It's been awhile since I posted a gratitude list so this one spans a bit of time.

#1579 - #1607

- the generosity of my family and friends in the tangible gift of a beautiful new laptop

- seeing my friends' babies ... and my friends too!

- being able to tell family and friends in MN "we'll see you in a few weeks." This will be a common occurrence over the summer

- night shift e-mails to my friend working elsewhere

- the "summer weather switch" finally turned on in Milwaukee. (Loki is exhausted with the adrupt change in temps)

- kissing on the beach

- sand from Lake Michigan between my toes

- trying to convince Loki not to be scared of the water (in his defence, it was cold and wavy and he is scared of just about everything!)

- my trusty chacos

- long shadows from trees

- fans and ac

- cook-outs with friends who work some magic on the grill

- a huge pile of thank you notes ready to be send off

- lunch for $10 a piece downtown. (we were supposed to go with friends but that didn't work out so we had an unplanned date instead)

we always take pics of the food

- getting free pots from my parents to plant a mini potted garden. For some reason I had scraped the whole idea of a garden earlier since we don't have a yard but now I'm super excited to try a potted garden. And, hey, since I'm already late to plant things, may as well wait another week so I can get lots of free pots from my parents. =)

- a nicely planned trip to Sam's Club. spent exactly as much time as I wanted to and spent less money than I thought I would.

- making gifts for summer birthdays

- first trip of the season to the farmer's market

- easily navigating through Milwaukee several times in order to avoid construction

- finding out that friends are pregnant =)

- dinner with my grandma finished off with some wonderful tapioca pudding

- knitting with bright yarn

- a week without overtime! (hopefully the whole summer will be without overtime)

- a free cool new coffee mug for work (thanks Eva!)

- just a few days til we see the Butz family!

- my sweet husband coming to visit me during a slow evening at work and bringing me something to do for the patient-less night ahead

- green grass, green trees and summer flowers

- our unit moved across the hall to accomodate some construction and now we get to see beautiful sunrises in the morning