99 Things I Am Thankful For

2012 Post-Hurricane Sandy Edition

In random order ...

99. Autumn colors
98. Heat & electricity
97. My sister-in-law's Martha Stewart approach to making Thanksgiving beautiful
96. Chocolate-covered halvah
95. The separation of church and state
94. My Facebook friends
93. My real life friends
92. Antibiotics
91. The garlicky Chicken Scarpaiello from Steve's Piccolo Bussola
90. Mircrowaveable heating pads
89. Ethan's SAT and ACT scores
88. Barack Obama
87. Reading novels that feel like they came from a place inside my own heart
86. Theresa Caputo
85. Vincent Van Gogh
84. Publishing contracts
83. The fact that you still cannot buy the presidency in the United States of America
82. NPR
81. Supermarkets
80. Breaking Bad
79. Emma's face
78. Dorothy Parker
77. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
76. Cheesecake
75. Lactaid pills (see #76)
74. Max's jokes
73. My GPS
72. Volunteers
71. Readers
70. The way Mike looks at me, still
69. Cellphones
68. The Marx Brothers
67. Discounted movie tickets
66. Flashlights
65. Autosave
64. Edy's Lemonade-flavored Fruit Bars
63. Long walks
62. Having the house to myself sometimes
61. Fan mail
60. WiFi
59. Jones Beach
58. My parents
57. Long hot showers
56. Veterans
55. Hair products
54. Ceasefires
53. Stoli vodka gimlets
52. The right to choose
51. Quiet mornings
50. Dogs
49. Summer barbecues
48. Good news
47. Spellcheck
46. Laughter
45. The overwhelming generosity of my friends
44. Civil rights
43. The way the scent of the beach lingers long after I come home
42. Literacy
41. Warm blankets
40. Mountains
39. Firefighters
38. The smell of bacon
37. My family
36. Naps
35. Indoor plumbing
34. Finding bargains online
33. Disposable contact lenses
32. Diet Coke
31. Dimmer switches
30. Red wine
29. Art museums
28. Chocolate truffles
27. Fresh starts
26. Forgiveness
25. Back rubs
24. Lunch with friends
23. Air conditioning
22. Compliments
21. Dinner conversation with the kids
20. Thai food
19. Feminism
18. Zoetrope.com
17. Smart Balance with Olive Oil
16. Xanax
15. My local public library
14. Instant Age Rewind Face Perfector
13. The DVR
12. My high black boots
11. Kisses
10. Cotton
9.  Science
8.  Blog readers
7. The daily Cryptoquote
6. Cute babies
5. UPS deliveries
4. Gorgeous sentences
3. Love
2. Good health
1. Peace