Thankful

Sorry, no pictures here. I have a wealth of them waiting on my camera but for now this is what you get because this is what I need: to count my blessings.

1. I am grateful to have a job that I can get home from and feel like I've helped someone.
2. I am grateful just to have a job and feel productive.
3. I am grateful for sisters. Especially when they call just because, or just to tell me to look at pictures of their new little baby, or when they talk to me when I call just because.
4. I am grateful for my mom who is my best friend and is great at keeping my company on the phone during my long drives home.
5. I am grateful for the view from my front porch. Our trees have been the last ones to change colors and I love holding on to the brilliant colors of fall before the BROWN takes over everywhere.
6. I am grateful for my ward family and that they think to make sure we have a place to go for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
7. I am grateful that I am able to fly home to Utah for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
8. I am grateful for finding new friends.
9. I am grateful for all the friends that do so much to let me know they still care and work to keep our friendship strong, across all these years and all these miles.
10. I am grateful for Facebook and having grown-up chat conversations with my niece Kasadee. I can't believe she's a freshman in high school!
11. I am grateful for all the technology that lets me feel close to those that are far away.
12. I am grateful for finding new favorite place to eat and fun local things to do.
13. I am grateful for our little house. It couldn't be in a better location for my work and Dustin's school and all the little details are just so cute!
14. I am grateful for my health- being sick for awhile makes you realize just how great it is when you feel good. (I'm still getting over a bad case of bronchitis and a sinus infection)
15. I am grateful for my 9 nieces and 1 nephew and all the joy that they bring to my life.
16. I am grateful for my education and that I'm done with school!
17. I am grateful that I still find joy in the little things, like finding therapy toys on sale, and that I have friends who understand my excitement.
18. I am grateful for my wonderful husband who makes me feel beautiful on my most blah days, who sees challenges as adventures, who helps me to see the glass half full, who is patient when my emotions get out-of-control, who I can be silly and goofy with, who is my best friend!

Okay, now I need to get back to my pile of paperwork. To be continued...