Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.

Sunshine and a smile to match

Free concert with my fav local bands playing

Multiple friend contact… and boyfriend, all in one day!

Natural chunky peanut butter

Checks in the mail

Friends. Man, I have some high quality ones…

My Shiny Van working properly. (knock laminate) So far so good.

Sunny summer weather… in the upper 60s. Aaaaah.

Plenty of money for gas and some travel accouterments. :)

Summer fruit and plenty of it. mmmmm.

More business inquiries than I can keep up with. ha!

Doing a fancy art show in Mendocino… I always have a great time there and can’t wait to see my mendo art buddies.

Having a camping pal for the trip, probably, and oceanside campgrounds.

Not beating up on myself for being a bit lazy this week. Whatever.

Barney getting all mushy about our anniversary yesterday, in his way (‘5 yrs huh…I guess another 5 yrs wouldn’t be so bad’).

Seeing the mermaid artwork flip up as I changed my wall calendar to July. :-) Just for me.

Our 5 year anniversary tomorrow. Heehee. gooooo love!

Putting a bunch of money in the bank.

Buying groceries without a spending limit… at night when the place was pleasantly empty.

A big web order. :)

Putting off the lame-ass landlady for another week… who wants to rip out our kitchen.

The Indigo Girls (I can’t believe I cried when that song played this morning, I must’ve needed that)

Seeing Barney in mere hours!

Having most of my shit together for the festival, and leaving on time.

My goofy dog.

Connecting with long lost friends.

For quality hang out time with Dad & Jen recently. That was great.

For seeing my artwork as Tink’s avatar today. heehee.

For the little car with 1/2 a tank of gas in it.

For Barney’s mom, who is ready to help at any time, in any way.

For the stimulus check, just in time!

Thanks for Sunday morning NPR, esp This American Life!

Thanks for being able to dye stuff all day as ‘work’.

Thanks for all the new business coming my way. woo!

Thanks for optimism in the face difficult times ($7 buys plenty of groceries!).

Thanks for being able to squeak by on my bills. Again.