A fabulous fiancee that adores spending time with me and wouldnt trade me for the world! A womans dream come true.

I'm grateful to finally be home. The crowds are horrible out there.
Merry fucking Christmas! :lol:

I'm grateful for "Merry fucking Christmas". :thumbsup:

Music, good food and drink and surrounded by the best people in the world sharing smiles, stories and love

Today I am grateful that the 6th graders are much better behaved than last Wednesday! I guess that 8 paragraph essay about why school is important I made them do last week worked. :thumbsup:

A fiancee that took fabulous care of me yesterday when I needed him most.

I am thankful for a loving fiancee, and the potential for a painfree future for my friend.

I am thankful for a quiet day in the office yesterday in which I was able to do a lot of catching up making today much more smooth rolling. (I hope!)

And chocolate. I am thankful for chocolate. Especially Almond Joys.

Online shopping... today I was able to look around and get information on a new stethoscope that I need to buy, compare information about various different models, and get pricing that will help me find the best deal.

Really it may sound a bit odd to be thankful for an online retail situation, but this is a tool i'll use every day to save lives or help people in trauma and medical emergencies... getting the right information on which kind of tool is best suited for me is really important, as some will not do as good a job as I need them to do.

Also, finding the same item at various prices, the highest and lowest being a full $22 different, helps me save money in addition to not having to drive around trying to find those good deals and product info.

I'm also thankful for my good health, a lot of people around me are sick- but at least i'm well and therefore able to help them out (which I am).

For Friday and that it is a half-day for the students.

And tomorrow I'll be thankful that I don't have to get up at 5:30 to stand in the below zero conditions at 6:20 to catch the bus. :D

Let me second that. :D And I am grateful that my company just sent out an email telling us that we were getting the 22nd and 29th off as full paid holidays. Actually I'm grateful since this is the first time I've been paid for a holiday - very exciting! :thumbsup:

For having made progress in cleaning my room and unpacking my things, and for having just enough quarters to do my laundry so that I can wear clean clothes to work tomorrow.

For Pan and our planning a honeymoon... maybe we will even be able to take it with any luck.

Despite it being finals week, it's the last week of the semester and having good friends who gave me a smile during all of the stress of it. :)

The last week of classes for me, too... we're talking, last week EVER... all my PhD course requirements are DONE after this!!! 22 years of being stuck in a classroom are coming to an end!!

And, even better, this is the last week of my long-distance relationship with ktspktsp. Two months after our wedding, we finally get to be together every night, without interruption!!! WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO! I can't wait. :D

Cold medicine, orange juice, friends and family and my fabulous fiancee.

My girlfriend...

My family...

My health...

My new car...

dextromethorphan

polyvinyl chloride

electricity and magnetism

house music

My ability to be uber-colorful in my wording for a nastygram that will make abused customers everywhere cheer and the corporate world cringe. Viva le Sage!

(See journal for details)

....a wife that I can trust whoile-heartedly. My brother-in-law left his wife 3 days before Christmas because he found out she has been cheating on him after 1 year of marriage. His life is in shambles right now.

The penis. Come on ladies, how often do we stop and take a moment to thank the penis? :)

(note: mm got laid last night...and in an hour, she's gonna take a lunch break and go do it again...he came to town early :love:)

Good sex. A fiancee whom I love dearly and friends who adore me. Who could ask for more?

I'm grateful for good friends, a supportive family, and the end of 2006.

My wife, my oldest son, my oldest daughter, my next oldest son .. and our twins.. boy and a girl

Our house that we have a place to live

A working mini van that has ac lol and a cd player.

I have a job ive stuck to my guns with for over a year now

and good health all around

After going through 2 weeks if pure hell, I've found out that I have some of the greatest friends anyone could ask for. I'm thankful of being able to spend time with some of them on New Years Eve. Greatest. New Years. Ever.

Cats. Those wonderful creatures that make life seem a little more livable when it seems like it is going straight to hell.

Today I am grateful for the good side of mankind and the generosity that has gotten me through the last couple of weeks.

Being able to sleep in.

What sage said ... after staying up to look at the stars through a telescope and watching the sun come up.

Making Dean's list, a job I love and a woman that understands and loves me.

Having gotten to bed at 1am instead of 2am....oy vey.

Being contentedly married and cohabiting (at last!) with my husband. :icare: The prospect of an exciting move in the coming months. And having a good length of downtime to recuperate and get balanced again, after a long time of feeling out of whack.

The people I can count on to be there for me when I need them.

Being me, silly, obscure, abstract, predictable in my unpredictability, smiling cause my soul is and laughing because life is a grand joke and we never find out the punchline until death.... or is it because I am just totally nuts?

Today I am grateful for my excessively warm office. Everyone else is wearing sweaters and using heaters at their desk, while I am basking in the sun that comes through the window. :D

Waking up to a repeat of last night's Daily Show with Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs on it for an interview! Yay! I love Mike Rowe.

Finally making it back here to TFP... (thanks Halx) ;)

angel...i'm grateful that you're back...

