Thankful Month

In the spirit of Thanksgiving I have decided to focus on things I am thankful for this month.  Join me in this focus and let me know what you are thankful for.

Last week, I was thankful I lived in Houston!  In spite of the still-summer-like weather it was a good week to be a Houstonian.  We, and I mean the Astros with my diligent help in the "watching, stressing, cheering, orange shirt wearing" department, finally won a World Series!  The city was the happiest place on earth for the week.  Everywhere you went there were people wearing Astros shirts and smiles.  I watched every inning of every game beginning with the ALCS against the Yankees and then the World Series against the Dodgers.  It was high adventure!  A sports junkie's nirvana!  Both series went the full 7 games, which was exhausting and exhilarating all at the same time.  We were a city full of Halloween Astros Zombies!

Feel the joy!
Thanks Astros!

When the series was over many of us wondered what we were going to do at night, once we caught up on our sleep.  There were many late nights involved in pulling our team to victory.  Anything on television now pales in comparison to the weeks of nail biting baseball.  I am thankful our city has something to celebrate together!

I am also thankful for good friends.  Our anniversary friends came to visit us for a few days last weekend.  We did what we usually do and caught up on life, ate good food, drank some good wine (or good bourbon), explored a new part of Houston and planned our next anniversary trip.  Next year we will both be officially married for...ever!  This anniversary deserves a great trip.  Stay tuned for the destination of choice.  Part of the fun is in the planning.

Waiting to see what is down below....

The Houston Cistern is a very cool place!
Which made me thankful for my photography class that
opened my eyes to this hidden gem.

In closing, now you can all be thankful this is my last post about baseball for a while!  OK, one more time....Go Astros!