35 Years, 35 Gratefuls

I'm 35 today. To mark the occasion I thought I'd share 35 things for which I am grateful. Some are seemingly simple, some are grandiose. They're all significant.

1. the sun, the moon and the stars
2. this past weekend's getaway to Toronto with D.
3. being born in Canada
4. my books
5. music
6. being born in a musical family
7. my job, bosses and colleagues
8. my health
9. my car and my ability to drive it
10. my past marriage - for its joys and lessons learned
11. my computer
12. Bridgehead coffee
13. my friends
14. coloured pens and blank journals
15. birdsongs
16. the proximity of many good, challenging hiking trails to Ottawa
17. last year's trip to Grand Manan, NB
18. fresh flowers
19. the 11-month sabbatical I took in 2006-2007
20. my spacious, light-filled home
21. the bamboo curtain hanging in the sunroom
22. classic movies
23. Web sites, stories, and people that inspire me
24. my family - immediate and extended, cousins, aunts, uncles, in-laws, those here now and those who came before me
25. my creative source and spirit
26. colour
27. dreams and intuition
28. my urban living experiment on Elgin Street
29. my Writer's Group
30. my burgundy, faux snakeskin kick-ass boots
31. old family photos and documents
32. my vintage red enamel ring
33. D. and Cassie
34. my age
35. being off on my birthday so I can write this while sipping coffee in my home office

What are your gratefuls? Can you come up with a list equal to your age? If so, please send me a sample in the comments. I'd love to hear about them.