1.  Birds at the feeder — tweet, tweet, tweet!

2.  Peanut butter toast

3.  A nice warm shower

4.  Cozy sock monkey pajamas

5.  A warm mug of tea

6.  Looking forward to Zentangle Club

7.  My theme word for this year is LOVE, and today we’re doing Zentange hearts!

8.  Beautiful orchids

9.  Thank heavens for my blue fur coat in this cold, cold weather

10. Purple nail polish

Thank You More Please:

My youngest son got his first job!

The wonderful rain

My family

All the love in my life, familial, romantic, friendly, even the love for those I don’t personally know

Watching an old Kurt Russell movie with my youngest daughter

Focusing on love and positivity

Blessings

Money

1. Holding space
2. Honoring other’s feelings
3. Respecting and loving what is
4. Hearing
5. Listening
6. Being present
7. Engaged attention
8. Focus
9. Really looking
10. Seeing

1. Snow falling for three days and nights and continuing
2. Temps hanging around zero, plus or minus…coldest in the nation today at Port of Morgan, MT  – 30
3. One foot of snow on our deck railings
4. Putting on our winter windshield wipers for the truck
5. Sweeping off satellite dish for tv reception
6. People shoveling pathways; snowplows out in full force
7. Pepper trying to find a place to do her business…snow is up to her hips :)
8. School buses not kept in garages but plugged in over night so they will start
9. Warm freshly baked cranberry pumpkin bread ready for GPa when he gets home from his school bus run
10. Schools open, stores open, events running…just another day in Paradise!!

Australia

Fiji

New Mexico

Texas

Ohio

Montana

Arkansas

Tennessee

Dubai

Kuwait

1. God

2. Safe travels

3. Meeting new people

4. Courtesy

5. Taxis

6. Baggage handlers

7. Hotel staff

8. Waiters

9. Bus drivers

10. Laughter

Very grateful for~

God’s Blessings
Help to clean out my previous space
Warm soup when we returned
Staying in
Finding an unopened tin of tea in the back of the cabinet
Discounts
Getting lost in beautiful photos
Space  (there is a galaxy called the Sombrero Galaxy!)
Finishing a book about a woman’s courage called The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. ~Groucho Marx

1. Laughter
2. Smiles
3. Joy
4. Peace
5. Happiness
6. Contentment
7. Bliss
8. Satisfaction
9. Serenity
10. Now

1. Pocket People on UTube
2. Paula Dean’s son cooking up healthy meals
3. Carmageddon – we had this on some hills that were all ice and no traction
4. Belle’s beautiful snow thoughts!
5. Divine
6. What? No more Twinkies or Snowballs?  Say it isn’t so :)
7. Meeting the sweetest lady who has four darling dogs
8. Our veterinary specialist who is so decisive and knows exactly what to do to keep Pepper healthy
9. Crying in our (root)beer when the Packers lost their game and won’t be going to the superbowl….waaaaa…
10. Vince Lombardi’s ..”winning isn’t everything..it’s the ONLY thing!”

1. The beautiful snow!
2. To appreciate it is to be truly mindful- here today, gone tomorrow sometimes, or glistening and fresh today, driven through tomorrow
3. Finding last year’s Mindfulness of Snow gratitude list
4. Sparkling drifts
5. Crunch, crunch crunch underfoot
6. The cold snap air that feels SO refreshing and reminds me how much I love warmth
7. Shovelers wandering the streets with their big blades over their shoulders
8. Neighbors waving to each other
9. Trees turned into magical forests
10. Beauty all around!