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What Are You Thankful For?


Here is my challenge:
                  to list 1,000 things I'm thankful for.

 So here it is, beginning August 15, my 1,000.
{Feel free to join in}



  1.  The beginning of things: a new semester, a new project, a new season
  2. The clean feel of a fresh notebook
  3. Quiet, cool nights
  4. The full, lumpy feel of a work-in-progress scarf
  5. The voice of a far-away friend
  6. JIF To-Go cups in my lunch bag
  7. The patch of fog that glows because it can never blot out the sun
  8. The sway of jazz
  9. Sunshine laughter
  10. Professors who assign Cultural Cuisine days for extra credit
  11. Bright green trees against a bright blue sky. Emeralds against Sapphires.
  12. Being surrounded by hills
  13. Slow, foggy mornings
  14. Copper and rose hills in the sunset
  15. Dead silence before the sun comes up
  16. Plum sky driving to the gym
  17. Browned- Butter noodles
  18. Light reflecting off of drinking glasses 
  19. The clinking of coffee cups
  20. Frisbee on the beach
  21. Sandcastles
  22. Sandcastle molds and seaweed 'sword fights'
  23. My brother being my best friend
  24. Walking into warm sunshine
  25. Falling asleep right away
  26. Ginger Snaps
  27. Raspberry juice with plain yogurt (sweet & tart)
  28. Air conditioning
  29. Tree waving in the wind
  30. Camelbak water bottles
  31. Water
  32. Splashing- the way the water beads and sparkles and hangs for a split second like stars
  33. Thick, bubbly sea-foam cresting waves
  34. Drives along the coast
  35. The point where the sea and sky and mist meld into each other and become indivisible
  36. Perfect days with just enough breeze to balance August sunshine
  37. Old wooden porches
  38. Sitting on the front porch and seeing nothing but gold fields and green trees
  39. The velvety folds of a rhubarb leaf
  40. Grammy's rose printed couches to sink into
  41. Steaming mugs of tea
  42. Cats curled up with paws covering their noses
  43. Sand: soft, warm, sunshine-colored
  44. Anticipation before vacation
  45. Skype!
  46. Warm mornings
  47. Getting to class early
  48. Cream in hot cereal
  49. Moments from yesterday that make you laugh in the middle of history class
  50. A best friend you can talk non-stop with
  51. Americanos
  52. Liquid snow
  53. Sunsets- pink, mauve, crimson, saffron
  54. Sleepy-happy
  55. Being minded 
  56. Black brownie batter
  57. Satisfaction in completing a math problem
  58. The vanilla scent of fabric softner
  59. To-do lists
  60. Classes canceled so you can accomplish the to-do list you didn't think you'd have time to
  61. Lattes with leaf designs on top
  62. Children who try to out-smile you
  63. Spontaneous prayers when you've said you're tired
  64. Pictures that capture people's laughter
  65. Professors that makes their class laugh on  too-hot days before long and nerve-racking assignments
  66. A friend to eat snack with
  67. The first cold morning after a heat spell
  68. Crushed velvety cat noses
  69. Steam swirling, dancing, twirling it's way from a coffee cup
  70. The fading of one month into another
  71. Rush of school projects
  72. Toy Story clouds
  73. Sunlight so bright it diffuses everything else
  74. Full, contented laughter
  75. Stars too many to count
  76. The first rain
  77. Clouds framing the sky, coloring the world around them
  78. Audiobooks
  79. Double-shot Pumpkin Spice Lattes
  80. Peanut Butter ice cream
  81. Mounds of blankets on a cold night
  82. Books you can't put down
  83. Mis-matched socks
  84. Roaring owls
  85. Pascal's triangle
  86. Glitter nailpolish
  87. Hairspray
  88. Pink collared shirts
  89. GK Chesterton quotes
  90. Candles
  91. Nickel Creek
  92. Finding extra pens and bobby pins (the two things I always lose)
  93. New quotes
  94. The rush of cold air through the window
  95. Fabric flowers
  96. Ovaltine
  97. The perfect present idea for someone
  98. Surprise candy in my lunch bag
  99. Fleece
  100. Elves playing bluegrass and fairies playing accordions
  101. Warm afternoons in Berkeley
  102. Dahlias in a barbed wire fence
  103. New dresses
  104. Sunsetting behing a city
  105. Sun sparkling on the water
  106. Theme songs for friends
  107. Doing things that scare me
  108. 11/11/11
  109. London Fogs 
  110. Bundling up in cold weather
  111. Coming in after cold weather to tea and dryer-warmed blankets
  112. Fall Leaves with colors on fire
  113. Russian tea buns
  114. Adventuring
  115. Coldplay
  116. Choir
  117. Planning unexpected road trips
  118. Hair dye






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