Thankful Thursday | it's so easy to complain!
Since I write about thankfulness and contentment pretty often, you guys might start to get the impression that I am always thankful, or that contentment requires no effort.
So here's a little story. You guys know how I really dislike the hot and humid weather of summer, right?
Well, during our last string of legitimately cool days, I got up to go for a walk one morning and I thought, "This kind of weather is annoying because it's so in-between, I don't know what to wear when I go for a walk."
And then I was like, "Self! What the heck?? You've been waiting for cool weather all summer, and now that it's here, you are going to complain about dressing for the cooler weather?"
Anyway, I was reminded that it is quite possible for me to find something to be annoyed about no matter what the weather is!
My heart runs right toward discontent with absolutely no conscious help from me, which is why the practice of consciously directing my heart toward thankfulness is so super necessary.
And that brings me to today's list.
This week, I am thankful:
that my flip-flop broke on my doorstep...
...and NOT while I was in the middle of grocery shopping.
While it would have been more ideal for it not to break at all, I do feel quite blessed that it chose to give out at such an opportune moment.
that I got to watch a movie with Sonia yesterday
She's taking a film history class this semester, so she's got a movie to watch each week. This week, it's Singin' in the Rain, which I had never seen before and since we both had some free time yesterday afternoon, she invited me to watch it with her.
Sometimes I find older movies to be too slow-moving (cough, Casablanca, cough*), but I liked this one fairly well.
*also, Out of Africa. Mr. FG and I watched that way back when, and I can't remember much about it except that it went on forever and it felt like nothing happened.
that I brought a book as a backup last night
I took Zoe to youth group, and since it's a bit of a drive, I always just stay in the area rather than driving back home and then back again to pick her up.
I'd planned to do a school assignment on my laptop, but when I pulled my laptop out, I realized that part of my laptop charger was still in the outlet at home. Whoops. And of course, my laptop battery was dead.
Happily, I'd brought a library book from my stash, so all was not lost. 😉
for the promise of beautiful weather today
Accuweather literally said it's going to be "beautiful, with times of clouds and sun" today.
They never use"beautiful" as an adjective when the day is going to be humid, so I'm hopeful about today's weather.
that I am making progress on learning bone terminology
It would be one thing to learn all the bones in the human body (manageable!), but in a span of 14 days, we are supposed to learn that plus all the landmarks of the bones as well, and that is what makes this overwhelming.
Once you add in all the landmarks, a simple bone turns into 9-12 pieces of bone terminology. Yikes.
Don't get me wrong, I am still rather overwhelmed, BUT I can see that I have made progress. Yay, brain!!
And I can see that I will manage to remember at least some of this on Monday's exam.
that I am better at remembering words than numbers
Mr. FG can remember strings of numbers very easily, but I am really not good at that. If I try to copy down even a phone number, I have to look back at the source multiple times. It's like the numbers just fall right out of my brain in seconds.
I'm good at remembering words, though, and as I try to memorize all of these anatomical terms, I have often felt thankful that words stick in my brain pretty well.
I'm also thankful that we have names for anatomy rather than numbers; imagine if I had to remember bone numbers instead of bone names!
for a day to mostly stay home
Zoe and I had all sorts of places to be yesterday; we were barely home all day.
But both of us have pretty clear schedules today, and that's happy news for the two of us.
that I hear from Lisey pretty often
I appreciate the way technology makes it so easy to stay in touch! She Facetimes me here and there, and we chat via text more days than not.
Hey Kristen - I remember having to learn all that bone terminology & landmarks way back when I was in X-ray school. Thankfully it is mostly still there despite being out of the field for the past 35 years. As we were learning it, we'd say, "Put your metacarpals on your humeral heads" and other odd but fun ways to learn. Revise - head, shoulders, knees and toes to cranium, humerus, tibia/patella, metatarsals. Anything to make it silly enough to stick! And the alphabet soup of landmarks - oy! Keep it up!
Oh yes, I love mnemonic devices. For carpals, we're using Some Ladies Try Peppers That They Can't Handle (scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate).
Thankful for rain. It's not as pretty as sunshine but our area needs it right now!
