Thanksgiving.... What are you thankful for?

[gnubee]

Well Thanksgiving is coming up for most of us, We Canadians have cheated and already had ours.

Which brings up the question . What are you thankful for?

Some of mine.....

1. My Wife
2. My Health.... such as it is
3. My Sanity ... Got a Bro in law with early Altzheimers
4. Cowgirl
5. The great mods and admin on here
6a. SMF
6b. Stickeys
7. ronp, pineywoods, Irishteabear, Grouper Sandwich, ALX, Vlap, solarYellow, laurel, Bob, Bill, Dan, and many many more of the regulars Here and in the Chat room.
8. Newbs ..... I learned most of what I know about smoking from reading newb questions and the answers they generated.
9. My Kinfolk, even my in Laws. ( My wife complained that I never say anything nice about her family, to which I replied, Well they have nicer inlaws than I do.) A compliment right? Still got me in trouble, ya can't win.
10. Properly smoked ribs, Butts, ABT's, etc et al.
11. Hunting and fishing with the Grandkids
12. The instant response with genuine love and care you always get if you ask for a prayer here on SMF
13. My dogs, Casa, Bud, Buddy, Buddy, Buddy, Lady, and Misty. (all pound puppy rescues ) People have got to quit calling their unwanted dogs Buddy
14. Ok ok all right My wife's Cat Bottle .
15. My tiny little orchard of 6 fruit trees and 20 grape vines.
16. Winning an electric wheelchair just at the time in my life I really needed one
17. Whitetails and Mulies
18. Turkeys ..... you know who you are
19. The brave men and women of all the forces protecting us both home and abroad.
20. Most of all God and his gentle son Jesus


Theres lots more thats the short list.

 

[bmudd14474]

My number one has to be god then my wife and kids.

 

[markh]

God, Family, Freedom.

 

[the dude abides]

1. God
2. Cowgirl
3. Wife & kids
4. All the other crap

LOL

 

[alx]

At this moment i am thankful my cat wanted in front door.Fire it up sent me 55 pounds of peach wood and it would have got soaked tonite in the box.....

Also what others have listed and for this site....

 

[7000ft smoker]

not in any order but....


my buddies. Paul and Tony that got my addiction to smoking started 5 years ago.

my parents... they still use a kettle webber 2x a week!
pork ribs,butt/shoulder, fatties

the basics..job, food,shelter,woman,pets,running water,toilet paper hot showers...ect.

 

[scpatterson]

You know I should be more thankful for alot of things that I take for granted. I like the simpler things...

I am very thankful for our boys fighting for all these things we are greatful for first off. None of this would be possible without them

All of you in blue that protect my family while Im not there
BMudd and Flatbroke...to name 2...

But
My children which means the world to me
The misses which takes very good care of those kids...
A good job for a 9 grade drop out...
Most of all Im Thankful that I get a chance to take what I have in life and help others with that. We do angels kids for christmas as gifts to me and my wife and all 3 kids also get 1 each as gifts and we go shopping for them and I enjoy that very much.....

And not to sound corny but to all of you on SMF. You guys have made my trip from home (which is not easy) a little bit easier this time. I have been keeping busy trying to find the strange and unusual for the daily post Im doing and it keeps me occupied....

Man Im gonna miss Turkey day..........I may just stay outta here tomorrow so I dont have to see what you guys are doing

 

[ronp]

Being alive, Carol, my 2 kids, Jackpot and Luckie, and of course all the buds that either befriended me or I have befriended here.

Happy holidays all!

 

[forluvofsmoke]

ALOT!!!!!!!!!!!

Couldn't begin to list it all...let me just say that if I complained about how my life is going lately, I'd be considered an idiot......

I will say that everyone here has made this my second family/home.

Eric

 

[gregzee]

Off the top of my head, The Wife and Kid. They've both put up with me so well and support my crazyness. Im Thankful that there are other ppl in the world more brave than me that are willing to fight for me and put up with much more than I.

 

[captdave57]

my beautiful Janie, she's my beacon in the night that guides me to safe harbor.
my health,
my freedom....God, please bless our troops and bring them home soon, and thank you for the brave men and women who have gone before us, defending our beloved United States of America.
my job,
people that still have warmth in their hearts and a sense of decency and common courtesy.
so much else......

 

[mr mac]

As you know, my current billet is as the associate pastor of a small church here in southern Oregon. I also help with the U-Turn for Christ program which is, “is a 2-month minimum residential ministry of restoration, designated primarily for men and women struggling with the sin of addiction.” What you don’t know is that my wife and I are separated because of the same type of addiction that has plagued our own family. She left Oregon to return to St Peters, MO to help our oldest who suffers from a drug addiction. I was supposed to move back to St Peters myself but the economic downturn has precluded me from finding a suitable job back there.

That said I am thankful for the comfort provided to me by God where my family and our relationship is concerned. Our marriage is strong and my time in the military prepared us for this separation. Paul said it best in his letter to the Philippians, “Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” It’s that last line that I’m truly thankful for this year.

Mac

 

[meat hunter]

I'm thankful for a wife who puts up with my b.s. My two best hunting buddies, my kids. So many things that one takes for granted, it's hard to nail down specifics. My mom once told me, "You will be lucky to have these 3 things at the same time. Happiness, Health and Wealth."

Were working on the wealth thing LOL, and I'm thankful for the other two.

 

[jaxgatorz]

Tim Tebow

 

[blue]

Wife, Kids, family, job and everything else.

 

[beer-b-q]

Christ our Savior
Being Alive
Living In The Greatest Country In the World (Even With Current Problems Still The Best)
Family
Old Friends
Friends Here
Our Military Men and Women
Cowgirl (Our Dream Girl)
Oh Yeah, Smoking Meat BBQ

 

[walle]

For once again waking up on the right side of the grass..
For my wife, kids, and family..
For a good job..
For great neighbors..
For all of the sacrifice and fortitude it took to build this great nation..

 

[irish dog]

I am thankful for .... Jesus Christ who unselfishly died on the cross for me so I do not have to spend eternity in hell
Family
health
guns
freedom and

Our forefathers who had "a boundless faith in God." That almost sounds strange today in a time when powerful forces are at work in our nation to strip us of every reminder that the very foundation of our nation was built upon the conviction that we are "one nation, under God."

 

[mballi3011]

I have alot to be tankful for like:

1. My Wife.
2. Our Kids.
3. There Kids.
4. The Big Guy upstairs
5. The soldiers that protect us and our son too
6. My health
7. My smokers/grills too
8. SMF for the joy you all bring to me
Being a fat kid and being able to eat everything I wish and blaming it on something else. Now those are just a few things but I could go ion half the day but thats the jesst of them.

 

[ashman]

My list as well, same order...