Thankful Thursday, the second (oops!).

I forgot about this until I clicked on Carole's post in Google Reader. Mea culpa!

Things I am thankful for today:

1. The county board approved the 2010 county budget with minutes to spare at Tuesday night's meeting. By statute we had to do so by midnight; the first vote to approve the budget, as it had been tweaked and amended during the meeting, was at around 10:30 p.m. Budget failed, 10-13. A short break, more pontificating, one board member stood up and said "UNCLE!" (srsly!) and the budget passed. Whew.
2. No sign of any flu in our house, neither seasonal nor piggy. ::knocks on wood::
3. Our Christmas shopping was largely completed on Monday, online. Whew redux.