Thankful that we had nice weather last night for our neighborhood potluck. Along those lines, thankful that we have someone in our neighborhood who initiates and hosts it every year. That's not something that I'm good about doing, but she enjoys it.
Thankful that my son often initiates contact with us now that he's in college.
Thankful for my annual flu shot and for all the medical options we have to be healthy.
I struggle with wanting to complain and be critical, so I'm thankful for your weekly exercise in thankfulness. It's my favorite of your regular posts. I love reading through the comments of others!
Kristen, I also can't remember a string of numbers but remembering words comes easily. And I can't remember directions if I hear them, but if I see a map it's much easier for me. Funny how all our brains work differently.
I feel the same as you about remembering things; if I see them, it helps so much. My auditory learning is not nearly as good as my visual learning!
@Kristen,
One mnemonic device is picturing a house where you "place" items. So you might hang the cranium on a peg in the hall for instance 🙂
Today I am thankful for....
- Rain... we need it and it's nice listening to it as I work
- The day of sunshine we got yesterday - it's been cloudy here all week in Madison
- For family - my brother from Tucson will be coming today - haven't seen him for 2 years!
Sonia loves the aesthetic of a rainy day; in fact, she has all these music playlists that combine music with the sound of rain!
Have a lovely time with your brother. 🙂
When I went to school for medical assisting and had to learn tons of medical terms and procedures, I found that if I could make a really silly visual connection with the term to be remembered it worked like a charm. I even taught it to some of the other students.
It's been a really long time and I can only vaguely remember one of them having to do with a Hollander procedure (I think, not sure) and I pictured a little Dutch boy having it done. Obviously, that one stuck in my mind.
Yes! The weirder the better.
@Anne, haha- Reminds me when my kids were in school and they were learning about body parts. I think the kneecap is called a patella. I told them to “Pat Ella’s knee”. They still laugh about that!
Kristen, you made me laugh. I am annoyed by 100 little things on any given day. In a world filled with negativity, it easy to be ungrateful, but today I am feeling especially blessed. I am thankful for many little things this morning such as warm coffee, a beautiful sunrise, and a bright blue sky. However, I am also reflecting on the larger blessings that have shaped my life, for today marks the beginning of my 59th year.
I am thankful that I was blessed with loving and kind parents. They were wonderful, and I miss them especially on my birthday. No matter where I was, my mother would call me to sing Happy Birthday.
I am grateful for my good health. I’ve remained active and fit as I’ve gotten older.
I am thankful that I have family and friends in my life to love and who love me back.
I am grateful that my needs are met. I have nutritious food to eat, clean water to drink, and safe home to live in.
I am thankful that I have spent most of my life in a place that I love. Although I have travelled quite a bit - also something I’m grateful for - I still enjoy my little house near the beach best of all.
I’m grateful for my children and our long conversations about everything and nothing at all.
I am thankful for Rescue Pup and Calico Kitty who make my life richer.
Most of all, I am blessed to have a wonderful partner and husband who has been by my side during the incredible journey of life.
My cup runneth over!
Happy birthday, Bee! You are a treat to have as part of the FG community!
Ohhh, happy birthday, Bee! We all love you here and I'm super grateful that you are a part of the community.
@Bee,
Happy birthday! What a nice post of blessing that is!
@Bee, what a great list! Happy, happy birthday!
@Bee, I hope I'm not too late to the birthday party. But many, many happy returns, and may your cup remain full.
@Ruth T, @kristen,@JD, @MB in MN, @A. Marie
Thank you everyone! It great to be a part of this wonderful and frugal community.
Thankful for visits from family—sister, son, niece, brother—all in Sept/Oct. I had forgotten how wonderful it is to just sit around and talk in person.
…for my friend S. She keeps me going out and about, and is always up for an adventure. She is the kindest and most generous friend I could have ever wished for.
…for the other customer and the worker who were right there to help when the handle on a 24 pack of soda broke when I picked it up and the cans went crashing to the floor!! They both were so kind and helpful. All day I could not stop thinking about how nice those young men were to me.
….that a very good friend who recently lost her husband to covid is getting lots of support from her family, other friends, and her church. I have only been able to support her from a distance, as we live far from each other and I did not travel for the services. I will see her at a later time.
