1. Celebrating a family birthday…fun, fun, fun!!
2. Bronze Star, an honorary military award!
3. Running errands and spreading good will.
4. Saw a car from Connecticut today…wow, they’re from a fer piece down the road :)
5. Heard a story about a lady who, at age 63, was losing her sight…she quit her job and traveled to all the places in the world that she always wanted to see…
6. …at age 65 she became legally blind but didn’t let that stop her from traveling somewhat and she did so until age 97! 
7. Pink grapefruit Perrier…yum!
8. Disneyland in CA…fun!
9. Planet Earth videos…magnificent!!
10. Fiji :)

1. Belle’s  “Thoughts”  by Ella Wheeler Wilcox…Read it!…Then read it again!  Thank you, Belle!
2. Garrett’s restaurant surprise message!
3. Appreciating my morning prayer time.
4. Hearing about ranchers who live miles and miles in the middle of nowhere…
5. …one family was snowed in for a month–they prepare for this…
6. …no vehicles or people on a paved road for 70 mi.
7. Safe road travel
8. Windy weather
9. Beautiful snowy owl perched on a post and “posing” for a picture
10. “You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.” -Oprah

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. 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. Kennedy Center Honors…wow, what talent!…
2. …brought memories of my sister’s playing the violin years ago
3. Glad to have each day give us a bit more daylight now
4. Belle’s “..one thing keeping us from being happy right now..”  “Nothing” !!
5. GPa’s homemade caramel rolls :)
6. Last night’s annual affair honoring our military
7. GPa meeting a man who also served…and who is a Green Bay Packer fan…doesn’t get any better than that?!
8. Key lime pie and yogurt :)
9. Grandson’s winning first place this weekend in a skiing event in Idaho!
10. “The Big Sky, By & By”  True tales, real people in the heart of Montana.  Author/journalist: Ed Kemmick   -an interesting and fun read.

Happy 2012 to each of you!

This morning I read something that I wanted to share with you…it’s titled “2012 This is the Year to Up Your Gratitude.”  As I reviewed the article I was even more aware of how blessed we are to have Belle’s We Love Gratitude and be able to express and exchange our gratuitous thoughts and feelings. 

This paragraph is from “A Simple Act of Gratitude” by John Kralik.  He talks about writing and sending a year of thank you notes and this is a card/note he gave to a Starbucks barista:

“Knowing that you had to work on Thanksgiving of all days, I thought I’d express my gratitude that you have taken the time and made the effort to learn my name and greet me each day in a way that makes me feel like a person instead of a number.  It’s a small thing, but on any given day, it can make all the difference.  Thank you!”

We all go out and in one way or another spread joy into the world with positive thoughts permeating the universe.  :)

Thank you, Belle, for creating WLG so that we can offer, share, and receive written expressions of gratitude!

1. Our son-in-law on leave from the mid-east and being home for Christmas!
2. One of the most enjoyable Christmases we’ve had
3. Seeing pics of some people who had a 37,000 light display…took them 40 hrs. to assemble; they started in Oct.
4. A truck with a huge lovely wreath on the front
5. A rancher who spray painted hay bales so they looked like Santa and gifts under the tree!
6. NFL go Packers! After all, GPa is an owner/shareholder :)
7. Trivia: 1983 our Christmas Eve was minus 37 degrees! 
8. Magnificent…a web cam gift from our precious granddaughter and her sweetie pie husband who live in another State…
9. …assembled by our sil and gson so that we could all enjoy visiting on skype on Christmas Eve…heartwarming for us!
10. Truly grateful for all of you on We Love Gratitude!!

Today is the shortest day of the year…grateful for it because the days will be getting longer and more light!

Met a lady at Costco who had four huge huge huge bags of dog food in her cart…we smiled at each other and I said “we have a miniature schnauzer”…I think she has St. Bernards!!

Garrett’s mention of the “southern accent” reminded me of the lovely accents of my family members who live in the south.  I love hearing all of our various “accents”…from “y’all” to my neighbor’s “pahk the cahr” (he’s from Maine).  Thanks for the memories, Garrett!

GPa’s abundant gifts of appreciation from his school bus children and their parents.

My precious granddaughter who left her teens and became 20 this week..she had some anxiety with it…imagine that :):)

Belle’s “How to get what you really want” !!!

1. “The Mirror Has Two Faces” – Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, Pierce Brosnan, Brenda Vacarro…hilariously funny..insightful..sad..honest
2. Good things come in small packages
3. Safe travel
4. Son-in-law home for several weeks respite from deployment…
5. …seeing his baby granddaughter for the first time
6. Really missing our family members who live far away
7. NFL & buffalo wings
8. Our neighbor’s 15 yr. old Yorkie holding his own
9. GPa “feeling his age”…have never heard a 9 yr. old say that! :)
10. My charter issue of HGTV magazine..fun!