Grateful for:

1. A beautiful day outside.
2. Being able to celebrate my son’s birthday with family this evening.
3. Dairy Queen cake and Papa Murphy’s Pizza tonight.
4. The start of another month tomorrow.  Thanks God for letting me wake up another day and see another month.
5. Sobriety and being nicotine free another day.
6. A roof over my head.
7. My pets.  They really are wonderful to wake up to.
8. Time off but a job to go back to this coming Sunday.
9. More time off after Sunday.
10. A beautiful area to live in.
11. My new neighbors and their dog.
12. My neighbor across the court being able to do work on her house.
13. My sister-in-law keeping in touch via messenger most days.
14. Air conditioning.
15. Jesus.

Grateful for:

1.  My son.  
2.  My brothers and extended family.
3.  The beautiful day outside.
4.  My neighbor’s who just moved finally to Texas and are on the road now.  They     were great neighbors for 12 1/2 years.
5.  My Jax’s cute face as he woke up this morning. 
6.  Waking up sober and nicotine free another day.  Thanks God. 
7.  Some good coffee.  
8.  The luxury of it being warm enough to stroll around the house bare foot. 
9.  That God knows what I need, even if it is not what I want.  
10.  Being able to rest my body.  My hope is I feel good enough to enjoy The City On   The Hill Concert this Friday and Saturday as I paid for VIP tickets last year.  
11.  That we get to celebrate my son’s 23rd birthday with family tomorrow night.
12.  I missed church yesterday but will enjoy my Bible study on Wednesday.  

Grateful that I could sleep in a bit with this cold I caught but slept too late.

Grateful for nice weather.

Grateful for neighbors who have been very kind over the years and wishing them an enjoyable life down in Texas.

Grateful my son was home when he was drinking and not out.  He is feeling it today but that is his deal.

Grateful for God in my life.

Grateful for the ability to go on line and listen to the church sermons from my church.

Grateful I did not have to work this morning.

Grateful for life.

Grateful for:

My son turning 23 today.  Love you J!

The beautiful day outside.

Treating my son to lunch for his birthday.

Still being on vacation for 9 more days counting today.

My sweet dog Jax as he did the belly crawl to meet me at the top of the bed this morning.

My cat Skeeter and his cheerful meow.

Being able to post a sweet message for my son on Facebook this morning.  His dad would be proud.

Having family in town.  With their schedules, it is hard to get together for my son’s birthday but we make it work.

That the cold is being held at bay I think.

Grateful for:

My family and friends.

Love.

My pets.

Vacation time.

Cooler temps.

Being able to slowly wake up this morning.

Having a mental list and being able to start it after 5 days of having fun and/or lazing around.

Being able to get out of my head today.  Some days I can project or look back and that does me no good.

God.

My Bible.

A good cup of coffee and some breakfast.

Living in the now.

Waking up another day.  As always, thanks God.

Grateful for the gentle rain this morning.

Grateful for being invited to a friend’s surprise birthday party.

Grateful for God in my life.

Grateful for my son.  He is one of my greatest gifts in life.

Grateful to be able to sit out and enjoy the fire at the fire pit last night and know I did not have to bet up early for work this morning.

Grateful for the chance to meet a friend for breakfast this morning.

Grateful to be sober and nicotine free another day.

Grateful for love in its many forms, mostly friendship love at this time in my life.

Grateful I was able to finally send my video of the bride and grooms first dance from their wedding reception the other night.

Grateful to be able to have the time to post online in the mornings recently and not be rushed

Grateful for the cooler temps this morning

Grateful to be able to enjoy old shows like Leave It To Beaver and Perry Mason.

Grateful to have so many genres of music to enjoy.

Grateful to have some good sense.  I was looking at adopting a senior pet from Animal Allies.  I decided to hold off as I don’t think our dog Jax can handle another pet around the house at his age.

Grateful for the chance to meet new people last night even if I did not get a chance to talk with them much.

Grateful for a cooler evening and morning.  Much better for sleeping.

Grateful for vacation time to rest up and rejuvenate.

Grateful for the beautiful sunshine.  Love me some Vitamin D. :-)

Grateful for my pets Jax and Skeeter.  Their sweet faces are fun to wake up to in the mornings.

Grateful for my son.  He ROCKS!

Grateful for a wonderful church service yesterday.  A different pastor spoke and he was awesome.

Grateful for a quiet morning to wake up slowly, read, watch t.v. and type this list.

Grateful for being alive.  Thanks be to God.