…that my husband is having some health concerns and needed an MRI and now needs a biopsy, but he has a very well respected and smart doctor, a good health care facility, and insurance.
If you like mysteries and a bit of humor, you might try Aaron Elkins' Gideon Oliver books (but skip the first one). Gideon is an physical anthropologist (the older the bones the better) who solves a lot of murder mysteries. There's always bone examinations and lots of information shared.
@WilliamB, I love the Gideon Oliver mysteries!
Since I have been on anxiety meds, I do tend to see the bright side rather than the down side of life. I don't get as angry at things as I used to and maybe that's because I understand anxiety more. Years ago, I used to get mad at traffic until my husband pointed out that there was nothing I can do about traffic, so why bother getting mad about it. Right?!?!?!
I am also thankful for technology. I facetime with my grand daughter several times a week and get to hear her laugh when she thinks something we say is funny. I just love it. I would love it more if we lived closer, but we don't, so I'm very thankful for technology.
Thankful that our grand daughter is looking forward to her Pop (my husband) going to visit this weekend. She can't wait for him to make her some spaghetti. LOL
Thankful that the internet has provided me with tons of financial information, like The Frugal Girl. We are on a better financial path than we were years ago and could probably retire when we want too, which is amazing to me, especially since we were in such financial straights years ago. I know the information was available many years ago, but it really required a lot of looking to find it. The internet makes it so much easier!
Received reminders for Thanksgiving donations for the food banks in our area. These mailers are easy reminders for me to give extra at the holidays so everyone has food on their tables.
Thankful that husband and I are still working. My sis in law just got notice today, that she could be on the chopping block. So we are praying that it doesn't happen to her.
"Singing in the Rain" is one of my favorite movies. Anytime I can watch Gene Kelly dance, I am happy.
1. Last night my daughter brought over the box o' meat that she let me have so cheaply, and oh, my, there is so much! This will greatly help this two weeks' grocery bill, and the next one or two as well. I am so thankful.
2. I want to paint a monogram on the present I am making, and I found a perfect calligraphy letter online for that. Using the old grade-school trick, I printed the letter, colored on the back of the paper with a soft-lead pencil, and traced the letter onto the present. I'm thankful that we have easy access to such things as calligraphy online, and thankful that I remembered the easy tracing method.
3. I'm also thankful that the old movies are still available to watch. And the Peanuts specials, too. I grew up with them, and they are an annual tradition for me, every Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
4. I'm thankful for the many, many prayers people have offered for guidance and help with my husband's health issues.
5. I'm thankful we live out in the country and don't get kids coming by for trick or treat, so I don't need to purchase any candy. Trying to have a lot of candy in a house with a diabetic and someone with a chocolate addiction (me) is way too hard.
I totally understand your discontentment on weather! After living in Florida for nearly 10 years, we’ve definitely acclimated, but do miss cooler weather when fall comes and it’s still pretty warm here. This place is home to us now, however. The threat of possibly moving next year (we’re military) reminds us of how much we’ll miss being here, away from church family and friends who’ve become family. We know we’ll always find something to complain about, but know we’ll miss our people more than cooler weather. Although, I wouldn’t complain with wearing sleeves right now! Haha!
@Haley, Thank you for serving. I respect military families so much. I hope you get a nice post next year or that you get to stay where you are.
@Anita Isaac, thank you! We’re truly blessed with our current prospects. We’d still be going somewhere we’d be happy and where family would eagerly come visit. Thank you for your kind words!
It is cold but sunny today, truly beautiful autumn weather. I am very grateful to be able to linedry my laundry, as well as generate solarpowered electricity.
No time or taste for shopping. I could call it a leftover meal, but with some store cupboard ingredients it will become chicken cacciatore!
Choir rehearsals have started again and our director was really pleased with our efforts, and the results. It is great to work towards a communal sound with such a wonderful group of people.
And although we do travel and go places again, I am very grateful that most of my everyday transportation is in a smaller circle, and by bike. It is better for the environment and a great deal better for my health as well. I struggle with my weight and have a (now home) office job. So running errands by bike is healthy as well as fun.
I'm grateful that my son who has been stationed overseas is moving back stateside. There was no way I could have afforded to visit him overseas, but now there's a good chance I will be able to see him within the next year or so.
