**** An Attitude of Gratitude in September ***
 

Our founder, Beverlyjoy said: Here is last month's thread if you'd like to review it. http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/100-...de-august.html

Hi Ruth! Thanks for getting us started! :)

- eating was good - grateful

- got a 'save the date' card for Colleen & Drew... Fun

- helpful clerk at Lowe's

- My son and daughter in law's team, Michigan State, won!!

- friends, family, YOU ALL, fb, internet, cell, music

- having enough

- college football has begun... love it.

+ this thread that helps me put things into perspective

+ had a good summer by making myself take a "staycation" for August

+ feels good to have my house back to normal after a week of visitors

+ my "kids" are home safely in Nanaimo

+ Anna is bouncing back from her heart "incident" as she calls it

+ starting back doing pet therapy this morning

+ did not sleep well but the bonus was enjoying the glorious moon

+ good weather predicted this last long weekend of summer. I intend to suck the juice out of it!

May I join in? :)

~ Cooler weather is on it's way.

~ I happened to wait until yesterday to visit Joann Fabrics and the thread I needed was on sale.

~ Recently have had longer conversations with an old friend I hadn't had much contact with in a while.

Good Morning Ladies (n gents)...
* the kids r gone for weekend will have peace n quiet before the school yr begins!
* my baby sister n i r gonna have lunch 2gether today!
* grocery shopping n errand running today all alone. will b a nice break.
* my kids, hubby, dogs, parents, sisters, friends.

I love the idea of this thread. I hope theres room for one more!

.....That my family is healthy and happy
.....That we have enough for me to stay home part time with my Son
.....That even though I'm starting over I'm here to start over
.....My relationship with my Mom gets stronger and stronger

Angie

Hi The Bunneh & sassyangies.... Join right in! Welcome.

Everyone is welcome!

I'm thankful that today I took a short time out of my busy schedule and just enjoyed myself going to yard sales with my daughter and granddaughter.

* A new month
* Blue sky
* My husband for making Saturday family day breakfast
* My husband's father for helping him fix (hopefully) our car that has been broken down for the last 2 weeks
* This thread for helping me to see positives in every day

I had some very bad things happen last month along with some good things.

I am thankful August is done...I don't ever want a month like that again. I will only have good things this month and if bad does happen the good with out weigh the bad. :D

Last month I am grateful for winning a photography contest in our town where I beat out some very well known photographers. I am grateful my father was alive to see that, he was so proud. He had an accident 4 days later and died 3 days after the accident.

I also am grateful I lost my job...I know sounds odd but I hated it. It drained me and made me miserable. I am one who will keep a job until I find another which I was in the process of. I didnt' get fired my position was eliminated... Timing was off, two weeks after my dad died exactly but this way I can take time to grieve and spend time at the gym keeping my mind busy.

Both of these combined gave me the push I needed to go do a class and become a CNA then start classes for nursing while I work as a CNA. I had been thinking about it for over a year. Seeing my dad in the hospital and watching his nurses and CNAs and my cousin who is a CNA take care of my dad made me realize that it was something I could do. But then the job...why would I just quit a job to pursue something else. I am brain washed to always think I need a job I believe. Well losing my job with a class starting a month later was the sign I needed to just do it. So those two things falling so closely together makes me grateful of what seems to be horrid timing.

Sept I will be grateful for the classes I am starting and the time off before hand to get my mind right and exercise as much as I can.

- had a healthy day yesterday - so grateful

- I did a 'bend and twist' yesterday. I know what to do - grateful for that. My back should be fine a few days.

- crockpot

- my frozen peas

- the pictures on the wall across from my chair. I always smile (sometimes on the inside) when I look at them.

- mom wants to come here for Labor Day

- new coffee pot

- friends, family, YOU ALL, internet, cell, fb, music

- my shower chair.... very helpful

+ a solid night of sleep - no 3 a.m. potty break followed by tossing and turning

+ Art who makes a lot of things in my life easier

+ getting back to pet therapy - two new clients who were delighted to see Jazz

+ two absolutely clear days - lots of work to do but no outside plans

+ tomatoes - I picked a huge wheelbarrow full yesterday and there are many, many more

+ Rob who visited last night with his latest wine creation - plus a box of Goldfish crackers :yikes:

+ my darling Disney who adores me http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...ybyMarco-1.jpg

+ more chicks joining us on this thread reminding me of other gratitudes.

~ Cute pictures like the one Ruth posted. =)

~ The smell of a cool morning after a rainstorm. (Very, very rare in Utah!)

~ The beautiful mountains I live right next to.

~ The approach of Autumn and the lovely colors I'll get to see during hikes.

*weekends
*spray and wash and hairspray (we washed a pen the other day and it got on all of our cloths that were in the wash/dry with the pen and I washed everything again using spray and wash and hairspray and it came out of everything besides my husband's shorts-which had the pen in the pocket... we did not have to go spend money replacing everything)
*having tomorrow off with my husband
*school starts on Wednesday this year not Tuesday
*the scale went down

+ being able to give away half of the current tomato harvest with more to come

+ my friends, the Pypers, who dropped in for lunch to leave their two dogs for the weekend

+ the Pyper dogs who adore and obey me - they do not obey their owners

+ having food and drink on hand for drop-in visitors

+ another great night of sleep

+ a lovely day to enjoy, maybe the last dregs of summer

+ a relatively "easy" week ahead to get back into routine