November is here!

November is here which means my annual attempt to mark each day of the month with a thankful post is also here.    We're three days in so, here goes with 3 things I'm thankful for right now.


1- Eleanor
Just the two of us traveled to Chicago this weekend.  She is a lot of fun to spend time with.  She is thoughtful and smart and funny, too!  I have about a million and one stories to back all of that up, but she's 13 and most of her stories just plain belong to her.  But if you know her, even a little bit, you don't need any stories to know that what I say is true :)!

2- Holiday preparations
Our trip to Chicago has been so much fun and I hate for it to end--though I do miss the rest of my family and am excited to get home to them!  The weather was chilly and perfect for getting us in the holiday mood.  We woke up early and were at Macy's when they opened yesterday and loved shopping and enjoying all of the holiday decorations.  We've got some ideas for the holidays and are hoping that somehow the next two months can feel like an eternity as we try to just enjoy the moments!

3- Train travel
Traveling by train in the US is not exactly the fastest way to travel.  If Eleanor and I had wanted to be speedy we would have driven to Chicago . But we didn't care too much about speed.  We both wanted to sit back and just relax.  We've done some online shopping, planning, homework, Netflix watching and chatting.  And we've enjoyed the other people on the train.  There is a man near us who is currently on hour two of catching up on the phone with someone he must not have talked to in at least five years.  I am dying.  It is so sweet and I love it.  Also, the couple next to us brought McDonald's on for breakfast, prayed over their meal, finished up and had been snoozing away for 2 hours.