I resell clothing online and stumbled across a great deal on a huge supply of used clothing I can resell. I've sorted through it and what I'm not going to resell is being donated to a local group who will be able to find homes for it. I've also started putting clothing online and have sold three pieces already (which has made back the money I spent buying ALL of the clothes, so I've already broken even!).
My hens are producing eggs like the troopers they are and once the two new chicks begin laying (in about 2-3 months), I'll be getting 3.5 dozen eggs per WEEK. No way will I eat that many eggs, but I'm finding folks who appreciate getting eggs.
1. Great weather
2. Seeing my extended family this weekend. Very excited.
3. My sweet fur babies
4. My 2006 Honda still going!! ( no jinx please!)
5. My grown kids are independent and doing fairly well during pandemic.
Stay safe!
Thankful that my son is coming home for fall break tomorrow. He wasn't able to find a ride home, so I have to drive to pick him up and bring him home. The good part is that means 1.5 hours in the car each way with him and in the car is usually the only time he's chatty, so I'll take it.
That we're able to have handbell choir at church even though we aren't doing choral singing yet. I started as my church's music director in January and it's not been ideal, but at least we can still make some music together. And since people keep missing rehearsals and I have to fill in different parts each week, I'm assuming that I'm doing some major synapse building every Wednesday night!
Thankful that my daughter is showing more fortitude than any of us could have hoped for in her first year of teaching high school math. She's even taking the non-working AC in stride - 86 degrees in her room when it was checked the other day. Kristen, it's two of your least favorite things all in one room - excessive heat and math!
Oh my goodnes, yes. Math and heat are no bueno.
I am not thankful that we found a nest of yellow jackets in the bricks outside our garage, but I AM thankful that they have been staying outside (or in the garage) all this time! We are slowly eliminating them. I'm thankful that we have what we need to kill them (rubbing alcohol in a strong spray bottle, FTW) and it is cheaper and less dangerous for us than insecticide.
I once had to memorize the bones of the body for physiology class in high school--the teacher would take apart the bones of the skeleton and scatter them around, so we couldn't use other bones as landmarks! It was called the "bone practicum" and everyone dreaded it! I still remember certain bones, which impresses my kids sometimes.
Oh man. If you scatter femurs and humeri around, that wouldn't be so bad. But if you sprinkle carpals in with cuneiform bones of the foot, I'd be in trouble!
I'm glad you admitted not always being thankful. Last week I didn't post at all because what I wanted to ask was, " What do you do when you are down in a deep hole, with no way to get out and dirt is trickling down?". There are many things going wrong and few going right and I'm just terribly overwhelmed. My faith is sagging and honestly, life just sucks right now.
Didn't mean to complain, but wanted you to know you're not alone in feeling human.
Oh friend, I am so sorry that things are hard right now. Big hugs to you. You are not alone.
@Jennifer, (((HUGS))). Just talking can help some. I am so sorry things are so tough right now, and hope at least a few can start to get better soon.
@Jennifer, sending you lots of love Jennifer. I was there last week, too.I hope that this week is better! know that you aren’t alone and I hope it gets better for you soon.
@Jennifer,
Jennifer, bless your heart. We are pulling for you! A suggestion someone gave me once at a really bad time in my life -- write down three things you can be thankful for, even if they are in the past. It may be really hard, but it also might bring a little bit of sunshine into a gray period of your life.
@Jennifer, thank you for your honesty. You're not complaining; you're voicing your pain. You've already taken two important initial steps: 1) acknowledge that you're in a deep hole and 2) share it. I hope you will reach out to more people to see you through this - whether it's a personal acquaintance or a professional who can help you with your particular situation or refer you to someone who can. I will be holding you close to my heart as you move forward.
@Jennifer, it’s ok to feel all the things you’re feeling. I think we often feel like we’re not allowed to express that things aren’t always perfect. But for me, acknowledging it is helpful. I encourage you to reach out, to talk to someone, to ask for help, even to just say out loud how you feel. Sending you good thoughts.
@Jennifer, I have had many times in the past few years when I have felt as if I'm in a similar deep hole. I have found that it's OK to admit (to myself and a few trusted friends) that I am in the hole. But I try not to dwell in it too long, and to start looking for positive actions I can take as soon as I'm able. Anyway, sympathy and solidarity from my hole to yours.
