I am thankful:
!. Air conditioning keeps the house livable in the scorching heat.
2. Two of the books I had ordered from Borders.com arrived. I am not sure I am keeping them because they were mutilated in shipping, but at least they finally came. I am a stickler for perfect books.
3. We are staying home today.
4. I am cooking sirloin steaks with broccoli rice au gratin and sweet peas with pearl onions and mushrooms for supper. We will have lemon meringue pie for dessert.
5. I remembered to remove my bookmarks when I had to return some books that were on hold at the library.
6. Penny felt feisty enough to bark at Ko-Ko earlier today. Penny is a thirteen year old Shih Tzu and Ko-Ko is an irritating two year old of the same breed.
7. There have been no thunderstorms for a week or more. However, I wish God would see fit to send us some good soaking rains. The plants are suffering.
8. I have decided to put off purchasing a new computer for some time. I may attempt upgrading this laptop to Windows 7, since I have the disk and everything.
9. I am not in quite so black a mood.
10. Writing out thankful lists seems to make me feel somewhat better.
Always,
Jo Ann
Chronicles 
Thank you for sharing something so personal and for reminding us to simply look around ourselves for things to embrace with gratitude.
Andrea,
Thank you for reading. The gratitude lists are an old habit of mine I had neglected for a while, but they make me feel better so I am trying them often right now.
Please come back and visit again.