I am thankful for...

Things that occured in 2009 that I am so very grateful for..

1. My Family always being there for me- I could go person by person and say how amazing each one of you are...but that would make this list incredibly long because every single one of you are amazing! I am so blessed to be a part of my amazing family!
   
2. My boyfriend for being such an amazing best friend to me, he knows when to make me laugh, when to force me to do homework, basically he gets me. Which I am so extremely grateful for
   
3. My friends- I feel that at this point in my life I am able to look around and see which friends are my lifelong friends. I am lucky enough to have multilpe best friends, even after I left them for half the year. That only means space cannot break our friendship :)
   
4. My health and the health of those around me
   
5. My optimistic attitude- it helps me avoid stress...except when it comes to packing. There is no way jose to be optimistic about packing..yuuuccckk
   
6. The once in a lifetime experience of Australia- I will never forget my time abroad. It helped me realize how important different cultures are and also gave me a new found love for traveling. I miss Australia so much and the friends I made there, but I am incredibly incredibly grateful I even had the opportunity to find out what it is like to miss that..
   
7. My car- even at 150,000 miles it is still able to get me to place a,b,c,d on any given day! Because lord knows I don't only travel from A to B everyday!
8. Oreos- so happy they didn't get pulled off the shelf because I still love love love them even if they are horrible for me!
9. Christmas- being able to go see my family in California, after not being up there for a year and a half! So excited everything....except that means I have to pack again :
10. My Boss- who was willing to give me my job back after being gone for six months! Making it so I could avoid going job hunting in this wonderful economy..
    
11. My mom for making a thanksgiving without the turkey, without the pumpkin pie just because she knows I don't care for either of the two. I am a picky eater sometimes :)
12. My two friends Nikki and Shauna who both had a baby boy, Nikki named hers Cody and Shauna named hers J.D. Jr. I am so extremely grateful that they both had happy, healthy baby boys!
13. My sister Rhianna, sister Christine and aunt Erin who all got married this year! I am happy they all found the love of their loves and were able to celebrate it.

In the end I am just grateful. For everyone and everything around me! Happy Thanksigving! You all go enjoy your pumpkin pies and turkey and I am off to enjoy my Pot Roast and Apple Pie! :)