More "One Thousand Gifts"

Here it is the day before Thanksgiving...a good day to write an update on my thousand gift journey! If I don't keep up with this, it will take me years to write a thousand! Oh well...here are the latest twenty five!

1. Little snowflakes falling outside my office window
2. A new Christmas music CD sent by a friend, playing bright and cheery while I write
3. Soup for dinner from Sharon last night - thank you!
   
4. JV friends from various countries who are driving even now to join us at Malenovice for Thanksgiving
5. A sweet phone call with my parents and parent in-laws yesterday
6. Crackling fire in the fireplace, the smell of wood tickling my nose
7. A new gray sweater I got in the States that just feels right when I have it on
   
8. The gift of having been able to join Dave for the last 2x3 Vision night in Chicago
9. Pumpkin lattes at Starbucks while I was there...mmmmmmmm
10. My sister-in-law Kristi who brightens my day when she calls
11. Caleb's pain down to nearly zero
12. Wonderful time of prayer with Dave last night
13. My new green and brown leather Bible - makes me want to read it!
14. The thought of making pumpkin pies with Claire later this afternoon
15. Friends to laugh with
16. Dave's persistence in getting the water pump fixed!
    
17. Feeling snug and safe in my car now that the snow tires are on
18. The sound of Caleb walking in the door from school and greeting Lily downstairs
19. Cheddar cheese...if I had to choose one food to live on, this would probably be it!
20. Albert, the little grocery store in town that has just about everything I need - never fails to make me happy when I go there and find just what I was looking for
    
21. Harvest Spice coffee that I picked up in the States...yummy!
22. The Christmas tree display downtown Chicago at the Museum of Science and Industry - gorgeous!
23. The Geneva House - a house in the Wheaton area for JV missionaries. Such a blessing!
24. Studying minerals with Claire last night...thankful that I don't have to take the test, though I learned some things!
25. My dear husband who adores me! Who doesn't love that??!!