Hello there -
I have a broken shoe story: Back in 2019, I was traveling with friends and we were visiting the Colosseum. I was wearing a pair of new-looking, second-hand espadrilles I had purchased years prior from Ebay. The shoes seemed sturdy and I loved wearing them in the summer and fall. But during this visit, the bottom of one espadrille became loose, making it difficult to walk. A kind stranger handed me a pair of spa shoes to wear. Although I was quite annoyed and embarrassed about my shoe, I reminded myself to be grateful that my frugal habits allowed me to travel and that kind people are everywhere.
Oh, so nice that someone was able to help you out. Although I imagine spa shoes did not make for very comfortable walking!
Thankful for my kids and holidays, they are so excited for Halloween, it makes it so much fun!
Thankful for my health, I woke up with a headache and was very annoyed but then it went away pretty quickly and I realized I rarely have any sort of pain or health problems, even minor ones, which I often take for granted.
This week I'm thankful for:
* the chance to be with my in-laws again! Now that they're not on the other side of the world, it's only been a month since we last saw them - not 2 or 3 years. Hooray!
* their health. My kids had so much fun going on a walk with them this morning and having Grandpa run down the hill with them.
* my parents living close to us. My mom has been able to come to every Saturday morning soccer game my kids have had this fall and that's a gift.
* for the awesome forecast for the weekend! We're heading to a cabin at a state park on Lake Michigan and the weather is supposed to be unusually warm. But it's great for my in-laws who are used to much warmer weather.
* a day that my house is pretty clean and I don't need to spend lots of time cleaning. I can just enjoy the time with family!
My friend gave me a pair of dollar store flip flops for my birthday this year that literally broke the first time I wore them at the beach with her. #frugalfail
But then I started singing Margaritaville 'I blew out my flip flop' and it became quite funny 😀
I am thankful for the reminder that others have struggles to look on the sunny side. I sure do at times.
Today I am also thankful that our wonderful old kitty was so good about us stuffing a huge pill down his throat last night, for a very pretty thrifted blouse that feels so deluxe to wear, for a little sunshine today after yesterday's torrential rain and night of thunderstorms, and for once again seeing our neighborhood mama wild turkey and her two babies, which are nearly grown, foraging on the lawns along our street. It's a good thing we're all into natural lawns, so there are lots of nutritious "weeds" for them to enjoy.
And if a flip-flop breaks, there is just no temporary fix! I had one break at a service plaza while traveling to my new home. It was the only pair of shoes I had with me!! I had to share my daughter sandals for the rest of the trip!
I have been having a rough time lately, but I am pretty grateful today because:
1. I just found out that my enormous student loans are likely eligible for loan forgiveness under the new rules. I thought I'd be paying them them rest of my life.
2. I am sick, but not nearly as sick as I could be, and I'm grateful I don't feel THAT terrible.
3. My kitten - he got out last weekend and I thought we'd lost him, but he came back! He's very sweet and cuddly and I'm so happy that he's home and safe.
4. I'm having surgery in a week and a half! I've been dealing with uterus issues nearly my entire life that have gotten worse as I've aged. I finally got diagnosed and referred for surgery to fix them, only to be told that all "elective" surgeries are on hold due to Covid. But now I'm scheduled and so looking forward to feeling better!
5. Cooler weather. It's only going to be 73 today (down from highs in the 90s last week). It feels like fall, and I am so here for it.
I'm so glad you are able to get this surgery soon!
@Candace, Good luck with your surgery; glad you're finally going to be able to get in, and I hope you heal quickly and easily!
@Candace, I hope all goes well for you!
We were kicked to remote schooling last week and all of this week thanks to the rising cases in our county and all the kids that were absent. We just got word that we'll be remote next week, too. I very much dislike school on Zoom (we won't even discuss the reactions from my four children when they learned we were continuing with it next week), but there are definitely some silver linings to the general unpleasantness.
So! Thankful Thursday: Zoom School Edition.
1) I don't have to wake all my kids up early to get on the bus by 7:15 a.m.
2) And that means I can take my precious morning walk with the dogs, even though the sun isn't even thinking about rising until after 6:30 a.m. now. Good thing I've been getting my walks, because I need all the peace I can get to restore my patience reserves.
