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Thursday, November 25, 2010

I'm thankful...

for my funny, compassionate, fabulous husband! He:

goes Black Friday shopping in New York City

is a cycling wonder

loves ice cream (or in this case gellato) almost as much as I do

is a master at putt-putt golf

can be goofy at times

loves Cedar Point more than anywhere else

has never met a palm tree he didn't like to relax on

is a lover of trees

always studies the wine list

is a power nap-taker

pretends to be an Indians (& Seminoles) fan for my sake

looks awfully dashing in a tux

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

I'm thankful...

for all the opportunities to travel the world.

Barbados

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Chicago

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Las Vegas

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Florida

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New York City

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Turks and Caicos

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Bahamas

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Seattle

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Canada

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Maine

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Boston

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Sicily

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Pompeii

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Florence

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Rome

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Pisa

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Villefranche, France

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Barcelona

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

I'm thankful...

for my wonderful family... past, present & future.

Thanksgiving Day, 2008

Wedding day, 2007

at an Indians game with my awesome brother-in-law, 2010

One of my four aunts, one of my four uncles, three of my 14 cousins, 2008

Welcoming my brother home from six years of Air Force service, 2010

Dad & me in Barbados, February 2010

Monday, November 22, 2010

I'm thankful...

for my amazing friends.

Forever friends...

New(er) friends...

Very dear friends...

Friends who were your friends way back when...

(we were so young once!)

Your husbands friends who became your friends...

(a countdown leading up to Thanksgiving on what I'm most thankful for)

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

In my non-photographer life, I work in politics. I worked for various members of Congress for the first six years of my working life & now have a job that revolves around what the president & Congress are doing. In my world, election day is not just another day. It's a holiday. A day when there are winners & losers. A day when jobs are lost & careers are started.

I stayed up late last night... much later than normal, furiously refreshing the Twitter (that's @christinasaull if you're interested) feed on my BlackBerry, trying to get the latest results on the races I was actually interested in, which of course were not what CNN/MSNBC/Fox News/anyone was showing (I actually turned off CNN & watched HGTV most of the night, which was refreshing).

I won't get into who won & who lost here... but will say that the biggest feeling I came away with yesterday was one of pride & patriotism (okay, that's two feelings). We are so lucky that we live in a country where every citizen, regardless of race, color, or creed is allowed to vote. We are so lucky to live in a country where we can go vote without the fear of being shot at or blown up while doing so. We are so lucky to live in a country where a change of the political party in power does not mean the whole government collapses.

If you voted yesterday, regardless of who you voted for, thank you. If you did not & are eligible to, I ask you to reconsider next time around. It's the least you can do.