Category Archives: grateful

Catching up with the good things…

Today is a bad day that turned around… it turned out wonderfully…

Today, I’m catching up… yesterday I had to work late and didn’t get in my writing… so here I am…

Graces September 22, 2010 day 6

1. A free cup of iced coffee (go frequent coffee cards!)

2. smiling, joking, friendly people working at Dunkin Donut at 6:30 am

3. Cars that have cat eyes for tail lights and faces in their back ends.  It makes driving into town a smiley thing.

4. Cream and Sugar

5. Getting my usual parking spot even though there was filming for something and all of the crew and extras were supposed to park in the parking garage where work pays for my parking.

6. Fall!!!  okay… 89 degrees isn’t exactly “fall”… not fall from my heart… but it is still fall… and I went out and spent an obscene amount of money on pumpkin spice coffee (ground coffee from Walmart) and 2 halloween bandanas (one is purple with ghosts… one is black with candy corn “faces” in the corners.

7. A goody bag of smelling things from home

Graces September 23, 2010… Day 7

1. Having the yoga teacher tell me that my mountain pose was perfect.  Okay… mountain pose is standing with your feet together, arms at your side, legs straight, but tucked under, shoulders down your back… breathing.   but it was good to have her say it was really good.  I can stand up straight… really is the little things

2. lavender tea

3. free cookies

4. Watching my daughter grown into such a strong young woman.  She faced today with a really crappy surprise and rather than get upset or run away, she faced it head on.  She found out that the person who was dumping on here wasn’t as powerful as she gave him credit for and that she is a stronger person than she gives herself credit for.  AND she has a lot of people noticing how strong she is.

5. Watching my son stick up for his sister.  Siblings can fight like cats and dogs, but it is good for her to know he does have her back.

6. Having my facebook status borrowed.  I was angry at the cause of #4 from today last night… someone who claimed he loved her dearly but who couldn’t life with her not loving him back was the source of her issues today.  Last night he told her that he was going to make her understand what it was like to hurt.  It really bothered me a lot and I posted a status…

Real love isn’t hurting someone just because you can. It is not hurting someone even though you know you could

and it struck home with more people than I thought it would.  Sometimes I get it… sometimes I can really verbalize what is in my heart.  Sometimes it strikes home with others.  Yes, mom, I’m paying attention.

Happy Thursday.

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Graces… 5

It’s Tuesday. Dark clouds chase bright blue patches of sky… tall white towers separate the bright blue from the dark gray.  Right now the back yard has shadows and dimming light patches.  It is fun to watch.  The rainy spots … Continue reading

Graces… 4

Today…

1. Phone call from my mom

2. working from home

3. a morning under 70 degrees at dawn

4. A chat with someone I used to work with

5. Free Nook Books

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FALL!!!

Okay, it isn’t fall like fall at home, but it is finally starting to be fall.  It is Sunday… that means it is time for our walk… home to Walmart (today we bought alcohol and 2 inch gauze pads and … Continue reading

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Graces day 2 of 365

Today… these are easy… My “winter” barefoot sandals slash sandal/flip-flop cozies Cutting the grass in my bare feet and it feeling wonderful (despite the fire ants that I pissed off…) Home-made pumpkin spice coffee creamer The tree in the easement … Continue reading

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Attitude Determines Altitude

Okay… no always… Sometimes things just suck really bad and simply being Mary Sunshine doesn’t help.  BUT for the most part, you can alter your day by altering your choice of attitude to your day.  Amandya’s local analyst keeps telling … Continue reading

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It’s all about attitude…

I got this in an email from a good friend (thanks Aunt Vicki)… and it was very much needed this morning… Attitude There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had … Continue reading

The little things… cutting the grass in bare feet

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Okay… let me start out saying that… every time I look at my feet, I hear my yoga instructor saying… toes spread brightly… and that is just what sticks in my head.  Toes are not USUALLY at this angle… honest…

Now…

When I was a kid, we had a huge back yard… I cut the back yard.  I never cut no-mans-land (this skinny stretch of yard that had rose bushes and sweet-pea vines growing out into it… and rocks strategically placed for looks but not for mowing…so, I cut the big back yard.  There were things to cut around (lots of flower beds… a big stone wishing well… dogwood trees, crabapple trees, lilac bushes… it is a wonderful yard) but it was where I learned to love to cut the grass.  I still love to cut the grass… although usually it gets cut during the week when I’m at work.

Today, it was grass cutting time…

I usually have to wear socks and shoes to cut the grass because it is usually deep enough grass to hide the ant hills.  And the first trip through the yard this morning, I did just that.  But it was deep grass today, and wet, and the mower wheels where set deep… so I cut it twice.  The second time, the grass was short enough so I cut it in bare feet… It was wonderful…. I love being able to go bare feet.  It is usually too hot here to spend a lot of time bare feet outside… you get blisters from the sidewalk and the driveway let alone the road… but the grass was cool and smooshy and tickled and felt marvleous…

It was worth sweating my hair drippy… it was a great morning

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The Little Things… Waking Up To The Cupboards Reorganized…

First… a little background… We have been keeping the glasses (the plastic brightly colored ones that hold a lot, are easy to hold onto and that everyone seems to enjoy) on the top shelf of the cupboard… they have always … Continue reading

The Little Things… A Really Good Day…

Today was a really good day… despite my work laptop having a total meltdown (BUT it didn’t happen until later this afternoon… after my day was pretty much over…)… despite having to make the trip to the neurologist (and despite squirrel’s meds being upped again, this time before she seizes)… despite my glasses having to go into the glasses repair store again… Despite everything it was a really good day.

No one had any seizures.

No one had any allergy attacks.

No one got angry.

Skinny Butt is sleeping off the total achiness.

Dog is laying on the floor munching on dry food just being a dog

I am enjoying the last of my pre-pager week quietness… and getting ready to curl up with a good nook and read for a half hour or so…

All in all… it really has been a good day.

Yesterday wasn’t so much (my hip hurt… that was new) but aleve took it all away… more days should be like today…