Thankful Thursday | a table fix
This week I am thankful:
that my dad fixed my table
The base developed a crack by one of the legs, and since it was in a weird spot to fix, he and I made a paper octagon to fit the opening on the bottom of the table.
He took that home and used it as a pattern to cut out a piece of aluminum in the same shape.
Then he screwed it onto the bottom of my table base, and now the base is nicely reinforced.
What would I do without my dad??
Click here to see the full rehab of this table, which we rescued from the abandoned house.
that microbiology lab is over!
We finished on Tuesday of this week and I am so glad. Lab has been a lot of work, and having that off my plate will give me a lot more time to focus on my other classes.
Also: I got a 98% on my final lab exam, and my grade for the overall lab is over 99%. Yay!
Now I just gotta finish my other three classes strong.
that I got good grades on my chemistry and microbiology exam
I had two exams on the same day, and I got A's on both (a 99 on my chemistry exam, even!)
I dislike chemistry intensely(!!!), but at least I am doing well in the class.
for a really good microbiology professor
I'm definitely going to give her a glowing review when it's time to submit student opinion forms. She's made this challenging material into something manageable.
for the box of Hot Tamales that Lisey brought me
I'm not normally much for non-chocolate candy, but Hot Tamales are an exception and Lisey knows that. 🙂
for cat snuggles
She continues to sit on me whenever possible. 😉
for beautiful frost
We're having our first freezing nights of the season, and oooh, I love the way the frost looks when I'm out for a walk in the early mornings.
for friends who understand my troubles
No one wishes for their friends to experience problems, of course! But I am so grateful there are women in my life who understand, from personal experience, what I'm going through.
It is such a mercy to have sanity checks and listening ears.
Congratulations on your super successful test results!
And oh, what a helpful and clever man your dad seems to be!
I am thankful for
my dog! Always willing and excited to join me on my often extensive hikes and walks. And afterwards always so eager to cuddle with me on the sofa
I got a raise in salary. Man, that helps with the ever rising costs
For the financial support our government offers unconditionally to private households and industry as well in order to counter balance at least a little high costs for energy.
I now pay 4 times more for natural gas and 3 times more for electricity compared to last year
Temperatures have been extremely mild for the last two months or so. Forecast has it that this is to continue for the next couple of days. That makes saving energy pretty easy.
For the wonderful relationship I have with the two Ukrainian refugees who live with me. We get along so well and I don't feel at all that it might be stressful sharing my place with strangers.
@Lea,
I'm so thankful for people like you who continue to care for the Ukrainian refugees. Thank you!
@Lea, I am returning to Germany shortly, and very much want to treat you to a meal out to repay your lovely and kind hospitality this past summer. Watch your email over the next few weeks!
@Tamara R,
Hi Tamara! I will check my email. Very much looking forward to seeing you again soon!
@Ruth T, I want to echo Ruth's thank you. I come from refugees and am heartened when people step forward to help; some days it is hard to remember all the good people in the world.
Your dad is amazing! And congratulations on your awesome grades! It's nice when hard work pays off like that.
This week I'm thankful:
* For the teachers at my kids' school who come in and love and teach the kids so well even when they're tired. We went to a playoff volleyball game Tuesday night and got home late, but I saw a number of teachers at the game -including my son's kindergarten teacher because her daughter was playing. We don't go to a lot of sporting events at this stage of life, but every time we do I'm amazed when I think about how late the teachers got home and then I see them bright and early the next morning and they're smiling as they welcome their students. They've gotta be tired and their efforts to care for both their student-athlete children and their little elementary students is noticed.
* For how the Lord has worked to soften hearts in a couple of situations in the last couple of weeks.
* For my sweet first grade kiddos at Awana. They make me smile each week!
* That we had a nice long fall. Winter is officially here now, but there are many years in Michigan that it feels like we only have 2 weeks of fall between summer and winter. This year was perfect!
* For the current ages and stages of my kids. They're 4, 6, and 8 and I love it so much!! I loved the baby stage *a lot* so I'm glad that I'm able to love this stage even though they're no longer babies.
A warm house and flannel sheets. I think I sleep better when it's cool enough for flannel sheets and an extra blanket on the bed.
Homemade bread. I made potato water bread yesterday and it is so good. I forget how wonderful homemade yeast breads are. I'm thankful I seem to be okay eating a moderate amount of gluten containing foods these days, though I try to keep it to small amounts of organic wheat. For several years gluten seemed to cause me to have hot flashes.
It's comfortable to walk during the day. There may not be much sunshine this time of year but it is cool enough to take walks during the day whereas in the summer I did little of that. I am also thankful that have have the flexibility to walk then and the physical ability to do so.
