30 Days of Thankfulness

I always like thinking about the things you’re thankful for this time of year. We all have so much to be thankful for and it’s a wonderful reminder to step back and take inventory. The things we worry about day to day are so small considering all we have.

I am so very thankful for:

1. our health – this year has very much been one that reminds us how blessed we are to be 99.9% healthy!
2. a husband who is truly my teammate – who values me and treats me as his equal – and who, after 10 years, I still truly enjoy spending time with
3. a sweet daughter who amazes me every day with her knowledge, insight, humor and kindness
4. a sweet son, who is everyday more articulate and thoughtful and wonderful … and hilarious
5. a sweet puppy who loves on us and protects us from all baddies, imagined or otherwise
6. wonderful family who are fun to be with and provide us with unparalleled support
7. friends who make our days fun and keep us sane
8. a lovely roof over our heads
9. money for everything we need and a generous percentage of what we want
10. jobs that provide us with not only money, but that we enjoy and feel useful at and fulfilled in daily
11. good schools and caretakers for our kids
12. my running/swimming buddies
13. the wonderful ladies at my gym who challenge and cheer me on
14. our amazing public library system that provides me with virtually free, virtually unlimited entertainment
15. my treadmill!
16. that my kids are good eaters and will eat hot lunch at their schools once a week so we only have to pack for them 4x/ week!
17. that we have enough in the budget to pay for someone to clean the house every other week
18. living in CO … awesome weather, amazingly beautiful
19. my crazy awesome camera
20. all the mundane modern conveniences we totally take for granted (cars, running water, electricity, HEAT)
21. the interwebs (most days anyhow)
22. my flexible work schedule
23. citizenship in this wonderful, amazing, if slightly-flawed country
24. date nights!
25. girls’ nights and weekends out
26. online shopping
27. the opportunity to travel and the good sense to take advantage of it
28. quiet weekends at home
29. the time and means to create, whether on the computer at home or work, in the kitchen or the workshop
30. this amazing life as a whole. Truly I am, we are, blessed.