{"id":12551,"date":"2012-11-18T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=12551"},"modified":"2012-11-17T12:28:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-17T17:28:33","slug":"so-many-things-to-be-thankful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=12551","title":{"rendered":"So many things to be thankful for"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a few of things I’m thinking of this Thanksgiving<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong>, Columnist, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Can you believe that Thanksgiving is a mere 4 days away?\u00a0 How quickly time flies!\u00a0 Weren\u2019t we just complaining about how hot it was this summer?<\/p>\n

I am thankful for so many things this November, though.\u00a0 I thought I\u2019d list a few for you\u2026<\/p>\n

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  1. I am thankful that the election is O-V-E-R.\u00a0 Whatever your political persuasion, after endless weeks of bad TV ads and random, automated calls from politicians at 8:45pm, I\u2019m grateful we can discuss new important topics like extra-marital affairs by government higher-ups responsible for our national security.<\/li>\n
  2. I am thankful that I am NOT cooking the Thanksgiving turkey (so is my family).\u00a0 The thought of reaching into a whole, goosepimply, cold, dead bird to remove its bag of innards is enough to send me right over the edge.<\/li>\n
  3. I am thankful that Costco is now open for business.\u00a0 I love that I can walk in for a North Face jacket AND a 20-pound box of granola bars in the same store.\u00a0 They sell diamonds, too.\u00a0 However, I put the husband on notice that I do NOT want a Costco diamond this Christmas.\u00a0 (He was relieved)<\/li>\n
  4. I am thankful that Costco is very close to JCrew (obviously).<\/li>\n
  5. I am thankful that the YMCA is doing their annual \u201cTurkey Ride\u201d spin class so that I can pre-burn some calories.\u00a0 It\u2019s like Sophie\u2019s Choice to have to decide between pumpkin and apple pie and I just refuse to do it.\u00a0 I\u2019ll take a slice of each, thank you very much.<\/li>\n
  6. I am thankful that I think that I may have a photo to use for a Christmas card already.\u00a0 This is HUGE, people.\u00a0 If it actually is printed and mailed, it will be a miracle.<\/li>\n
  7. *I am thankful for the 3 half-days of school prior to a long holiday weekend after approximately 10 FULL days of school since the end of August.\u00a0 *insert sarcasm and a pinch of irritability here.<\/li>\n
  8. I am thankful that there are no looming ominous weather forecasts for Thanksgiving.\u00a0 I think that we have had our fair share for the rest of this year, at least.<\/li>\n
  9. I am thankful that my kids are (once again) playing on a half-dozen basketball teams with games all over this blessed county.<\/li>\n
  10. I am thankful that I get to sit at their games with fun girlfriends and chat\u2026.I mean, watch.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!\u00a0 May your day be filled with family, fun and lots of yummy food!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Just a few of things I’m thinking of this Thanksgiving By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times Can you believe that Thanksgiving is a mere 4 days away?\u00a0 How quickly time flies!\u00a0 Weren\u2019t we just complaining about how hot it was this summer? I am thankful for so many things this November, though.\u00a0 I thought I\u2019d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[245,7],"tags":[2236,255,1008,138],"class_list":["post-12551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-featured","tag-costco","tag-fashion","tag-lists","tag-thanksgiving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}