Gratitude Day "C"

"C"...there are so many things that I could choose for C, just like with most of the other letters. I could choose chocolate, because it's my guilty pleasure. I could also choose children, but I'll save them for another day. I could choose Christmas, because it's my favorite holiday. The list goes on and on. However, I'm going to choose CAMERA. I'm so grateful we have cameras in this day and age to capture the good times and the bad; the funny and the crazy; the happy moments and the memories that we just don't want to let go of. Many memories are remembered by looking at a picture and we wouldn't have those pictures without a camera. :)

Gratitude Day 5 (B)

Today I'm grateful for...books. Surprise, surprise. I love to read and have since...well, forever!! My mom says that I used to follow her around with books that I wanted her to read to me (I'm sure she'd hide from me sometimes). I remember being a small child and my mom would give me a stack of books and my sister a stack of books and tell us to lay down and when we finished our stack, we had to switch stacks and read the other stack before we could come out of our room. I remember going to Kindergarten and being able to read the books while I was sitting on the rug and loving it. I remember not having a library in our small town and being able to occasionally go to the Bookmobile that would come around. I loved checking books out from the school library. I recall in about 6th grade that I got a new book I'd been wanting to read. I decided that I would read just one chapter on the way home on the bus. Then I would hurry and do my homework when I got home so I could read one chapter before dinner. And then, I decided, I would read just one more chapter before bed. Let's just say, I finished the book before I went to bed that night. :) I'm never bored because if I have a few extra minutes, you'll find my nose stuck in a book.

Gratitude Day 4=A

Okay...I just saw a great idea for this Gratitude thing. Instead of just posting random things, you go through the alphabet. A=Day 1, B=Day 2, etc. Since, Thanksgiving is on the 28th, you post two extra things at the end--what you're most grateful for and something else. Since I just saw this and we're on Day 4, I think I'll just in and maybe combine the "hard letters" like X and Z and finish up on Thanksgiving.

A...I almost feel like I'm playing Scattergories and if I come up with something like "animal antics," I'll get double the points--if no one else uses one or both of my words. :) Seriously though, I'm grateful for automobiles. We've been on some fun vacations and have had chances to visit family that would have been impossible to do with a horse and buggy. It would take way too long!! Even a trip to visit our parents would take days to make that 100 mile trek. Things are much more convenient with the types of transportation we have now.

Gratitude Day 3

I'm very grateful that the time changed. I woke up this morning and had an extra hour to get myself ready for the day, which is good, since I woke up with a bad headache. I love going back to "normal" time because I seem to get more rest with it being dark earlier.

Happy Halloween!!

Wishing you all a fun and safe Halloween!!

Gratitude Day 2

I am very grateful to have such a good husband. He is a wonderful provider, a terrific dad, creative, fun, hard-working in everything he does, and my best friend. We have our ups and downs, as I'm sure everyone does, but he is very committed to making things work and I love him.

Gratitude Day 1

November is definitely a month to be grateful for many things, as we remember and celebrate Thanksgiving. I'm already late. :) Yesterday, as I was out doing yard work, I was thinking about how grateful I am to live in a place that has all four seasons--Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn--yes, even winter. I love the beautiful colors of the leaves right now. I love the smell of the leaves, too. I am definitely lucky to be able to enjoy the seasons.