Entries in Thanksgiving memories (4)

Thursday
Nov242011

So while we're at it, here are some things I'm NOT thankful for (2011 edition)

Admittedly, this may not be the healthiest practice, but creating of list of things I am not thankful for each Thanksgiving is slowly becoming one of my favorite Turkey-Day traditions. (Get a load of my 2009 unthankful list here and the 2010 one right here.)

Enjoy yourself today! Have a happy one, and stop feeling guilty. Just have that second slice of pie already.

This year, I'm totally not thankful for: 

  • Hang nails
  • Improper turn-signal usage
  • Stuck drawers
  • That Whitney show
  • Cold noses
  • Cold toes
  • The cold in general
  • (Also, having a cold)
  • Armpit stains
  • Commissioned-based sales people who follow you around a store
  • Stale chapstick
  • The time right between haircuts when your bangs are just slightly.too.long
  • Questionable drops of water that fall from the sky on sunny days
  • Bad puns in otherwise good television shows
  • Errant hairs
  • Realizing that your chocolate-chip cookie is actually an oatmeal-raisin one
  • Spotty cell-phone service
  • Layovers
  • Delayed flights
  • 3-1-1 for carryons
  • A burned tongue and/or roof of the mouth
  • Unwanted stickiness
  • Tootsie Rolls, or any candy trying to masquerade as chocolate (the jig is UP, Tootsie Rolls--just cool it!)
Friday
Nov262010

Before & After

Hope yours was just as delicious as ours.












Thursday
Nov252010

So while we're at it, here are some things I'm NOT thankful for (2010 edition).


After making this list last year, I thought it might be a fun (or fun for me, at least) exercise to do every Thanksgiving.

Healthy? Probably not. But neither is the second helping of sweet-potato casserole I've just heaped on my plate.

This year, I'm totally not thankful for: 

  • Charlie horses

  • Static electricity

  • Birthdays (sorry. I am not a fan)

  • Baked beans

  • Cleaning a tub

  • People who complain about birthdays (dilemma!)

  • Wire hangers

  • Password-blocked wifi

  • Dead batteries

  • iPad envy

  • Passive aggressiveness

  • Dust

  • The M train

  • Haughtiness

  • Suduko addictions

  • The Price Is Right--with or without Bob Barker

  • Plaque

  • Extreme body odor

  • Unibrows


Image sources: Turkey Hat from LittleBirdLucy at Etsy; Ham and Turkey Altered Vintage Plate from BeatUpCreations at Etsy; Turkey Leg Baby Rattle from MayaBella at Etsy

Thursday
Nov262009

So while we’re at it, here are some things I’m NOT thankful for.


  • Morning breath

  • Iceberg lettuce

  • The taste when you drink orange juice right after brushing your teeth

  • Meetings before 10am

  • Bad wigs on actors (see Nicolas Cage, Bruce Willis)

  • Tennis elbow

  • Retainers after the age of 15

  • Dry cake

  • Flakes from a sunburned scalp masquerading as dandruff

  • Pharmaceutical ads

  • Bag checks

  • Security checks

  • Lice checks

  • Greasy bangs

  • Paper cuts. Paper cuts!

  • Mysterious smells

  • Anything itchy

  • The last day of vacation

  • Breakups

  • Pigeons