Happy Friday. It is a happy Friday isn’t it?
We often get caught up in the things that go wrong and add to our list (sometimes long, granted) of what’s not good in the world, in our lives, and in our heads. So, today, I’m choosing to focus on what’s good in my life right now. Here’s an abridged list of 10 things for which I am grateful today:
- I live at the beach, where it’s deliciously cool
- My husband is coming home tonight
- I am my cat’s favorite human and we both know it
- My health is good
- I have wonderful, smart, and funny friends
- My mother is healthy enough to travel 6000 miles to visit me
- I’ve grown amazing winter squash in my garden this summer!
- Fresh strawberries
- Perfectly worn slippers
- Clean sheets
What’s on your list today?
Today I am thankful for:
1. I am deeply in love
2. I am healthy
3. I am focused on what is important to me
4. I am looking forward to planting my winter garden
5. Ice cream
6. Quiet afternoons
7. Friends that I can call anytime for any reason
1. I live in the mountains with cool, fresh, clean air.
2. My husband is leaving today for an activity he is looking forward to & i’m happy for him.
3. My cats tolerate me & like to be near.
4. I’m not dead.
5. I’ve people who care about me & are supportive.
6. My parents are 2,500 miles away.
7. I managed a few tomatoes, & i might get a green bell pepper.
8. Fresh peaches.
9. Comfortable jeans.
10. Soft, fresh sheets
(I patterned mine on yours. 🙂
I am truly thankful for: The ability to work, even if very limited by disability. A supportive husband who loves me more than i deserve & is such a wonderful companion & partner. Cats who are cats, but still companions too. Being able to afford a home in Southern California in a resort town where people are friendly & the air is clean, but if we get tired of winter we can be out of it in less than an hour. The best of all worlds. 🙂
Happy Friday! Today my list looks like this:
1. Tonight (and every Friday) is pizza and cuddle with my hubby to watch a movie night.
2. I have THE most adorable, sweet, smart and lovable beagle on the planet.
3. While my job stresses me out some days…I have a good one.
4. I’m healthy.
5. My mom is recovering wonderfully after open-heart surgery.
6. I have a great relationship with my loving and devoted husand.
7. I’m beginning to set up my own art studio in my home.
8. I’ll be enjoying Florida’s sunny weather on the water this weekend.
9. Warm cinnamon rolls.
10. Massages.
1. Sleeping in.
2. Had a great night at a baseball game with my husband.
3. My kitties love to cuddle.
4. A freshly cleaned house.
5. A tough, satisfying workout.
6. I love my job.
7. Homemade spaghetti sauce.
8. Homemade bread.
9. Mangos (frozen but still delicious).
10. Reading in my super cozy girl room.
Belated (Sat) gratitude for…
1. My health, (always first and foremost)
2. My cycling helmet. It saved my bacon this week. (brain bacon?:)
3. My house hobbies which have kept me entertained all week while recovering.
4. All of this beautiful Ca sunshine, it strikes me as an unexpected treat each and every morning.
5. My loving husband who is traveling (just a few days now) and already misses me…:-)
1. My husband, who makes me laugh.
2. My goofball cats.
3. My folks and in-laws, who are all good people.
4. My friends, who continually surprise me with kindness.
5. My home.
6. Good days at work.
7. Beach runs.
8. Ocean swims.
It feels so good to think about these things! : ) Ah. Good idea.
I had a great day yesterday and reflecting upon it made me think of this post, to which I’l reply:
I’m grateful for…
1. My beautiful, kind-hearted, sensitive and talented husband.
2. Being able to see and talk to my precious father every day.
3. Wonderful, smart, funny, witty friends who can make me laugh until I cry.
4. Coconut popsicles on a hot summer day.
5. The smell of Chanel No. 5 wafting from my closet.
6. My ability to perfectly duplicate my mother’s famous peanut brittle and the way it fragrances my kitchen during the holiday season.
7. Having a gorgeous black German car that flies down the road with the slightest tap of the accelerator.
8. Precious pets who love me as much as I love them, including my horses whose stoic, elegant beauty can with one look instantly bring me to tears.
9. Closing in on 40 and still having my naturally blonde hair, without any help from Miss Clairol.
10. The anticipation of cool, October-in-Texas evenings spent on the porch with my husband, my cats and good bottle of wine.
1. Having this amazing website to vent, share, etc with others who “get it”.
2. Having a wonderful husband who cooks for me
3. Having a brother who I can talk to
4. Having a job that I enjoy and is nearby
5. Living in a great neighborhood that has everything within walking distance.
6. Having a mango margarita at lunch
7. Counting down before going away for Labor Day
8. Going out to lunch with my folks
9. Visiting my in-laws, in New York
10. Living in California, where the weather is perfect all the time.
I love these answers!! This was a really fun exercise. Some of the little things, like homemade spaghetti sauce and sleeping in, are what make life so pleasurable. Thank you for sharing. 🙂