3) Their actual Zoom meetings are over at noon, so they actually have far fewer real hours of schooling, and can play outside in the afternoons when it warms up.
4) As an educational assistant, I don't actually teach on Zoom, so I've been able to spend the time on my library duties: making book lists for new books, re-arranging the library shelves, pulling out "theme" books for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas so I can put them out at the appropriate times, and (trying) to get the software ordered for book cataloging. I love working with books, so this makes me happy.
5) I'm much less exhausted on my work days, because I'm only dealing with my own four children, rather than with 25 children that are not mine.
I can only imagine how difficult Zoom school is for young kids! And for moms of young kids!
1. I am so thankful that I got 8 hours of sleep last night. I feel so good...I have to figure out what I did yesterday so I can actually sleep through the night more often!
2. I am always grateful that my transplant continues to work.
3. I am grateful that I finished my 2.5 mile walk uphill. I don't like the walk but am so happy when I am done!
4. I don't say this enough but I am grateful for the California sunshine.
5. I am so grateful that my junior in college (2000 miles away) continues to call and text almost every day. He is such a wonderful young adult and so kind!
Sorry you don't like Casablanca (one of my favorites), but Singing in the Rain is also on that list. I'm afraid I'm an old movie junkie. September 29 was the first annual National Silent Movie Day, and I was in heaven! I DVRed nearly every movie on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) that day - LOL!
A couple of years ago I took a free online class put on by Ball State University in cooperation with TCM - fascinating! The class was about how movies reflect society. As a result, I watched several movies I otherwise would have skipped.
And you are right - complaining is an easy trap to fall into.
I felt like Singing in the Rain had a faster-moving, more interesting plot line. It might have helped that it was in color too!
@Ruth, I absolutely A*D*O*R*E silent films! I am so happy to be able to find out that there are people out there who love them as much as me. 🙂
Love the photo of your face. You are so photogenic.
1. My f-i-l is still alive I was so afraid he would pass on my birthday 9/12. He has terminal cancer.
2. We are planning the nitty gritty of my daughter's Bat Mitzvah
3. We are all so proud of her and she practices without being told
4. She is going to play the piano that day.
5. I am determined not to be my usual heavy self. I am not on a diet I just choose not to
comfort myself with food.
Ha, well, that is very generous of you to compliment that particular photo!
Love to you and yours as you walk through this tough time with your father in law.
Some years ago I ordered a book called A Compliant Free World. And you get a bracelet to wear. A really inspiring plan and a fun book. Still working on the complaining but at least I do it mostly in my head.
I think Casablanca is slow too. Some older fun movies you might like are Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Cheaper By the Dozen(the original) and it's sequel Belles on their Toes. We watch alot of movies here. I've raised my 12 yr old w new, old, and in between movies.
Oh yes, I watched Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at a sleepover when I was a kid. I remember being like, "What? They just snatch women for brides?" lol
I read the Cheaper by the Dozen book series but I have not seen the movies.
I'm thankful it has been a busy week. It feels much more like pre-pandemic life. While I like some down time being busy most days feels like a gift these days.
I am thankful for this exercise. I do a short version of it via email with my niece most weeks.
I am thankful that a friend's biopsy results were benign.
I am thankful that another friend has found so many things she wants to do during her recent retirement.
I am thankful I was able to help a friend pack up things at her mother's house. The mother has moved to assisted living and she has paperwork and cards that is several decades old. I limit my paperwork to one two-drawer file cabinet.
I am thankful for this weather. Even on the humid days this week it was cooler, there is the beginning of fall color in the trees. It makes me want to eat hardier meals.
I am shocked, shocked to find that you did not enjoy Casablanca! (yes that's a Casablanca reference in there.) But if you think that's slow moving, whoa boy don't take up watching some Yasujiro Ozu films or German silent films. Personally, I can't get enough of them! I also recently rewatched Gone with the Wind which is not exactly a short subject. Great film, though!
Singin' in the Rain is actually one of my favorite pictures of all time. If I had any complaints it's that it doesn't treat the silent era with a lot of respect. Gene Kelly's character is somewhat based on Douglas Fairbanks and it's fun seeing the other homages in the picture (Zelda is based on the look of Clara Bow, the vamp at the premier is Pola Negri with a touch of Garbo etc.)
