DAY 24 - Nana's gonna be OK!

Thankful.

Wow.  I'm thankful for many things today, (and I've taken a half month break from my thankful postings).

That things weren't ALOT worse!  I have lots of feelings swishing around lately, and one of them is guilt!  Guilt at how relieved I feel having my mom safe and sound at a rehab center.

So although mom fell and broke her hip, needing hip surgery, and now having to go through rehab for around 6 weeks, I am very thankful that my mom is OK.  She's in a great place for her recovery journey.  She's starting to settle in and meet people.  The wheels of change are now turning because of this game changing incident, and most of those changes will be for the better.

I realize I've been sort of holding my breath, waiting for something to happen, oh, for about 3 years now! Now we can move from the intellectual approach of wouldn't you have a better quality of life if you were to be in a retirement, residential setting; to, an emotional, that can never happen again!

     

DAY 12 - I am thankful for the Big Bang Theory!

There are still many many episodes I haven't seen before.  Tonight I found 2!  It's good to lighten up and have a laugh, so yes, thank you Big Bang Theory, for being you.

Thankful, day 10!?! DAY 10!!!! Wow!

This Sunday, I am thankful for Eastern Hills Community Church!

Caitlin is all about youth group, and it's spilling over into her mother's life making C a force for good in the family.  I went to church for the first time in ages today; heard a good message, saw a few friends and neighbors, and had an inspiring talk with Caity on the way home.  Eastern Hills

TGIF!

hahaha - I'm not sure what I was thankful for yesterday, but today, I am completely and totally thankful that it is FRIDAY!

TGIF!

Day 5 - I am thankful for TECHNOLOGY!

My daughter C is sharing her "what freedom means to me" document with me on google docs, and we are working on it together, (I'm helping edit from across the room while watching the Last Samuri).  I just checked in with Nana and Brother Bruce via email on my phone,  after calling Bob to confirm the family get together, and texting this way and that, about this and that.  I worked on some school stuff for about an hour, and messed with my personal photos, all from the living room where I was "with" my family!

Ah, I was in MULTI-TASKER HEAVEN!  

YIKES! - Already playing catch-up! Nov. 4th

November 4th - geez, what did I do November 4th!?!

It was a teacher work day - professional development.   OK - I got this!   I am thankful for my job.  I love teaching at Vista Peak Prep.  I honestly can't think of any place else I would rather be.  (Sure, I may have been grumbling about having to go back after fall break, but it was a hollow, momentary whine.)

We were talking Equity (right up my alley), and I got to go to lunch, collaborate,  and connect with those other favorite teachers/staff members.  

November 3rd

I am Thankful for;  and extra hour this morning!  

It seems like I got an extra hour of sleep, and an extra hour to read a book, and an extra hour to start crock-pot cooking!   

Day 2

God bless my funny little family!  

Ooh, I'll have to come back and add my today picture of the 4 of us at CRAVE;  the burger joint we HAVE to go to when in Castle Rock, (because most of us are obsessed with the food channel, and appreciate the search for perfect burgers), where they are ignoring, avoiding and goofing off for the camera that I am always wielding.  So it was a perfect fall day, the family out and about for Abi's soccer game - and to sum it up, I can't think of any 3 people I would rather have spent the day with.  They are uniquely, wonderfully, hilariously, all mine!

30 Days of THANKFUL FOR: day 1

I am thankful for all of my fellow MOMs who inspire me to be a better person!  

I should start off with a thankful for creative, inspiring people like.Martha who is a regular blogger, and put out the challenge to blog 30 days of thankful!  I could call it inspirational moms, who remind me that it is possible to forget the drudgery part of parenting, and remember to focus on and cultivate the good stuff!  A little effort can change my whole outlook around, making the recording moments of my life a more memorable, positive experience, rather than a groundhog day, overwhelming, blur!  (Yes, this morning, I am mostly seeing overwhelming blur.  But, I'm working on it.)

Everyday things these moms do that make my world a better place:

• Group call outs to get together - I love this!
• ride sharing
• coffee loving
• book reading 
• Moral lifting phone calls
• Even better moral lifting face to face
• Sharing the holidays with my family
• Getting together to make anything more fun
• shopping
• fund raising - sure!  even selling me stuff, and buying my kids stuff
• "The exchanging of the philosophy" - as my Auntie Fran would call it
• networking, on every level imaginable 
• listening
• advising
• getting me off my butt to go do something
• sharing 
• good deals
• stories
• positive thoughts
• struggles
• food
• ideas
• and time

And your right Martha!  I am leaving this 30 days of thankful assignment feeling like a very lucky person, who indeed, has so many of these moms/friends in my life that I don't dare try to list them all!

Happy November 1st!