Odds and ends....
 

My screened porch. In the South where there are 11 mosquitoes per cubic inch of air, and you look like a karate master when you make your way to the mailbox, a screened porch is a necessity.

Feeling the air charged with energy as a very thunderous storm approaches.

The smell of homemade spaghetti sauce that simmered all day yesterday and I heated tonight for the kiddo's favorite meal.

The fact my daughter loves school and was still excited and happy when the day was done.

Going over fall planners and schedules and anticipating all the lovely events to come.

Grape Nehi, in bottles, from the little produce stand down the road. We only allow ourselves one when we go so it is an extra special treat. The kiddo (and I) love them!


Katniss~~

My ex husband apologised for the way he has treated me this week and said he will always love me. I wish his feelings about me didn't affect me so much but they do. He's the closest family/friend I have aside from our daughter. So glad the air is cleared.

I came out to my mum today so that's a relief. She didn't say wow that's great but she didn't say eew either. I'm guessing she thinks it's just a phase but so what it's a big weight off my shoulders anyway, and I can honestly say that I don't care what she thinks, if she can't see how what's good about it, she is missing out on something, not me.

I keep crying every time anyone is nice to me which feels awful and is inconvenient but maybe it's a sign I'm letting go of the last 4 years at last and can soon start afresh.

Grateful that even though it's tough I haven't had a drink for over a year, and when I wondered yesterday about drowning my sorrows the thought of the taste of alcohol made me think eugh...

Glad that even though I have been feeling really unstable I don't need to take those gross antidepressants and the herbal remedies seem to be just about holding the beast at bay. I must be at least 40% better than I used to be so that's a major improvement and you can't unlearn what you learnt so the only way is up.

Thank God the vet says the dog has an infection and he has perked up a bit now. I thought he was having a heart attack when I walked in the door. It was awful. I'm not ready to say bye to him no way. So relieved. Thank you thank you thank you God.

I passed my course.

Picnic with a good friend who I'm so glad I met.

A surprise invitation to take part in a promotion day where I will meet all sorts of people, and apparently there is to be a free hugs event which isn't something I've been involved in before but sounds like fun.

Chips and curry sauce for tea.

Going to the seaside today. The Sea. The Sea. Love The Sea.

With someone who has been too ill to do things with us for many years.

5 new to me dresses coming to the seaside with us. Given to me by my friend who has gone down a size since becoming a dance instructor.

The tight red one looks Ding Dong if I do say so myself

The others are a bit more 'Dallas' than I'm used to but it feels nice to wear someone else's look when they are more daring, maybe it will rub off on me.

Thank you am SO grateful...
 

* I am so grateful for the positive energy ever flowing in and around me today.
* So much gratitude for the love and support from & for my friends and family.
* Thank you for the compassion & forgiving heart that I've been blessed with today and everyday.
*So grateful for the open doors and opportunities that present themselves abundantly today.
*I am deeply grateful that peace and acceptance is appearing in my heart and in all my affairs.

Today i am grateful for....
 

Being able to recognize fears and deal with them head on

Consistency

Having empathy without allowing others to be codependent

This delicious homemade chicken pot pie i am now eating

Being pushed into being something better than i already am (thank You)

That it's Friday with a fun weekend ahead.

That I am healthy and fit and can enjoy my life to the fullest without limitations some people suffer daily.

I probably sound like a broken record sometimes but I truely mean it I am grateful for the life I live I love my life.


Always be grateful for my angels who watch over me .

For my twin even though I want to choke her sometimes, I don't think I could live in a world that didn't include her.

Grateful for Today!
 

*Today I am feeling love and immense gratitude for the challenges today that will lead me and teach me to live in love, gratitude, & positivity.
*Absolutely grateful for everything in life is coming to me so easily and effortlessly.
*I am deeply grateful for my ability to love without limits or expectations.
*So much gratitude for having a job that I love.
*I express so much gratitude for acts of kindness that happen everyday!

So many things to pick from.....
 

An extra long weekend that includes visits from friends and loved ones.

Having multiple vases filled with all manor of flowers and blooming things from the garden scattered about the house. An orange rose, still greenish hydrangea blooms, combined with a burgundy wood flower make a rather striking combination.

Steaks marinating for a lovely grill-fest this evening.

Going to attend the largest independent book festival in the nation this weekend. Over 300 authors, music, book as art, etc. Wheeeee!

Having my head in the clouds and leaving for a hot air balloon festival soon. Hoping to take some nice photos of the event.

My almost completed art project!

