vlbrown-mzydt

If you're worried and you can't sleep
Just count your blessings instead of sheep
And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings

Irving Berlin, 1954

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On this Thanksgiving Day, I am thankful for

• Richard, my spouse and best friend
• Bebop, best fur buddy and Cat-in-Charge
• Mezzaluna, fluffy princess and looneycoon
• Squirrel, nap buddy and snugglepuss
• Raven, tummy meister and Monster-in-the-cave

• Our house, to shelter the six of us
• Our cars, that get us where we need to go
• A job I like (most of the time)
• Friends, to make the days more enjoyable
• Family

• The WWW, making communication simpler and faster
• Email and IM
• Weblogs, Twitter, Youtube, Google, …
• Apple and Mac OS X
• Books

• Naps, surrounded by cats
• The ability to work from home, two days a week
• Sunrises
• The place we live – Bay Area CA, GGNRA, trails, reservoirs, deer, hawks, lizards, fog, mice, sea gulls, ravens, squirrels, scrub jays, raccoons, and so much more

Happy Thanksgiving to You and Yours