who am I fooling?

I have combined my writing blog with this blog, because--who am I fooling?--I wont keep up two blogs at the same time. I was trying to keep the very personal separate from the not so personal, but whatever. Yup, that is what I said in such a literary and concise matter: whatever.

Cheers.

some things I'm thankful for on my birthday

1. My husband. I have found the best partner to live life with as is possible. He is kind, generous, loving, and takes care of me in every way.
   
2. My mom. As much as she thinks I don't need her anymore now that I have Jeff, I still do and always will. She taught me how to think, to question everything to figure out what is right.
   
3. My daddy. Often we don't understand each other, get angry at each other, shake our heads at each other (that sounded primal), but I always know he loves me.
   
4. Friends. Although I have just two very close friends besides Jeff, I also have a plethora of people who love me from a distance and that makes them all my friends.
   
5. Intelligence. It doesn't make life any simpler but much more interesting.
6. Truth. That there is a right and wrong, and that it is discernible.
7. God. Although I don't understand completely what/who God is, I am very thankful that I have felt (and feel) something so much bigger than me.
   
8. Jesus. As Job said in hope of Jesus, "If only there were someone to arbitrate between us, to lay his hand upon us both, someone to remove God's rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more. Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot."
9. Education. Ignorance can allow so many evils.
   
10. Books. For the ability they give me to escape pain.
11. Internet. It would be hard to keep in touch with people without email, blogs and facebook. Plus it cuts down on destroying trees as I don't need a book on every little piece of information I want to look up.
    
12. Skills. My ability to draw, work with clay, write, bake, create, sing, play piano, argue, play sports, be a good wife, knit.
13. Health, such as I have. The pain is most certainly wearisome, but I am able to do much still.
14. My dog. Perhaps a bit silly, but having a warm, soft puppy to cuddle with on occasion is some of the best medicine in the world.