It’s going to be a cold one here in Western MD. It seems like the furnace ran non-stop last night.
Sp what are y’all thankful for this year?
As usual I am so greatful that I have a wonderful son who is polite, kind, and helpful.
I’m thankful I have a job that puts a roof over my head, clothes on my back, and food into a way too ample belly. I am so thankful I have my own place now, that my old dog has survived another year, and I have a super cat.
Toss in some close friends, internet, and cable and life is good.
Having everything you need and a little bit of what you want makes life grand!
It’s not starting off well… I was feeling accomplished - I took care of the whole morning routine at home, tending to the critters, packing my lunch, and I was still out the door in good time.
Then I got to the office and realized I’d forgotten breakfast! :eek: Where was my brain?? So I indulged in a sorta trail-mix-like bar from the snack cabinet. It’s gonna be a bad day - I can tell.
On the other hand, I’m thankful it’s a short week and that my sweetie will be home on Firday. And except for a quick stop for a loaf of break, I don’t have to venture near a grocery store till after Thursday. It’s the little things, yanno!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 33 Amurrkin out (BRRR!) and clear with a predicted high of 68 and N.O.S. for the day. Plans for the day are to go assist with puttin’ together TDay boxes at the church house and makin’ some deliveries, begin to defilthyfy da cave, and men’s night over to the church house. Sounds like enough to keep me outta trouble.
I am thankful for the fact that I have a cave to clean, OYKW, of course, lots of good friends, my family, good ol’ St. Pat’s, the MMP (natch!), and that I could retire and be relatively comfortable in doin’ so. Really lots of good things goin’ on in my life.
OK, I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy wants to get fed. Then I need to purtify and betake myself over to the church house. Gots to get goin’.
And yes, lots to be thankful for! My two wonderful kids, a job I love (most days), great friends, and just being able to appreciate everything I have in my life right now. It’s not perfect, but it’s mine.
We’re going to Atlanta for Thanksgiving, about a four hour drive. It’ll be nice to see family I don’t get to spend enough time with, enjoy a terrific meal, and get caught up on everything. I finally found a dog sitter for my babies, so all is good.
So, today is another vacation day Monday for me, which is also good. I’ve already logged into my company network, and finished up a couple of things that needed to get done, but other than that, the day is all mine. My goal for the day is to clean the kitchen, and tackle the huge mass of clutter and disarray that has become my closet. If I can at least fill up a bag or two for Goodwill, I’ll feel like I accomplished something. Wish me luck!
It’s friggin’ cold and windy outside so the tire won’t be getting inflated today. The real feel is 15 degrees, I am so happy we don’t have to go out today.
I need to get groceries some time this week, I’m hoping to put it off until after Thursday.
Probably grocery shop on Firday, since I can’t go to my mother’s that day. Irk is getting pissy about people not irking their scheduled hours so better we go down Saturday when I’m not scheduled. I don’t know that I want to go out on Black Firday either.
At least Sah-son doesn’t have as much classwork this week. He has no math, and his English and Geology classes are lighter than usual. Taking a day off won’t hurt him. His poor psychology professor - that class started late because the professor was sick, then the next week he was in a car accident and got a concussion. All his assignments are being posted late, all the due dates are being extended.
Sari, I hear you about the tires. Started getting warnings from my car sattiday, but since the pressure was still about 27-29 psi and it was still cold (not as cold as your place) and i was still stiff and sore from my refereeing duties, I also put it off, probably for today.
FCM, how do you forget to break fast? <grin>
I’m grateful for another year, for seeing some more of this fascinating planet, for being able to retire when I wanted to, for spending an entire year on the MMP (and meeting Moooom and several other Mumpers), for deciding to coach kids soccer again, and for all the people, real and virtual, who have made me laugh…and that’s alright by me.
I have everything to be thankful for. A job I love, my friends, my family, my cat, my horse and a great barn, my health, my intelligence. A home that is a home, my car is paid off and working just fine. I have nothing to grouse about. Thanksgiving was always a trigger holiday for me–having to spend it with my brother who hated me, yet my mom pretended we were a happy family. I’m grateful I don’t have to go through that. This year I get to spend it with my sister, bro-in-law (who I love even though he voted for the wrong person), my niece, my nephew and his wife and daughter will be in town and I haven’t seen them in 2 years.
