Good morning, sweet pea. 🙂 Come here a second. Let me give you a big Thanksgiving Day hug because you deserve a little extra love this morning. The coffee machine is firing up, and I’m about to bake some pumpkin scones.
How are you this morning? This is the tenth (I think?) Thanksgiving we’ve had together on Makeup and Beauty Blog. Our first was back in 2007 (!).
That’s a lot of Thanksgivings…and carbs.
Here are 21 things I’m thankful for this year. What are some of yours?
- The coywolf/a.k.a Ms. Connor Claire ?
- Your constant kindness and friendship
- Another year with family and friends, good health and a roof over my head
- Loud kitty purrs first thing in the morning
- A rainbow of nail polish color options (OMG, remember when everything was a different shade of pink, red or burgundy?)
- Internet radio (Hello, old-school throwback hits from 105.1 The Bounce in Detroit. What’s up?!)
- Good lighting; otherwise, I’d look like Gollum in all of my pictures…
- The rise of the matte lipstick trend
- Spontaneous dance breaks
- Oh, gawd — locks on bathroom doors!
- Friends who text you out of the blue
- Bowls filled with persimmons from my parents
- HIIT, because if it weren’t for HIIT, I never would have discovered that I have core muscles
- Ooh! — freshly washed tapered blending eye brushes
- Doing karaoke with my family and singing “Bohemian Rhapsody” together
- Makeup cleansing oils
- When babies sleep through the night
- Selective amnesia… Trust me, it truly is something to be thankful for; otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to get through life.
- Coffee cups filled with hot, milky sweet coffee first thing in the morning
- Nutella-filled doughnuts. Side note: I’ve never actually had one, but I know they exist ’cause I’ve seen them on Instagram, and just to know that they’re out there in the world makes me happy.
- Lamps that don’t wobble (!)
Happy Thanksgiving, love. 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Happy Thanksgiving Karen!!!
Happy Thanksgiving, Tiffany!
Happy Thanksgiving, Karen to you and yours!
Thanks, Agata! Hope you had a good one. ?
OF COURSE little miss Connor is number one on that list 😀
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We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving but everyday is a good day to be thankful of all the good things we have. So this is a good exercise.
Happy Thanksgiving Karen, enjoy all your family and if you can try doing a pumpkin pound cake.
You’re so right, Efrain! Every day has a reason to be thankful. I hope you had a wonderful day!
Happy thanksgiving to you and all your family.Have a nice day and a beautiful dinner.
Thank you, Florence! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Happy thanksgiving to everybody!!!??????
Happy Thanksgiving, Carol!
The Bounce! SO GOOD.
Happy Thanksgiving Karen, Connor Claire, Tabs, and el Hub!
It’s the best station! I’ve been listening to it non-stop.
Hope you had a wonderful day. Did you guys celebrate at home this year?
We did! My parents, my grandpa, my brother, and his wife came over, and my husband cooked. We had a really good time! Jiji hid the entire visit (he’s shy) but Mina and Quincy got lots of love from everyone.
Yes! So much yes! Especially Connor Claire, Family, Tabs, and nail polish colors! Have a great one! And post a little more on HIIT, some of us need core muscles. Especially after today!
Hey Stephanie,
HIIT is life changing! You have to try it sometime. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Hope your day is filled with joy and family! I know in the past you’ve posted pictures of your delicious food, hope you get to eat more today! Thank YOU for your kindness and dedication to your readers and work, your creativity and humor that make your blog a fun place to be! <3 Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
Happy Thanksgiving Ashleigh! I hope you have a wonderful day. ❤️
Happy Thanksgiving! Hoping that everyone has a great day! Thank you to you and Tabs for all of the continued hard work that put into the blog. It is a bright spot in my day.
Happy Thanksgiving, Colleen! Big kitty hugs from Tabs. ?❤️
Hey Karen!!!
You made me smile, and that is hard to do today! I’m alone and sad. I’m flat broke and miss my family. I”m grateful for your post and that you have a big family (and a new little one) — Bless you!!! It’s a rough day but I’ll make it through. You never really know who your friends are until your out of money. I’ve discovered who they are…. and as hard as that’s been, I now know.
God Bless you Karen. Hug Tabs and Conner Clair for me….
Gina
Hi Gina,
I’m sorry that you had a tough day. I hope that you were able to have a little bit of happiness, though. Thank you for all of your kindness and sweetness here in the comments, sweet friend.
Thank you Karen,
It makes me happy when others are happy – my day will come…. I did have a sweet friend bring me some fab food!! Made my day! Thank you for taking time out to wish me happiness.
God Bless, Hope yours was beautiful!!!
Gina
1) This blog and its content creator, her daughter and her cat.
2) Zoe
3) The lady who looks after my cats.
4) Madeleines
5) Music
6) NARS Golshan lip color
7) The sunrise
8) The indigenous people who are protesting DAPL.
9) My mini library
10) My friends.
Happy Thanksgiving, Chris!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!!! I love how you are rocking glitter eyeshadow in bed! Rock on! Conner Clair is adorable as usual!
Thanks, Sakura! Happy Thanksgiving to you, too!
Melting from the adorableness of that picture, Karen, UGH! Why can’t I just reach into the screen to hug Connor Claire?
I hope you and the family had a warm Thanksgiving!
What a lovely Thanksgiving list! And I hope you had a wonderful day with your family!
Here are a few things I’m thankful for:
1. Matte lipstick
2. My Kindle
3. Fresh herbs from my garden
4. Completely finishing up a makeup product
5. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee.
6. My best friend moving back into state
7. Texts from my sister
8. My writer friends
9. Candles that smell like woodsmoke
10. My hot pink Converse
11. The local coffee shop which lets me sit & write for hours
12. Family who understands that I get social anxiety
13. Balsam fir scented hand lotion
14. Yes To primrose lip oil
15. Vitamin D
And my cousin who knows where to get a seven pack of theBalm mini matte lippies for a really good deal!
Have a restful and relaxing weekend! <3
Hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Counting my blessings today and everyday. Thanks for sharing what makes you happy. Happy (belated) Thanksgiving, Karen!
Happy Belated T-day!
Happy Belated Thanksgiving to you, Connor, El Hub and Tabs! Connor is such a beauty! Aww that big smile!!