Grateful #51-120

51. Cardboard Boxes and garbage bags for my decluttering project
52. Closets
53. Staplers
54. Rubber Bands
55. Hole punchers
56. Two whole days to organize
57. Moments of quiet
58. Occasional whole days of quiet
59. Books, books, books!
60. The ability to read those books. (Thanks, God, for eyes to see and a mind that can learn to read. Thanks, Mom, for taking the time to teach me to read.)
61. Toasters
62. Blenders--especially ones that can handle the hard stuff
63. Sister-in-law who tends my children for two whole days to give me some time to think and to organize
64. Brother who married #63.
65. Oven light that alerts me that I accidentally turned on the oven while cleaning.
66. Central heating.
67. Air conditioning (in my case a swamp cooler).
68. Water heater
69. Warm blankets
70. Pink camo jammies.
71. Fleece
72. A forgiving heat-leaf philodendron
73. A parakeet named tiger, who we now think should have been named Tiger Lily, or Tigress, but who shall forever be called Tiger, who likes to sit on my shoulder and ride around on my head.
74. Cameras
75. Videos of little children
76. New beginnings
77. The internet
78. You Tube
79. Email
80. MP3 players
81. Art Garfunkel singing "Grateful"
82. Dictionaries
83. Lessons learned in 2010
84. Lessons yet to learn in 2011
85. Good-night hugs and kisses
86. The Constitution
87. The Declaration of Independence
88. Persimmons
89. Silence
90. Warm dish water, especially on cold, winter nights
91. Two eyes that can see
92. Two hands
93. Two legs, both with feet, both will all 10 toes
94. "A heart that can hold love."  (From the song "Grateful")
95. Ears that can hear
96. A husband and children who are grateful fr the meals I cook, and who tell me thank you.
97. Refrigerators.
98. My guitar
99. The ability to sew (even though I don't do it much, and I don't like to, it's nice to know I can--thanks, again, Mom!)
100. "A roof over my head."  (from Grateful)
101. A husband who is a hard worker and a good provider, and who loves me even though it must be very hard sometimes.
102. Rain
103. Dancing
104. Clean sheets
105. Sunlight on snow
106. Real letters from people I love
107. Emails every week from the missionaries
108. Backrubs
109. Foot rubs
110. Warm slippers
111. Knowing how to cook (thanks, Mom!)
112. A mom who taught me all these great things!
113. Earrings
114. Headbands that keep my hair out of my eyes
115. Hair
116. PINK!
117. Hats
118. The smell of freshly peeled cucumbers
119. Talking to my 16-year old son for over an hour and a half just about stuff
120. A hug from my son after #119.