Gratitude Day Twenty-Eight, Twenty-Nine & Thirty

Well I have been lax in posting the end of my list and for that I apologize. We have had a rough week. What was to be a time of vacation and relaxation for my dh turned into not such a good time. A very close friend of his passed away suddenly last week and he has been rather down in the dumps about it. Coming to terms with loss and figuring out how to continue to cope with that void will be a process and I this week was just a start. The funeral was yesterday and while that does bring some closure there is still emptiness there and I can only hope we can fill it with other happiness and good memories!

So the balance of my list I am adding POPCORN! I am thankful for this fun to eat, yummy treat that I can have whenever I want and however I want, plain with salt, with butter, with seasoning, cheese topping chocolate or whatever else I dream up LOL!

I am adding dvd's and family time as I am thankful for nights like we had last week when all of us watched movies together and ate pizza and just enjoyed each other's company.

and finally to round out my list I am thankful fo rthe internet as without it I would be without many friends and ideas! Thanks to the WWW for linking the world together!

I hope you have kept a list too and just because we hit 30 (our pledged # of days) don't stop - remember to be thankful for things ALWAYS - even the little ones. It will bring you muchjoy to focus on those things!

1.) I am thankful for SAG!

2.) Warm Cozy Socks!

3.) My Eyes

4.) My Daughter

5.) Books
6.) My Job

7.) My Husband
8.) blogs!
9.) Friends, Music & Food!
10.) Laughter!
11.) the delete key
12.) my Mom!
13.) the Flag
14.) flowers
15.) Small Towns
16.) Garbage Bags :)
17.) Cell Phones & Text Messaging
18.) Mail Order
19.) my gloves!

20.) sweater weather

21.) In-Laws

22.) Racing

23.) comfortable car

24.) Having Enough
25.) Freebies
26.) Rubber Stamps

27.) Steals & Deals

28.) POPCORN!

29.) DVD's and family time

30.) the internet

Gratitude Day Twenty-Seven

I am so thankful for Steals and Deals like the following one from QVC if you are not a customer please click on the link and go sign up for a $10 off $10 or more purchase! What a nifty way to save a bit on your holiday shopping!

1.) I am thankful for SAG!
2.) Warm Cozy Socks!
3.) My Eyes
4.) My Daughter
5.) Books

6.) My Job
7.) My Husband

8.) blogs!

9.) Friends, Music & Food!

10.) Laughter!

11.) the delete key

12.) my Mom!

13.) the Flag

14.) flowers

15.) Small Towns

16.) Garbage Bags :)

17.) Cell Phones & Text Messaging

18.) Mail Order

19.) my gloves!
20.) sweater weather
21.) In-Laws
22.) Racing
23.) comfortable car
24.) Having Enough

25.) Freebies

26.) Rubber Stamps
27.) Steals & Deals

Gratitude Day Twenty-Six

I am thankful for Rubber Stamps and that i can create with them and make other people happy while doing something I love also!

1.) I am thankful for SAG!

2.) Warm Cozy Socks!

3.) My Eyes

4.) My Daughter

5.) Books
6.) My Job

7.) My Husband
8.) blogs!
9.) Friends, Music & Food!
10.) Laughter!
11.) the delete key
12.) my Mom!
13.) the Flag
14.) flowers
15.) Small Towns
16.) Garbage Bags :)
17.) Cell Phones & Text Messaging
18.) Mail Order
19.) my gloves!

20.) sweater weather

21.) In-Laws

22.) Racing

23.) comfortable car

24.) Having Enough

25.) Freebies
26.) Rubber Stamps

Gratitude Days Twenty thru Twenty-Five

Well we are back from vacation and I am catching up the missing days from my list!

Twenty: The weather in NC was GORGEOUS - definitely my favorite with cool enough to wear sweaters or a light jacket and not have to be bundled up like a weeble wobble LOL! I was sad to have to return to the bitter cold, snow/rain/sleet that is home :(

So I am thankful for sweater weather!

Twenty-One: In-Laws! ROFL I know many people aren't so thankful for them but I am - I have a wonderful SIL and two fantastic nieces who have now grown up and one has some little ones herself who are absolutely adorable even if they are on the mischievous side! ROFL

Twenty-Two: Racing! It is one thing my dh and I both enjoy watching together and I was glad for a nice day Saturday so he was able to go walk around the race track and he even got to drive on it too! If you could only of seen his grin!

Twenty-Three: A comfortable car to ride in when on long trips. I was the passenger the entire time and got to take in the beauty of the mountains all around us and watch the wildlife, yep even the HUGE buck that tried to take my car out when he decided to run down the side of the mountain! Thankfully hubby made enough noise slamming the brakes on that the buck turned his hiney around and went right back up the mountain!

