101 Things To Be Thankful For...

Wow - has it been THAT long since I wrote anything??? I apologize to both of you that stop by here occasionally hoping for some morsel of wisdom. Like many of you I reflected this past week on the things I was thankful for...and even though the list was long, I decided to narrow it down to 101 things...just to be witty. So here it goes (in no particular order...except for the first one!):

1. Robin (my wife)
2. Healthy children
3. Electricity
4. Indoor plumbing
5. ESPN
6. ESPN2
7. ESPN Classic
8. Peanut butter
9. Garage door openers
10. Dr Seuss (heck, he taught me how to read!)
11. Paved roads
12. West Texas sunsets
13. Television
14. Televisions with built in VCR/DVD players!
15. Basketball
16. Friends
17. Chicken fried steak
18. Abilene Christian University
19. Belt loops
20. File folders (even though I don't use them enough)
21. Digital clocks and watches
22. Sunglasses
23. Highlighters (any color)
24. Couches
25. Christmas lights
26. Video cameras
27. Lucky Charms
28. The Internet
29. School lunches
30. Diet Coke
31. Diet Dr Pepper
32. Calendars
33. On The Border
34. Mexican food, in general!!!
35. Grandparents
36. Gravy
37. Dogs
38. Running shoes
39. Chocolate
40. Baggy-fit jeans
41. Any team that beats the University of Texas
42. Leafblowers
43. Remote control
44. High school football
45. Spray starch
46. Ceiling fans
47. Can openers
48. Golf
49. Steven Wright (the greatest comedian EVER!)
50. Both of you who read my blog
51. R.E.M.
52. Nurses
53. Pineapple
54. Heaven
55. Photo albums
56. Hangers
57. Paperclips
58. Post-it notes
59. Long underwear
60. Locks on bathroom doors
61. 106.9FM, The Point (Houston Texas - all 80's station)
62. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
63. Every KISS reunion tour
64. The fact that WOMEN are the ones that have the babies!
65. Oranges
66. Maggie Holland (my Bible class teacher all through elementary school)
67. Tape
68. Trucks
69. Central heat and air
70. Garage door openers
71. George W. Bush
72. Firefighters
73. Toothpaste
74. Life insurance
75. Surround-sound
76. Gene Hackman movies
77. Direct deposit
78. Self-adhesive envelopes
79. Bubble gum
80. Bono
81. Scissors
82. Holidays
83. Snow
84. Refrigerators
85. Front porches
86. Brothers
87. File cabinets
88. Laughter
89. Extension cords
90. Grape jelly
91. Parents
92. Buttons
93. Milk
94. Green bean casserole
95. Keychains
96. Deodorant
97. "Herman" cartoons
98. eBay
99. Wind
100. Butterfingers
101. Jesus

You know....that wasn't that difficult!