Having those you love to share all of the above. I've done the math, it really does increase the enjoyment factor!


Katniss~~

I am grateful for . . .
 

1. Having good health
2. Having a toilet that flushes, if I lived elsewhere in the world that might not be the case.
3. My beautiful home
4. Passion for life
5. The knowledge I have of the Universe, Quantum Physics and the constant impermanence of life

:hangloose: stay cool x

Gratitude for:

1) My job. No other work challenges me this much or satisfies me more. Looking forward to another 15 years.
2) The people that work with me. They're the best of the best.
3) Fast thinking tech who called about "Ruby", a red point Siamese whose person brought her to the EC because she was mysteriously lethargic. Yes it's cute that Ruby will chase and eat grapes. Glad you got photos for your My Space or FB or whatever page. A dozen grapes later, Ruby's in full blown renal failure and your pictures might be the last you get. No grapes or raisins for your cat-folk. Nor your dog-folk. Nor your ferret-folk too. Unclear in hamsters, mice, rats, pot bellied pigs and rabbits because of increased inconsistency in results but why risk it? An inconsistent consequence isn't a non-existent consequence and no consequence is guaranteed reversible.
4) The smell of DKNY Be Delicious perfume on the sweater she borrowed.
5) The happy tail of "Louis" who gave me a dozen thumps or more before laying down to catch his breath. Good to see him more comfortable. A volunteer is hanging out with him until 10. Then I'll go in to spend the night with my iPad, a couple of books and a 140 lb Newfoundland with COPD and lung cancer who thinks he's a lap dog. No lie. He can have my lap if he wants. No one should miss the chance for a cuddle their last night on earth. Second hand smoke people. Think about it.

* Other foods your fur-folk should avoid besides grapes and raisens: garlic, onions, chives, chocolate, caffeine, canned tuna, raw liver, Xylitol, avocados, nuts, apple cores, smoked meat or "jerky", banana peels, fat trimmed from meat or bones, spontaneous toys made of walnut shells or the pits from fruit like peaches, raw eggs, wild mushrooms, dairy, and - because it appears to need saying - NO BOOZE

I got to play basketball today.
Spent some time with my neices this afternoon at the pool.
I got some great deals at the farm and feed store today.
I got some great smelling homeade soap reminds me of my grandmother. :)
My sprinkler system.

GRATITUDE!

* I am really, really grateful for all of my sistergirls.

* Really grateful for an amazing blood family even when I kinda want to slap them!

* Thankful for my body and all the ways it talks to me.

* Thankful for the ability to think and reason and for being able to say exactly what is on my mind.

* Thankful for the Fall. Looking forward to the smell of leaves, the crackle of a fire, and all of that fluffy stuff that is all cuddly and warm!

Grateful for all the people who share their hearts, minds, souls and experiences on this board without which I'd be more confused and lost than I am. I have learnt so much about how to treat people. I have gone from clueless to not exactly clued up but I think I am more understanding of good manners now. I have really blown it with the one woman I really want in my life. Maybe if I had known before what I know now I'd have done things better. Maybe with what I know now I can right this wrong one day.

I'm grateful for my women friends who love me and make me laugh. 2 who brought me surprise gifts this week.

Grateful for all the beautiful women I have loved over the years.

Grateful for this oh so sensitive barometer that is my body and the light bulb moment yesterday that in the same way bad things get in and get me down fast and hard, good things move them along just as fast and high.

Glad for my new job and such lovely staff keeping my mind on good things.

I am thankful the weather is starting to cool just a touch here in the south. The mornings and evenings spent on the porch and blissful indeed.

I am excited that this is the weekend I choose all my spring bulbs and put them in cold storage to pre-chill for planting in late October. I am thinking this year it will be deep purple tulips combined with lovely and serene white tulips. I love having something to look forward to in the spring.

I am thankful that the kiddo and I have a weekend with only one scheduled event to attend so we can have fun working on art projects and birthday and Halloween crafts.

I am looking forward to buying the fall mums and pots of asters to decorate the front entranceway of our house.

I am very thankful that I found an awesome cello instructor so the kiddo can have lessons on the side as well as her orchaestra four days a week. I feel blessed she chose this instrument over all others.

I am happy to have discovered a new poet that I adore and that I have down time this weekend to read his latest work. Feeding the soul.....

My child. So, so, grateful for my child.

Knowing that every feeling, situation, thought, action will pass. Thank god.

Really wonderful food.

A listening ear.

People who see you. Who get you. And love you fully for all of it.

Grateful, grateful, grateful.

