The Long List

Thanksgiving is over. That's sad but also a great primer for the next holidays tip toeing toward us which are Haunukah and Christmas. We're celebrating both this year. Some of you already know why. Others will just think I've finally slipped into the deep cool blue pond of nuttery. Both are true.

So, without any ado:

The Long List

1. family. All of it.
2. our military. All of it.
   
3. home
   
4. warmth
   
5. seat warmers (can you tell I'm cold?)
6. Oil of Olay lotion
   
7. recycling
8. happy people
9. thoughtful people
10. happy, thoughtful, eccentric with remedy people
    
11. preschool, thank you God for preschool
    
12. scotch tape
13. Grayson's teachers
14. fitness class where everyone is over 60
15. carrot sticks with caesar dressing dip
16. no more fast fooding
17. staying busy
18. 20 minute respites
    
19. old friends who show up
20. new friends who do too
21. wheels
22. "go to" earrings
23. phone calls from my brothers just because they worry
    
24. holiday cards
25. Christmas music
26. H'motsi and homemade menorahs
27. warm rain
28. cold fronts
29. roomy belted grandpa sweaters
30. Hubby's socks
31. candid pictures
32. laughter - snorting ugly eager laughter
    
33. The Real Housewives of Atlanta
34. Pioneer Woman's chocolate chip cookie recipe
35. clippy barrettes
36. perspective
37. (and losing it sometimes)
38. Mt. Vernon
39. being a SAHM
40. following through
41. pipe dreaming
42. changing course
43. the smell of wet hay
44. the color of my childrens' hair
45. bed time stories
46. snuggling under blankets before tucking everyone in at night
    
47. burst of giggles that erupt eventually
48. Snapper's new lease on life in our kitchen
49. making homemade cards
50. receiving them
    
51. those little magnetic shopping list pads for $1
52. (leftover) turkey noodle soup that came out really great b/c of tumeric - another PW secret
53. Abby's unrelenting love
54. Grayson's search for peace
55. Sadie's obsessive concern
56. Hubby's return in five more months