1.  Isn’t music a miracle?

2.  There are so many songs that have made a difference in my life.

3.  The lullabies when I was a baby.

4.  60s music when I was in high school and college

5.  60s music now that I am in my 60s — lololol

6.  The songs I sing in the shower to lift my spirits — “Amazing Grace” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone”

7.  Today I was singing, “Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day” — it just came out of nowhere and made me feel like I was going to have a terrific day!

8.  Those songs I attach to people I love — “I Just Called to Say I Love You” for my husband Tom.  When he used to teach school, if he called me and I could tell he was in the office with a bunch of people, I would say embarrassingly romantic things to him, and if he called me when I was at my needlework store, and he could tell there were customers around, he would do the same thing!  That became our song because of our silliness!

9.  The lullabies and fun songs I sang to and with my children, and now grandchildren.  What could be a more fun singing experience than singing with a child?

10.  My new fun idea for my 1,000 fun things to do challenge on celebratepossibilities.blogspot.com is to collect the lyrics for lots of songs you ever loved and put them in a notebook.  It’s really easy now with the internet — you can even find a song when you don’t remember the title by putting in some of the lyrics with a keyword search!

1.  Thank you to all who work to make our lives easier —

2.  Police officers, fire fighters, mail carriers, sales people, trash collectors and more!

3.  Thank you to all who work to enrich our lives —

4.  Teachers, tutors, professors, coaches, counselors and more!

6.  Thank you to all who work to create our worlds —

7.  Architects, construction workers, bridge builders and more!

8.  Thank you to all who work to save our lives —

9.  Doctors, nurses, researchers, inventors and more!

10.  Thank you to every job I ever had for shaping who I am now.

Let us remember all those who are unemployed and working hard to find jobs!  Good luck and blessings to them!

1.  Laughing Club

2.  Art in the Square at Highland Square yesterday with my Papa

3.  Lots of fun and creativity

4.  Seeing friends here and there

5.  Lunch at Aladdin’s and someone picked up our tab!  Nice surprise!

6.  It was so hot, I had worried about my Dad because he is 94 — he was fine, I thought I might pass out!

7.  Maribeth, Tom, and I worked on cleaning out the garage together — so fun to have a mutual project!

8.  Paul came over and helped without being asked — a real blast of energy!

9.  Found some CDs and added them to iTunes — new playlists in the future!  Hooray!

10.  Cleared out a wall in the kitchen, and hauled up a bookcase from the garage while everyone was sleeping!

11.  Finding Garrett’s list with so many incredible links — I spent the morning following them with awe!

1.  Had a big printing job this morning, so I only requested to have part of it done to save money.

2.  When it was finished, my wonderful friend Lynn at COS Printing, said $5.25!

3.  Wow!  I was so grateful that it cost so little, that I was able to get several more sets done!

4.  Life’s little surprises like that make for gratitude awareness for sure!

5.  Today my friend Craig is coming for lunch and to hang around at my office.

6.  It will be so fun to spend time with him — he is in laughing club and is one of my best friends — an amazing guy!

7.  Tonight I will have dinner with Jean, who just had knee replacement surgery and is finally home.  Hooray!

8.  Jean and I might even have some Zentangle fun!

9.  I am hoping to get some files cleared out today, too.

10.  I have also been making time for reading during the day — one of my most favorite pastimes.

Thank you for this amazing life of possibilities.

1.  I have amazing and obvious blessings — a terrific husband, named Tom, of over 40 years — the romance is still there!

2.  A fabulous son, daughter-in-law, and daughter!  So precious to me!

3.  Two grandsons, Nate and Andrew, who are beyond amazing!

4.  Friends who rally for the tough times and whose presence I feel always, even when I don’t see them as much as I’d like.  For fun, for sharing, for chosen family — hooray for friends!

5.  A cozy house with a double yard that has a fairy rock garden, and wonderful flowers.

6.  My red beetle named Molly Marie McGee, who has flowers all over, a sticker that says LOVE, bumperstickers that say — Gratitude is the Best Therapy, Spread Good Vibes, and Powered by Optimism — a hippie car!

7.  Work that is intriguing and fulfilling with travel, meeting new people, getting to do presentations, attend conferences — WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan)

8.  Zentangles — everything about them!  (zentangle.com)  teaching, doing them, looking at them, Zentangle Club — all of it

9.  Laughing Club of N.E. Ohio — every Saturday, a place to unwind, laugh, be silly, and energize

10.  My journaling (750words.com), We Love Gratitude, anything associated with The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, creativespiritualwomen, reading, writing, photography, collage, and more!

Not to mention socks, shoes, clothes, food, drinks, beds, sleep, furniture, telephones, computers, pens — oh my!  A million trillion blessings is probably more like it!

1.  paper clips

2.  rubber bands

3.  staplers

4.  3 x 5 cards

5.  post-it notes

6.  note pads

7.  spiral notebooks

8.  notebook paper

9.  ring binders

10.  pens

Hooray for office supplies!

1.  Grateful that the hurricane didn’t do more damage, but so very sorry for all the damage it caused and is causing.

2.  The loss of life is so sad — we might not have known all of them, but our hearts go out to their families, friends, and neighbors.

3.  I am grateful to live in Ohio, which was spared.

4.  There are so many mysteries in life, and the weather is certainly one of them.

5.  I am grateful that so many people pitch in to help each other.

6.  It is strange to have such immediate coverage on TV, but I am grateful to see the places I’ve been and that they will be O.K.

7.  Brattleboro, Vermont is one of my favorite towns ever, and it is having a rough time right now — right by the river, with flooding.

8.  I was grateful to talk to my friend Katie, who lives in Brattleboro, to find out that things are getting better there.

9.  I am so grateful that New York City did not get hit as hard as originally thought.

10.  I have been so grateful to read other lists here, with their words about the hurricane.

1.  For two years, I have had a wonderful sacred space

2.  An office, art studio, living area, kitchen and darling balcony

3.  I enjoy every second here — with or without company

4.  Years ago, I had written out a creative imagery of this place

5.  To my surprise, that imagery came true — word for word!

6.  Now it is time to let it go

7.  I need to downsize and return my office and studio to our home

8.  It’s time to start coordinating for retirement — a few years in the offing, but I’d like to be more in charge

9.  I intend to make this a positive change in every way possible.

10.  A philosophy of gratitude makes me grateful for all the blessings of the past, the present, and the amazing possibilities of the future.

Good List Daily and We Love Gratitude have helped me cultivate gratitude as a way of life, so I can walk through changes like this with a much more positive and grateful attitude!  Thank you, Belle!

1.  tea

2.  iPhone

3.  photographs

4.  poetry

5.  words

6.  possibility

7.  hope

8.  books

9.  bracelets

10.  love

1.  Planes that do their job — going up, staying in the air, and coming down safely!  Hooray!

2.  Hotels that have free internet (not this one!)

3.  Having dinner with friends from around the country with enormous quantities of conversation.

4.  Sarah declaring — “There’s trying, and then there’s declaration!”

5.  Rita making buttons for Gina and me to hand out at our workshop — WRAP P.A.L.S. Peers Advocating Listening and Supporting- wow!

6.  Gina being greeted by 4 or 5 people as they came in the door with such jumping up and down enthusiasm!

7.  A funny waiter who brought me the best asparagus ever in the Universe!

8.  My new book, The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin that I snatched up at the airport — right up my alley!

9.  Getting up early enough to write on 750words.com and here, too!  Yippee!

10.  Looking forward to the first day at the National Association of Peer Specialists’ Conference and meeting lots of people at our book table.  Yippee!