Extra Credit: Also due November 20th- "Thanksgiving Feast." Thanksgiving recipe exchange. Do you have a great recipe that would be perfect for a Thanksgiving feast? Put it on a page and email me the link and I'll put together a potluck page. Click on Turkey.

Due Date-Thursday, November 20th- "Thankful Thirty."
I'd like you to make a list of thirty things you are thankful for ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. I thought about making this in a questionnaire format but since you are all so creative, I decided I'd just turn you loose on this assignment. I will put together a questionnaire if you'd prefer so just email me if you'd like one. The idea is: I'm thankful for lip gloss...to...I'm thankful for the love of my children. Get the idea? Come up with thirty things.

I am thankful for...

* the Cheesecake Factory for all it's yummy salads
* Nordstroms because it makes shopping more fun
* Survivor for making TV fun and giving me something to blog about
* All My Children which I've been watching since I was in college and Erica was in high school
* my kitchen hot water dispenser
* tea- hot and iced- for keeping me from eating too much
* George Clooney and the way he gazes up with his head tilted down
* Jeff's salsa and Margaritas in my cactus glasses
* Nick and Nora PJ's after a long day at work
* my prelit Christmas tree so I don't become a Scrooge trimming the tree
* having a job that gives me my summers off
* Highway One through Big Sur on a sunny day
* picnics of bread, cheese and wine
* the view out my computer room window
* the beautiful hiking trails right out my front door
* all my new bird feeders which have brought a renewed interest in the pleasures to be found in my own backyard
* the Mills Family HomePage, Darylynn.com-ments and Homework for all the wonderful friends they have given me
* our new carpeting, tile, front doors, oak stairway... and that it is done!
* my collections of Department 56, David Winter, Longaberger Baskets and that Jeff indulges my interests
* being a baby-boomer and a teenager during the 60's
* being a UCLA alumni and a student during the turbulent Viet Nam War era
* being a native Southern Californian
* a mother-in-law who is truly a mother-in-love
* our brother and sister kitties, Hunter and Hayley, for helping to make our house a home
* our beloved golden retriever, Dylan, for defying the odds and staying in remission for over 2 years
* Kali, our little golden girl, for keeping Dylan young and bringing joy into our lives
* my mother living with me until the day she died
* my children, Justin and Jessica, who are the center of my universe
* my husband, Jeff, for giving me all the things in my life that matter the most
* the health of all my loved ones which is the most important thing of all