50 Things I'm Thankful For

I have a zillion things to be thankful for and here are fifty of them.

1. The Internet. The single greatest invention of our time, I say.
2. My pit-bull mix, Jeely. For teaching me that saying "never" most of the time doesn't work.
3. My circle of friends. You people rock.
4. Being alive. When asked what the most surprising thing about my heart transplant experience was, I always respond "that I made it out alive." No joke. It was tough. I am incredibly grateful, even now, to be alive.
5. iTunes. How did I organize my music before? And talk about instant gratification.
6. Really good design
7. Noise cancelling headphones
8. My new-to-me car and the friends that sold it to me.
9. The fact that I can dispose of my old dead car easily and free just by donating it.
10. Adobe products - most especially Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop
11. A fantabulous husband who is also my best friend
12. My crackberry (I'd be lying if it wasn't there!)
13. Having a challenging and fulfilling job
14. Legend of Zelda series and Rock Band for keeping me off the streets
15. My mom and dad for being my inspirations
16. Caramel macchiato lattes
17. An affordable warm house
18. My former low sodium diet for getting me off my butt and into the kitchen
19. Facebook
20. Digital cameras
21. Almost everything that comes off a pig
22. Sleeping
23. Food that is so good you want to cry
24. That I can leave my job at work so I have plenty of time for playing
25. Treadmills (and that I can use them at ridiculously high inclines)
26. Movies that make me laugh and that have no blood splatters
27. People demonstrating kindness
28. Google. Oh Google and your assorted and sundry products, I love thee.
29. Wireless internet and the fact that I can get wireless internet/VoIP on my crackberry
30. My incredible sister
31. Color
32. Living on the plains but only 20 minutes from spectacular mountains
33. The possibility that a public option might actually happen (no more pre-existing conditions! no more lifetime cap!)
34. A husband who is a computer genius
35. Sweatpants
36. Blogs
37. My cats even though they never leave the laundry room any more
38. A husband who makes wonderful lattes so we can occasionally save a couple of bucks
39. Ready to assemble furniture until such time we decide that's where we want to spend our money
40. Danskos
41. Digital cameras for giving me something to scrapbook
42. Art museums
43. The Lord of the Rings books and movies
44. Tivo. How did we live without this?
45. Hulu. For when I forget to set my Tivo.
46. Dishwashers
47. My choirs for giving me a voice and not just for singing
48. My night-owl genes because I love being the keeper of this legacy
49. My new(ish) heart and the individual who said yes to being a donor
50. God

Happy Thanksgiving!