Grateful

I often don't respond to tags and such, but I can't say no to my niece Sarah, who has asked that I come up with 27 things I'm grateful for today (Thanksgiving). When I didn't respond right away, she quipped, "What? Are you seriously, so unblessed?" Indeed I am not.

• Hob Nobs
• National Parks and other conservation areas
• The purse Jill got me off eBags
• Cetaphil
• iPod
• Darin, Kim, Sarah, Megan, Mathew, and Jacob
• Ibuprofen
• Danskos
• The World Wide Web
• Karen, Zack, Eli, and Max
• Trevin
• Grapes
• The fact that I have so many wonderful friends that I couldn’t possibly list them
• Books
• A healthy body
• The space heater on my desk that Tim gave me even though it wasn’t his
• Cami, Peter, Bryn, Calvin, and Lolita
• Gravity
• Michael, Jill, Mary Kate, Jonathan, and Jeffrey. And keys. And Winnie.

• Lilies
• Indian food
• Dave and Lynette
• Mountains
• Lance and Dani
• Swimming in Walden Pond under a full moon
• Orthotics
• QUALIFYING EXAMS ARE OVER!!!!!!
• Addendum: I am severely grateful for my cousin Adam. Every day.