Anywho, enough about that. This weekend weather stunk. Cold, which I can deal with, but gale force winds which were miserable. My horse Ariel had to have an emergency vet visit Friday night (I’m grateful for the vet and that I could pay for it) but she’s o.k. now. She’s naughty but I love her!
I am thankful for all the time off I’ve had lately. A week of vacation, followed by a week of pneumonia (which was less fun), and now a 3.5 day work week! Yeah, so I have to come in on Friday because we’re technically open, but I expect it to be four hours of me sitting here and reading followed by going home for a nap. The Roomies will be leaving Wednesday morning to go visit her family for the holiday, so I’ll have the house, dogs, and television all to myself until Saturday.
If I could just stop friggin’ coughing, all would be pretty damn well.
I live in Da Hood, enough so that we’ve had like 7 dead bodies within 2 blocks of the house in the past year, so working here/there isn’t any big leap for me at all.
I’m thankful for a lot of stuff:
great friends both here and IRL
I got to officiate at a SSM
Mother is still fairly healthy physically even if she’s still bat-shit nuts and hates me
Beloved Brother is still good so he has her covered
the OW is getting back to healthy as am I
I have a job for the moment and enjoy it quite a bit
I also have enough put aside that I can survive without a job if I have to
ammo prices have dropped a bit
All in all this hasn’t been a bad year. There are parts I would have rather skipped but so far this isn’t one where I’m waiting for New Years so I can burn all the old calendars.
Thankful just to have survived 2016 so far… it’s been a stupendously crappy year.
But. I have a brand new roof over my head, hopefully will be starting a new job in December, and get to spend Thanksgiving on a semi tropical island with people I love a lot.
Speaking of which, I know I’ve been a sporadic mumper at best this year, but I am thankful for all of you guys too!
ruble, do you save the ashes and use them to mark your forehead next NYE?
I am thankful that my dad’s still kicking, SIL is almost finished with treatment, I’ve settled into my new home and my family and friends are (mostly) in decent health.
It looks like our family T-Day thing has been canceled. I’m going to a friend’s niece’s house with her on Saturday. Thursday, I think I’ll stay home, cook a good meal and watch old movies while working in my studio.
Howdy Y’all! TurkeyDay boxes got filled and delivered. Da cave is mostly spiffed as well. I’ll clean both bathrooms and mop tomorrow. Dustin’, vacuumin’, and cleanin’ the kitchen got accomplished and I decided that’s enough for one day. Now I shall chill until time to head over to the church house for men’s night.
red your TDay plan sounds like a really good one to me.
Speakin’ of tires and warnin’ lights, twuck’s warnin’ light came on this mornin’ on my way over to the church house. A stop at one of the places that still does free air remedied that in no time. Yay for that!
I found a list of things that are supposed to reduce stress and I try to do each of them every day - and it seems to be working.
Have flowers around you. Not so easy now, my wildflower patch is dead and I don’t like flowers in the house because they make my nose run. Being able to see flowers from the window helps. I really miss my butterfly bush that was outside the window at my mother’s house.
Repeat a Mantra 100 times a day. Okay, I don’t do this one because I never think about it, even though it is on my daily To Do List. And it makes me feel stupid. I tired something similar once and all I had to show for my effort was a sore throat.
Listen to Drumming. I go with The Blue Man Group. R. Carlos Nakai is good too for relaxing even though it’s not always drumming.
Deep Breathing, it changes brain activity and helps me to relax.
Listen to (and move with) Music.
Celebrate Progress and Success People tend to miss the good and see the bad.
I added to the list…
Practice Gratitude. People who are thankful for what they have tend to be happier.
Sit Outside Everyday I just sit on the porch. No phone, no radio, just sit and be quiet. I watch the people walk by, I watch the muscular man up the street mow/rake his lawn (especially enjoyable when he is wearing a wife beater), I watch the squirrels or the birds, or nothing at all. My little quiet time. Or course this one won’t be happening as much because I don’t like the cold.
We’re supposed to be getting a new boss next month and I say HUZZAH!!! I’m at a stop again because the engineer who I’m doing some drawings for is not at her desk and I can’t proceed till she answers a couple of questions for me.
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<deep cleansing breaths>*
I really hate wasting time at work, but I don’t have much choice here. Frustrating…
