• Today it is raining but it is all good.
• Listening to sound of the rain hit my roof over my porch is calming.
• Doing my Bible plans and prayer and meditation to start the day. 
• Skipping church as I don’t feel like getting soaked the first time I walk there by myself after my hip surgery.  I love my church family but God is everywhere I go and I am grateful for that. 
• Chatting with my son for awhile this morning.
• Football at my brother’s house with my son and family later.
• Good comedy to start my morning.
• My hip and knee feeling pretty good.
• God. 

• Grateful for my favorite season to come around. 
• Even though it is dreary out, it is now snowing LOL!
• The fresh smell in the air.
• Later sunrises and earlier sunsets, but still beautiful,
• A good book or television show. 
• God. Always on my list.
• Good comfort food.
• Talking with three of my friends on the phone this past few days.
• I am upright, breathing, walking and talking.  Life is GOOD!
• I could not get on this site for a short time.  Grateful it is back. :)

• I enjoy the peace.
• My prayer and Meditation keeps me centered.
• God is my savior.
• Good Christian Music.
• Praising our creator.
• I can get out of myself and think more about others. 
• Good phone conversations with friends. 
• A dependable phone.
• A manager that is understanding of my nervousness of going back to work in October.
• A.A.  There is not only face to face meetings but Zoom meetings.  I need to get back. 
• Love, in every form. 
• The beautiful lake and sunshine today. 

• Family of origin or family that are friends are both awesome.
• Birthday parties, holidays, football with family is wonderful.
• My sisters and brothers in Christ who have become family.
• I am a child of God.  He is definitely family to me. 
• I know people who do not have family and I am grateful for mine.
• My parents and husband are gone, but I am grateful for the time I had them.
• My siblings are still alive.  Grateful for them.
• My son.  is the best thing his dad and I ever did. 

• God let me awaken to see a new day with a beautiful sun rise.
• I am still off work.  Three more weeks till I go back.  Grateful to have a job to go back to. 
• I get to see my A.A. sponsor today.  It has been a long time since we met up.  
• I have plenty of food , thank you Instacart and ALDI.  
• I have opportunities to grow closer to God today.
• YouVersion Bible app.  It is awesome!
• My brother and his wife got home safely from their trip to South Dakota. :)
• I am a work in progress and I am excited about who I can become. 

Sunday 9/10  Church, football, food and good conversation with my son, brother & niece. Important meeting at church at the end of the day. 

Monday 9/11  A quiet day at home.  My phone went completely dead.  I am embarrassed at how I depend on that darned thing.  I really was more concerned about  not having something in the event of an emergency.  I am grateful I had my Chromebook to contact the people I needed to.  

Tuesday 9/12  Quiet but my son came out with my brother’s extra phone for me to use in case of emergency.  Just for 911 but that was fine.  I don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.  Grateful he was able to get me an extra phone.

Wednesday 9/13  I went and bought a new phone, got a great deal and was up and running again.  Bible study to end the day and it was wonderful as always. 

Thursday 9/14  More football with my son, niece and brother’s friend at my brothers.  Good food and conversation. 

Friday 9/15  Pay day and a picnic at work. Got to see my coworkers and managers.  

Saturday 9/16  My High School 40th Reunion. I had a great time!  I had never been to any of my reunions before and it was nice to reconnect.  I have lots of classmates on Facebook.  It is better than nothing, but not the same. :)

Sunday 9/17  Church in the morning.  It was a great service as always. 

• My 40th High School Reunion is tonight!  I have never gone to any over the years, so this should be great fun. :)
• My phone went completely dead so I had to buy a new one.  I lucked out on a good purchase price and a cheaper monthly price ;)
• I got to see a bit of the Inline Skating Marathon this morning.
• Enjoying a good animal program.
• Doing my Bible plan and prayer and meditation.  I use YouVersion app and it is awesome!
• I can relax and do my blogging in the comfort of a cool home while in my shorts and t-shirt.
• GOD…thank you for another day.

This past 12 months has been quite the ride to say the least.

Some stuff I am grateful for, some not.

• October 1 of last year my son moved back from the Twin Cities.  He lives across the bridge in another state but still much closer than he was.
• Last November 1 I had to put my cat to sleep.  I miss him.  The upside, if you  can find it, is I have more freedom now…..but I still miss him.  I believe he was with me for the time he was needed and very much loved.  Grateful to have had him for 7 years.
• January rolled around and I finally had to make the decision to get a total hip replacement.  The end of January I saw my ortho doc and scheduled it for March 6.  But wait….there is more.  Because I had so many loose teeth and that my mouth could end up infected, I had to put my surgery off.  Any infection from my mouth could send and infection to my new hip.
• I started the process to get 13 teeth pulled and upper dentures made.  April 24 I had a new set of upper dentures and was cleared to get my surgery.
• July 11 I had a total hip replacement and was sent home the next day.  I have been off since then and will go back to work October 9.
• GOD has been with me all the way through and so many friends and my family.
• Everything I have gone through, I keep telling myself how blessed I am.  There are people I pray for everyday that are not so blessed.  Grateful to be able to pray for these people.

• A fresh start
• Achievable goals
• Meeting new people
• Reading more books
• Learning more words
• Being more empathetic
• Listening more and talking less
• Getting healthy
• Getting better with my procrastination
• Helping more people
• Working on my Spirituality
• Continuing to move forward with my life
• Love God even more

• Beautiful, crisp day.
• Sunshine.
• God.
• Wonderful Sisters in Christ.
• Good books.
• Good music.
• My son is moving back to town.
• Learning opportunities at work.
• Hunger for learning.
• My roommate, Skeeter. :)
• My cold not hanging on for weeks.  Thanks to God and over the counter medication.
• My new Manager.  Although it was hard to get used to someone new after 20 plus years of having my previous one, I believe I can learn from my new one.
• I am sober and nicotine free another day.
• My family and friends.
• I can clear my mind and not look back or forward.