Grateful for my Bible.  I have so much to learn from it and am willing to do that.  God’s word. ;-)

Grateful for the ability to learn.

Grateful for clear thoughts this morning and an attitude of Gratitude.

Grateful for the time I have gotten to know my neighbors over the past 13 years and them selling their house to their friend w

Grateful for the beauty of the lake and all the mysteries it shows.

Grateful to have my mother-in-law alive.  Although she lives out of town, I can pick up the phone and call her anytime.  I have known her for almost 29 years, longer than the 22 years I knew my own mother.

Grateful to be sober and nicotine free. ho has lived there the past 3 winters while they were down South.

Grateful for being able to attend my son’s best friend’s wedding reception last night.  It was a late night, but it was so worth it!   My son’s friend since 5 years of age.  

Grateful for Tylenol as my knee was hurting last night, more from sitting than being up and about.

Grateful for a cooler day but beautiful regardless.

Grateful to meet new people and see some old friends last night.

Grateful for good people to work with when we are busy as all get out.

Grateful to be sober.   For a split second,  I thought it would be nice to have a beer or champagne last night but I am sure I would not have stopped.  I worked hard for 36 years of sobriety and not throwing it away.

Grateful for my pets, Jax and Skeeter.

Grateful for my son for bringing me to the wedding reception and for checking on me once in awhile as I was at a table with people I had never met before.  He was the best man so he had his duties

Grateful for being able to sleep in this morning as it is day 1 of 15 off.  

Grateful for being able to lay low and not feel guilty.

Grateful for the gift of life, thanks God.

Grateful to have a good conversation about my husband and son with the groom’s dad last night while we were alone.

Grateful to have a roof over my head.

Grateful for the beautiful Lake Superior.

Grateful for a day to read, get caught up on laundry or do whatever I want.

Grateful for church tomorrow.

Grateful for good friends online and in person

Grateful for the tools to calm my mind when it gets to racing.

Grateful for not giving up and the people who helped me not give up.

Grateful that even though I am having some issues with my mortgage, I am no where near where I was 4 years ago.

Grateful for an air conditioner downstairs in the living room.  It does not help upstairs but at least part of my days off  and when I come home from work I can be comfortable.

Grateful to the good friends I have made in my church.  Unconditional love at its finest.

Grateful for the nice weather, even though I could do without the humidity.

Grateful to see my dog, Jax, happily munching away at his food

Grateful for God as without him, my life would not have meaning.

Grateful for a job where I accumulate vacation.  I have some vacation starting the 23rd.  I will not be so rushed in the morning or tired at night and can post here more often.

Grateful for a good cup of coffee.

Grateful to be able walk with less pain, still some stiffness in my knee but much better than 3 plus months ago.

Grateful for my son.  He is such a strong young man.  Stronger than he should have to have been these past almost 4 years since my husband (his father’s) death.

Grateful for good neighbors.

Grateful for not giving up on life.  That the stuff that was so hard to deal with even when my husband was alive, I can deal with better now.

Grateful for being sober and not smoking anymore.

Grateful for our church pastors and all the people that work hard to make the church a great one to go to.

Grateful for the smell of fresh cut grass.

Grateful for the wonderful sunrises I have woken up to this past week.

Grateful for a roof over my head.

Grateful for my Bible.

Grateful for all the wonderful music out there, whether it be Christian, Rock, Country, Motown, Blues, etc.  It all has mean to me.

Grateful for the ability to read a good book.  My husband could not do that the last few years of his life and had to depend on audio or programs to make the words on his computer bigger.

Grateful for my husband, even when I get a bit angry that he is gone and has left me with a lot to deal with.  We still had almost 25 years together.  He is at peace.

Grateful to be able to put my thoughts and gratitude on this site.

A new month, day, hour, minute.  Grateful for it all.  Thanks God.

My dog, Jax, being so cute up in bed this a.m.

Skeeter finding one of the few remaining Amazon boxes to hide in.

The fresh air smell on the lake shore.

Good coffee.

Working the coffee bar at church later and being able to enjoy the service.

Having the 4th of July off to look forward to.

My family and friends.

Cool dreams.  I had one where I was on my bicycle riding down this long hill along the ocean.  Miles of long biking lane. :)

I went to the Fitness Center this past week.  Just once, but it was a start getting back into it.

My son getting on with his life.  New girlfriend, old friends he still has, employed and just doing the best he can.  I love that young man. <3

Being able to live life through its ups and downs, good and bad, sadness and happiness.