The scene where Gene Kelly says goodbye to Kathy is more or less directly lifted from Buster Keaton's The Cameraman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM38ZEddt3Y
Also at the end of the dance number Kelly gives his umbrella to an unnamed extra. This extra is none other than silent comedian Snub Pollard.
So I am thankful that DVDs and Blu-rays and other forms of home media exist so that I can enjoy these pictures in my own home. I'm thankful that my parents and grandparents shared them with me and that I can share them with my daughter. She hasn't seen Singin' in the Rain but she loves a lot of classic films. One of her favorites is "Meet Me in St. Louis."
I'm also thankful that I have the money to spend on movies when I want to. I actually just bought a whole bunch of silent films from France (niche film collecting, much?)
I'm thankful that my dehumidifier that failed was still under warranty and will be replaced for free.
I'm thankful that I never leased a car. I know several people whose leases are up on their cars and are at a total loss of what to do. New leases are outrageous and they don't want to buy out the cars that they have already. Me, I am happy with my paid off car.
Thankful that my sister and her family survived Covid. The whole household got it but luckily no one was really that sick. My mother sure ripped my sister a new one for not being vaccinated.
I'm also thankful that my father has been medically cleared to get his Covid shot. For a while it was a "wait and see" but now he should be good to go.
I generally enjoy seeing James Bond films, once. But the one out this week is 163 minutes long-- that's 2 hours and 43 minutes! I bet I could cut the car chases, fight scenes, and other nonsense down to an hour and a half and enjoy it as much.
@Battra92, thanks for all the fun facts about Singin' in the Rain! It and Casablanca are both on my top 10 list. I think we'll just have to forgive Kristen for being lukewarm about them. 🙂
@Battra92, I'm a movie nut, too, especially silents and stuff from the 30s and 40s. We splurge on cable so I can have TCM!
@Ruth, TCM is the only thing I miss from dropping cable. If I didn't have such a huge physical media collection I'd consider getting the Criterion Channel.
1. For headache and allergy meds. The change of seasons is rough for me this year.
2. That my brother moved back home recently so I get to see him a lot more often now.
3. That my daughter and I won discounted tickets to see Wicked at the theatre in our town last night. It was amazing and a fun experience to share with her since she is interested in theatre.
4. For my job as a home care nurse and the flexibility that comes with it.
5. For our dogs and all the love and entertainment they give us.
As a former biology major who eventually went on to become a Physician Assistant, I can assure you them you will pretty much never need to remember about 95% of this after your test ☺️
You remember the stuff you do/ use regularly when you enter your medical professional career.
For that I was very thankful!
I love the movie Out of Africa! But I have heard that this is a love hate kind of movie. I love any films that are narrated. Add in beautiful scenery and music and oh my I am hooked.
1. I am exercising my thankful muscle by saying that I am thankful for rain. In some places close to me they got 10 inches of rain in an hour. It has been raining for a solid week, we had four days of sun the week before, and the week before that 8 days of rain. I recognize that parts of the world are in deep drought so yay rain!
2. I have a 5 day break from work and even though I still have some tasks to do but it is nice to have a bit of a break.
3. For worship music. I find it is such a great start to my day and helps me to keep better perspective throughout the day.
4. Fall coffee with white chocolate mocha cream. A total indulgence but so so good.
5. Fall candles. Give me autumn leaves and pumpkin scented burning and I am a happy girl.
I am thankful for my dentist and his staff and their professional care.
Even though I don't want to have anything to do with them.
This is why I think I would hate working in a dental office; so many of your patients would hate coming to see you!
@Heidi Louise, I so echo you in this!! I love my dentist but hate the why behind visits to the dentist I.e. cleanings and cavities and the like.
My nephew that's been living with us for a while and bouncing from crappy job to crappy job left for Navy boot camp today. I'm thankful he's getting his life figured out.
While I'm glad we were able to give him a place to stay for a while, I'm very thankful to finally have my craft room/guest room back.
After a month of uncertainty, I'm thankful my practicum placement for my last class for my AA in early childhood education has finally been figured out.
