Thankful Thursday

Here's what I am thankful for this week:

• cool changes and cooler nights. It makes it so much easier to sleep when it's not stinking hot indoors.
• pedestal fans!
• my friend Solfrid. She was able to take me to and from my eye appointment. Thank you!
• my postie! I have been receiving lots of parcels over the past week with lots of goodies to use in my bullet journal
• being creative! 

What are you thankful for this week?

I am Grateful

Gratitude

This is so true. There is always something to be thankful for.

Better Late Than Never

Here's what I am thankful for this week:

• steeping on the scales and being lighter than I was the week before. In total since I was diagnosed with Diabetes in 2011 I have now lost a total of 28 kg (61.72 lb). 6 kilos (13.22 lb) in the last 5 weeks.
• friends from Church that care enough to check on me when they noticed I wasn't having a great day last Sunday
• my Home Teachers who came to visit on Thursday and shared a very appropriate message with us
• going back to the exercise group run by the exercise physiologist. We had a break because he was doing a course.
• my aches and pains - it means that I am alive even though I hate feeling the way I do

What are you thankful for this week?

Thankful Friday

It's a day late for Thankful Thursday (but it is still currently Thursday somewhere in the world right now).

Here's what I am thankful for this week:

• spending time with Mark and the boys when we went out to lunch this week. 
• Not needing to cook every night. Thanks Angus for cooking last night ☺ tea was delicious!
• my husband, because I just love him more than he will ever know
• crocheting - I think I have my mojo back
• phone calls, I had a lovely chat with my Dad and my sister, Vicki, yesterday
• cooler weather .. autumn will be here soon

What are you thankful for this week?

Tomorrow Is Never Promised

Is your Glass Half Full?

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? A Glass half full or a glass half empty person? I like to think of myself as an optimist although I am sure that I wear rose coloured glasses all too often. Last Sunday on our Ward newsletter there was a little article called Another way of seeing. I thought that it was great. A nice way of looking at things in a positive way. It ties in nicely with Thankful Thursday. Anyway, I brought the newsletter home so that I could copy and share it.

Another Way Of Seeing

I woke up early today excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important. My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.

Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or ... I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free.

Today I can feel sad that I don't have more money or ... I can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me from waste.

Today I can grumble about my health or ... I can rejoice that I am alive.

Today I can lament over all that my parents didn't give me when I was growing up or ... I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.

Today I can cry because roses have thorns or ... I can celebrate that thorns have roses.

Today I can mourn my lack of friends or ... I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new relationships.

Today I can whine because I have to go to work or ... I can shout for joy because I have a job to do.

Today I can complain because I have to go to school or ... eagerly open my mind and fill it with rich new tidbits of knowledge.

Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have housework to do or ... I can appreciate that I have a place to call home.

Today stretches ahead of me waiting to be shaped. And here I am the sculptor who gets to do the shaping. What today will be like is up to me. I get to choose what kind of day I will have. have a GREAT DAY ... unless you have other plans. Just remember, a 'Smile' will make the days go better.

                                                              by Don Lyon

A Late Thankful Thursday

Because yesterday was R U Okay day and it was also a Thursday I put off my Thankful Thursday post to today. Better late than never, right?

Here's what I am thankful for this week:

• pain killers - yep I've needed them a few times this week. I am so over this shoulder of mine hurting but I am so glad that I have something to take the edge of the pain away
• seeing Dr. F - we had a great chat when I saw him the other day (~_~)
• that my new medication for my thyroid is working how it is meant to. That's always a  good thing (~_~)
• for sunshine, even though it has been cold with the wind and all that sunshine has been lovely
• our car - Emi has been behaving nicely after we took her in for a check up last week or was that the week before? Either way she is running beautifully.

What are you thankful for this week?

Thankful Thursday

Here's what I am thankful for this week:

• slightly warmer weather - it's meant that I have been able to dry my washing on the clothes line instead of in front of the heater.
• crochet - well that goes without saying really (~_~)
• the postman - I received my new clover crochet hook on Tuesday. It's a 5.0 mm (H) hook. 
• my cats - C.K. was the best lap warmer the other night when I was watching TV. Trip, even though he is a it senile, has the best vocals. He talks a lot and that makes up for his craziness. 
• going back to Church. I know I don't talk about that sort of thing much but it's been good to see all the old familiar faces & catch up with them.
• that when my car broke down yesterday that it was only a dead battery and not a dead starter motor like Mark and the mechanic thought it may have been
• for Mark and the work that he does on the car. He sure does save us a lit of money

What are you thankful for this week?

Each Day

This picture kind of sums it all up ....

snagged from a friend on Facebook