Thankful Thursday

• Obsidian is not having that terrible of a time adjusting to daily shots.  He cries, tells me no, and tries to get away when he sees me with it, but as soon as it is done, he resumes whatever he was doing as if nothing happened.
• That the process from when it was decided Obsidian would start GHT to when it first started was short (16 days)
• Obsidian seems to have more energy since starting GHT.  He has a black eye to prove it.
• Playaway books from the library.  You just plug in your headphones and start the book.  The device is thicker but short than an iP0d Nano.
• Tween boy family members that love playing with my boys
• Rich hot chocolate laced with Baily's Irish Creme
• Slow cookers and the fact if you throw all of the ingredients of stuffed green peppers in it (including rice that is uncooked and the proper amount of water), that it comes out tasting the same (but just not as visually appealing) with a fraction of the work
• Pyrope's advances he has made in speech as well as some of the concepts he has really started to "get" recently
• The "forced" date nights Jet and I have, we buy season tickets for a series of plays.  Then we "have" to go.  Most are good.  A few are excellent.  Twice we have left at intermission.  Once we didn't make it to intermission.  Not bad for this being our 5th season.  So far this year, we haven't even left at intermission.
• The number of sitters we can call on when we do go on date night
• How healthy my kids are.  They get normal colds and virus', but knock on wood, are really very healthy and don't need any interventions apart from home remedies.