Thursday, November 27, 2008

So thankful

Just a few of the reasons I am thankful today (not in any particular order... just the way my random mind thinks of them!):
1. I get to be a wife
2. I get to be a mom
3. Brad doesn't complain that the house is a wreck most of the time.
4. Bennett doesn't complain that I don't cook all that much.
5. Our dog is always excited for me to come home.
6. Our cat is purring on my lap as I type (and not biting me :)
7. Ice cream
8. The gym :)
9. Partners to work out with me to keep me honest and motivated.
10. Our church
11. Living Waters Sunday School
12. My Bible Study girls
13. The kindergartners in my choir
14. The Office
15. Book Club
16. My mom 
17. My sis
18. Chap Stick
19. Hondas
20. Scrapbooking
21. Sales - good ones!
22. Static guard
23. Hand Sanitzer
24. Turkey
25. Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
26. Twlight - the books.
27. Cameras
28. Bennett's hugs
29. Brad's love for trying new things
30. Bennett's teacher
31. Email
32. Crops
33. Colored Christmas lights
34. Icees
35. Soft claws
36. My grandfather
37. My dad
38. Brad's parents
39. remote controls
40. cell phones
41. The silence button on the cell phone
42. The fact that Brad doesn't care about football
43. The Christmas tree is up
44. The blow-up Santa and reindeer in the front yard
45. Dyson vacuums
46. Simona, who cleans the house once every other week.
47. Those special pens that I LOVE to write with
48. Coach purses
49. Comfy shoes
50. Cold water to drink
51. Friends who stand by me no matter what - you know who you are :)
52. Yard sales
53. My Silpada earrings that dangle. so cute
54. Bennett's excitement about learning.
55. Bennett's singing.
56. Charlie Brown - and listening to Bennett laugh so hysterically.
57. Laptop computers with wi-fi
58. DVRs
59. Scrapbooking magazines
60. Chick-fil-a
61. Cereal
62. Ebay
63. Fall leaves
64. Pictures that remind me of EXACTLY how I was feeling in that moment
65. recycling
66. Our under-cabinet lights
67. The bug man (our exterminator)
68. Traditions
69. Bobbi Brown (cosmetics!) :)
70. Hobby Lobby
71. Amazon.com
72. Grace
73. Beth Moore
74. Facebook
75. Praise music
76. Dishwashers
77. The sound of rain when I'm sleeping
78. Clean sheets
79. Aveeno sun screen
80. Sandestin
81. Walt Disney World
82. Online bill payment
83. Our financial guy
84. Shutterfly
85. Publix
86. Coupons
87. Cool weather
88. Christmas
89. Playing Go Fish with Bennett
90. Date nights
91. My travel hair dryer - why don't I get one for home too?
92. Good health
92. The ability to stay at home (even with Bennett in school)
93. Cheese
94. Lay's Baked Ruffles chips
95. Twix
96. Raisinettes
97. Surprises
98. Coke zero
99. CAbi jeans
100. Hydrangeas

Some things are big. Some are little. Some I hardly ever think of as something to be thankful for. But I am thankful. And I praise God for giving me each and every thing on the list - and the 1000's of other things I could name. I am so blessed. Blessed beyond anything I could ever deserve.

I hope you are feeling thankful too today! Happy Thanksgiving! Love, amy

3 comments:

Lisa said...

Love your list Amy - and glad you specified Twilight - THE BOOKS!! :)

Katie Burnett said...

awesome list. we all have so much to be thankful for. tell me, what kind of pens do you love?

Creating Memories said...

Love the little things on your list.