Creature Comforts

1. wheat
2. Kamut
3. yeast
4. honey
5. salt
6. butter
7. hot water
8. making home-made bread
9. grinder
10. Bosch
11. oven
12. potholders
13. dishwasher
14. pantry
15. preserved peaches from our backyard tree
16. butternut squash from the garden
17. home-grown onions
18. home-canned spicy tomato sauce, perfect for hot tomato soup
19. frozen zucchini just waiting to be baked into bread
20. baked sweet potato fries, drizzled with olive oil & sprinkled with salt
21. jelly roll pans
22. blender
23. fruit smoothies
24. mirrors
25. television (not that we watch much, but still)
26. Ipod
27. docking speaker
28. camera
29. data cables
30. Picasa
31. playlists
32. lights to read by
33. lights to eat by
33. lights to brighten up the place
34. wood floors
35. semi shag carpet
36. rugs
37. wool socks
38. heat
39. fireplace
40. central air
41. soft water
42. washer
43. dryer
44. lavender scented baths
45. bubbles
46. yoga
47. dvd player
48. my bed
49. my pillow
50. sweaters
51. dark jeans - the ones with black bead embroidered pockets in the back
52. capris, how much they remind me of the beach
53. flip-flops
54. bright orange-red nail polish, a touch of spring for my toes
55. microwave
56. spatulas
57. pan scrapers
58. window blinds
59. clean walls
60. ceiling fans
61. overstuffed reading chairs
62. shoulder bags
63. silver hoop earrings
64. bookshelves
65. clean windows
66. the vacuum
67. broom
68. the all-important dust pan
69. lawnmower
70. weed whacker
71. the son who knows how to use them (I do too, but it's good for him)
72. sprinkler system
73. pools
74. hot tubs
75. trees to climb
76. trees to shade
77. trees to harvest from
78. clocks
79. a wheelchair-modified vehicle
80. pain meds for my boy
81. electric keyboards
82. and the headphones that go with them
83. oldies radio stations - if 70s and 80s music is considered to be oldies now
84. a couch big and soft enough to cradle Ty
85. a dining table
86. chairs enough for all of us and a guest or two
87. the independence Ellie's step stool lends her
88. paintings
89. sculptures
90. museums
91. hospitals
92. telephones
93. laundry baskets
94. that my kids can do their own wash
95. that we have some of the best tasting water right out of the faucet
96. that we do not have to boil, strain, and filter our water
97. or walk miles to get it
98. indoor plumbing
99. that my children do not have to go hungry
100. Mr. O has secure employment (it hasn't always been that way, so I'm especially grateful for this).
101. and we are all, currently, healthy