Thankful

This year when we go arond the Thanksgiving table to say what we are thankful for, I know the usual suspects will come out: family, health, jobs, a roof over our heads, the financial blessing to buy our first house, my daughter. I am truly thankful for these things. But what about the less obvious things we are thankful for? Things like:

1. SodaStream. This little contramption sits on my counter and provides endless seltzer water at the touch of a button. Add a little syrup, and it makes Sprite or Diet Coke. It is a dream.

2. Costume Jewelry. Not the fancy stuff, but the fun, inexpensive stuff that you buy because it is cute and trendy and $15. I love it.

3. Batman. Evelyn is in a mega Batman phase, and it is SO MUCH BETTER than a princess phase. I'd rather her idolize a butt-kicking dark anti-hero over a cutesy helpless special-because-her-dad-is-king character any day. Plus, capes are more fun than woodland creature friends.

4. Yarn. I don't get to knit as often as I'd like, but I still love yarn. I love the smell, the feel, the colors. I love the sheep it comes from and the awesome things you can do with it.

5. Sleep. Again, I don't get to sleep as often as I like, but I love every moment spent in my bed, head nestled upon my pillow. The greatest gift I've ever given myself was to marry a man who loves to sleep as much as I do, and doesn't think it is character flaw that I prefer bed to pretty much anything else.

6. iPad. I love it. The iPad is the greatest invention ever. Babysitter, library, jukebox, video camera, organizer, calendar, inbox, TV, movie theater, game center. It is magic.

7. Meg and Melissa. I made two new friends this year. That's probably the most friends I have made since meeting Jon. I may even have made a THIRD friend, Claudia, but that is yet to be seen. New friends feel awesome.

8. Queen. Evelyn really likes Queen songs, and singing along to "Somebody to Love" is the best ever. I'm glad I can enjoy some of the same music as my three-year-old instead of listening to Barney and Friends or A Very Chipmunk Christmas over and over and over...

9. Tim Tebow. Aha hahaha! Psych! No. I hate Tim Tebow.


So what are you thankful for outside the realm of family, friends, jobs, homes, money, health, smiles, children, parents, pets, etc?