Thanks

Michele wrote a list of 100 things she's thankful for and I thought I'd try to do the same in honour of Thanksgiving2005.

1. Warm days
2. Blue prairie sky
3. A cozy blanket
4. Hot water
5. Digital camera
6. Friends
7. Kettle chips
8. My sister's home in the country
9. My sisters
10. A dependable car
11. Baskets for my stuff
12. The squeegie I use to wash the windows
13. My gas stove
14. The back porch
15. The screens on the back porch
16. My garden
17. My house
18. Hardwood floors
19. The turret room
20. Candles
21. My red shoes
22. Ann Lamott
23. Long johns (the moisture wicking kind)
24. Warm feet
25. A snowblower that is too heavy for me to handle ;)
26. Blogging
27. Praying
28. God
29. The Holy Spirit
30. Jesus
31. Church
32. Sunday mornings
33. Babies
34. Pregnant women
35. Good wine
36. Aged gouda
37. My extended family in Holland
38. Pumpkins
39. Classical Music
40. Doors that don't squeak
41. Men who don't mind emptying mouse traps
42. Children who do their own laundry
43. Winnipeg
44. Manitoba
45. Canada
46. Wes
47. Each of my children
48. My daughter-in-law
49. My Winnipeg family-sisters, brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews
50. Front loading washing machine
51. The colours of autumn
52. My husband's boss
53. A steady, solid income
54. Good health
55. Nice smelling hair products
56. Facial tissues with lotion
57. High index lenses
58. My laptop
59. For helping Kristen write an essay today
60. Good knives
61. Kitchen Aid mixer
62. Hand blender
63. Wooden spoons
64. Cast iron frying pan
65. Fresh clean water at the turn of a tap
66. For being able to sing harmony with Tim
67. Gala apples
68. My big, beautiful house
69. The basement apartment
70. Eric's mandolin and guitar playing
71. Winnipeg weather-no earthquakes, mud slides, hurrianes or tsunamis
72. That I have no problem running up and down the stairs
73. Ibuprophen
74. Gravol
75. The spare bedroom
76. Tablecloths
77. 220 count percale bedsheets
78. The newspaper
79. Remembrance Day
80. Most of my children's teachers
81. Christmas holidays
82. Dining chairs that make you want to sit and stay for a while
83. Chai
84. Slippers
85. That I am still learning new things
86. Clean bed sheets dried outside
87. Potlucks
88. Thanksgiving dinner
89. My piano
90. Laughter
91. Fresh bread
92. Aveno body lotion
93. Water bottles
94. My neighbours-the weird ones who don't mind if we use their driveway sometimes
95. Generous people
96. A husband who is learning Spanish
97. Children who get up in the morning on their own
98. People who take responsibility for their actions
99. Curry paste
100. Good hand lotion

There you have it folks. One hundred things I'm thankful for. Anyone else?