30 Things to be Grateful For

Done with my moody blues from yesterday.  Maybe just knowing I don't have to go to work for the next day and a half is putting me in a better mood.  Probably also because my cough/cold is starting to clear up.  Either way I'm in a more positive mood today.

Hey, it's the week of Thanksgiving and we're supposed to be thinking about the things we're grateful for anyway.  I know I have a lot of things in my dream book that may never manifest (though I certainly hope they do) but I already have a lot that used to be in that dream book.  I can physically touch them, hear them, see them.  They really are here right here, right now.  I have memories of things, pictures of things that absolutely DID happen.  I can absolutely say I have been given a blessed life and today I am grateful!

I see a lot of people start this 30 days of gratitude thing every November.  I see it go on for about 10 days and then it stops.  I do it, too.  I say I'm going to make it this time and somewhere around day seven or eight I've already forgotten about it.

Well, here's my list of 30 things to be grateful for:

1. My mom
2. My children
3. My husband
4. My dogs
5. My new home here in California
6. My car
7. The food in our refrigerator, freezer and pantry
8. My job
9. My bed
10. Electricity
11. My computer
12. The internet
13. My ability to read
14. That I have all of my senses working properly
15. Our trip up to the mountains this past weekend.
16. Our new church
17. The homeschooling group we've become a part of
18. Peace and quiet
19. Music
20. Prayer
21. That my children, husband and I are healthy
22. Our creativity
23. The lovely conversation I had with my son a few days ago.
24. coffee
25. books
26. My son laughing in the other room right now.
27. Netflix
28. God
29. Spending every day with my children.
30. For every experience I've ever had making me who I am.