Today I am grateful for...

Sunday brunch buffets - breakfast items, lunch items and an island of desserts
My gamblin' man - for his stockpile of complimentary buffets at the Argosy
The chill in the air - begs me to wear boots and faux fur trimmed apparel
The chill in the air - keeps me from having to mow the lawn every weekend
The chill in the air - forced me to bring my plants in from the sun porch and now my home is alive
My mom - generous and talented seamstress
Google Images - seriously...what's not to love?
Monday evenings - sweats, leftovers, television, warmth

Today I am grateful for...

My internal clock - or whatever it was that didn't let me sleep past 6:55 this morning even though I forgot to set the alarm last night
Central heating - can be taken for granted if you don't have the unique opportunity to live without it for two years
Online banking - lets me know right away about "surprise" withdrawals such as quarterly payments for the monkey's viola that I forget about every single time
Pillsbury - slice and bake chocolate chip cookie dough...just one step above Easy-Bake Oven cooking
Fridays - preferably the ones on which I get paid but I like them all because of the getting to go home at 3:00

Today I am grateful for...

Holy crap! Is it Thursday already???
The Coterie Theatre - where you can still see Tell-Tale Electric Poe this week (do it!) AND Maul of the Dead next week
Job Security - sososososo busy the last few days
Holiday Mart - which at the present moment is responsible for securing the job
My coworkers - who make me laugh, who believe that God will take care of us if we ask him to and then let him, who bring yummy chocolate treats...
Toot & Puddle - when The Odyssey makes me fall asleep sitting up
My man - who is still "on vacation" and can take the monkey to school when I am running late
The rain - which I very well may use as an excuse to not go to the Orchestra Booster Club meeting tonight
Cramps - ditto
Frozen Pizza -won't ruin a perfectly good night of doing nothing by requiring actual cooking

Today I am grateful for...

Bob Marley - who must have visited me in my dreams so that I would awaken to the reminder that everything's gonna be alright
The airplane - that's bringing my man back home to me later today
Crest Animal Hospital - for accepting walk-ins and dispensing antibiotics even though my kitty appeared to be possessed by demons instead of just sick with an upper respiratory infection
My Al-Anon friends - for sharing what they do when they feel anxious...my house is now spotless!
A successful Homecoming - on Saturday night, which I hear was the "grooviest dance ever"
My monkey - yes, this is a recurring theme, but she is just the best
New Beginnings - every week, every day, every hour can be one

Today I am grateful for...

Lungs - for functioning involuntarily so that I keep breathing even when I forget to
Meditation techniques - for letting me focus on breathing when I do remember to instead of all of the things swirling around my brain
Public Libraries - including the Johnson County branch that is less than a mile from my house and the Kansas City Public Libraries that offer so many awesome free events (someday I will attend more of them)
First weekends of the month - for shopping at Good JuJu or Urban Mining (someday I will have a booth at one of them)
My God Box - where I can stuff all of my worries, indecisions and "somedays" for God to take off my hands and mind until I am ready to deal
Theater majors - one of whom recently shared with me that he visualizes the word "worry" as "whirry" which is exactly how I feel physically, mentally and emotionally when I let myself become anxious...helps me to calm my mind, body and spirit