Gratitude 2010

Happy almost-Thanksgiving, friends. I hope the day finds you happy and busy, as it will surely find me. I've made a list of 100 things I'm thankful for every year I've had this blog on the day before Thanksgiving. Check out my earlier lists: 2009, 2008.

This year has been very good to me. I have lots to be thankful for.

1. My sweet and easygoing husband

2. Brussels sprouts used as table decoration

3. Smashingly successful DIY projects

4. Black tea with milk and honey

5. Pomegranates

6. Aspiring writers and the editors who take chances on them

7. Trim rollers

8. Anna Maria Horner's fabric

9. Pretty boots

10. Diesel, getting by

11. Brown sugar pecan cupcakes

12. McCoy pottery

13. Marriage

14. Hardwood floors

15. My father-in-law

16. Maidenhair ferns

17. Success and happiness for my friends

18. Antique anything

19. Absinthe

20. Embroidery

21. Delicata squash

22. Small towns with quilt shops and great architecture

23. Patience

24. Patrick's ability to deal with bureaucracy while I stick my head in the sand

25. Garden lettuce

26. Homemade laundry detergent

27. Lemon curd layer cake

28. Fresh picked blueberries

29. Fleece

30. Pandora

31. Craigslist

32. The Bean Trees

33. Big, grassy back yards

34. Babies

35. Amber

36. Beaded board

37. Salt Springs State Park

38. Down vests

39. Blog comments

40. Steam cleaners

41. Vintage linens

42. Bread knives

43. Peonies

44. Home.

45. Time off

46. Cyber Cafe

47. Rotary cutters

48. Suncatchers

49. Snap peas

50. Amelie

51. Google Chrome

52. Olive in the sunshine

53. Supportive family

54. Ceramic-top stoves

55. Good paintbrushes

56. Friendly neighbors

57. Butternuts beers

58. Homemade bread

59. Link exchanges

60. Linen tablecloths

61. Chest freezers

62. Hot chocolate

63. Latte foam, and the people who appreciate it

64. Sunflower fields

65. Red efts

66. Old jeans

67. Scarves

68. Cedars

69. Birthday cake ice cream

70. Fireflies

71. Patrick's Ultimate Veggie Burgers

72. Molly Wizenberg

73. Guests

74. Self-mixed paint colors

75. Old farmhouses

76. Wooden spoons

77. Asiago cream sauce

78. Songbirds

79. Homemade pickles

80. Strawberry jam

81. Split pea soup

82. Rosemary

83. Plaid tights

84. Maryjanes

85. This American Life

86. The Black Apple

87. Pete in the sunshine

88. Sweet potatoes

89. Parrots

90. Cake stands

91. Saffron

92. Peach salsa

93. Messenger bags

94. Fancy knobs

95. Birdhouses

96. Hammocks

97. Wicker

98. Pinto beans

99. Bushel baskets

100. Poppies