potato is now the most bland, plain vegetable on my plate (it isn't even a vegatable is it, but a starch), and the other veggies, without butter or salt were so tasty!  Sweet potato is the best, so is cauliflower!  Yes, I'm thankful for my new found healtier ways and the possiblilty of actually taking weight off this long weekend (there's a switch!)

So here it is, Monday morning.  Thanksgiving.  I'm thankful for all five of you who I have shared this blog with.  You mean the world to me in so many different ways.  You also know who you are.  I love you.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday - wishing you happiness and greatness every single day!