1) Antibiotics
2) Friends
3) Christmas!
4) Caroling
5) Holiday Cheer
6) Family
7) God
8) Having employment, enough to eat, a great place to live
9) Hot water, fuzzy gloves and big coats (with Christmas pins!)
1) Family weekends with excellent company, swimming, games & SHOPPING SPREES!
2) iPod (Loaded by kindly friends w/Harry Potter books)
3) New clothes & shoes.
4) My Car!
5) Air conditioning (In general)
6) Hope.
7) WRITING.
8) D@FSAofB
Yeah, I know, I’ve not posted anything lately. It’s not that I’m not grateful, I’ve had many things to be grateful for, Birthdays and joys, family and happy noise. I’ve just been too… Damned… Tired. So…
1) Love, in all it’s varied forms, especially true love where you don’t have to earn it, it simply exists because you do.
2) Employment - A steady income in a shaky environment is a good thing.
3) Friendship- Because if you can’t call someone at 3am because you need to go to the ER there is something wrong with your life.
4) Children- A parents job is to love. (See above for definition.)
5) Being blessed to not have to walk miles with my kin, livestock & property just to see a Dr.
6) Being around positive people who believe they can make a difference in the green state of our world.
7) Realizing where I need to be and how to get there.
Okay, so either I’m a slacker or I’ve nothing to be grateful for. Is there a third option here? Like, I’m really really busy and haven’t got Internet at home and at times just simply can’t be bothered to sit in front of a screen for another minute when REAL LIFE calls? Ahem, happy thoughts, self, happy thoughts…
1) My health.
2) Liking what I see when I look in a mirror.
3) Singing!
4) The beast of Pirates Bay.
5) My incredible children.
6) Living in a country where I don’t have to dig in a ditch for a dollar a day.
7) My new fishies!
8) GREAT friends & family.
9) A strong sense of direction.
1) Rowdy Ridge Gang Camp
2) Aroosta Sha
3) What’s that you said?
4) BEARS
5) Hummingbirds
6) Friends who stand by me no matter what!
7) FSAoB
8) Hope
9) Joy
1) Santa Barbara (for reminding me why I love…)
2) Burbank!
3) Weekend road trips.
4) My car!
5) Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens.
6) DUCKY.
7) Cute vintage dresses that make everybody say, “You look so cute today.”
8) Sleep.
9) Ralph’s Lemon & Herb rotisserie chicken.
1) Waking up @5:30 too excited to sleep!
2) Having a truly excellent shoe/outfit day.
3) Friends and family whom I adore, letting me know that they love me.
4) FSAoB (Private, but still very grateful)
5) Looking forward to summer camp with Ducky!
6) Working for the coolest company in the world! (Okay, just really glad they are letting me go camping & not firing me.)
7) @Macala @ericlowe MB, SW
8) MY CAR
9) Going to SB ***TONIGHT*** Yes! (Summer soltice, here I come!)
1) My CAR! (Reminded by a friend today, who takes the bus w/3 kids, to be grateful.)
2) Life’s Little Learning Lessons.
3) Insane Co-workers.
4) Foggy Days to Remind me why I PREFER the SUNNY ONES!
5) Little old lady customers reminding me I’m useful.
6) LUNCH.
7) Running H20 clean enough to drink, plenty of food, resources!
8) Recyling.
9) My fun turquoise, knit pageboy cap!
1) An amazing weekend full of insightful discovery, play & accomplishment!
2) Amazing people in my life who support and believe in me.
3) PAIN from changing outdated methods of though, that lets me know I’m progressing.
4) Denise.
5) New potted flowers blooming in full magnificence!
6) Realizing that it is okay to not be my son’s full time entertainment system.
7) Time to myself in the evenings.
8) IKEA
9) To live blessed, enough to get by w/a wee bit extra, what more do we need?
1) Marsha: Life, sanity, friendship, honesty, love, support beyond belief!
2) Macala: w/o whom I wouldn’t have a MAC, job title or Tumi purse!
3) Eric: who is the best boss ever (& was even BEFORE he brought over Pedialite & saltines for the projectile barfing offspring…
4) Jessica: Who puts up with my wandering thoughts and reads my stuff and gives enthusiastic reviews.
5) Ken: Who talks with me about everything all the time and is a wonderful support.
6) Evelyn: A new sanity bearing momma friend. We need those!
7) Magda: Where would I be without you momma? Probably tied to a tree somewhere!
8) Mom: Back in my life and willing to brave emotional landmines, yes!
9) Dad: My artist in residence, “old guys rule” Viet nam vet, story telling hero!
