A few things I appreciate...

1. A great recipe for pumpkin cake, recommended by a fellow blogger and baker. Not so good for you, but it calls for homemade caramel, which is really fun to make. And it's really, seriously delicious.
2. A very odd, very warm front that made its way through yesterday, melting about a third of the snow on our balcony. Now we can almost pretend that there has only been a moderate amount of snowfall this month.
3. A really nice day with the in-laws yesterday. And 3a) their new Wii. Much extra gratitude for their new Wii.
   
4. The big mess on my desk which serves as evidence of having written Christmas cards to almost everyone I'd wanted to, almost in time for the holidays. That's right, Kevin. I appreciate my own mess - let me know if you are able to make sense of that.
   
5. Not having had time to put up our Christmas tree. And therefore not having to take it down again.
6. Our new best friend, the television.