Upside Down Cats

Although I'm writing all month long about things for which I am thankful, in honor of Thanksgiving Day tomorrow, I just want to make sure that I mention the most important ones:

For my Wonderful Husband Scott, without whom anything else I'm thankful for would only be half as sweet.

For our loving and supportive families who fill our life with so much warmth.

For the health that we are fortunate to have.

For the abundance of food and the material comforts we enjoy.

For contentment of spirit.

I wish these gifts to all, that everyone can find things for which to be thankful, on Thanksgiving Day and every day.

The world could be a better place for us all if we focus more on those things for which we are thankful.

Twenty-one days of NaBloPoMo...I am curious to find out if I will fulfill my promise to write about things for which I'm thankful every day throughout November.

I guess there's only one way to find out...

Continue reading "Curious Gina" »

Can you believe I've been posting throughout the month of November about things for which I am thankful, and I haven't mentioned my Sweetie yet? Well, today's the day, and it only took until twenty days into National Blog Posting Month to do it!

There is actually a good reason for this omission...I was purposely trying to avoid writing that I am thankful for Scott.

Continue reading "Synchronicity" »

I'm writing about things for which I am thankful throughout November, also known as National Blog Posting Month. Today on day nineteen of NaBloPoMo, I am in a reflective mood. Looking through family photos earlier today brought back a flood of evocative memories. Many of the photos reminded me of my dad, who passed away ten years ago.

The photos have brought to the forefront of my mind that I am thankful for my dad.

Continue reading "Daddy's Little Girl" »

I nearly couldn't get to my computer today, day eighteen of NaBloPoMo, to post my daily installment of things for which I am thankful. I was being held captive by a thirteen pound lump of fur named Desi, sitting on my lap. Now that I'm finally free of her persistent purring presence, I can write about how much I am thankful for kitty companionship.

Continue reading "The Cat In The Lap" »

I am ready and raring to go here on day seventeen of NaBloPoMo, where I am writing about things for which I am thankful each day of November.

Why so energetic today, you wonder? It's because I got a great night of sleep, along with the rare and restorative treat of sleeping until I awoke naturally. It is an absolutely beautiful experience...I am thankful for the opportunity to sleep in.

Continue reading "Golden Slumbers" »

Sixteen days of NaBloPoMo so far...I am really developing a taste for writing about things for which I am thankful each day throughout the month of November.

You may notice that this entry is titled almost identically to a post I wrote on November 11th, called My Favorite Bean. I'm really not contradicting myself...Today I want to wax poetic about the green ones, which are my favorite plural beans...

Continue reading "My Favorite Beans" »

Can you believe today is the half-way point of NaBloPoMo? Time sure has flown as I've been writing every day of November about things for which I am thankful. Here on the fifteenth, I am going to write about another little thing that makes a big difference in the quality of my life...

Continue reading "Fresh Sheets Rock!" »

Today marks fourteen days into NaBloPoMo, where I am writing about things for which I am thankful every day throughout November. Today is also the perfect autumn day...59 degrees as I write this and brilliantly sunny. Not too shabby for the middle of November! It is so gorgeous out there! I am thankful for heavenly days like today, too! The only thing that would make it more perfect is if I were free at some point today to hop on my bike and take a ride...

Alas, I will be busy with the daycare children until after dark. Granted, it will be dark as early as 4:30, but still, I feel as if I am missing out on a beautiful experience.

Regardless, I am thankful for my bike.

Continue reading "Pedal Pusher" »

I'm rolling right along through the month of November, writing every day about things for which I am thankful. Today, on day thirteen of NaBloPoMo, my entry is somewhat a companion piece to yesterday's post. In addition to being grateful for being born in the United States, I am thankful for being born in these times.

When the world and my life seem to get too stressful, I yearn for simpler times. I am often reminded of scenarios I've seen depicted on television where life seemed more managable. I long for the "uncomplicated" existence of the people on Little House on the Prairie or The Waltons where the focus on home and family overshadowed all else. I wonder why my life can't be easier, spent more naturally...

Then I remember that if I didn't live in modern times, I would have long ago been eaten by a wild animal, fatally bitten by a poisonous snake or wandered off a cliff because my eyesight is so poor...

Continue reading "Timing Is Everything" »