I'm thankful my husband seems to be happier with is job lately. There are a lot of transitions going on at work but he wants to keep working and it is looking more promising. If not, we are in a position where he can retire.
I'm thankful for friends and family. I can't imagine life without them.
I'm thankful for volunteer opportunities. I have met some wonderful people while volunteering and I am hopefully doing some good in the world.
It shows character that you are putting so much effort into a subject that you dislike and I am glad you are rewarded with excellent scores. And I am very happy for you for your support system.
I am very thankful too for my parents, who both passed away several years back. I felt lots of frustration with my mum especially, only to discover after adolescence that I look a lot like her in many ways :-D. But to have been born in a family where there is love, and safety, and care for each other, that is such a wonderful start in life. Even now my parents are not with us any more, I still feel their loving presence as a warm blanket when I am low.
Thankful for
the prospect of eye surgery (cataract)
my husband who unfailingly drives me around until that time
our kids with their views on the world, their sense of humour and their affection for us
the prospect of frost this weekend, and an icy dip perhaps during outdoor swimming
the prospect of a nice hot strong coffee afterwards
having proper food on the table, and discussing foods with trained cooks in our circle. I am perfectly happy with eating humble foods*, but it is such a joy to discuss food combinations, preparation methods, seasoning, with people who know their stuff.
*our eldest calls my cooking: simple but artisanal
Congrats and kudos on your excellent grades, Kristen!!
This week I'm thankful:
- for my husband. He's goofy and makes me laugh. And once in a while he brings home my favorite treat.
- for my husband's job and his colleagues. So much kindness! And for his job, stability, at least now, during a rough financial time.
- for my friends. They're the best kind, the ones that stick with you through your hardest times.
- for where we live. Our rental, and our town, are great.
- for my small group leader. I'm so thankful to have been led to this group a couple of months ago.
- for everyone who replied to my comment last week. Wow, you all are great. Thank you!
Congratulations on all your stellar grades!
Thankfuls:
--For hot water. The luxury of having a hot shower (almost) whenever I want is still a wonder to me, after years of living in a house with limited hot water. And sometimes limited water, period.
-- For the many years of kitchen experience that enabled me to deal with a week in a school kitchen. It's a different skill to cook for 60 rather than 6, but my home cooking experience helped me figure out some issues that would probably have been deal breakers to getting the food out in a timely manner otherwise. (Here I should give a shout-out to my mother-in-law, who taught me that stale chips can be re-crisped in a low oven. And that is why the nachos I had to make yesterday for the school lunch had fresh-tasting chips, despite the fact that the bags apparently all popped open on their way up our hill to high elevation. 🙂
--That the one son who had a rough start to the school year seems to have stabilized now. Still not thrilled about going, but no meltdowns anymore.
--For coffee (with cream!). It's been a rough week with limited sleep. I don't drink more coffee during weeks like this, but I do appreciate the comfort of my one cup when I've awakened yet again far too early.
--That today is the last day of school before our Thanksgiving break. Our school is off for the whole week of Thanksgiving, and with our typical four-day week, that means 10 days off. We also get something like 17 days for Christmas break. I love these long breaks in the middle of the school year, and I am SO ready for this one.
@kristin @ going country, whenever we travel to higher elevations, it takes me by surprise to see the effects the elevation has on foods like Pringles. 🙂 I didn't realize that the bags could pop open!
@Kris, For us, it's stainless steel water bottles. They don't pop open, but they are sealed on so tightly!
Yay for your awesome grades! You are rocking it!
Today I am thankful for the internet and all the options it brings.
Today I'm so thankful for:
*a mostly normal week of homeschooling.
*a daughter who is learning to read.
*homemade bread for toast this morning.
*relative health of my household.
*a working dryer-- even if it squeaks.
*a kind and honest appliance repairman who will get a call later today.
*lots of pumpkins to roast (heats the house up nicely).
*the ability to help friends in need (I was able to babysit yesterday). It's been so long since I've been able to help others; having lots of littles really limited my time/ability to be of service.
*the coffee I hope my husband makes for me this morning 😉
That cat...she gives me serious crazies for getting one. She is soooo cute.
Every day when I get home from work, I think "thank you, God, for this house". Its such a refuge for me. But also I am thankful for:
*the little electric hot plate thingy that I plugged in on my desk to keep my coffee cup nice and toasty
*my freezer full of food, even tho I do love to eat out...there is always something for me to fix for a meal
*my work besties, they are an understanding bunch - and the one that moved away 5 years ago? She has kept me sane via text messaging
*I have managed to stay afloat (in all ways) the past 16 months and I am grateful for that
In the midst of all my grief, there are many things for me to feel thankful for this Thanksgiving.
