Things I'm Thankful For

-Funny little girls

-Smiley baby boys

-My thoughtful, hardworking husband

-My kooky but very interesting father

-My kooky, but very interesting mother, sister, grandparents and other family

-My kooky but very interesting friends

-Sunny, warm days in November, when by all rights it should be cold and snowy

-A hot cup of coffee, an organic pumpkin ginger muffin and some theraputic knitting

-42,000 words on my novel

-New friends

-The return of my cat shadow who was missing for 6 weeks

-Fabulous neighbors

-Christmas shopping that is wrapped up before Black Friday

-Naps, and the husband that makes them possible

-Parents who understand that we don't need a million blinky light toys and thoughtfully purchased Rosetta Stone Latin software and personalized bookplate stamps for the kids instead

-Two incredibly good parent teacher conferences

-Good public radio stations

-Candy cane hunts, snowman building contests, kicksledding by the full moon, organic food dinners and candlelight walks in the woods all within walking distance of my house

Life is good.