* Being strong yesterday and standing my ground when a student was talking during their test
* Most of my students are ready to learn the information they need to know and I don't have to go back and teach them basic skills
* My husband
* My family
* My friends

-Being brave and going to my first Zumba class. It was awesome.
-Returning to 3FC's 100lb Club.
-The beautiful, beautiful, beautiful weather today
-Getting to see my wonderful BF this afternoon
-Being fully, 100% unpacked and moved in (I recently completed a cross-country move.)

My parents
The nice weather
Supportive colleagues
A kind and enthusiastic professor

+ my dogs who were delightful doing pet therapy yesterday

+ a lovely braid of garlic from my neighbour Moel

+ conquered the reports to wind up the student summer placement

+ found a major error on the payroll - fingers crossed that it can be fixed but glad I found it

+ got the all-clear from Revenue Canada - my personal tax audit was clean!

+ three new FALL t-shirts arrived - I am so ready for fall clothes

+ firmed up plans for Cuba in mid-January

- fun playing with my plants in interesting containers

- talked to my sister

- did errands and a doctor visit with Mom. She's doing OK.

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

- found some pretty plants in the 'bargain bin' at Meijer

* all the beautiful weather this week.
* my sore abs (which means im working out rite).
* Fall flower season.
* my parents n baby sister going back to the gym.
* enjoying my morning coffee/gossip with the other parents at kids bustop.
* my "hole in the woods", my hoopdy car, my cellphone, electric, running water.

* Tomorrow is Friday
* We have our first spirit assembly tomorrow and I think that were ready for it
* The secretary at work... because he can do anything you need him to do and he is so wonderful about helping me
* My husband
* My family

+ discovered a big batch of Japanese lanterns in the compost heap - self seeded, I guess

+ said to heck with work and went with Barb to the quilting store

+ did not buy anything - am I getting cured of my addiction?

+ finally used up all the tomatoes in the house by making spaghetti sauce

+ loving the cooler sleeping weather

+ finally found unsweetened almond milk for my smoothies

got up and did my exercises

John saved DH some of his delivered soil for his projects

fun in the garden

friends, family, you all, cell, fb, internet, music

organized a couple of things

* its the weekend!
* survived my weekly work-out!
* daily changes in my body inside n out for the better!
* more beautiful weather for the weekend.
* hubby has weekend off so maybe he will just chill out.
* daughter doesnt have a performance tonite.

The exercise today is already done.

* Today is Friday
* I don't have any thing besides having to workout and spend time with my husband
* My husband
* My family
* My friends

- fun last night.. a fire, cool evening, kids running around laughing & playing... the good stuff of life

- a cooler week predicted

- tried a tofu hotdog - yuk - grateful for willingness to try healthier things

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

- interesting/fun containers for my plants

- sent in my application for absentee ballot - grateful I won't have to stand in line on election day

+ grateful that Beverly mentioned she hates tofu wieners too! That made me smile!

+ my furnace that is taking the chill off the house this morning

+ a fun evening at Book Club - we even discussed the book!

+ determined to tackle some of my accounting niggles today and ease my fretting load a bit

+ planning a fun afternoon at the Turkey Fair

+ only five more days before my next mini-vacation

+ the feeling of fall - "essence of winter sleep is in the night"

I am grateful that it has been over 2 years since my Mom was Dx'ed with cancer and we've had 2 birthdays, 2 Thanksgivings, 2 Christmas's, 2 New Year's Eve's, and well 2 MORE of A LOT of different things since...

I am grateful for the glorious weather this past week... It has been truly SPECTACULAR!

I am grateful that I KNOW that I'm moving in the right direction....