All posts by MaryEllenNeitz

About MaryEllenNeitz

I have been posting Gratitude Lists for years. Got out of the habit but I'm back. I live with my Hubby and two bratty cats. The kids are grown. Grand daughter in Texas now with our great grand daughter. Grand son a nice young man in High School.Active at Church. Avid reader! Peace, Love and Daily Naps!

Rainy Day

Because of the rain I’m concentrating on other things. Loving the interruption to my flow!

Procrastination is not sinful it’s heavenly!

Cleaning Inside,outside and upside down.Grateful for my house and its dirt. Signs of life.

A phone call that is a catalyst to good things. It feels good to set things in motion.

An email opens the door to creativity and potential. Money would not hold me back but their is comfort in being able to pay for part.

A text from a grieving friend.Sometimes an emoji speaks volumes.

The Earth need to be quenched. The flowers are waiting to reveal themselves.

Good books loaded on my Libby I am grateful to writers whose stories move me (emotionally and figuratively)

Resting and listening to music. I have a playlist of sunny songs maybe I’ll make one about rain.

 

A Salute To Green

Green grass when the snow melts.Green shoots of the tulips pushing thru.

My maiden name was Green and my grandmother came from Ireland (the orange part) but everyone promotes the green today.

Putting out my leprechauns. My mother loved St. Patrick’s Day.

Looking forward to a Spring walk Saturday. Plan to hug a tree.

Some of my succulents have succumbed(no green thumb I guess) but I bought some new ones yesterday.

To celebrate Spring a store in Kent is doing mini terrariums (with dinosaurs!). It is my present to myself.

Have felt greenish for a week so it was nice to feel my energy return yesterday.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

 

Significant

Perhaps others have used this time to better themselves or create magnificent works but I feel inconsequential.Time to think what I have done that was significant.

Texting and comments have become virtual hugs. Smiles from behind a mask.

Blessed are they who listen. I cannot change circumstances but I can be compassionate.

Be a helper. Kindness and providing essentials. Solutions and resolutions.

Finding a deep appreciation of nature and nurture. It is not selfish to be alone when I am recharging.

Adhering to the guidelines so that I can say I am not at risk and I don’t put others at risk.

I haven’t written a book but I have read constantly and input=output.

Learning patience and serenity. The world is waking up and I will choose carefully how busy to be.

 

Ever Grateful

Grateful for sleep and then grateful to get up.

Bless this house. Bless this mess. Bless my feeling of happiness.

Roused and ready. I plan the day. Freedom just another word for anything I choose.

Grateful for the possibility of a Springlike day. Vitamin D to revive me.

Grateful to have places to go. I have purpose and potential.

The mess will wait my spirit cannot be denied.

 

 

Focus

“Focusing on what is wrong can keep us from seeing what it right.” This jumped out at me this morning from what I was reading. I will focus on the good today has.

Letting go of things that weigh me down. I feel lighter all ready.

I take today and make it sacred.

To focus you have to look. I will focus on looking for crocuses. Literal and figurative.

Dreams and goals. Little improvements, Joyettes. Focus then look again.

Like putting on new glasses I greet the week with energy,enthusiasm and clarity.

 

B+

Today we go back to Church and while I am glad it makes me melancholy too.Only 15 family units can be accommodated which I understand on a cognitive level but on an emotional level I want to protest.

Baby steps! Looking forward to seeing all my friends. Be positive.

As we have looped the year mark it’s hard to stay upbeat. Love a nap now and then but I’m feeling like Rip Van Winkle.

My daughter saw my messy upstairs and didn’t comment.I realized I must make some improvements.

A rainy week predicted makes a good time to set goals. Perhaps I will timeline my year to count my blessings. Fight the good fight and persevere.

I’m making a list! It’s time!

I Feel Amazing

Grateful for the ones who made it possible for us to get the vaccine yesterday.

The leap of faith of taking the Johnson & Johnson but confident that we were led to it.

Trading anxiety for relief. No what ifs just gratitude!

No reaction. I’m not going to overthink that just be grateful.

Picture in the paper. Always a thrill!

People checking in on us. So nice to feel cherished.

The shots are behind us. Spring is ahead!

Sunshine

Grateful to see sunshine. It hurts my head but melts my soul.

Clarity of day after anxiety in the night. Faith in the process.

Grateful for empathetic people. Nice when someone sends you a note of encouragement.

Seeking laughter. Inner sunshine.

Countdown to Spring. Hope springs within the thought of Spring.

Appreciating sunshine because of cloudy days.Realizing we need sunshine and rain for growth.

Follow the sun. Make today count.

Endings-Beginnings

Last day of February. She didn’t excel or repel. Grateful she held us safely afloat moving onward.

Grateful for the promises of March. I anticipate growth inner and outer.Spring is within sight.

I need to think of a word that describes February. January was unsettled.February was calmer. Soothing and comforting.

Grateful for my creative endeavors. Working the steps to my center.

My plants remind me that we only need basics to survive and warmth to thrive.

Rearview mirror and moonroofs. Keep looking up not back.

Glad things are returning to “normal”. Peace and protection may we be safe.

In every ending is a new beginning and so it goes.  March on!

Love,love,love…

The love that brought two people together and kept them together with hopes for the future. An interesting roller coaster ride but still takes my breath away .

Seeing that commitment in other couples. Smiling at new love. Commiserating with those who have endured and overcome.

Family love. Complicated but simple. I cherish those who share my memories. May the score be laughter and the theme be tolerance.

Friends are essential.Validation! The feeling that you matter. You care and are cared for. I get by because I have friends.

Furry,fuzzy love. Puppy love from an old dog.A tail wags. Felines feel on their own terms. Maybe I will. Maybe I won’t. You may pet me now.

Like a jigsaw puzzle I am made up of pieces of love from unexpected corners.Happy Love week!