Being Thankful - Day Thirteen

Today, I am grateful for the $4 rotisserie chicken that you can walk into the grocery store and pick up at a moment's notice.

Oh, I know this is so not anywhere near the same "important things" list that I have been listing thus far.  But, tonight, it was this very thing that made our family life so easy.  And, truly, I'm thankful that I live in a place where I can walk into a small grocery store, go grab this really, really good chicken, feed everyone, and still have chicken left over for meals tomorrow.

We get home in shifts on Tuesday because of Poodle's ballet and a late co-op class for Tooter.  And, there was an additional hiccup in the schedule today which necessitated me making an extra trip to deliver a forgotten item that ultimately resulted in my getting home an hour later than expected.  I cut up a quick salad, made some pasta for the kids, heated up some hot dogs for the Boy who is still the world's pickiest eater Ev-AH and says he doesn't like chicken even though he likes the smell of it, make some garlic toast, and BAM.  Everyone has something to go with the chicken that they like, it's easy for me, and it's cheap.

I'm thankful to have it!

And, Mom, I saved the bones this time.  :-)  There will be homemade stock in the future, for sure.