In Honour of My 50th Post…

I actually missed my 50th post, so this is actually in honour of my 50th post, 2 posts late...

50 Things I’m thankful for today (in no particular order):

1) Our family (the two of us)
2) My family
3) Nathan’s family (which is also my family)
4) Our friends
5) God’s love and amazing tenderness with us
6) The hominess of our house
7) The fact that the housing market has gone up since we bought our house
8) Lennox
9) Our opportunity to go back to school
10) That we are blessed with little extras like cameras and macbooks
11) That I can look forward to lasagna tonight
12) That Nathan is willing to goof off with me on a pretty regular basis
13) Nathan’s smile (the one that only I get)
14) Nathan’s smile (the one that he gives so easily to others)
15) My bed
16) Telephones
17) Skype
18) Internet, in general
19) My job
20) My paycheque
21) Nathan’s overtime
22) The rain, so that Nathan doesn’t ALWAYS have overtime and I get to see him
23) New clothes that we have been able to treat ourselves to this spring
24) The sunshine
25) The dandelions on our lawn
26) The fact that we don’t have kids yet (though I would be equally thankful if we did have kids already)
27) My morning
28) Hand lotion from Bath & Body Works
29) The fact that I’m going to live near a Bath & Body Works in a few months
30) My gift card for Bath & Body Works that I’m saving for when we live near one
31) The art and freedom of writing
32) That I can afford a pen and endless paper so that I can write
33) That my engagement ring was returned back in the day and I still have my original one because of it
34) The way God works behind our backs
35) Clean, ice cold water whenever I want it
36) My bike
37) Our car
38) Apple tree blossoms
39) Opportunity to teach piano lessons
40) Ability to play piano
41) Colours (or colors)
42) Doctors
43) My hair
44) Warmth…you know, HEAT
45) That it took me until number 45 to get stuck
46) Memories that I have (and the ability to remember things)
47) That I look forward to visits with people who I haven’t seen in a while
48) The idea of garage sales
49) To have been able to work at camp in the past
50) That I can easily think of 50 things that I’m thankful for (or at least 45)…blessed, perhaps?