Following Ann, counting my blessings. 

422. Knocking out the Fartlek sprints, then enjoying the walk back to the house

423. Birds singing

424. Oak trees that have come back this spring instead of succumbing to oak wilt

425. Pancakes for breakfast, waiting on my plate when I got home

426. Maple syrup

427. Chores getting done quickly with no complaining

428. Husband, Dirtbike and The Architect working on the tractor together

429. Husband, Dirtbike and The Architect giving up on same tractor for the time being and then shopping online for a new lawnmower to tide us over until the tractor can be properly repaired.

430. New lawnmower

431. Teen boys who are excited about having a new mower and who finished the lawn in record time.

432. Weedeaters

433. Husband and Me no longer having to do lawn work because kids are big enough to do it for us.

434. Baby tomato plants, almost ready to move to the big garden

435. Bluebonnets

436. Mass, and serving as lector

437. Fr. Tom’s newly grown beard – he looks very distinguished with it

438. Being moved to tears by the Eucharist

439. Parish Directory with pictures

440.  C.A.S.N. coming home, even if it is just to do her laundry

401. Rabbit! Rabbit! Rabbit!

402. April Fool’s Day!

403. Finding all the furniture in the house turned UPSIDE DOWN this morning

404. Weight of baby grand saving it from…

405. The absolute silliness of teenage boys

406. Eastside Breakfast Cartel

407. Wonderful Protestant member of cartel who remembered that several of us are Catholic and observe the Lenten fast and made half of the breakfast casserole with just eggs, no sausage.

408. Surprise lunch date with Husband

409. Decaffeinated coffee

410. Excellent tuna salad at Baker Brothers

411. Black bean soup

412. Surprise shopping evening with Princess Pea

413. Finding the perfect prom dress

414. Being wonderfully surprised that the tag-less, unpriced perfect prom dress was a clearance item from the winter collection, marked down to …wait for it…. $50!!!!

415. Accidentally meeting Prince Charming and Queen Charming at the mall and enjoying the company

416. Queen Charming getting to see the perfect prom dress and be in on the excitement, especially because she lives in a house full of boys and never gets to enjoy the girly side of parenting

417. Cheese Pizza

418. Silly wrap pants, coolie hats and manly necklaces at the import store

419. Monkey Hat

420. Turning off the alarm before going to bed

  Following Ann, counting my blessings. 
361. Continuing Education, because it means a little time away from my desk and a chance to catch up with peers

362. Texas Floodplain Managers Association Seminar

363. Yummy lunch at TFMA, especially the stuffed chicken

364. Generous sponsors who helped keep the cost down on the yummy lunch

365. Interesting panel discussion about FEMA mapping, floodplain development, current ordinances and laws

366. Seeing old friends

367. Seeing former clients who say “Hey! I have this project….”

368. MicroPaver

369. MicroPaver instruction book, which made it easy to learn and then to teach others

370. New elliptical machine in the gym; well, it’s new to us

371. 3.5 miles ran on new elliptical machine

372. Seeing C.A.S.N. today for a little while today

373. C.A.S.N. coming home for dinner and to borrow paint and brushes to finish a sorority project

374. Getting asked to help apply some paint to the sorority project

375. Knowing that C.A.S.N. is doing wonderfully at college and thriving

376. Tardy Husband, which left me with fifteen unscheduled minutes in which I read chapters in Exodus in preparation for tomorrow’s Bible Study

377. Quiet in the office

378. Running through the hallways at the office like a silly child because there’s nobody here to see

379. Bob the Cat

380. My pillow