Today I am grateful that 10 years ago my husband adopted my daughter. *happy sigh*

Making soap

Anise tea cookies

Christmas trees

Scented candles

Bubble-gum pink sweaters

New blogs

Researching music

Quiet time

Dreaming of the future

Pecan granola bars

The first snowfall

Bailey's in my coffee

Stalks of dried sunflowers decorating my porch

New hobbies waiting to be attempted

Anticipation

New stove

Overcast days

Honey

Autumn flowers

Dragonflies

Warm showers

Hematite

A headache free day

Simplify Media

Chicken quesadillas

Roasted salsa

Sleeping in my husband's arms

Local grown apples

Faeries

Autumnal equinox

Crock-pot chicken with fresh herbs and vegetables

Pumpkin bread

Twining vines

Autumn rain

The first taste of the first melon from our very own garden

Marinara made from our own home-grown tomatoes simmering on the stove

New autumn decorations

A harvest basket all put together and ready to give to the neighbors "just because"

Peanut butter M&Ms

Winds that blow in the change of season

Clouds scattered over the mountain tops

Robert Johnson

Organic pizza

Loreena McKennitt

Late night rain

Apple trees

Late season roses

Acorn squash soup made with squash, apples and carrots right from the garden

Brisk mornings, warm afternoons and cool nights

Fresh, clean sheets

Sleepy cats in kitchen windows

Dog nuzzles

Watercolors

"Thanks, Mom"

Brisk mornings

Oatmeal

Orange juice

Geese honking as they fly south for the season

Harvest moon

Toddlers and preschoolers

New music

New ideas

Payday

New books

Blue

Bamboo

Russian sage

Purple basil

Swiss cheese

Friends

Home

Candles

Rain

Giving

Baking homemade cinnamon rolls on a gloomy day

Soup night!

Cloudy skies

The promise of rain

Granola bars

Flowers from a friend

My husband's arms

A good sneeze

Listening to the wind

Butternut squash ravioli

Faerie doors

Morning birds singing at the birdfeeder

Skies so clear I can see the mountains on either side of the valley

Timpanogos

Sunflowers

New candles

Learning new healing techniques from my 9-yr old

Macro photography

Limeaide

Curiosity

Sleep

Papaya Salad

Apple turnovers

Hugs

Fresh cut flowers on the mantel

New music

Mint

Real butter

My husband

My children

Genuine friends

Being a stay-home mom

Fresh, pure water

Willows

Writing thank you notes and really meaning what you write in them

Itty bitty acorns

Smelling autumn in the air

Squash straight from the garden

Releasing things - and people - that no longer bring me joy

Percocet

Cafe Rio

Lentils

Doctors who know how to laugh

Itty bitty kitties

Music

Hurdy-gurdy

Little tiny acorns

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Reiki

water

wonderful nurses and surgical staff

Allison duBois

Pomegranite popsicles

Jamba Juice

Percocet

Croissants

Funny doctors

"I love you, Mommy"

Aspercreme

Dried pineapple

Rotisserie chicken

Purrrrrrring

Green fingernail polish

A new kitten

Giggly kids

Curious dogs

Cream of potato soup

Rainy weather

Hearth fires

Little black dresses

New shoes

The number 9

Pure white pigeons flying silver bright circles in the morning sky

Terra chips

Allison Kraus

Early beginnings of spring growth

Unexpected emails from old friends

Homemade Bolognese

The cookies I'm about to make

Pink plaid socks

Silence

Tumbleweeds

Spring snow

Green apples

New books

Spaghetti

Polka-dot socks

Wind chimes

Black cats

Hugs

Incense

Coffee

Candles

Purple streaks in my hair

Blueberries

Willows

Ducks

Moss

Slippers

Flight

Pre-Spring sun

Early blooming bulbs peeking through

Babysitting a friend's cat

Middle-eastern music

Possibility

Mountains peeking through the haze

Birdsong

Pink

Homemade shrimp and pepper quesadillas

Chimes

My husband

Pilates

Blues music

Salsa - the music and the stuff you eat with tortilla chips

Listening to the trees sing in the breeze

Smelling Spring weeks before it actually arrives

Chocolate truffles

Robins

New old books

Organic bananas (a little taste of heaven in a lovely yellow package)

Haagen Dazs Pomegranite Chip ice-cream

"Mommy, how did your voice get so pretty?"

Chicken caesar pitas

Curry in a Hurry (fast food curry ... does it get any better?)