5 things
 

Thanking God for a couple of special Great Danes.
A special Rhodesian Ridgeback.
All the special canines in people's lives.
Their unconditional love.
Dog is God spelled in reverse.
God is love and so Dog is love.

Slowly recovering some energy I desperately need.
realizing I might be able to correct my strange body movement after surgery
My fur babies love me with or without long hair
Despite my screwed up whatever this is, I'm excited it's all about me. I think.

Grateful I have decided to spend more time /energy / everything on making me happy.

Grateful for:

FOOD and how lucky I am that going without it is just a matter of logistics and not a way of life

"Noodle" - tabby who's recovering comfortably after having eaten nearly 2 yards of sparkly, metallic thread. (Spools are irresistible ya know)

Phone call from my brother to work out the details of surprising my girl with a trip to Panama for Christmas so she can meet most of my family.

Plans for P'town this weekend.

Her. Every day. Every way.

Grateful:

for the Baystate run on Sunday. Mellow, fast course. Hoping to shave a second or two off my time.

that my girl is coming with me. Nice to have support and encouragement to relax this week and not over think things.

for work and co-workers and not being on call this week or next.

for her. Always.

The beautiful sunrise and the sunset that I enjoyed.
The time to stop and pause and revel in them.
My friends and family.
Food on the table.
The leaves on the trees.
Warm, dry sox.
Hot cup of Irish breakfast tea.
The quiet.

Recognizing my mistakes.

Learning from my mistakes.

Having the opportunity to do better.

Peace.

Quiet.

My lovely child.

The beautiful huge orange moon this morning.
Finding bonus money in the ashtray.
I won the train race twice today !!! YEE HAW
I came up with a clever solution to a problem I was perplexed by. Brilliant!
My best friend and how much she loves me and how protective she is of me, she is a straight woman but would start WWWIII with anyone who made a jab about gays in front of her. I love her.

Family
Being warm
Insurance
Books
Tea

i am grateful for all things momma.

i am grateful that she is still living here with me so that i can love her and appreciate her.

i'm extremely sensitive today. that's all i can say.

A happy life

Freedom

Awesome coffee

Heat on a frosty morning

Spider Solitare

Grateful for:

the way my surprise Christmas plans are coming along,
how easy it was to come up with a reason she should update her passport,
the last 2 chocolate chip cookies and hot tea,
last night's "you should move in" conversation even though I didn't get the results I wanted,
the results of the more intense conversation that happened after the "you should move in" discussion ended,
co-worker who will dog sit while we're in Panama, and
her. Constantly.

Grateful
 

Today I am grateful for:

The experiences that made me a better person, even the bad ones.

The time I got to spend being Maggie's human (she is my dog I had to put down in May). I got to be her human for 14 years :)

The roof over my head

My kids

My wonderfully amazing girlfriend

the Skymap app :) It is so cool.

My friends

My job, I work with awesome people.

Teachers...where would we be without them?

plus many...many...many more things :)

Grateful!


1. For the big, evil bed that I have spent so much time in lately. Grateful for good sheets, fluffy blankets, new pillows, and the pile of orange dog that is always at the foot of it (or draped across my legs)

2. For a boss who has been super understanding and flexible during this time. Being able to take my Pops to his appointments and be there for him like I have is such a blessing and gift. My boss is a kind person, even when I want to strangle him.

3. For my friends. The bud of my world has closed ever so slightly lately but my people have stayed with me, stayed by me, and have shown me in 100 ways that I matter to them. They have shown the hell up in ways I never imagined or expected.

4. For the budding sisterhood I am finding with a few particular women. I am sweetly surprised by their spirit, their generosity, and their wicked, raucous senses of humor.

5. For Jackhammer. Who makes me cackle on an ongoing basis and demands that I call her "Superman". We are lucky, she and I, that we found each other as best friends and grew it into something amazing and lasting.

Grateful for...
 

Seasons and that every single one of them has its own magic.

A real, authentic laughter. So much joy and energy, the best medicine!

Rain and wind - that moment when you hear nothing but the breath of nature. Nothing can make me feel more alive and relaxed at the same time.

Peaceful minds, sharing their thoughts. Endlessly inspiring.

You. Yes, you. Thank you for being part of this community, this society, humankind, this world and making it the incredible place it is.

I am grateful for...

The time I get to spend with my family. Even if they drive me insane! What family isn't dysfunctional?

Good friends that make your cheeks and tummy hurt from laughter!

A home cooked meal!

Spending the holidays with people you hold close to your heart!

Midnight Skype dates with my best friend!