What I’m Thankful For: The Little Things

When it comes to all the little things that make life beautiful, I’m thankful for…

1. The way clothes smell when you pull them out of the dryer
2. Sneezing
3. Impromptu dance parties with my 3-year-old daughter
4. Hot showers
5. Authentic Mexican food
6. Removing the shrink wrap from a new DVD
7. Comfortable silence
8. Buzzing my husband’s hair
9. The Old Eurpoean in Pullman, WA
10. The scratchy sound that vinyl records make
11. Going to the theatre
12. Girl’s nights
13. Invoicing a client and getting paid immediately
14. Jack-in-the-Box chocolate shakes
15. Laughing so hard you cry
16. Getting packages delivered to your front door
17. Inside jokes
18. Scottish brogues
19. Reading something so beautiful your breath catches in your throat
20. Watching high school kids flirt
21. Compelling conversations that keep your mind buzzing for hours
22. Getting to third base
23. Hand-knitted beanies
24. Finding $5 in your coat pocket
25. Fresh-baked bread
26. New socks
27. Converse Chuck Taylors
28. Grooveshark
29. Playing basketball in the church gym
30. Carrying on three instant messaging conversations at once
31. Speaking Bulgarian to actual Bulgarians
32. When the Jazz win
33. Doing something you know you probably shouldn’t but getting away with it anyway
34. Making people laugh
35. The first time you have a great conversation with a new friend
36. The Sermon on the Mount
37. Artichoke dip
38. Text messages
39. Running on a crisp autumn evening
40. Improving a small business owner’s response to their website just by stringing a few words together
41. A Bountiful Christmas
42. When you have to pee for hours and you finally get to
43. DVR
44. Magic 8 Balls
45. A well-placed swear word
46. The Facebook “like” button
47. Scott Avett
48. The Logan Temple
49. Arguing with my family about politics
50. Checking things off your to-do list

How about you?  I’d love to hear about the little things that mean something in your life.  List a few in the comments below, or blog about it and leave a link here!  🙂

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