Thursday, November 19, 2009

100 Random Things to Be Thankful For

It's one week until Thanksgiving, so allow me to welcome you to a list much longer than anyone's attention span - 100 Random Things to Be Thankful For. (Try it yourself - list 100 things you'd rather not live without. You'll realize how many neat things we have.)
  1. Macaroni & Cheese
  2. Hand Lotion
  3. DVRs
  4. Baby Seals
  5. Disneyland
  6. Microwaves
  7. Pizza
  8. Caller ID
  9. "Birdhouse in Your Soul" (which saved us from having to use "Blues Clues" as our "song")
  10. Kleenex
  11. Lint Rollers
  12. Breath Mints
  13. Red Pandas
  14. Candy Land
  15. Ibuprofen
  16. Digital Cameras (not that I use mine...)
  17. Literacy
  18. Buffets
  19. Christmas Lights
  20. Remote Controls
  21. Fresh Basil
  22. Magic Erasers
  23. Hot Showers
  24. Frequent Hot Showers
  25. Online Product Reviews
  26. Refrigerators
  27. Curly Fries
  28. Jeans
  29. Mapquest!
  30. Label Makers
  31. Wedding Rings
  32. Tupperware
  33. Car Seats
  34. Tape
  35. Stuffed Animals
  36. Gummy Bears
  37. Scissors
  38. Hair Dryers
  39. Happy Meals
  40. Tortilla Makers
  41. Headphones
  42. Microfibers
  43. Almond Extract
  44. Amazon.com
  45. Crock-pots
  46. Shopping Carts
  47. Standardized Recipes
  48. Cake Pans
  49. Slippers
  50. Electric Pencil Sharpeners
  51. Scanners
  52. Jarred Baby Food
  53. guguguuuuuufddddddddd (Parker added one)
  54. Heaters
  55. Sparkling Cider
  56. Toilet Paper (and toilets, for that matter)
  57. Closets
  58. Sales
  59. Glue Sticks
  60. Churros
  61. Sand
  62. Puffins
  63. Forensic Science
  64. Wrinkle-free Shirts (I do not iron!)
  65. Corn Mazes
  66. Epidurals
  67. Post-it Notes
  68. Tear-free Shampoo
  69. Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs
  70. Hand Sanitizer
  71. The Muppets Christmas Carol
  72. Roller Coasters
  73. Nail Polish
  74. White Cherry Icees
  75. Great Catch Phrases from Infomercials
  76. Apples to Apples (how else was Chris supposed to propose?)
  77. Memory Foam Pads
  78. Cinnamon Rolls
  79. Batteries
  80. Swimming Pools
  81. Cinderella
  82. Plungers
  83. Jack-in-the-Box Tacos
  84. White-out
  85. Sippy Cups
  86. Debit Cards
  87. 6-Foot Sandwiches (I suppose I could live without them, but they're so neat!)
  88. Baby Pajamas
  89. Google
  90. Fire Pits
  91. Yo-yos
  92. Sugar Cookies
  93. Penguins
  94. Libraries
  95. Vitamin C
  96. Thrift Stores
  97. Drinking Fountains
  98. Swings
  99. Mailboxes
#100 on my list is......disposable diapers! This is very stereotypical - what mother of small children wouldn't be thankful for those? Still, I couldn't ignore my gratitude for a barrier between me and their, uh, output.
Happy Thanksgiving!!

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