Reasons to be grateful.

I posted a Facebook status earlier today about something being one of 100 things I am grateful for today. About that same time, I thought it would be fun to think of the 99 other things I am grateful for. So I did. I thought it would be hard to make it to 100 but it really wasn’t. Give yourself a treat and think of things and someones you’re grateful for. Then tell ’em!

Here are 100 of mine (in no particular order other than the top seven):

1. My wonderful, wonderful husband who gets too many to-do lists and not enough thank you’s.
2. My two healthy kids who make me laugh deeply and often.
3. My parents, parents-in-law and grandparents who took (and still take) great care of me even though they don’t have to.
4. My sister and absolute favorite brother-in-law ever (this is a provable fact)
5. The many friends we have who are more like family
6. That I work in very close proximity to my mentor and one of my favorite people on the planet
7. The Unfortunates
8. Snoring dogs
9. That I can end a sentence with the word for
10. The Chrysler building
11. My neighbor who got me gardening and introduced me to Pinckney’s Produce
12. The Arts, in general
13. My kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Amstutz, in particular
14. Bookmobiles
15. The WECO building sign
16. Atomic Ranch magazine
17. Bacon
18. Smart tennis instructors
19. Facebook
20. Midcentury Modern anything
21. My iPhone 4
22. My dirigible computer case from Brokesy
23. That I get to do something I love every day
24. Breakfast for dinner
25. Kids’ artwork
26. Crayons and coloring books
27. The smell of brand new tennis balls and shower curtains
28. A gas range
29. A “cool” station wagon
30. That we got an accountant
31. Augusta National
32. Star Wars action figures
33. Etsy
34. That locally grown food is as cool as it is good
35. Books
36. Camping
37. My new tennis racquet
38. Fair food
39. Ladies’ quad
40. Freedom, infrastructure and the many things my taxes afford me
41. People who like to make decisions
42. Calendars, list and organizers
43. Forest Lake Garden Center
44. My time as a bartender at The Village Tavern
45. The Kingsman’s cheese steak on Texas Toast
46. Texas Toast
47. Birthday cake
48. The Tour de France
49. Vanity Fair magazine
50. The children’s book, The Little House by Virginia Burton
51. The right to vote
52. Forsythia, which blooms just when winter’s gone on long enough
53. Artists
54. People who support the arts
55. When people get the giggles
56. Harmony School
57. Corn on the cob (in season)
58. My garden
59. Birdfeeders
60. Good fonts and paper
61. Hot dogs and cheeseburgers especially when both are on my plate at a picnic
62. My Wednesday Weight Watchers group
63. Books and libraries
64. Cool hilarious people like Stacey and Joey Leroy
65. That I met Chris Daly in summer school in 1986
66. Kids’ birthday parties
67. #gamecocks
68. The coffee cup college graduation gift from the Riley’s that I have used almost every day at work since 1992
69. Steve Spurrier quotes
70. Folding baby laundry
71. Bourbon
72. The sound of laugher from anyone, especially if they’re laughing so hard there is no noise
73. Divided plates
74. College football
75. Keyboard shortcuts
76. The statue of Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney holding hands
77. Farmer’s Markets
78. That I can read and write
79. Create-A-thon
80. Coffee
81. My 1957 ranch house
82. Fair Haikus
83. Avocados
84. Guster
85. That there’s a developer trying to bring Richland Mall back to life
86. Taco trucks
87. The original Tick cartoon show
88. Fallingwater
89. Legos
90. Optimists
91. Simple, ultra-smart logos
92. For people who can read and play sheet music
93. Inspiration
94. My Star Wars car sunshade
95. For anyone still reading this
96. People who “save” old houses
97. Fragment sentences
98. Cheese
99. That I actually enjoy running
100. For the hundreds of other things I don’t know I love … yet!