Thousand Gifts 976-1000

For the past year I have been keeping track of all the "gifts" in my life whether big or small...I am blessed and am grateful for all that I have. Today I will share my last 24 gifts of 2012..

976. the excitement of getting the house ready for Christmas
977. a good parking space in Winchester center when we went to get the food for Christmas Day
978. Molly's excitement in getting to place Baby Jesus in the manager at the Christmas Eve service
979. Silent Night by candlelight
980. Sue & Jon having us over for Christmas Eve dinner
981. birthday cake for Baby Jesus
982. Santa key & cookies
983. waking up Christmas morning to see what Santa brought
984. screams of JOY from the kids
985. my Mom stopping by in the morning to see the kids
986. a little dusting of snow to make it feel like a "White Christmas"
987. visits to Grammy & Grampys' & the Ferrar'is for Christmas
988. Christmas dinner at my Mom's
989. family time
990. the house getting back to normal
991. McDonald's w/ the kids
992. Darren having a couple of vacation days
993. our annual vacation lunch w/ Ninny, Sue & the kids this time Darren & Jon got to come
994. tv night w/ the girls
995. back to work after 2 weeks off
996. catching up w/ Lynne
997. date night w/ Darren - dinner and a movie
998. finally some snow for the kids to play in
999. snuggling w/ Molly on the couch
1000. ALL The GIFTS in my Life whether BIG or SMALL that helped to make 2012 a little better