Sending you love; I know the holidays are hard when you are grieving.
@gina, it will soon be 18 months since I placed DH in care, so my "Alzheimer's widowhood" and your actual widowhood have gone on for about the same time. And I second your "In the midst..." statement. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
@gina, Have you ever heard this song, sung by Ezio Pinza, about his house welcoming him home? It is called, obviously, welcome home and you can find it on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT5YaCbLcpw
@Lindsey, It is from the musical Fanny.
Congrats on those grades!
That my niece who applied for a different position with her employer changed the job requirements so she could get the position. They love her there, she is such a sweetheart. She continues her education to meet those requirements they removed.
Thankful I am ending my week long much hated steroid.
For the great medical care for my grandchild who went in with croup again last night (3rd time) for the excellent care they were able to get her out in about 7 hours.
That my boss is always great about approving my time off.
For click and pull orders. I am so very thankful when I don't have the energy to shop but I can still get what I need.
Congratulations on your great grades, Kristen (although I think you may be the only one here who's surprised)! And I hope that we'll soon have a Meet a Reader from your multi-talented dad, now that we've had one from your Aunt Kathy.
Now, thankful...
That yesterday's 2" of wet snow is almost all gone by today, and that we are NOT supposed to get the serious lake effect stuff they're having to the north and west of us.
That I used yesterday to finish the first draft of the PowerPoint presentation I'll be giving to my JASNA region on Zoom next month. This gives me time to edit it and do some rehearsing before the presentation date.
That I seem to have healed up nicely after my gum grafting, as I hope my periodontist will confirm at my follow-up appointment today.
@A. Marie, I'm glad to hear that you're not supposed to be hit any harder by that lake effect snow; I immediately thought of you when I saw it on the news this morning!
@A. Marie, I second a Meet the reader from Kristen’s Dad.
Yes! I have a draft going of an interview with my dad but I need to finish it. He was traveling for over a month, and so I didn't get to finish asking him questions!
Glad that you are getting excellent grades and your hard work is paying off. And nice to have your dad help you with things. I never really lived close enough to my parents to have them help with things.
1. Once again I have to be extremely thankful for my husband when I cannot do a lot of things. Its only me and him, so I have to rely on him a lot. This broken ankle is trying my patience, but I need to learn more patience and definitely grace to help me get along. This is going to be a long and not-so-easy road, so I have to re-teach myself these things. But I am so stubborn so that doesn't help!!!!!
2. I am thankful that the broken ankle is not worse and I will eventually heal. I've seen articles of pins and plates and I am so thankful that I just have a fracture and won't need any surgery - yet. I say yet because I go back on Monday to the MD and won't know till then how it is going.
3. Thankful for working at home and having a great boss that lets me have frequent breaks because of my ankle.
4. Thankful that its my left ankle and I am able to drive when necessary. I did make it to the MD yesterday for a cast change and am proud that I did make it there and back without issue.
5. Thankful that its Thanksgiving next week and the family that is coming know that they will be helping with quite a few things to get the food on the table. My husband is good at cooking and getting food on the table, but our kitchen can't have too many cooks. He will be in charge!
1. Unlike most, I am thankful for the time change and lighter mornings! I walk in the mornings and am glad I can go earlier now. I also enjoy darker evenings in our cozy home when I can light candles and enjoy the fireplace. I know I'm in the minority but I love it!
2. Here in SC, we are finally having some cooler weather. I enjoy all the seasons (which we just barely get here!) and love the cooler weather.
3. We have a new church home. We recently made the difficult decision to leave a church we loved. But we have quickly found a new church and have been overwhelmed with the welcome and sound teaching we're receiving. We are grateful.
4. We do not have traditional health insurance and my doctor is so helpful in finding alternative treatment options. I needed some bloodwork this week, and she recommended http://www.jasonhealth.com. I was able to get all my bloodwork for $51 rather than the usual $400-500 out of pocket, and I can go to local lab for everything.
5. Tomorrow is my birthday! I am thankful for 55 years of God's grace and faithfulness to me. I am blessed beyond what I deserve.
Happy Thursday!
@Julia, Happy birthday!
@Julia, Happy Birthday Julia! I'm in the minority too and love the earlier sunsets. We don't have a fireplace but I light candles and sometimes I put on "Fireplace for Your Home" on Netflix. It makes our apartment feel cozier.
@Julia,
I like lighter mornings too, Julia!
@AnnieH, I think this is a bit hilarious but I'm kind of old and getting tired.
