June 11.... up at dawn...

For whatever reason I woke up at 5 am. Honey says I was already reading by then .. but how would he know? I'm sure he was the dude lying next to me snoring away! Anyhow.. so while it's only 7 pm now, and I have yet to have dinner, I'm ready for bed!!!

My gratitude is simple today. I'm really glad it hasn't been raining and overcast for the last 4 hours. We're all praying for a break tomorrow, I want to cycle, walk, something! And while tomorrow isn't here, and yesterday is gone... right now is a gift... back to the deck!

February 17 ... Random acts of gratitude...

Good morning. Today began with a perfect cup of coffee from the wonderful Mooka. May have sounded like a spaceship taking off (I have no idea why) but it produced the perfect foam and coffee! Yum! I love those days! And, as you well know by now, it being Wednesday it's Princess Day. So what's on the agenda? Clay! I'm leaving to the atelier after writing.

So just in that short introduction I find a wealth of gratitude. Princess Days being what they are ... make me very happy, and I am eternally grateful that my life/work balance allows for them. Can you say "necessity"? Also, in my great wisdom, I haven't booked this day - or most Wednesdays - full of other things to do. I am grateful for that too. Finally, that I actually have the atelier to go to, to work on my "lampions", thrills me to no end. And when I go, I know I will be warmly embraced and welcomed by my dear friend Christiane, I know we will chat and laugh. I know we will probably go have a nice little lunch together. And if we go where I hope we do .. I know I will buy one of those newborn baby outfits to send to young pregnant daughter... And then, and then later this afternoon, if my hip permits, I am going for a swim.

Now I ask you... how on earth could I not be grateful???

Today was easy :-). How many random acts of gratitude can you count today?

Warm heart to you all.

February 10 - Spa Wednesday and then some...

Hey everyone... are you pondering what you're grateful for? I am.. it's a nice feeling. Today is Wednesday, my usual Spa or Princess Day as I like to call them. So what did I do for myself today? Well I had a huge workout at the Y with my trainer. I can barely move, and I'm grateful! I am pleased and proud to be taking care of myself. I know it's hard to take time for myself, Honey are you listening. We have to though, don't we? We have to extend ourselves, we have to engage with the world, I am grateful that I can and do.

I am also grateful to be reconnecting with my son. We have been through a dark passage together and are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm grateful that he is back in my life, back in my thoughts and daily experience of things. I still believe he will do good things, big things, make a good life for himself. He has shown a lot of courage taking the risks he has, persevering as he has. Might be something for others to learn from. I'm not sure.

I am feeling very grateful.

I am also grateful for my friendship with dear Andrea. It's her birthday today, she is getting stronger and more beautiful every year. Andrea and I have known each other since we have been four I think - something like that, giving her the title of my oldest, longest friend. I love Andrea. I will always love Andrea. We have a shared history, a shared story, shared motherhood, shared divorce, shared great second relationships.. sometimes it's strange how much our lives have paralleled each other. And there are these wonderful moments where we reconnect, talk on the phone, even better when she comes out East and we spend time together - it's easy, it's comfortable, it's right. I am grateful.

So, friendship, family, self-care.... good day. I'm grateful .. how about you?

February 5 ... Simple Pleasures..

Hi everyone. Happy Day to you all.

I am feeling happy, free of pain, relaxed, anticipating Honey getting home and sharing a nice glass of wine together. We will then cook our dinner together, and relax. I know he needs this. It's been a rather heavy week for him, for both of us I guess, but more so for him. He sent me a gratitude text this morning. He wrote he was grateful that I was there for him, that I encouraged him to come to the Garrison Keillor show last night (excellent by the way!), that we took the time out to do something besides work and worry. Maybe we should do that more often?!

I'm grateful for the wonderful comfort of my home, I sometimes feel embraced by it. I'm grateful for my Honey, our life together. I'm grateful for this most lovely little bag of fat-reduced chips (ya ya) I'm munching on! :-)

Simple things. Much gratitude...