Roots

Ok, so, due to the fact that my beloved MacBook Pro was stolen from my home in an awful, middle of a sunny afternoon, "thought you lived in a nice neighborhood" break-in recently, I'm unable to blog at my most newly created mac.com site. I've been forced to return to my blogging roots here with Small Things. I'll replace beloved MacBook Pro as soon as the insurance check gets here but until then, it's Blogger to the rescue! Blessedly, good 'ole Gateway PC and the external hard drive were left behind. I'm thankful that bulky desktops teathered to the wall by boatloads of tangled wires don't fetch much on the blackmarket.

And I guess it's kind of fitting really that I take to Small Things once again this July, 2008 - a day before my 39th birthday. The name for the blog is actually pulled from a Cracker song called "Happy Birthday" (1992). The lyric "I'm feeling thankful for the small things today" just struck a cord with me that decade and a half ago and it's something I should do more often really - be thankful for the small things - literally. I tend to reflect on the status of my life as my birthday approaches and this year, as my 30's fade to my 40's, I'm going to try to s.l.o.w. d.o.w.n. and get a little zen.

So, here's a big "Happy Birthday" to me as I head straight into my best year ever surrounded by lots of small things to be thankful for.