Part Deux

Counting my blessing (a.k.a. my favorite things) continued:

51. The smell of the air after rain
52. Girl Scout cookies (thanks to MIL!)
53. Loreena McKinnett
54. Power tools
55. Television
56. Knowing how to play the piano (albeit pitifully)
57. George Winston
58. Public radio
59. Old jeans
60. Target
61. Wild Oats Natural Food Market
62. Living in the desert (I love it!!!)
63. Behr's Lilac Whisper paint
64. Discovering I can scrapbook
65. Solitaire
66. Google
67. Free nights and weekends on the cell phone
68. Wordless picture books (Tuesday and The Gray Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher being my favorites)
69. Poking my husband in the ear 'just because'
70. Peanut butter M&M's
71. Baths in jetted tubs
72. Bath and Body Works: Warm Vanilla Sugar, Coconut Lime Verbina and Citrus Basil
73. Mary Kay Face Scrub
74. Watching my son play on the playground
75. Pushing my son on the swings
76. Playgroup!
77. Strong women
78. Modern medicine
79. Watching my son be content playing with a plastic box
80. New bras
81. Reese's peanut butter cups
82. Manicures
83. Cherry wood furniture (dark stained)
84. Art by Cheri Blum
85. Good Night Moon
86. Nursery Rhymes
87. New books by Chris Stewart
88. Being functionally fluent in another language
89. Handmade cards
90. Pop-up books (and knowing how to make them)
91. Cordless phones
92. The feel of towels fresh from the dryer
93. Irish Soda Bread (and the family tradition that goes with it)
94. Finding a 12 pack of Diet DP on sale for $1.50
95. The Food Network
96. Discovery Health Channel
97. PBS
98. House
99. 24
100. Planning getting my Ph.D.

But It's Only Been 2 Months!!!

OK...It's official. I suck. Life became insane after Winter Break finished. School is nuts, and I've had major home changes too. But, I'm alive and coming up for air! I read something from one of my MOFs today...and it's inspired me. I need to start appreciating things in my life, so I'm counting my blessings:

1. Snickers Minis
2. Diet Cherry Vanilla Coke
3. Sleepy baby smiles
4. Eskimo kisses
5. Martha (previous sitter)
6. Karen (new sitter)
7. Cute puppies...particularly Daschunds
8. Knowing I can interview for preschool positions for next year
9. Having an appt to check out Daniel's speech/language
10. Dark Chocolate anything
11. Diet Dr. Pepper at Sonic with extra ice
12. Pebbles In My Pocket
13. BOOKS!!! Specifically vol. 2 of The Kingdom and the Crown series (current read)
14. New windows...so I don't have to hear my neighbors conversation from my bedroom.
15. New curtains
16. My digital camera
17. Daniel running to me when I pick him up at daycare and him smothering me with no less than half a dozen kisses.
18. My laptop is fixable
19. Watching my son say "nite-nite" to everything in the house before going to bed (windows, doors, toys, furniture, etc)
20. Fresh papaya
21. Reliving pregnancy vicariously through pregnant coworkers
22. Random phone calls from my husband on bad days just to say he loves me
23. A dependable paycheck
24. Owning a house
25. Having my car almost paid off
26. My MOFs
27. Tin Roof Sundae ice cream
28. Chocolate in the teacher's lounge
29. Getting kids into programs they need (and out of my room)
30. 2 hour phone calls with my best friend
31. A Furby that doesn't seem to work anymore
32. 70+ degree temps in January and February
33. Rain this week
34. Freshly painted walls
35. Cheese (behold, the power of cheese)
36. Sonic's crunchy ice
37. A kid who thinks I'm the greatest thing in the world
38. Get Curly hair gel
39. Mentadent toothpaste
40. Curve perfume
41. Having a finished bathroom (after 17 months)
42. Touch lamps
43. Granola bars
44. Hand controls
45. Chair-Topper wheelchair lifts... that work
46. Towels still warm from the dryer
47. Fresh sheets
48. My Sunday School class of 13/14 year olds
49. My breadmaker
50. Having a sister who knows the answer to everything