- Motivation to start again

- Confidence in myself. I know I can lose weight and be healthy.

- 3 Fat Chicks

- Beveryjoy and Ruthxxx who keep this thread going, you guys are awesome

- family and friends

- another chance to try again

- Today - I'll connect with Nancy (SIL) so we can go to the visitation .

- I'll see Rachel, stepmom, today. Seems she is doing very well from her surgery - I'll be glad to see it in person!

- warm house on a cold morning

- willingness to keep trying

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

- laptop.

Hi Dessertmouse.

+ glorious full moon hanging in the sky this morning

+ to the clinic today for pet therapy - always a fun time

+ the last of the $$$ for the Sweden trip is slowly trickling in

+ my niece finally adopted a dog - a rescue so I am very glad - she was thinking designer dog but fell in love

+ binding is on the quilt - hand sewing is so relaxing while watching TV

+ seeing my GD Taylor for breakfast on Saturday - can't believe she's 12!

+ Tylenol 3 for leg pains this morning is a blessing

+ tax stuff is slowly arriving - I'm pretty sure I owe but am anxious to know for sure

+ finally got all the Fair school competition stuff sent out - I love email!

+ the moon continues to greet me in the mornings - very bright again last night

+ an above freezing day is predicted

+ made good progress yesterday on employee end-of-year tax forms

+ Taco Bake from the freezer was a delicious and easy supper

+ pet therapy at the Clinic was a riot yesterday - the dogs were showing off!

+ the gym yesterday was difficult but I did the new routines and felt great

- Rachel is doing well after her surgery

- no snow is helpful right now

- bright morning sun on a clear cold day

- My cousins are doing well - in the face of their sadness

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

-trusty car

- one more day to be alive

- family, friends and all the chicks

- Glad to get home safely last night. Rachel is ready to be on her own. I saw it with my own eyes... she can dress, shower, cook and and she even is having less and less pain with her new shoulder. I am grateful.

- snow is coming and I am home safely before it arrives

- nice cd player in the car

- hope

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

- Paula got the job!

+ the quarantine is over - the nursing home residents were delighted to see the dogs yesterday

+ finished sewing the binding on the Africa quilt

+ Donna did a super cleaning job yesterday

+ a busy day ahead before I spend the weekend in Ottawa

+ more ice melted away yesterday - there is hope!

- Online menus and nutrition info
- My vision
- The weekend ahead of me
- A comfortable home
- Family, friends, 3FC, indoor plumbing, cell phone, Internet

Cheryl . . . indoor plumbing!! I've missed your gratitude for this! Glad you posted.

-indoor plumbing! YES!!!

- good books

- tasty food

- family, friends and all the chicks

- my warm blanket

- back is feeling a little better

- invited to cousin's tonight for dinner

- we got some snow... looks pretty to see the landscape covered in the white snow. OK - now it can melt.

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

- Mom, Rachel, & Aunt Mackie

Beverly,
My mother talks so much about out-houses that it makes me think about indoor plumbing. Imagine having to go outside in the cold or using a chamber pot! Yuck!

Today I am grateful for:

- This thread that reminds me of everything I have to be grateful about.
- My country (USA)
- The large selection of food that I have
- A comfortable home
- Family, friends, 3FC, indoor plumbing, cell phone, Internet

- enjoyed a live performance by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir last night

- spent time with my nephew

- family, friends and all the chicks

Cheryl - I can't imagine having to use an outhouse or chamber pot. It IS a big gratitude.


- everyday is a day to get all of it right.

- good evening last night with our cousin and his wife

- my warm house, my warm coat, my warm gloves, the heater in my car - I am grateful to be warm on a cold, cold day

- music - I could listen to it all day (and sing along, sometimes, too)

- my family, my friends, YOU ALL, internet, cell

- figuring it out