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):
- My wonderful, wonderful husband who gets too many to-do lists and not enough thank you’s.
- My two healthy kids who make me laugh deeply and often.
- My parents, parents-in-law and grandparents who took (and still take) great care of me even though they don’t have to.
- My sister and absolute favorite brother-in-law ever (this is a provable fact)
- The many friends we have who are more like family
- That I work in very close proximity to my mentor and one of my favorite people on the planet
- The Unfortunates
- Snoring dogs
- That I can end a sentence with the word for
- The Chrysler building
- My neighbor who got me gardening and introduced me to Pinckney’s Produce
- The Arts, in general
- My kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Amstutz, in particular
- Bookmobiles
- The WECO building sign
- Atomic Ranch magazine
- Bacon
- Smart tennis instructors
- Midcentury Modern anything
- My iPhone 4
- My dirigible computer case from Brokesy
- That I get to do something I love every day
- Breakfast for dinner
- Kids’ artwork
- Crayons and coloring books
- The smell of brand new tennis balls and shower curtains
- A gas range
- A “cool” station wagon
- That we got an accountant
- Augusta National
- Star Wars action figures
- Etsy
- That locally grown food is as cool as it is good
- Books
- Camping
- My new tennis racquet
- Fair food
- Ladies’ quad
- Freedom, infrastructure and the many things my taxes afford me
- People who like to make decisions
- Calendars, list and organizers
- Forest Lake Garden Center
- My time as a bartender at The Village Tavern
- The Kingsman’s cheese steak on Texas Toast
- Texas Toast
- Birthday cake
- The Tour de France
- Vanity Fair magazine
- The children’s book, The Little House by Virginia Burton
- The right to vote
- Forsythia, which blooms just when winter’s gone on long enough
- Artists
- People who support the arts
- When people get the giggles
- Harmony School
- Corn on the cob (in season)
- My garden
- Birdfeeders
- Good fonts and paper
- Hot dogs and cheeseburgers especially when both are on my plate at a picnic
- My Wednesday Weight Watchers group
- Books and libraries
- Cool hilarious people like Stacey and Joey Leroy
- That I met Chris Daly in summer school in 1986
- Kids’ birthday parties
- #gamecocks
- The coffee cup college graduation gift from the Riley’s that I have used almost every day at work since 1992
- Steve Spurrier quotes
- Folding baby laundry
- Bourbon
- The sound of laugher from anyone, especially if they’re laughing so hard there is no noise
- Divided plates
- College football
- Keyboard shortcuts
- The statue of Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney holding hands
- Farmer’s Markets
- That I can read and write
- Create-A-thon
- Coffee
- My 1957 ranch house
- Fair Haikus
- Avocados
- Guster
- That there’s a developer trying to bring Richland Mall back to life
- Taco trucks
- The original Tick cartoon show
- Fallingwater
- Legos
- Optimists
- Simple, ultra-smart logos
- For people who can read and play sheet music
- Inspiration
- My Star Wars car sunshade
- For anyone still reading this
- People who “save” old houses
- Fragment sentences
- Cheese
- That I actually enjoy running
- For the hundreds of other things I don’t know I love … yet!