Thankful

I feel like I have been Negative Nancy lately! With Richard, Ellie and I all sick, having to miss our Tennessee vacation, and putting up with house guests, I have, without realizing it, started extending Pity Party inviations. Forgive me. To change the mood, here is my Thankful List for today:

1) I am thankful for my back yard. As you can see from the picture on top, it is absolutely gorgeous. Looking out my patio door makes me happy.

2) I am thankful for good coffee with real cream (a perk of hosting guests...I splurge and buy half-and-half cream!)

3) I am thankful for my dishwasher.

4) I am thankful that our mail box is right across our driveway, so that we don't have to walk a mile in frigid temperatures to collect our snail mail.

5) I am thankful that Ellie pooped this morning (she hasn't gone for three days and I was starting to get worried).

6) I am thankful that my in-laws are on their way to Nashville and that all their flights were on schedule today.

7) I am thankful for my sister.

8) I am thankful for "my girls".

9) I am thankful that somebody invented super glue (it fixed Ellie's high chair today).

10) I am thankful for yummy-smelling candles.