Thankful Thursday, Take 2

Hmmmm, so Take 2 happens to be on Thanksgiving, so keeping up with a tradition I started last year, here's my list of 100 things I'm thankful for:

1. God's unfathomable and unconditional love for and patience with me
2. God's full awareness of me and my humanity - nothing I do surprises Him or causes Him any disillusionment. He still loves me...and even likes me!
3. Friends that stand the test of time and stand with me in my struggles
4. Space and freedom (Job 36:16)
5. A once-in-a-lifetime trip to Italy with my dear friend Jennie
6. A loving family
7. "Finding myself" - and really liking what I'm finding - for the first time in my life
8. Jennie
9. Ini
10. Nikki
11. Michele
12. Jessie
13. Karlena
14. Becca
15. Tiffani
16. Amanda
17. Brooke
18. Melanie
19. Carin - even though the years pass, she's still such a blessing to me
20. Jill
21. Great friends at work
22. Opportunities to share Jesus with those friends
23. Opportunities for growth at work
24. Opportunities to speak into the lives of others - to encourage, counsel, advise, love, challenge
25. An amazing small group - that has now split into two groups and is sure to still be wonderful!
26. My house
27. His mercies toward me - new every day
28. His protection
29. His provision
30. His pursuit
31. Snow-capped mountain views
32. Being seen and noticed
33. Learning to stand up for myself
34. Laughter
35. Friends/Family/Community
36. Autumn
37. Cinnamon Dulce Lattes
38. Zucchini bread
39. The ocean
40. Sleep
41. Clinique's Happy Heart Perfume
42. Good friends moving to Colorado - yea for Brooke and Ryan & Sherry!!!!
43. FRIENDS marathons
44. Hope
45. Amazing, gracious pastors to call me to so much more than I think is possible
46. Phenomenol ministry leaders whom I get to pastor
47. Opportunities to mentor others
48. VLI - having learned so much but also having only two quarters left!
49. A great, growing church
50. Sunflower Market
51. Digital Cameras
52. iPods
53. Big family Christmases that are still at Grandma's house
54. Music
55. The Beach
56. The Gap Outlet
57. Pictures
58. Journals
59. Monthly poker nights with the girls from work - we talk much more than we play! :)
60. Facebook - which enables me to keep in touch with most of my siblings and many friends around the world
61. The Internet and cell phones - which do the same thing
62. Colorado's 300+ days of sun
63. A new neice/nephew on the way
64. A fun trip to Chicago
65. A greater awareness of my humanity and fallenness during that trip - and of God's remarkable grace and love
66. A wonderful chance to reconnect with old friends while in the midwest
67. Attending two great concerts this year - John Mayer with Ben Folds and Over the Rhine with Griffin House
68. Going to the beach with my family over Memorial Day
69. Yummy new recipes
70. Holiday Parties
71. Holiday music
72. Memories that make me smile and/or feel warm inside
73. Sleep
74. My cat - as much as I whine and complain about him, I do like him a whole lot!
75. Knowing where my mother is
76. The promise of heaven
77. Down comforters
78. Scripture
79. Prayer
80. Space Heaters
81. Gelato
82. Pedicures
83. Transformation
84. Boundaries
85. Candles
86. Getting to be a council member at my church
87. Discovering Community
88. Four-day weekends
89. A great education
90. Being able to pay my mortgage and all my bills....without a roommate - I have no idea how it's happening.
91. Yummy crepes at the new crepes restaurant downtown
92. Christmas lights
93. Lightening up/loosening up
94. Grace
95. Forgiveness
96. Worship
97. The members of my worship team
98. Perspective
99. Patience
100. Being Human