what was i thinking

So it's official, you may in fact make fun of me, mock me, and point and laugh next time i walk by because I have started a blog. I never thought that this would happen to me and I don't know what I was thinking, but it's official so i might as well use it right? But this also means that the whole world will now in fact be able to see my poor grammar and judge me on my misuse of commas and capitalization, if I thought more than 3 people would actually read this I might be intimidated by that fact, but somehow I think i'll survive.
Yesterday was thanksgiving and I realized that I have an abundance of blessings in my life. These range from things like the generic family and friends, to things like i'm glad that i got to spend my summer in delaware, i'm thankful that i'm being forced to do things that scare me like planning this trip to haiti, i'm thankful that i get to wake up every morning and know God is watching over me, and i'm thankful that i'm being taught how to be happy regardless of my material possessions. As thanksgiving was drawing to end yesterday i began to get discouraged by the number of commercials that I was seeing telling me that to be happy I needed to go out the next morning and spend lots of money on my loved ones. It is just hard to see how we can shift for a day focused on the blessings that we have and what we are grateful for, most of which are things you cannot buy, and then the next holiday that we celebrate is based on buying our happiness. I just wonder when Christmas shifted from the holiday to remember the birth of our savior into a day where we celebrate greed and material happiness. I guess i just want to see people be reminded of what is really important in life and that we all have much more than we need. But it takes time to learn and I have to continue to be patient with other people and know that change takes time, all I can do is try to show people another way and pray I make a difference.
I feel like i'm going to look back on this post one day and think why is there not something more earth shattering and prophetic, but hey this is my first post so I get some leeway, but you can expect to a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days, and all the adventures that that list will bring so brace yourselves for what is coming.