Gratitude '07 (in no particular order)

My Birthday on Carnaby Street in London

One Hundred things for which I am grateful. There are probably more like one thousand, but you might be grateful for the abridged version.
1. Another year of survival
2. Incredibly patient, tolerant, tireless friends
3. My little black plastic scooter
4. An extremely well behaved and calm dog who makes urban apartment living possible
5. Two happy parents
6. Straight hair
7. High speed internet
8. No credit card debt
9. Philadelphia's endless cycling trails
10. My corner bar
11. Great Luck
12. A boss who is a friend and a role model
13. Down comforters
15. My passport
16. Sporadic artistic talent
17. A zoning miracle in the form of the Dock Street decision reversal
18. The courtyard
19. An office with a door and a window
20. Freedom of speech
21. Good knees
22. The US Coast Guard
23. Trader Joe's
24. Close-knit, beautiful, hilarious, warm and fuzzy family
25. East coast living
26. Air Travel
27. Every relationship I've had, even the bad ones
28. Wawa
29. A great roommate
30. HBO
31. Healing
32. My electric teakettle
33. My ray of sunshine
34. Forgiveness
36. No pudge brownie mix
37. The Spring Garden Tunnel
38. Grant money
39. Self defense training
40. Wood burning Fireplaces
41. Friends with dogs named yuki
42. Pimsleur language learning CDs
43. Pandora radio
44. Global perspective
45. BBC America
46. My unofficial dog park
47. Michael Nutter
48. Butternut Squash
49. Big Lips
50. Divine sabotage
51. Quantum Physics
52. Photoshop
53. Cute Overload
54. Grid Cities
55. Foreign Films
56. Friends in high and low places
57. Remote entry doors
58. My half of a parking space
59. Youth
60. My ability to mix optimism and sarcasm seamlessly
61. My General Contractor and his plan-fixing crew
62. The loss of fear and the arrival of true confidence
63. Padded bike shorts
64. Amazon.com
65. My neighborhood
66. The Food Network
67. Central Air
68. The R5
69. Outdoor seating
70. The snooze button
71. My summer with the Brit
72. Christmas Trees
73. Morning Star Farms products
74. Good dreams
75. Skype
76. The kindness of strangers when you least expect it
77. Discovery HD
78. Chapstick
79. Sustainable design
80. A brother who always impresses me
81. Endless possibilities
82. The Philadelphia Free Library
83. Soy everything
84. Big Boulder Lake and the people who bring me there
85. Bike Lanes
86. Beach Volleyball
87. The 'front of the house' at the office
88. My Dad for being fun, supportive, surprising, and totally himself
89. 97 miles to the gallon
90. My iced tea making cheerleaders at the finish line in Oreland
91. Long Legs
92. Digital photography
93. Guys with dimples
94. My evil twin changing the rules (but that's enough Gwen!)
95. Google
96. Close calls
97. My Mom for being wise, brave, silly and alive and well
98. The giggles
99. Comp time
100. 2008 right around the corner