I started to head to town for food for our weekend guests, when my husband went to the freezer and pulled out that vat of chili from this post. Oh… my.

Remember that? We’d hauled bags of dry beans from house to house, and my husband finally decided to use them up. He didn’t want to haul them through yet another move. Throwing food away goes against his nature.

Then we froze most of the chili and hauled it in the freezer to this house. Makes sense, right?

Thankfully, we had other food available this past weekend. Some of us (me) wouldn’t touch the chili. My husband’s 15-year-old brother loved it, though! He really made me happy by eating up a good portion of the chili.

After the closing went through on Tuesday, I brought over a container of leftover chili, with sour cream, cheese, and crackers. My brother-in-law’s eyes lit up like Christmas. I love that kid. 🙂

Throughout much of the weekend, my father-in-law had his wheelchair positioned to look out the window at our house. He passed the time checking his iPhone, praying for Egypt, and desperately wishing he could help his wife.

Then, at one point, he said, “Look, a deer!”

I don’t get terribly excited about deer necessarily, but I was excited to share this shot with my husband:

See the deer back there? It’s a happy Thanksgiving for the horses.

Yes, the shot is blurry. And yes, I told my husband how much better it could have looked with a better lens. He laughed (we need hundreds of other things before we need lenses)… and then he showed the picture around to his office plus a few visitors.

My father-in-law asked if he should let me know if he saw any other wildlife so I could “shoot” it. My eyes lit up like Christmas… It’s nice when someone understands me!

This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for the small things that people treasure – and I’m thankful that it’s not the same for each of us.