Twenty-Four: Having Enough, enough food to feed my family, enough money to pay the bills (this week anyway) enough gas in my car to get to work, enough warmth to keep me from freezing, enough light to read my book and so on....

Twenty-Five: I have been snagging freebies for some time now - you know the samples you can order or get in stores and other places so I am thankful for them as I package up a box to go to troops over seas. I try to send things they can have at least a moment of indulgance from. Something that smells nice, a fresh tube of chapstick, maybe a treat or whatever else i can find to put into the box.

1.) I am thankful for SAG!

2.) Warm Cozy Socks!

3.) My Eyes

4.) My Daughter

5.) Books
6.) My Job

7.) My Husband
8.) blogs!
9.) Friends, Music & Food!
10.) Laughter!
11.) the delete key
12.) my Mom!
13.) the Flag
14.) flowers
15.) Small Towns
16.) Garbage Bags :)
17.) Cell Phones & Text Messaging
18.) Mail Order
19.) my gloves!

20.) sweater weather

21.) In-Laws

22.) Racing

23.) comfortable car

24.) Having Enough

25.) Freebies

As my list gets longer I find I am having a hard time thinking of just one thing to say...there is so much everyday I am thankful for and this is surely getting me to think about it and appreciate the smallest things so much more in my life! I am glad I found this challenge!

Gratitude Day Eighteen & Nineteen

For day Eighteen I am thankful for Mail Order so I don't HAVE to go stand in crowded stores and battle to get good deals for Christmas presents. Now I may choose to do so still as I will be going away for Thanksgiving and not sure what is planned at our destination but I am thankful I don't HAVE to and can choose to stay inside and warm if I like :)

Day Nineteen I wake to SNOW - YUK!!!!!! so I am glad I had warm gloves to slide on and keep my fingers from freezing :)

As I said I am going away for the holiday here and won't be posting till I get back so will catch up several days at once again! Have a lovely Thanksgiving everyone!

1.) I am thankful for SAG!
2.) Warm Cozy Socks!
3.) My Eyes
4.) My Daughter
5.) Books

6.) My Job
7.) My Husband

8.) blogs!

9.) Friends, Music & Food!

10.) Laughter!

11.) the delete key

12.) my Mom!

13.) the Flag

14.) flowers

15.) Small Towns

16.) Garbage Bags :)

17.) Cell Phones & Text Messaging

18.) Mail Order

19.) my gloves!

Gratitude Day Seventeen

Cell Phones and Text Messaging!

These are 2 things I am very thankful for because they allow me to keep in touch with my family and friends. I love to hear the little trill of the phone indicating I have a message and it is an I love you from someone or a happy thought or letting me know they are ok.

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1.) I am thankful for SAG!

2.) Warm Cozy Socks!

3.) My Eyes

4.) My Daughter

5.) Books
6.) My Job

7.) My Husband
8.) blogs!

9.) Friends, Music & Food!
10.) Laughter!
11.) the delete key
12.) my Mom!
13.) the Flag
14.) flowers
15.) Small Towns
16.) Garbage Bags :)
17.) Cell Phones & Text Messaging

Gratitude Day Fourteen, Fifteen & Sixteen

Oh where does the time go to? I think I am on top of things and then wham it is like the days disappear! So here I go catching up again today :)

Day Fourteen I am thankful for flowers - seeing them, smelling them... makes me happy and makes me NOT think about the dreadful white stuff fluttering around!

Day Fifteen I am grateful I live in a small town off the beaten path and that I can drive as slow as I want in the SNOW without anyone bothering me! ughhhh I really really dislike snow and ice covered roads.

Day Sixteen I am grateful for garbage bags LOL! So I can clean the mess up and not have to look at it again! LOL I am cleaning up the huge piles we seem to accumulate and no one ever knows what to do with so while everyone else is at work I am decluttering! Thank goodness the bags are black I can just tell hubby to take them to the curb on garbage day and he won't be nosing in thinking he needs to keep this that or the other thing! ROFL!

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1.) I am thankful for SAG!

2.) Warm Cozy Socks!

3.) My Eyes

4.) My Daughter

5.) Books
6.) My Job

7.) My Husband
8.) blogs!

9.) Friends, Music & Food!
10.) Laughter!
11.) the delete key
12.) my Mom!
13.) the Flag
14.) flowers
15.) Small Towns
16.) Garbage Bags :)

Gratitude Day Eleven, Twelve & Thirteen

My apologies for not setting the auto posts and rather than bombard with multiple posts today I will just simply combine them together for the past few days!

It seems that much has happened and on Monday I was thankful for my "delete" key...I sometimes wish it would extend to real life too kinda like the Staples Easy Button LOL!

