Spin Cycle: Be Grateful

This week's Spin Cycle topic is Memes - post your favorite or make up your own. The first thing that came to my mind was the Book Lovers Meme. I also really like the Alphabet Meme. Then I remembered earlier this year when my sister-in-law posted 50 things she was grateful for and challenged others to do the same. I posted 31 things. The following week she posted a new list. She was going to try to post a new list every week.

I think this is such a great idea. It's important for so many reasons to constantly be counting your blessings. So I am starting Thankful Thursday. Every week I'll try to post a new list of ten things I'm thankful for. I challenge you to do the same (although you don't have to do it on Thursday if you don't want). I even took up the challenge and made a button you can use if you'd like.

1. Internet - Do you realize the amount of information I can access in minutes online, only a generation ago would take hours at the library, probably using a microfilm reader. That's easy to forget. And am I the only one who has the urge to look up answers to everything, even stuff that there's no way will be online? You know, like googling, "When will my baby be born," and expecting somewhere on the internet it will actually say, "He'll be coming January 14, in the middle of the night. Be prepared. Oh, and he has dark hair."

2. Pre-packaged food - Yeah, I know it contributes to everything from high cholesterol to ADHD, but I don't know what I'd do if I had to can all of our vegetables and make all of our bread.

3. Hyland's Teething Tablets - Normally I'm wary of homeopathic remedies, but these are the best.

4. My tablet - I love this thing. How else would I be able to draw cute little bees and things?

5. Our tomato plants - Someone gave these to us, and they have been the most productive thing in the garden this year. Except for maybe the blackberry bush, which was also a gift from someone.

6. A nice morning with the boys at the park

7. Relatives - Our relatives up the street are great. We can always count on them.

8. Soap - Yeah.

9. Washing machine - The amount of clothing Little Fish can go through in one day is enough to make me thankful for a washing machine (and even more thankful for a husband who is better than I am at remembering to forward the wash).

10. Camera phone - Because, you know, after making sure to clean off the card on the camera this morning, just so I could get pictures at the park, I left the camera at home. It's not the best quality picture, but at least I was still able to capture the moment: