Say thanks

Good Morning blog readers,

How are you today? I hope you are well. I woke up feeling a little...groggy, a little resentful, a little lazy, not the way you want to approach your Monday. So I decided to do something a little different this morning. I am just going to stream of consciousness - write out a list of everything I am grateful for right now in this second. That is all I can think of doing. When we realize we are not content- all we are doing is not being grateful for what we have.

I am grateful for:

1. coffee in the morning

2. all the creamer being gone so I had to use eggnog instead

3. sunshine streaming through my window

4. being alive

5. morning music

6. my PJ shirt from Goodwill that says "Dance or Die"

7. being able to blog in my underwear

8. my niece - Eve - I heard her sweet voice yesterday

9. my mom

10. My bestie - who made me laugh last night on the phone

11. the phone

12. new friends who write songs

13. new friends who are funny and supportive

14. my couch

15. the feeling of washing your face at night

16. spirituals - singing songs to God (got to do this yesterday)

17. the computer

18. My brothers

19. my roomie who always listens

20. the soft blankey on my bed

21. creative inspiration

22. crying

23. books

24. classical music

25. my grandmothers - and how they smell/smelled

26. the HOLIDAYS

27. Christmas movies

28. gravy on stuffing

29. My Dad and My Sandie

30. family visiting for T-give

31. black nail polish

32. my guitar

33. Brandi Carlile and Feist

34. scarf weather - even in California

35. lips

36. the gym

37. second chances

38. hope!

39. yoga

40. the orange color on my living room walls

41. Bjork

42. red lipstick and big sunglasses

43. silence

44. taking chances

45. faith in something BIG

Alright, I already feel better. I feel as if I just sang "Raindrops on Roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with strings, these are a few of my favorite things!" It really does work. Thank you, Maria.

Love to you all. Have a great day - and if you ever start feeling grumpy - stop and take a second to realize how blessed you are!!!!!!!

Here's a little naked Alanis Morissette for you - #46 thing I'm grateful for

"Thank You" - Alanis Morissette

"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world." - John Milton