We, too, have the fake fireplace on our TV. I love it and no work is required. We also have the battery powered candles flickering, I love them and no mess. And finally we have a cinnamon roll smelling candle. Wonderful aroma and no baking required.
I love the 21st century.
@Beverly, thank you!
@JD, a kindred spirit! 🙂
@AnnieH, yes! If you enjoy the "virtual "fireplace, go to Youtube and search for "holiday ambiance". You can find all sorts of lovely scenes (coffee shops, christmas scenes, bookstores, etc) that have beautiful music playing. I often turn them on in the evenings and enjoy the sounds and music. I do this for every season--there are thousands of options!
Hey, in the New York area, we always had the Yule Log!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_Log_(TV_program)
I always wanted a real fireplace growing up, so badly, but we had a crummy crackerbox house. (However--we were always very happy there.)
Since I've been an adult, I've always insisted on having a fireplace. In our marital home, we had three, including one in the master bedroom. In my current place, we have two. I absolutely adore them and believe every room should have a fireplace including all bathrooms, heh.
@Julia, I am in the Love-Dark-In-The-Evening club, in Alaska. I have said this before, but I loved it when we lived in a remote village where the sun went down last Friday and will not be seen again until mid January. It muffles noise and even the crime goes down because no one wants to be out in the cold and dark.
Oh my goodness! another Hot Tamale lover. My favourite.
I am thankful for good boots to walk in the unexpected early snow. For sick time to cover me when I didn't feel well (totally better now!). For my husband who does 99% of the cooking.
happy fall/winter!!
Ooh, I am envious that you had snow to walk in. This week's frost made me hope that we will get some snow this winter; an early morning walk on a sunny morning after a snow is one of my very favorite experiences!
Congratulations on your great grades! Lisey and the kitty are both so sweet to look out after you.
I am so thankful to be enjoying the first week of retirement. Been getting so much done around the house and being able to stop and rest as needed is making my arthritis easier to manage.
Also thankful for our new rescue kitty, who has been with us six months and at last feels secure enough mingle with our pack of dogs. It's kind of funny to see her sailing now through the canine scrum with queenly serenity. 🙂
@Ruby, I'm so glad that retirement is helping you to take things easier and take care of yourself. It helped me that way too.
@Ruby, Glad you are seeing the payoff from retirement this soon after retiring! I had this fantasy a few months after retiring, that I missed work and wanted to go back. I ended up volunteering for two weeks at the agency I retired from, which quickly reminded me that I like getting up and going to bed when I felt like it!
Congratulations on your stellar grades!
This week I'm thankful
* That the Artemis launch was successful. We're very excited about the mission and selfishly I'm glad DH is no longer on call to support the mission
* That my employer lets me flex my start time day to day. I wake up early a lot and often get to work at 6 or 6:30 instead of my normal 7 AM arrival
* That our neighbor's roosters are not crowing and waking me up at 4:30. Maybe it's the cold weather. I still don't understand why the neighbors have just roosters, no hens. The roosters drive us nuts crowing all day long so glad to have any reprieve from the noise
* That we finally have the plan settled for celebrating Christmas with my family
* That the dog is okay to stay home alone on the days when DH has to go into the office. Canine flu is running rampant through our area, so we don't want to take her to doggy day care and risk her getting sick again. That does mean that I have to exercise her a lot more when I get home to burn off her abundant energy but at least it's still daylight when I get home since I go into work so early
@Beverly, We LOVED watching the rocket. That was soo cool!
Your readers already knew you were smart! Now we have documentation.
@Ava, Great comment!
I am thankful for refreshing chai latte.
I am thankful that I was awake early this morning to give a co-worker a ride to work. Because of that I saw the beautiful dawn.
I am thankful for my cousin who along with her sisters are taking turns being with my dear Aunt who is on Hospice. This Aunt has been such a blessing in maintaining contact with our part of her family.
I am thankful for my dog, in spite of the fact I feel like I currently live in a dog hair snow globe.
I am thankful for having the laundry done this week AND put away.
I am thankful for this blog, for the time we can rejoice in God together and share our sorrows.
@Chrissy, dog hair snow globe! LOL!
@Chrissy, OMG I Live in a Dog Hair Snow-globe. I was lecturing her today because someone was visiting and giving her a really good outdoor scrub and love, and she wasn't releasing NEAR enough hair. I informed my friend that they needed to do a much better job as I already had enough dog hair in the house to knit a new dog - all the rest of the hair had to stay outside. Needless to say, both my friend and my dog ignored me. Dust rhinoceroses made of dog hair rule my world right now
I'm thankful for your father and all the other reliable people you have in your life, Kristen! And, by extension, all the people in my life who would drop everything to help out if I needed them to.
