Things For Which I Am Thankful, In No Particular Order

1) Kindergarteners, because they are generous with stickers and compliments.
2) My police station class, because it is giving me a new appreciation of our law enforcement officers while simultaneously providing me with most unexpected topics of later conversation.
3) This little dictatorship, because I am free to publish two Thanksgiving posts, neither of which appeared on Thanksgiving.
4) Prepositional phrases, because I loved crossing them out in ninth-grade grammar exercises.
5) The crazy characters gathered around last Thursday's table, because I'd be essentially nowhere - nonexistent, broke, depressed, and unemployed - without them.
6) Our garage, because parking inside is infinitely superior to parking on the street and having all your car doors freeze shut on a nightly basis and being forced to scrape several miles of ice and snow off your windshield every morning.
7) Eavesdropping, because how else would I have heard the following statement (made by one five-year-old to another): "This Bingo has words. We can't play it; we can't read!"?
8) My coworkers, because they make enduring a daily wakeup call at half past six worthwhile.
9) The public school system's field trip budget, because thanks to it I am seeing Disney On Ice tomorrow.

and finally,

10) All y'all, of course, because you pretty much rule.

(So clearly the title was misleading - saved the best for last, you know!)