yet more things to be thankful for

While I'm very pleased with the Christmas gifts I received this year I realized today, as I strolled the mall with my youngest granddaughter, that there are some things that I'm really glad I didn't receive. No one signed me up for Ancestry DNA, or named a star after me or gave me any of the endless varieties of Chia Pets. For that matter no one gave me a real pet either. Life is good.