This has been a sad time period for me, and probably why I'm thinking about kind people. My friend's husband died last Friday (he had been hospitalized and it had been a hard few weeks) and I'm thankful for all the people who have surrounded her and loved on her.
Thankful for the snow we have been getting. It brightens up the gray/brown days of November. Yes, I know I'm an odd one, but I really do like snow--I get sick of it after months of it but right now the novelty is welcome.
Thankful for the sunshine we had yesterday to break up some of the gray skies.
Thankful for another "baking day" with friends. We dipped our toes into bagel making and they turned out pretty well. We made notes on how to make them even better (truthfully, I'll probably continue to purchase them, instead, but my friend really wanted to try it and I have to say that it made for a fun experience for the three of us).
I'm so glad your friend has people around her in this hard time. And I'm sure that you are a valuable part of that group.
Congratulations on your amazing, grades, Kristen!!!
Congrats on the awesome grades!! Well done.
1) Thankful that my husband & I both still have jobs. We are in tech, & the industry is in turmoil right now. Grateful we have time to finish the last year of my employment, so we can prepare for what lies ahead.
2) Grateful for snuggly blankets & hot tea on cool days. The weather has been cooler than normal at our house, and I've enjoyed snuggling up.
3) Speaking of snuggling, my 16 year old spent about a half hour on the sofa with me, all snuggled up & chatted. This hasn't happened in at least 2-3 years, and it was such a special moment. I didn't move the entire time - soaking in the moment.
4) My 15 year old wrote a really special card to my mom. He's very...unemotional, shall we say, & it really turned around a hard day my mom had. She was very touched.
5) I have a network of awesome people around me, who support me even when things are challenging. I feel super blessed to have a lot of support in my life.
I'm thankful for all the strangers God has brought to my life who loved me and cared for me when I needed them the most.
I wish I could say I'm thankful for my dad like you Kristen, but I can't. When I was in a similar boat like you, my parents took my in-laws' side. One of the therapists once asked me if I'm sure they were my biological parents! They have one standard for their sons and another for me. I'm always being reminded where/how I fall short and how I need to do better.
Unfortunately, I'm yet to find a single person with not one but two abusive parents. So I don't have a friend who is in the same boat and can understand my pain or can lend an ear.
Evil parents create so much cognitive dissonance, I'm thankful that I finally see them for who they are and that we live far, far away from them.
@Anselme, I cannot imagine the trauma of having two abusive parents. I'm thankful you have found others in your life that love and care for you.
@Anselme, Oh, I'm so, so sorry. That's awful.
@Anselme, I’m so sorry. I hope you get to meet someone who gets it.
Oh my goodness, I am so sorry to hear about how hard things were when your marriage broke up. I am so very thankful that my parents understand where I'm coming from regarding my marriage and are supportive of my decision.
I don't experience cognitive dissonance from my parents but I most definitely do from my marriage and it is awful. Sometimes I feel sorry for our brains trying to figure this confusing situation out; like, how is the person (or people, in your case) who was supposed to be a safe, loving presence also the one who has given out so much hurt?
Anyway, a big hug to you.
@Anselme, I'm so sorry re: what you say about your family situation. My own dad and both of my parents-in-law had what I'll call their issues, but nothing as bad as what you describe. I'm glad you have at least one therapist who understands.
@Anselme, How horrifying to have been in your situation! How wonderful that you found support from others.
@Anselme,
I am so sorry you had two abusive parents.....but glad you are working with a therapist. My parents definitely had issues, and I often think they should not have been parents at all. I hope your therapist can help.
Dear Anselme,
I am so sorry for your childhood. You are definitely not alone and it’s hard to overcome that bad start in life, especially when therapy wasn’t widely accepted yet. Thank goodness that has changed and it’s not too late for younger persons.
LizB, Yes, indeed.
Great grades! Well done!
I am thankful for so many things -- I don't know where to begin, but first I am very grateful for these Thursday posts because they remind me to find moments of gratitude (and moments of grace) every week. I'm grateful for my rescued animals, a little terrier who keeps me on my toes, and two lovely cats who are currently visiting a friend and keeping him busy with their activity. They come in from his garage with whiskers full of cobwebs, and that makes me very happy. I'm grateful to have canceled my teeth cleaning appointment this morning because we woke up to snow on the roads, so I can stay warm and happy and working at home. Finally I am thankful that Christmas is coming -- I sell antiques and old stuff and will be spending the day putting price tags on baubles and beads and angels and things, so the glittery holiday will be all around me. By Sunday I might be a little tired of the glitz and glitter, because tying tags on glass ornaments is a bit tedious, but I will be thankful to have it finished. I hope everyone finds a little glitz and glitter in your Thursdays (and every day!).
