I am thankful for

1. Selling my house for about $75K more than it is worth today and about $150K more than it will be worth a year from now.

2. Not listening to any of the so-called real estate experts who told me I was foolish to sell because real estate always goes up.

3. Selling the vast majority of my equities earlier this year and missing out on the current stock market mini-crash.

4. Not listening to any of the so-called Wall St. experts whose only line is stocks always go up.

5. Buying gold and silver earlier this year in anticipation of the dollar's collapse.

6. Making the decision a long time ago to never owe any money to anyone again (potential future mortgage excluded). No credit card debt, no car loan, no nothing.

Now on to the eating....