This week I’m thankful for…

• the awesome birthday present I received, especially surprising being that my birthday is in July
• the pumpkin one of my little ones sewed for me in his sewing class
• the Cake Pops that same little one brought me.  Come to think of it, I received the Cake Pops and the birthday present on the same day.  Did someone switch my birthday without telling me?
• the fresh smell of clean sheets as I slip into bed
• steel-cut oatmeal
• pedicures
• driving with the top with the seat warmer on.  Hello, Fall!
• waking to the sound of wind chimes
• Terry, who took care of me while I was sick all weekend.  That guy did the laundry, changed the sheets, did the dishes, rented me a movie, rubbed my back and asked hundreds of times if I needed anything.  It’s so lovely to be taken care of.
• Designer Bruce Mau’s Incomplete Manifesto for Growth.  So much of it applies to my writerly life.  Shoot, so much of it applies to my regular life, too.
• Another year of NaNoWriMo madness!