Congratulations on the great grades! I'm sure all your readers would agree when I say we knew you could do it.
This week I am thankful:
1. We were able to get a slice of my husband's favorite pumpkin pie this week, love to see him happy.
2. For Aquaphor ointment. My hands get so dry and irritated this time of year, even with a humidifier. The ointment with cotton sleeping gloves does wonders for me.
3. My in-laws. I got lucky and married into a really nice family. We will see them for Thanksgiving this year.
4. Simple meals that satisfy. We are having beef stew for dinner with rolls, yum!
5. Warm slippers.
@AnnieH, oh, thanks for the cotton gloves and lotion reminder, going to do that tonight for sure, had a very handy kind of day putting the yard to bed and my hands and lips are both sore. (as well as my entire body, but that is another story!)
Great grades! Don't look now, but your dedication is showing :)!
Your talented dad always reminds me of my dad. We used to call him Mr. Fixit. At my parents' funeral, the preacher stood in the pulpit and said, "I don't really know if things in heaven can be broken, but if anything up there *was* broken, it isn't now, because (JD's dad) has already fixed it."
1. I'm thankful for the space heater under my desk. I work with a group of polar bears who think setting the heat at 67 is toasty. I have low thyroid, so I absolutely don't agree.
2. I'm thankful for the satisfactory care coordination meeting at DH's nursing home yesterday. I had the chance to point out that I've spotted him spitting out his medications after the CNA leaves, a couple of times, and I was telling someone who helps control his records and can tell the CNA's to watch him swallow. I'm not there when he takes the meds, usually.
3. I'm thankful for the great paint job my son-in-law did in a room in my house. I'll be thankful for that for a good while!
4. I'm thankful for a solid house, electricity, water and a job. Too many hurricane victims in Florida are struggling without that right now.
5. This is a "silver lining" type thing; my daughter's fiancé suddenly and unexpectedly broke off their engagement. The reason I'm thankful is because she and her daughter (our granddaughter by birth) are surrounded and uplifted by loving, supportive friends and loved ones, including the ex-fiancé's own family. His daughter (our granddaughter in love) has already told me that my daughter is still her "other" mom, my daughter's daughter is still her best friend, and that DH and I are forever her grandparents. I am so grateful she feels this way and is unembarrassed to say it.
@JD, that’s a lot of emotional hurt/stress to work through. Glad that everyone is being supportive and compassionate towards each other.
Aww, your dad does sound like mine!
And I am so sorry about the engagement, but grateful with you for the silver linings.
@JD, wow, your #5 is heavy. So glad that so many folks are on your daughter's (and your) side.
And re: your #2, might it be time to have your DH's meds (or at least as many of them as can be crushed) crushed into applesauce or ice cream or something he likes? I had to start doing this with my DH's meds even before his nursing home placement (I put them into his breakfast yogurt), and the staff have continued to do this.
@A. Marie,
They've tried that but he hates applesauce with a passion. They've used pudding, but he isn't fond of their pudding or their ice cream. They don't seem to keep yogurt there. He has always had an overly sensitive gag reflex and he and pills, even crushed, have never gotten along. The staffers keep trying, though, and I give them an A for effort.
@JD, What a touching tribute to the love you have obviously shown your granddaughter in love.
Thankful that some biological stuff going on in my house. I've gotta be vague about it for now. 😉
Thankful that most of my Christmas shopping is done so I don't have to worry about it.
Thankful that my wife is having some friends over on the weekend after Thanksgiving since we're spending Thanksgiving alone.
For good stationery and writing tools.
That everyone in my family is healthy (well healthy as they can expect to be.)
@Battra92, I hope that biological stuff is the first thing that popped in my mind instead of mold, cockroaches, or mice infestation 😉 Oh, my, I am thinking of so many biological possibilities now!
@Jody S.,
Me, too. Although I guess they could just be making beer.
@JD, That was one of my thoughts-- plus wine, kombucha, yogurt-- all the fermenting options. 🙂
@Jody S., well, there are fermenting options, and then there are multiplying options. I trust that Battra will enlighten us when the time is right.
Congrats on the grades! Incredible work!
Thankful for....
Colder weather. I am ready for soup & sweater season.
Christmas decorations, lights, music and movies. I am typically very adamant about not decorating before Thanksgiving but this year just feels different somehow and I have already begun decking the halls. I am loving it SO much!!!
Increased energy, better moods, and just feeling so much better in general since starting Weight Watchers. Something to be said for putting the oxygen mask on yourself before helping others.