My new chair for my computer desk....ahhhh, such comfort. :)

Today I am grateful for opportunities, even if I don't take full advantage of them.

Today I am grateful for my mother.

A wonderful fiancee, the ability to laugh, to care and to be myself.....

Steve Harwell and SmashMouth for insightful lyrics and catchy tunes and expressing my mood today.

Chocolate!...In any form!

Today I am grateful for the boyfriend (who got up really early this morning to take me to the pharmacy), antibiotics, wireless internet, and my cat.

For the fact that no one knows what gose on in my head when I'm lying in bed trying to sleep...

For my hunny who is equally naughty just right! :devious: :D

cialis:thumbsup:

Today I am super grateful discovering how wonderful it is to have a job and employees you like working for and remembering what it feels like to be welcomed and even (gasp) appreciated!!!!

With you on the walking and talking part, Pan - also breathing, seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting.

Moreover though, today I am grateful for spandex. <grin> The waitress at the coffee shop today had an unbelievable ass...

My lack of appetite!

Breathing treatments at the doctor, antibiotics, steroids & inhalers.

My blessings.

I am greatfull just to be alive, as I am every day! I know I'm not long for this world so each day is a blessing! To quote a good friend of mine 81 year old Lucy - "Thank you sweet Jesus"

My sick, sadistic sense of humor.

The new Mrs.pan6467 and the fact that the weather was beautiful for the wedding and stormy tonight.... as I told her.... A beautiful day for a new life to begin and a night where the past was washed away so the new beginnings can start fresh.

...a perfect wedding ceremony for two wonderful people.

My first full day of marriage.

My family.

Congratulaions, you two. I hope you had a good night!

The female of the species

Mmm, so grateful for my husband today. :icare: I love the way he extends his arm out for me to lay my head on his shoulder and snuggle into him every night, and how last night he spooned behind me and held me securely until I fell asleep. I was thinking about that all morning at work, and it made the fishy smells go away... :D I am so lucky.

I'm grateful for all of us being blessed.

We derive any kind of hope we can from the minute nuances of imagination. "In here, only the mind can grant him power."

While my three very social roomates go out on dates and road trips, I get irrate and rageful when someone parks in front of the mailbox and I miss the mail, hoping that some little item I ordered might've been in the mix. Sad, very sad...

Life is hard for an Asian.

Oh, so on topic...... I'm grateful today because a very important document arrived in the mail today.

The ability to change my mind whenever I feel the need.

The love and support of my friends at TFP :icare:

My gf

This morning, in light of all the other stuff that ain't going right for me, that my internet is up and working......

Hand sanitizer.

Tums....

I am grateful today for running water and shifting winds.

troubadours and their guitars...especially Bob

good days that happen when you need them the most.

Oh, and happy memories. I got lost in one this morning. :)

Vicegrips...


I love those damn things.

birth control

Spring days and long mornings at home. :)

email....

...for finally going to get my teeth cleaned this morning. It had been over a year and I had forgotten how good your teeth feel after a cleaning. ;)

Today I am grateful for the familiar faces that makes one feel completely at ease and welcomed.

My husband and my parents.

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peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for breakfast.

And nutella if I can find some.

nutella is good...
anyways, today i am greatful for the good weather :) i love summer :thumbsup:

Yea, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for breakfast.

And 2 consecutive days off work. Didn't always have both of them in a row.

I am grateful with the father i was blessed with...

He would have been 82 today...

Gordon A. Ely: May 15, 1925-February 8, 2006

His life was in the dash...

My loving wife, a job I love, making Dean's list again and being alive with all my faculties (clear mind, healthy body, strong spirituality, wise soul).

A husband who makes me laugh and feel loved on a daily basis. Even when I have mood swings.

I'm grateful for Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin, and Schubert for all the great things they've done for me, and all the great people they've given me a chance to make friends with.

earplugs. and my dad.

...the energy to tire out Jack, the wonder-beagle, at the park around the corner. There was a time that I barely had the energy to walk around the corner because of my bad heart.

Fruit, juice, ice cubes, and the frappee button on the blender.

For the fellowship of tfp, and other groups i am a member of....
to show that I and We are Not alone...

graham cracker crumbs+butter+eggs+sugar+vanilla+cream cheese+a preheated oven. A pie pan and a pot holder would come in handy. Oh, and a fork.

instant food, just add water.

Finding my passion and drive in the midst of financial destruction.

Enough beer and good looking women at a game that it makes you forget that your team is taking a royal ass-whooping while you're there. :D

Today and everyday I am grateful to have a person love me as much as my boyfriend does. His example goes beyond the words I type on this reply. :love:

Long, hot bubble baths.
My favorite music.
And mashed potatoes.

For Soduko...it is good to have around so I don't have to talk to crazy people at the park. :)

Getting to sleep in .. and going out on the town for a weekend on daddy's dollar while he's visiting :D

For Bruce Willis and the fact that he still makes action movies.