Tuesday brought a little more calm to things but a lot of unanswered questions so I choose to focus on someone I am very thankful for...my mom! It was her birthday and I took her to dinner and enjoyed spending time with her alone. Hope you had a happy birthday Mom!

Today I am thankful for our flag that flies big and proud in the sky! I had to drive into the city today to attend to some business and I saw the flag perched atop the interstate lights and it was flowing in the wind so beautifully! Reminds me that even though things aren't going well in the US right now that people fought for the privileges we have here and I am thankful for that small reminder ... the flag that I see in so many different places each day!

1.) I am thankful for SAG!

2.) Warm Cozy Socks!

3.) My Eyes

4.) My Daughter

5.) Books
6.) My Job

7.) My Husband
8.) blogs!

9.) Friends, Music & Food!
10.) Laughter!
11.) the delete key
12.) my Mom!
13.) the Flag

Gratitude Day Ten

Laughter is such a wonderful thing :)
It can bring you up from the lowest points and it is HIGHLY contagious much like a smile!
I had a terrific time yesterday with my friends and am thankful for the laughter we all shared and especially for giggles that you can't help but smile behind!

1.) I am thankful for SAG!

2.) Warm Cozy Socks!

3.) My Eyes

4.) My Daughter

5.) Books
6.) My Job

7.) My Husband
8.) blogs!

9.) Friends, Music & Food!

10.) Laughter!

Gratitude Day Nine

Friends, Music & Food!

I am getting ready to go meet a friend later this afternoon to go to

a dinner theater performance together.

So today I get to enjoy all 3 together!

1.) I am thankful for SAG!

2.) Warm Cozy Socks!

3.) My Eyes

4.) My Daughter

5.) Books
6.) My Job

7.) My Husband
8.) blogs!

9.) Friends, Music & Food!

Gratitude Day Eight

I am grateful I found the whole blogging world. It has opened my eyes to so many things, beautiful photographs, artwork, techniques, friends, recipes and so much more!

1.) I am thankful for SAG!
2.) Warm Cozy Socks!
3.) My Eyes
4.) My Daughter
5.) Books

6.) My Job
7.) My Husband

8.) blogs!

Gratitude Day Seven

I am thankful for my husband,

sometimes life is not the grand fairytale we often dream of,

in fact a LOT of times it isn't!

So I am thankful for my husband who has stuck with me through a lot of not good,

for his kisses each morning and the honey I'm home

when he finally gets in after a long day working.

1.) I am thankful for SAG!

2.) Warm Cozy Socks!

3.) My Eyes

4.) My Daughter

5.) Books
6.) My Job

7.) My Husband

Gratitude Day Six

Today the ball dropped at work so to say :( Things have been VERY slow, we have laid workers off and today I took a hit. I didn't get laid off but my hours were cut pretty drastically. The best thing I can think to be grateful for today is that I have a job still in some senses.

1.) I am thankful for SAG!
2.) Warm Cozy Socks!
3.) My Eyes
4.) My Daughter
5.) Books

6.) My Job

Gratitude Day Five

I am thankful for books!

Yep that is my pick today and yes I was what one would term a bit of a book worm growing up but I learned so much! Now if only I had figured out a way to store all that knowledge in an easily retrievable way in my brain LOL!

1.) I am thankful for SAG!

2.) Warm Cozy Socks!

3.) My Eyes

4.) My Daughter

5.) Books

Gratitude Day Four

I am grateful for my daughter!

I love her more than I can ever put into words!

1.) I am thankful for SAG!
2.) Warm Cozy Socks!
3.) My Eyes
4.) My Daughter

Gratitude Day Two

Today I am thankful for a warm cozy socks!

The rain came yesterday afternoon and turned the warm Autumn air chilly and my toes got chilled which means I am chilled then and have a horrible time "heating" back up. So I am thankful for my warm cozy socks that keep my toes "heated" up!

1.) I am thankful for SAG!

2.) Warm Cozy Socks!

Gratitude Day One

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.

~Melody Beattie

I found a group of people online a long time ago that I remain in touch with via email, it isn't a group of crafters although some do and some have shared in that passion with them but more it is a group of people who value friendships and being there for each other. I have had the wonderful experience of meeting several of them in RL and I cherish the pictures and memories that are forever tucked away in my mind of them. We have lost some of them over the years and while that saddens me I know I am better for having known them for even a short time! Our fearless leader shares something with us each day and yesterday the quote above is one I found in my email from her. What coincidence it came on the very day I said I was going to start this challenge and share things here that I am thankful or grateful for each day... Today I pick to be grateful for having met June and her in turn introducing me to a fine group of people without whose encouragement the past few years would of been unbearable!

1.) I am thankful for SAG!