Healthy recipes all over the internet & the fact that I love to cook and bake are making healthy food choices lots easier. What a blessing!
The flower bulbs that are going in the ground by the end of the month. They are all perennial and will bring so much lovely color to our yard in the years to come.
As a professor, let me tell you that we appreciate those reviews! I read every one and have to make an improvement plan for the not so good reviews.
Congratulations on your grades. Your hard work is paying off. Not only will you be a compassionate nurse you will be incredibly knowledgeable. I'm proud of you!
When will you be finished?
Well, I haven't even started official nursing school yet. I'm doing my last semester of prerequisites right now, and I'll start RN school in the fall of 2023. And that's a two year program, so I will graduate spring 2025.
I'm grateful that things are improving now. Last night, they were so bad I couldn't sleep which always means my health goes downhill fast.
Both my children took standardized tests yesterday and got perfect or near-perfect scores. Thankful for ridiculously smart kids.
Grateful to have a job that is absolutely perfect for me and for which I'm overpaid. All the layoffs have me nervous, but not too bad.
Thankful that my lovely and beloved house is starting to look much better after two years of clutter and long Covid.
Thankful to be alive.
@Rose,
Sending ♥♥♥♥ to you, (but no hugs). ☺
@st, ditto ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Kudos on those grades! You’ve put in a lot of hard work.
-I’m thankful for some relationship challenges easing out a bunch. Healthier relationships make life sweeter.
-Thankful for shorter days in winter. Kids play harder outside knowing they don’t have tons of daylight to play and bedtime is so much easier, and I feel less pressure to do all the things all the time.
-thankful for the 21 windows in our house that allow so much sunlight and snow reflection in. I don’t have to use lights all day long which is a huge switch from previous homes.
-thankful to be making progress on home improvement projects and to feel well enough to get back at it after a cold and secondary bilateral ear and sinus infections.
Ooooh, all those windows sound wonderful! That is definitely something I will be looking for whenever I buy my next home: lots of windows!!
Congratulations on your tests! You are amazing! Super proud of you!
Also, don’t you love your sweet kitty’s white whiskers against her black face?!
Yes! Her black and white coloring is so cute.
Way to go on those tests!
1. Cooler temps. It’s the first break we have had from heat in south Louisiana this year.
2. Nice, tidy closets. I spent the last few days clearing out clutter and was able to donate loads of wonderful things.
3. My home. Sounds super cheesy, but I love my home. Especially my kitchen where I spend much of my time.
4. A successful craft fair I participated in last weekend. I sold several flats of jellies/jams/preserves as well as breads.
I feel you on the home; I love mine too!
One thing I am thankful for is to find another of your posts in my email. I always look forward to reading them!
Aww, that makes ME happy!
I am thankful for my job. I get a sense of fulfillment by working hard and I like a paycheck.
I am very thankful for my coffee and tea. The warmth is comforting, the flavor is delightful and the caffeine is going to help finish off this headache!
I am thankful that my husband is going to help me put the Christmas tree up this weekend. After switching back to Standard Time I really need more light so the tree goes up. (We will probably wait for ornaments until after Thanksgiving week.)
I am thankful that my whole family will be in the same place at Christmas.
Kristen, about a year ago I was inspired by Thankful Thursday and my husband and I started writing down our weekly Thankful "things." We placed our notes in a mason jar and on Thanksgiving we are going to review the notes.
@Rebekah in SoCal, I love the mason jar "thankfuls" idea! I may pass this on to the group I'm having Thanksgiving dinner with (the Bestest Neighbors and four of their friends).
Oh, I like your jar idea!
I just wanted to congratulate you on your awesome test scores! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Thank you!
Congratulations on your amazing marks! You're going to make a wonderful nurse (I speak from experience - I am an RN and also completed my B. Sc. N (there were two separate programs back in my day, is it all just one there now? It is in Canada). It is a great profession, always changing and something new to learn. Perfect for your inquisitive mind!
Your table fix reminds me of some of my more unconventional fixes here (not that your fix is sketchy, it's solid!). I've lived in my house for 25 years now and when my kids were little, I think about 10 and 3 yo, they broke a wooden support beam in my closet while playing hide and seek. At the time I just needed a very quick fix as all my clothes were lying on the floor. So I grabbed the duct tape, what any self respecting woman would do, and literally taped the beam back together using some metal shelf brackets as splints. All these years later, it still holds. Temporary fix became permanent! Now having said that I'll wake up tomorrow to find all my clothes on the floor, lol. But my house is more than 150 years old, so there are lots of little fixes to be discovered someday.....
