grateful

I find myself complaining an awful lot about a lot of things. I have much to be grateful for. Here is a list of some of 20 of those things (in no particular order of importance or grandeur--okay, maybe the first 5 or 6 are slightly more significant than the rest...):

1. Sean--and everything our marriage entails
2. Oliver*
3. my totally awesome and overly-sensitive family (don't any of you dare deny it)
4. my in-laws. I'm not sure how I got so lucky.
5. the Gospel (cliche, but true)
6. baby #2, even though the icky tummy is lingering far too long
7. Sean's job (a HUGE blessing)
8. new bakeware (thanks to my bro)
9. all of my shows I tivo that I get to enjoy after Oliver is in bed--you know who you are.
10. ourbestbites.com
11. meat. and milk. and butter. I can't even guess the gallons of milk I have consumed in the last 2 months. Baby knows what is good for shim (she/him).
12. my new, retro hot-dog cooker. my mom knows how to treat me right.
13. TOMS (a new red pair and a sparkly pair).
14. modern medicine and technology.
15. gossip magazines (mmmm)
16. books--my dad-in-law keeps my shelves full
17. my new shake-weight (I may be a beached whale in Mexico in April, but at least my arms will be toned)
18. a reliable car
19. the new space heater I got for the living room
20. good, good friends :-)

*being a big boy, eating chicken nuggets whole!

(well, not whole, but without them being cut up...)