Thankful

Okay, I’ll jump on the bandwagon (does it count as a bandwagon if it’s the purpose of a centuries-old holiday?) and tell you some of the things I’m thankful for. In no particular order:

  1. Notre Dame football
  2. Jesus

    How can you not love a little girl who picks her nose with such abandon?
  3. Bacon
  4. Princess books
  5. Lilacs
  6. My nephew and nieces
  7. Hulu
  8. The Blessed Mother
  9. Being a nomad
  10. Music
  11. Old friends
  12. New friends
  13. Strangers who share their hearts with me
  14. Fingernails
  15. Audiobooks
  16. Blogging
  17. John Donne
  18. Saints
  19. Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne–stunning.

    Tickling small children

  20. The Triduum
  21. Berries
  22. Colors
  23. The Mass
  24. Beauty
  25. Waffle House
  26. Jeans
  27. Nutella
  28. St. Damien of Molokai
  29. A comfortable bed–or really any bed at all
  30. Parishes in Hawaii that want me to come speak
  31. Spring
  32. The elderly
  33. Storytelling
  34. So You Think You Can Dance
  35. The end of the election
  36. Truth
  37. Impressionist art
  38. Toddlers
  39. Snuggling with little ones
  40. Excedrin

    I’m sitting on the futon typing and across the room I see Cookie and Elmo tucked neatly into bed on the couch. It’s a good thing Cecilia takes such good care of them.
  41. Facebook
  42. Pope Benedict
  43. Being a Domer
  44. Confession
  45. St. Catherine of Alexandria
  46. The games children play
  47. Coffee
  48. Laughter
  49. Reunions
  50. Butterflies
  51. Rome
  52. The mountains
  53. Easter eggs
  54. Cooking
  55. The Cross
  56. Chick Fil-A
  57. The color pink
  58. Polka dots
  59. Scripture

    I get excited just looking at the picture!
  60. Grammar
  61. Pinterest
  62. Naps
  63. The priesthood
  64. This video
  65. 96-count boxes of crayons
  66. Mashed potatoes
  67. BOOKS!
  68. White chocolate
  69. The Eucharist
  70. New haircuts
  71. Stained glass windows
  72. Cardinal Dolan
  73. Land O’Lakes hot chocolate
  74. The way kids laugh when they’ve still got tears on their cheeks
  75. Gelato
  76. G.K. Chesterton
  77. The internet

    I totally made this for Charlotte and I’m really proud of it. It’s a blanket. Made of sleeping owls. I’m pretty sure you can tell that when you see it in person.
  78. My cute brown boots
  79. JPII
  80. White chocolate
  81. Perpetual adoration
  82. Manti Te’o
  83. Crocheting
  84. Family
  85. Prayer
  86. Limeade
  87. E. Nesbit, Eward Eager, L.M. Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Noel Streatfeild, and all the authors of my continued childhood
  88. Comfy shoes
  89. Peppermint
  90. Memories
  91. Hoodies
  92. The joy of knowing my Savior
  93. Puppies
  94. Sleeping in
  95. Crunch ‘n Munch
  96. Snow
  97. Cooking competition shows
  98. Slinkies
  99. Freedom and democracy
  100. Knowing that I am loved

So there you have it–the first hundred things I thought of. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at the number of foods on the list given what Thanksgiving is really all about…. Now get off the computer and go cook something!