As Thanksgiving rolls up, be thankful for distractions of small things like picking the right leather for your sofa, or how firm your cushions should be on a new sofa.

One of our forum members has stomach cancer and we've been PM'ing on the side back and forth as he prepared to go see the same cancer surgeon I had at Johns Hopkins. He had the procedure about 10 days ago and one of the finest oncology surgeons in the world could not remove his cancer. I just found out from him yesterday in a PM and that news was just devastating. That's the big stuff.

Enjoy the pleasure of figuring out the little stuff and be grateful for health in your life.