I am a griper. There - I've said it. If you read this blog on a regular basis you know it. My life is full of forces I cannot control, and sometimes I complain. Well, REALLY a LOT of times I complain!!! I used to say "if I'm not complaining, I'm not happy!" and now I think "if I'm not complaining, I might not be breathing - better check my pulse!!!". I complain that much. sigh.
Yet my life is truly blessed, and I am thankful for many many things. For your perusement I am going to list some of my favorite things to be thankful for:
- My family: My 80 year old mother, my sister, my two brothers, and lots of nieces, nephews and cousins
- My pets: My dachshund Augie Von Hidenpooper, my parakeets, my adopted cat Clarence
- Where I live: a little ranchstyle home in the countryside with very good neighbors
- Refrigerators tied to trees (an Ozarks tradition I find hilarious)
- Computers - without them I couldn't make a living, or connect to other people so easily
- Internet friends: I would never have met any of you if there was not an electronic world to meet in
- Electricity: It powers light and heat and computers and the zapper on my head
- Head zappers in general (I love mine - wish everyone that would benefit had one too!)
- Cleveland Clinic and Dr. Nagy Mekhail in particular
- My personal care physician who has the patience of a saint and the persistance of a bulldog
- My employers who are a ragtag bunch of goofs that put up with me on a daily basis
- My co-workers who carry more of a load because they work with me and my illnesses. sigh.
- Benedryl - a wonder drug
- Airplanes because driving a car everywhere takes a long time
- Friends in general, even when I haven't been such a good friend they have been exceptional buddies
- My job which is interesting and diverse
- Skunks because they have finally moved out from under my sister's house
- Possums becuase they are trying to move into the skunk space under my sister's house
- My brother's dog Beanie and my sister's puppy Gracie
- Touch typing - the ONE high school class I have used almost everyday of my life
- Microwave ovens
- Clean water
- Plenty of food
- Cankle ready shoes
- Books
- Optimism
- Hope
- God
- Monty Python skits
- Antiques Roadshow
- Naional Public Radio
- St. Jude Medical/ANS stimulators for my head buzzer
- Elmo
- Feather pillows
- Dingo dog treats
- Fall weather
- My cane BLING
- Luggage with wheels
