my obligitory list...

• I suppose first & foremost I'm thankful I don't have Cancer (as far as I know)... my lymph nodes are still VERY swollen & sore, and (believe it or not) we're STILL waiting on some test results...
• I'm thankful for the Doctors, Nurses & CNA's that took care of me for my 2 week stay in the hospital.
• I'm thankful that I have wonderful friends who listen enough to leave me alone when I don't feel good, but ignore me enough to still check in and keep in touch... otherwise I'd probably become recluse.
• I'm thankful for the internetz... and the relationships built thru it... I love that you all invite me to share your lives with the forward knowledge we'll probably never meet... it gives me something to look forward to daily. For those of you I do talk to "IRL"... a special thanks for being just as amazing in real life as you are on my computer monitor!
  
• Silly thanks next.... I'm thankful for my Jeep, my LapTop, my cell phone (and text messaging), a comfy bed & down duvet, hoodie sweatshirts and jeans that make me look skinnier than I really am, XBox & big ol' panel TV's, inexpensive yet still soft and pretty crochet yarn (Miss Ann... I have questions for you!!!), Great Lash mascara & Benefit BeneTint, good coffee & tea... and all the stuff I take for granted....
• Next...the unconditional love of my sisters... who surprise me more and more as time goes on... I moved 5 hours away from them a week after my 19th birthday... (I'm 35)... Mama Girl was 7 and Baby Girl was 3... as sisters normally go... we weren't a close as I wish we could have been... but that was my fault... now that we're all "adults" (the youngest just turned 20), I realize that they love me more than I ever realized and it feels good.
• Finally... Mom & stepDad... I can't begin to fathom everything to thank them for... so we'll just leave it at that.

I hope you all have a superb holiday!.. and for those of you outside the states... I just hope you have a wonderful day!

Best wishes to you & yours!