One Thousand Gifts-3

Captain’s Log, Stardate 11.19.2006

I’m participating in the “One Thousand Gifts” list from Christian Women Online. Click on the picture to find out more about it.

51. The way my dog puts her head in my lap.
52. My Levenger fountain pen
53. The feel of a pen gliding over paper
54. The satisfaction of finding out how to automatically back up my files every day to my iPod.
55. For the way God provided a place for Heather to move to at the right time.
56. Nutella and pretzels
57. Figuring out and ordering my mom’s Christmas present, CDs
58. The way I can stick post-its on the wall to storyboard my manuscript
59. My aromatherapy candle burner
60. My aromatherapy cold-diffuser
61. For tithe paid early for once
62. My cutie pink Dooney & Bourke purse
63. High-speed internet
64. How my friend Sharon and I happened to want each other to critique our manuscripts at the same time
65. The French lavender growing in my backyard
66. My gardenia bush
67. My gladiolas
68. My friend Mary’s move back to the states
69. My friend Shelley’s recent sale of her YA series
70. That Captain Caffeine went to the grocery store today so I wouldn’t have to go
71. My leather book covers to protect my books
72. My cute rain slicker frog stuffed animal
73. The soft brown half-bear stuffed animal that Captain Caffeine bought for me, which I left behind at a hotel while traveling in Japan but which the tour director got back for me.
74. Those Nissan stainless steel travel mugs that keep my hot tea and honey very hot for very long.
75. Our wireless internet router