Happy Thanksgiving, guys!  My trip plan (fingers crossed!) is to blog from my hotel room each night, but at the moment I’m probably sitting on an airplane.

For funsies – and more for me than you – I wanted to make a quick list of the things I’m small things* thankful for.  In no particular order –

1. diet pop
2. the two years I spent in Brooklyn
3. my reusable plastic straws
4. Archie comics
5. ruffles
6. how wickedly funny my dad and grandfather both are
7. long walks
8. peeling baked cheese off of the top of a dish
9. Reef flip-flops
10. bubbles
11. bubble tea
12. how soft the side of Webster’s neck is to kiss
13. stickers
14. my ability to be a college student, again
15. Biscoff spread
16. the fact that even if I go awhile without plucking, I don’t naturally have a unibrow
17. scented candles
18. sharpies
19. having an apartment, car, and big enough budget to feed and clothe myself
20. popcorn with butter
21. how unbelievably smart the husband is
22. music
23. … Come Around by Rhett Miller
24. … Snowfall by Ingrid Michaelson
25. … What a Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
26. … Heartbeats by Jose Gonzalez
27. … Alive with the Glory of Love by Say Anything
28. … A Light On a Hill by Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s
29. … Regina Spektor
30. … Joshua Radin
31. the fact that I get to sleep curled up with Adam and Webster
32. roasted marshmallows
33. the Nancy Drew series
34. Serendipity 3 in NYC
35. yoga pants
36. the feeling you get when you remember you’re about to go on a vacation
37. blogs, and the fact that they helped me have the courage to quit my job
38. my experiences as a teacher and the better understanding of the world that they gave me
39. the movie theatre in Brooklyn that probably saved our lives
40. really good bread dipped in olive oil
41. tv shows that, even when I hate everyone, make me feel like the world is going to be ok
42. … Scrubs
43. … Buffy the Vampire Slayer
44. … Firefly
45. … Bones
46. … Modern Family
47. the way Adam just gets my weird humor
48. self-serve frozen yogurt
49. my childhood on an island
50. the fact that my mom read the entire set of Laura Ingalls Wilder books to me as a kid
51. good books

*Note – small things.  I’m so thankful for my husband, family, friends, and health that I don’t even have the words to express it.