giving thanks for -

1. my beautiful baby boy whose 3-toothed smile is the best part of my days
2. the man who gave me that baby boy and who I will soon call my husband - i love him
3. a loving family. there is no place like home - payne
4. mascara. good mascara.
5. starbucks - i know, i know. i should be supporting the little guys, but i just can't break away from those perfect little white chocolate mochas
6. this movie for always giving me perspective
7. margaritas on the rocks. and don't forget the salt please.
8. friends who make this world a better place to be
9. trashy tabloid magazines
10. tucker and the inability he has to hold his bladder when a guest comes by
11. 9.14.81
12. the road not taken
13. oysters on the half shell
14. (turn the skin red) hot, long showers
15. sunshine
16. stephen garcia - a quarterback that has finally given gamecock fans some hope
17. four-day weekends
18. a new saucy pair of shoes
19. basil. the herb.
20. the feeling in my heart when sully does something new
21. alhazen
22. d.v.r.
23. an office that sits directly on the water
24. the mortgage company who approved us for a home-loan
25. skirt! for my girly time
26. my high school spanish teacher, for the laugh i enjoy every time i hear "feliz navidad" and picture her dancing around our classroom wearing different colored shoes
27. employment
28. flowers. all types of flowers.
29. the smell of baked apples, pumpkin pie, & spice bundled into the handsoap at my kitchen sink
30. life and the ability to re-invent it