@Leann, your closet beam fix reminds me of a fix on one of my ancient clothes-drying racks that DH scavenged from the basement of a rental property. The rack must be at least 75 years old. Its previous owner mended a broken horizontal piece with adhesive tape--and the mend continues to hold, although I only put T-shirts and other light items on that rung.
Also, DH used to say that he could handle about 80% of rental property service calls with duct tape, WD-40, and/or his trusty Swiss Army knife. (The other 20%, we won't talk about.)
Congratulations on your great grades! That shows a lot of persistence and hard work.
Ended up in the ER with a kidney problem. It led me to thank: 1)my ever devoted husband who has lived with this chronically ill wife for 40 years with never a complaint. 2) the pound hound, who loves to be scratched but other than that he wants to be left alone. This week he laid next to me whenever I went to bed, which was surprisingly comforting. It was also surprisingly ego boosting that when the husband left to run his usual errands, which pound hound loves to do, he refused to leave me so errands were run without him while we continued to lie on the bed together. 3) and the urologist who squeezed me in at 8 am the next day and figured out the issue and reassured me that just because my father died of kidney cancer, not every pain in my side is cancer. This guy called me at 7 in the evening the day he saw me, to make sure I got the meds he prescribed. 4) the neighbor who saw us racing out to the hospital and dragged our outside garbage can to the curb, just in case we did not make it home on time. She is now 85, I believe, and still did her garbage and our garbage. 5) My terrific health insurance that kicks in when Medicare refuses a procedure. The printout always tell me what I would have paid in cash.
And I have to say my terrific husband again. He was in line at the pharmacy for my meds and the really old (as opposed to just old like me) guy and the husband swears he saw the guy deflate slightly when the pharmacist told him the cost of his numerous meds. The guy said he would have to call his wife, just in case they had some money lying around. While he did that, my husband paid his bill and managed to leave before the guy came back. The pharmacist said she would make sure to track the guy down if he did not come back, to let him know the bill was paid. There was a time in our lives when we could not afford all the meds we needed and I distinctly remember how relieved I was when I heard about a local group that has a small budget for people who need medication but have no insurance. Honestly, I wanted to cry at my husband's thoughtfulness, and for the fact that we have a small amount saved each month for a contribution to the food bank so it was not a stretch for us to pay.
@Lindsey, That's so wonderful. Fantastic.
Congrats on the grades!
This week I am thankful ...
... for my handyman, who spent hours on Mon. doing all the things I've been saving up for him to do. I can hire him for a half day or full day, which is less expensive than doing a job at a time, so I live with some inconveniences for months before calling him. Now my garage door remote will open the door and I don't have to get out in the rain and walk around to the front door. Now I don't have to turn the water on and off at the wall before we can flush that toilet. Now my kitchen faucet is not leaking water all over my counter tops. Now I can hang my wind chime and wind spinners on my front porch. And etc.
... that we actually found a handyman who is reliable, affordable for the two of us on a fixed income, and is available for advice if I just need to text him to ask a question. Hubby is disabled and my knees and vision challenges prohibit me from doing things I used to try and do myself.
... that my husband has come out of the blue funk he sank into when we found prostate cancer cells in a lymph node. We know the next couple of years are going to get hard, and there is no cure, but he is by nature an optimistic person, and seeing him so depressed was heartbreaking. We will take this day by day.
... for my Buy Nothing group, from whom I received (among other things) a new-to-me back porch light my handyman installed. The old one was being held together by tape, and the bulb pointed up. This one points down, shedding more light on the area when the dog needs to go out. And it's prettier!
... over and over that we moved up here to VA when I retired, allowing us to spend more time with our daughter and beloved granddaughter, who is just a real sunbeam in our lives, even when fighting a cold. She has the sunniest nature!
* Thankful for having watched the 1st Christmas movie or the season with my daughters tonight. I love cheesy Christmas movies and I love my daughters!
* For great co-workers and a great full-time assignment at the moment. And to be working in health care. Not easy in this Covid time, but I don't have to worry about losing my job.
* The peace of mind of having no debts
* For a small group of friends that I meet at work and see outside of work once or twice a month also
* For my daughter opening up to us about bullying happening at school so that, together, we can work on a solution
Oh yes, balancing chemical equations. I remember learning that long, long ago and thoroughly enjoyed that part of chemistry class. Maybe because I used to like math.
This is my problem; I can do math, but it doesn't bring me any joy.
So...I can do chemistry too, but it is not bringing me joy in the slightest!
So thankful that our refugee application is moving through the system. Yesterday morning looked bleak and then it happened.
Wow congrats on your grades!!! That represents a lot of hard work.