I appreciate:

• Coffee! Zoom!
• That Royal Grounds Coffee has almond AND coconut milk, as well as soy, to substitute in their drinks. Delish!
• Being able to go for walks again. Still kinda slow, but getting better.

I appreciate:

• The delicious meal Sarah brought us. That carrot salad was delicious!
• The impromptu evening with said Sarah – what a delightful turn of events!
• The new arrangement of our living room – it looks so much more homey this way.

I appreciate:

• The completion of operation living room rearrange. Phew!
• Giving away and donating stuff we no longer need. I think I’m getting addicted to this de-cluttering process.
• Popcorn. Yum.

I appreciate:

• The silver lining of things, like the free days we get this week since Pat’s white count is too low for chemo today.
• The amazing amount of stuff a person can get done during “found” time.
• My kids’ willingness to assemble the storage cabinet — and their forgiveness of how crazy that kind of task makes me!

I appreciate:

• My new business card! I’d definitely hire someone whose card looked this awesome. 😉
• The coolio HUGE hangout auction – what a fun way to raise money.  Plus, you can hang out with the cooooolest people.  You know, like me.
• My sense of humility and modesty.  Today is a shining example of my humbleness. 🙂

I appreciate:

• This video of Ellis’ latest appearance on Prairie Home Companion.  What a lovely way to start the day.
• A good solid Monday of work.  I love my jobs!
• Ending the day at Show X. So fun to enjoy the show as an audience member — AND have the fun of appreciating the skill of sticking to the form, and watching improv tools like character matching and analogy in action. Oh – plus 3 women playing in one set tonight! That really was magic. Huzza!

I appreciate:

• Getting to see so many lovely people today!
• Having a post-grad-party clean house (with newly painted portions and newly mulched garden!).
• Bittersweet Bakery’s gluten-free pumpkin bars.  Um, yum.

I appreciate:

• That big bright thing in the sky.  Not sure what it is…. 😛
• Getting to spend the day with the kids getting ready for tomorrow’s grad party.  (I know – I seem WAY too young to have my baby graduating from high school….)
• Dividing and planting my hostas and the smell of newly mulched gardens.

I appreciate:

• Getting this website updated with the past 2 months of gratitude postings.  Whew!
• Knowing that moments of deep sadness (like suddenly missing Cimmy) come from living from a place of big, big loving — and remembering that it is worth it.
• The shuffle control on iTunes and the brilliant joy of listening to indie music all morning.  Not only is it stunningly good music, it always makes me smile to picture the person making the music (like Jenna, Justin, and Arthur, just now.)

I appreciate:

• That Mckenzie graduated today. Yay!
• That the faculty speech at the ceremony was all about neuroplasticity and how we can change our brains….by doing things like, uh, appreciations??
• The truly amazing community of Avalon charter school. It challenged and supported my kids for the past 8 years – and we are all so grateful for the good work and good people there. We are gonna miss Avalon!