NYR 1-16-11

For shopping at IKEA in Santo Domingo before our departure, I am truly thankful.

P.S. Jimmy and Mac should consider themselves REALLY lucky that I didn't stay in Santo Domingo. Krispy Kreme AND IKEA? That's about as close to paradise as you can get for me!

NYR 1-15-11

To know that this...
or this...
or this...
or this...
...could be our family "portrait", I am truly thankful.

NYR 1-14-11

For Mac's ability to make new friends effortlessly, I am truly thankful.

NYR 1-13-11

To know that places that look like this still exist in the world, I am truly thankful (and ready to go back at a moment's notice).

NYR 1-12-11

To be somewhere so beautiful with the love of my life, I am truly thankful.

NYR 1-11-11

For red toenails, white sand and blue water, I am truly thankful.

NYR 1-10-11

For Mac getting to do things that don't fall into our everyday routine - like jumping off a high dock into a fresh-water, crystal clear lagoon or driving a golf cart at a gorgeous beach resort or riding a Segway or sea kayaking or catching a fish on a fishing trip in the Caribbean - I am truly thankful.

NYR 1-9-11

For great friends and a relaxing opportunity to catch up after way too long even though we fit back together like we'd seen each other yesterday, I am truly thankful.

NYR 1-8-11

For watching three happy children play on this beautiful beach at the Punta Cana Hotel, I am sooooo thankful.

NYR 1-7-11

For the Krispy Kreme doughnut shop in Santo Domingo - where the Hot and Now sign burns brightly and the doughnuts taste every bit as good as they do in the US - I am truly thankful.

P.S. My boys don't realize how lucky they are that I really came back to Bogota with them. The Krispy Kremes were almost enough to keep me in Santo Domingo forever!

NYR 1-6-11

Are you tired of my New Year's Resolution postings yet? I'm not because I think all day about what I'm going to post and that makes me appreciate more all the little good things that are happening in my life.

Today I'm not waiting until tonight to post because I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again.

Well, that last part's not true. But we are leaving this afternoon for 10 blissful, warm (hopefully sunny and no rain!) days in the Dominican Republic. We'll get to catch up with our very dearest friends from Mozambique who are now posted to the DR plus we'll have 7 fab-u-lous days in Punta Cana. Me and my newly painted red toenails are R.E.A.D.Y.

So for a nice long vacation with my boys in a sunny (please, Lord!), tropical clime AND for catching up with great friends, I am doubly and truly and profoundly grateful.

P.S. I'm not taking my laptop on vacation because it needs a rest, too. If I can update from my iTouch, then I'll update. Otherwise, I'll post 10 days' worth of resolutions when we get back. But don't you worry, I'll be profoundly grateful the whole time I'm sitting on that beach!