Time of Gratitude

Twenties minutes more to cook for the potatoes so I'll take the twenty to reflect on all I have to be thankful for this year:
* Matt- my wonderful love of my life
* our beautiful love that continues to grow
* our excitement for our future together
* our warm and cozy home and the improvements we make on it
* the price increase of its value that will make all the work feel justified not just for pleasure (hey, might as well be thankful for what's to come)
* our future children who we can't wait to welcome to this world
* our families and their health and well-being this year
* our friends and their health and well-being this year
* time with Pam before she passed
* our beautiful wedding and the financial help paying for it
* the number of supportive friends and family who were there to celebrate with us
* healthy babies born to my friends
* our pets and their easy-going attitudes and health, and the joy they bring
* our jobs and their flexibility, reliability, and stability
* a generous gift that helped us improve financially
* safe traveling
* the week we were able to spend in Idaho, despite the circumstance
* visiting Joe and getting to spend time with him
* winning several weeks of our college pick-em
* getting to take my mom to Chicago
* the amazing and surprising proposal on Dec 14, 2010 :)
* Matt being willing to move here and enjoying it so far
* making new friends
* good food
* setting good financial goals to lead us to wealth
* positive thinking
* that I feel so much more calm and happy than I've ever felt
* coaching Girls On The Run
* our health
* running and adrenaline highs
* our beautiful mountains views and forests and river
* positive relationships with family
* beautiful weather today
* fun technology :)
* my girls' weekend at the beach
* my bachelorette party and having such great friends as coworkers
* going to bed early to cuddle with my husband while watching sitcoms
* the fact that getting up at 7am doesn't kill me anymore
* laughing
* good music
* turning 30 :)
* the ability to keep faith
* coffee
* seeing friends and family get what they've been desiring
* special time alone on our honeymoon
* the opportunity for the grading papers job to discover how much I did not want continue
* cookies
* the opportunity to work from home