Today I am thankful for that:

1. The thoughtful young lady who stopped in the Sam's Club parking lot to pick up Caspian's blanket and her momma who said, good job now help her put her stuff in the car. She had the cart half empty before I was done strapping the kids in.


2. The kids had fun on the cruise.


3. Apple picking season.


4. Caramel apples.


5. The State Fair. All kinds of fun to be had there.


6. Catching up with old friends are realising how much you still have in common.


7. Wise council.

What are you thankful for?

Today I am thankful for/that:

1. Chubby baby cheeks and chubby baby knees.


2. Toothless baby smiles.


3. Baking weather.


4. Apple picking season.


5. A good home cooked meal.


6. Freedom.

What are you thankful for?

Today I am thankful for/that:

1. Soap and water, as mom says, it washes away everything but sin.


2. The blood of Christ to wash away the sin.

That about covers it for this week. What are you thankful for?

Today I am thankful for/that:

1. Isaiah seems to be getting the hang of the whole toileting business. Most of the time anyway.


2. Apple picking season is just around the corner.


3. Quiet nights.


4. The late summer evening chorus of crickets and katydids.


5. Good times at the beach.


6. Discovering two new West Indian eateries in the city. Now to find the time to go sample their wares.

What are you thankful for?

I haven't done one of these in a long while but this interaction was just too good for me pass on sharing. The scene, the local super Wegmans, the cheese case way in the back. I'm coming upon hubby and the kids after leaving them to their own devices while I changed the baby in the bathroom at the front of the store. I find Ethan fervently kicking on of the free standing refrigeration units while hubby peruses the yogurt and cheese selections in another unit. I take his arm and pull him away.

Me: Why are you kicking the cheese case?
Ethan: I'm trying to break my leg so I can ride in the cart!

While I cover my face in disbelief, and to keep him from seeing me laughing, he resumes kicking the refrigeration unit. Hubby spent the rest of the trip taking him off on "missions" to get groceries to keep him from trying (ineffectively) to hurt himself so that he could ride in the shopping cart.

Aside from retelling the story I'm still speechless.

Today I am thankful for/that:

1. Another chance to get it right.


2. Kind words of encouragement.


3. Thoughtful friends.


4. Little helpers who are finally getting the hang of helping!


5. Ibuprofen in all of its many fever and pain reducing forms.


6. Small mercies like the cover of the half full gallon jug of orange juice staying on when I dropped the jug and it bounced off of the fridge and landed upside down before falling on its side.


7. A foot rub courtesy of my little helpers.

What are you thankful for?

Today I am thankful for/that:

1. When I ask myself what day it is I usually remember. Now if only I could remember to ask myself what day it is on a regular basis.


2. Being able to sleep on my stomach again.


3. Ibuprofen.


4. Sunshine.


5. A little rain.


6. All the other stuff I have forgotten to be thankful for. I have more blessings than I know, more than I know I know.

What are you thankful for?

Today I am thankful for/that:

1. Sleep, such as it is.


2. The helping hands of friends and family.


3. Anti-itch cream.


4. Sunshine.


5. Flowers with bees buzzing and butterflies flitting about.


6. The smell of fresh lavender in the sun.

What are you thankful for?

Today I am thankful for/that:

1. Ice.


2. Ice machines.


3. Refrigeration.


4. Ice cream.


5. Popsicles, freezer pops and the like.

What are you thankful for?

I'm a day off again but still thankful. Today I am thankful for/that:

1. Caspian Simon


2. I can sleep on my stomach again.


3. Sleep, such as it is.


4. Sunshine.


5. Home.


6. A multitude of helping hands.


7. Modern medicine and health care professionals.

What are you thankful for?

Today I am thankful for/that:

1. Summer time!


2. We made it through the first day of summer vacation.


3. The house is still mostly clean and the laundry mostly caught up on. Yeah me!


4. Sisters who go on shopping sprees when they find a clearance sale resulting in boxes of goodies turning up on my doorstep.

What are you thankful for?

This, BP Oil Spill: Against Gov. Jindal's Wishes, Crude-Sucking Barges Stopped by Coast Guard: 59 Days Into Oil Crisis, Gulf Coast Governors Say Feds Are Failing Them, is ridiculous and inexcusable.

People are starting to notice this stuff, More Incompetence… Crude-Sucking Barges Ordered By Gov. Jindal Shut Down By Feds
Bureaucracy Standing In The Way Of Oil Spill Clean Up Efforts

I don't need to add anything more. He says it all for himself just fine.



Via Wizbang.

Today I am thankful for/that:

1. Another year of life.


2. Laughter.
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4. A good night's sleep.


5. Friends.


6. Books.


7. Sticky, slimy little kid kisses.

What are you thankful for?

Today I am thankful for/that:

1. The kind of creativity that can take a piece of construction paper, a pencil, two coins, and a pair of dice and make an entertaining and educational game for a kid. I think you missed your calling dude.


2. Warm sunshine.


3. Frolicking in the evening sunshine around the pond.


4. I don't have the kind of allergies that would make me want to claw my eyes out at this time of year.


5. Sleep! I actually got some last night.


6. The prayers or faithful men and women.


7. The helping hands that you never get to see or know about.

What are you thankful for?

I remember reciting the times tables in school when I was little, before I came to the States. Reciting things out loud over and over was a big part of learning things in that time and place. These days I spend a lot of time talking to myself. Turns out that that's actually the way to go.

Talking Out Loud Improves Memory Retention

Via Althouse.