Grateful Day #29

Greetings on Grateful Day #29.  On this unseasonably warm New York day, here's my top ten grateful list:
(1)  I'm grateful for seeing a good credit union friend that I hadn't seen in a long time today.  I'm also grateful that I'm going to get to see her again next week at GAC.
(2)  I'm grateful for how much MacKenzie loves being outside and that it's light enough now to play outside after dinner time.  We moved sand from the sandbox into the yard.  We pointed at the flowers.  We threw her baseball.  Fun.
(3)  I'm grateful for spontaneity.  I'm not particularly good at it, but it's fun when I try to be every once in a while.

(4)  I'm grateful for Puffs.  They make living through a cold slightly less rotten.
(5)  I'm grateful for crossword puzzles.  They were a joy in my grandma's life and I love doing them when I am able.  I particularly like doing them when we are with my in-laws.  Jeff helps me complete the things I don't know.
(6)  I'm grateful for the smell of oranges.  I am not really that big a fan of the taste, but the smell is really refreshing.
(7)  I'm grateful for postcards.  They are fun to send and fun to receive.  My in-laws are great about always sending them from their trips.

(8)  I'm grateful for how much MacKenzie's hair has grown this week.  It's really fun to see it grow and curl a bit.
(9)  I'm grateful that some day MacKenzie will learn to say "yes" as well as "no."  She responds "no" to practically everything either with the word or a shake of the head.  I am looking forward to "yes" and nods.
(10) I'm grateful for all the letters my grandmother wrote me.  When I first went away to U of M, I was really homesick.  My parents were pretty smart and knew that if I came home every weekend I'd never acclimate, so we made a commitment that they'd talk to me daily and come see me a fair amount, but that I wouldn't come home very often until I got settled in.  My grandma wrote me a letter every single day.  I kept most of the letters.  They are newsy and sweet and chronicle her days for most of my college years.  It's really cool to have these little treasures that I can go back to and remember her.  She was just incredible.

Until tomorrow...