Weekend Thankfulness

I had a tough time picking my #12 and #13 items to be thankful for this weekend. It was  nice weekend, but I felt like I couldn't find what I was looking for. Until I realized I was looking too hard.

#12 I'm thankful that Isaac is such a good cook and doesn't seem to mind being the cook for our family.

Saturday as we left the outlet mall we passed Mighty Fine and I commented that a burger sounded good.  We very briefly considered stopping, but we limit our eating out to save money for upcoming adventures so we decided to just hit the grocery store and head home.
I won't deny that I wasn't disappointed, eating out is one of my very favorite things to do and I do it so very rarely and I was so hungry after an afternoon at the outlet mall where I wasn't able to get everything that I wanted that I moped for a minute. Isaac must have noticed my disappointment because as we headed to the store he announced that he would make burgers that night, with any thing I wanted on them. I brightened at the prospect and we discussed what all we wanted on our burgers.
We hit the store and then headed home where Isaac put together the best spread of burger toppings and we curled up to watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2 as we had bought part 2 Friday when it came out.
It was such a great evening and the burger was probably better than one we could buy. I chose avacado, bacon and cheese for mine and it was perfect! I'm thankful that I am so lucky to be marrying someone who will go out of there way to make sure I get the burger I craved!

#13 - I'm thankful for days I get to drink my coffee from a coffee mug.
Okay, that sounds weird, but hear me out. Monday through Friday after I make the morning coffee it goes directly in to the travel mugs we will take to work for the day. Weekends or holidays, however, we get to use our coffee mugs and that has come to symbolize coziness and being home to me. Isaac works from home some days and I always feel a pang of envy as I pack up my travel mug of coffee while he sips from his mug with steam coming out, still in his pjs settling down at his computer. I understand that he will be working, but he looks so comfortable as he sips from his mug, that I somehow forget that part of the scene. So weekends I try to take a moment to cradle my cup of coffee and for a moment be thankful for what it means, that I'm at home with my family with a day of freedom ahead!