What I'm thankful for today

• I'm thankful that I'm married to a great guy and that after 19 years, we're still best friends.
  
• I'm thankful that I'm still healthy and come from long-lived stock.
  
• I'm thankful to be employed (and that Mr. Brilliant is too)
  
• I'm thankful we bought our house in 1996.
  
• I'm thankful we had siding, windows, and the roof done last year before the price of building materials went up.
  
• I'm thankful that the Bacari Grill dishes up a nice spread on Thanksgiving so the two of us can go out for a nice dinner, then come home and have no dishes to wash.
  
• I'm thankful that I love to write and I'm reasonably good at it.
  
• I'm thankful that the mainstream media are finally waking up to what the Bush Administration is doing to this country.
  
• I'm thankful that Paul Hackett has decided to pursue office in Ohio again.
  
• I'm thankful for Cindy Sheehan's courage.
  
• I'm thankful to have had 18 months of waking up every morning to Morning Sedition, and just wish I could look forward to more.
  
• I'm thankful that I'm on speaking terms with everyone in my family.