I'm thankful for the cute Halloween decorations we put up this week.
I'm thankful that I'm going to go visit my family this weekend for my 2 younger nephew's birthdays.
Woohoo for him leaving to do something productive! I'm sure that's a great feeling.
I am thankful for SoCal "cold" weather. (We don't run the oven for about 5 months of the year, but tomorrow we are making oven-fried chicken wings. I may also make banana bread and cornbread.)
I am thankful to be able to "attend" a virtual conference tomorrow. Online isn't my thing but this is a conference which normally sells out in 5 minutes--I'd probably never get to attend so I'm personally grateful that covid precautions allowed/required an online option this time.
For my job. It's stressful and I'm working too much right now, but I'm thankful for the job.
I'm thankful for a lovely walking path nearby my apartment. Yesterday I saw a woodpecker and two red-tailed hawks.
I am thankful for my hardworking husband. He has really been making an extra effort at home and his office the last month.
Thankful that I am steering clear of drama and conflict at work.
Thankful for my delightful students.
Thankful for a long weekend getaway with dear husband.
Thankful daughter keeps in touch with us even though she's on her own.
coffee
The coffee I love more than any...got shelf space in Meijer. Yay!
That a number of fellow worker bees got Covid & all are doing well.
That I have been able to continue to work partially from home.
I can take part days off so I can grocery shop and run errands when the stores are less busy.
That a number of roads that were closed to due construction will be opening. No more having to drive 2 miles out of my way.
When the grand seen me on FaceTime she called me grandma. Really expanding her vocabulary.
When I went to school for Occupational Therapy we had to learn all the bones and their landmarks in 5 days. It was our very first assignment, given Monday morning for an exam on Friday. We spent 4 hours a day in lectures and 4 hours a day in the dissection lab and then we had to study after that. I was so tired I would go to bed early and get up at 4 am the next day to study.
Was there a post about meet a reader from Germany and then it disappeared? I started reading it earlier today and was so looking forward to finishing it tonight.
I think there was a temporary glitch! I'd put the post together and scheduled it for Monday, but somehow it showed up as a new post for a minute.
It'll be up on Monday, for real. 🙂
Thankful for all my blessings. Slightly overcast skies but that is keeping us comfortable. Everything green and beautiful after some good rains. The birds are flitting in the trees and the flowers are in full bloom. Grateful for nature's bounty which I use to lead a more healthy juicing lifestyle. I am able to share all the excess fruits and vegetables with my neighbors who share their own bounty with me. Love it. Thanks for reminding me to be grateful this thursday.
I have been feeling particularly grateful today, work is busy and I am stressed and bring work home but I am grateful that I have a job that I enjoy and pays well.
With so many days of rain, torrential downpour yesterday, we have an infestation of ants but I am grateful they are staying in the bathroom and we do not live in olden times and have them in our beds.
I am grateful for the internet and how handy it is to look up delicious frugal recipes and for sites like this that help me get ideas. I have meal plans for the most th utilizing g items we have on hand.
I am grateful that I may soon get a cute MK purse. I have wanted one for a while but am much to frugal to buy it, 20 is more my speed, but my baby sister told me she is getting a new one for her birthday and I can have her old one. It is just the right size and so cute. But now I have to get the cigarette smell out. Baby sis is my favorite.
Just happy I am contented most of the time and have a good life.
I have a story in the same vein as your flipflop fail....
When I was heavily pregnant with my second child, we went on an out of province camping trip. I prayed and prayed not to go in labor on the trip. Mercifully, I didn't, but as we were pulling into our hometown, we ran out of gas....beside a gas station. THANK YOU!
That is indeed the best spot to run out of gas!
I'm so glad Lisey is keeping in touch with you. It's a big thing to move out like that.
How is Josh doing? You haven't mentioned him in a long time. Maybe he moved out and asked you to stop talking about him on your blog but it feels like he just dropped off the face of the earth. I hope he's doing well and healthy and happy.
Hey Lindsey...thanks for asking. Things are really hard in our relationship; I wrote about it a little bit here, and I'm sorry that I can't say more. https://www.thefrugalgirl.com/qa-kids-marriage-and-money/ No encouraging updates since I wrote the linked post, unfortunately.