January blog challenge--Things I'm Most Thankful for

Things I'm Most Thankful For

I'm gonna just let you assume that I'm thankful for my Savior and my family and start with other things:

• My landlords. While there are definite issues with this townhouse that need to be addressed, they have been good to me. Especially when I have had financial hardships, like during cancer, etc. 
• My dogs. They give me something to mother now that my nest is empty.
• My friends. I used to get all sad that I didn't have a core of best friends or ONE best friend that I spoke with daily and always did stuff with like on Sex and the City. But as I've gotten older I've come to appreciate the various friendships I have with different people and to see the value in their structure. I have a great neighbor friend, lifelong high school friends that I still see and speak to on a regular basis, church/ministry friends that accept me for the very real sinner that I am, friends that share in my battles with ACC/Cancer, and former work friends that get my humor!
• My health. I am able to exercise and feel good most of the time having beat cancer last year. I had nowhere near the struggles some others have had with this dreadful disease.
• My appearance. Of course there are things I would like to change--lose some weight, mainly. But all in all, I'm fairly attractive, especially for a woman about to be 47 and I'm thankful for that gift.
• My sense of adventure. I'm happy having some relaxing downtime once in a while but I'm grateful that I still love to be active--hiking, camping, travel, kayaking, biking, etc. There are so many places I still want to go and so much I still want to do and I'm thankful for wanting that!
• The ability to taste. This is also cancer related. Going through radiation and even for several weeks after I was unable to taste food. I used to think that would be a blessing--I would lose weight. And I did. But it was not at all the blessing I thought it would be. I enjoy good food and I'm so glad it didn't take me years to get my tastes back.
• The little things my parents taught me. How to balance a checkbook (not that I need to anymore because I just use my debit card for most things), how to change a tire, check oil and add fluids to a car, how to sew/crochet (that one is actually thanks to Maw Maw), cook, do laundry, seek out instructions on how to do minor repairs, drive a standard transmission, take care of a baby, etc. I'm often surprised at how many people my age, let alone younger, don't know how to do many of these things!