perspective.

so - we've been doing a lot of cleaning of the house over this very nice and oh-so-needed long holiday weekend. one of my projects during this time has been to attack the shelving unit that is housing all of our photo albums and framed photos and loose photos and boxed photos and, etc, etc photos. it was a dusty, nasty, unorganized mess. I haven't really been dealing with them since college (although i do make nice, fancy photo journals whenever we take a vacation), but otherwise, they've been going in this huge poo pile. did i mention the dust? no, really. it's disgusting.

well. wow. as of yesterday, dave and i have been together for 10 1/2 years. and let me tell you, it shows. ;) our little sparkling 22 and 23 year old faces are so earnest and excited and confused and overwhelmed and the rest of us is generally wrapped in black leather jackets and black nail polish. dave is without facial hair. my hair is longer and blonder. and yet after spending hours organizing pictures from countless gigs and halloweens and birthdays and camping trips and family events and hiking trips and holidays of all kinds and friends that have faded away and friends who have grown dearer and weddings and texas and just tons of random shit, i started to notice that at the core, we mostly have the same ridiculous tarty smiles and goofy grins and absolute relish of life throughout it all. and dammit, that is good. that is mighty good.

:)

so, i feel deeply thankful for all that.

i feel thankful for our friends and family.
i feel thankful for country music that makes me weep when i'm pre-menstrual. and even sometimes when i'm not. ;)
i feel thankful for full moons.
i feel thankful for three part harmony vocal melodies.
i feel thankful for one, two, three, four birdies.
i feel thankful for the piano that i don't play enough. but i feel thankful for the thought of it.
i feel thankful for happy japanese things with big googly eyes.
i feel thankful for all the people donating their time to help save the wildlife and help clean up in the aftermath of this oil spill.
i feel thankful for games.
i feel thankful for patty griffin.
i feel thankful for 'dancing with the stars'
i feel thankful for sewing machines.
i feel thankful for bicycles.
i feel so thankful for the sheer number of talented, smart, creative, inspiring, incredible people we have in our lives.
i feel thankful for long hikes, redwood trees, dogs, sleep, books, good food....
um, this could go on forever and now that i've typed sleep, i suddenly want some....so to close,
i feel thankful that i can choose to go to sleep now in my comfy bed, in my happy apartment, in the challenging, yet so worth it city of san francisco with my challenging, yet so worth it tart of 10 1/2 years.