Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Happy Thanksgiving!

Life is filled with so many practical and wondrous things. Emotional and physical. Small and large. Good and bad. It's those everyday things that you take for granted, that fill up your days. Take a moment this year and be thankful for those. The little things that make you smile.

I'm thankful for;

  • Video games. They made a pro out of the surgeon who performed extensive, robotic shoulder/bicep surgery on my husband.
  • Unexpected kindness.
  • The spirit of one of our sweet dogs left us this year and we miss her terribly. So I'm extra thankful for all the joy a dog brings into you home.
  • Back roads, the wilderness, topography, weather, history ~ all courtesy of a 4300 mile road trip.
  • Tacos.
  • Kitchen gadgets. Oh yeah, lot's and lot's of kitchen gadgets.
  • Costco. Because pizza, margaritas, pickled beets and salmon are a thing in our house!
  • SiriusXM radio. Ads suck.
  • Flavored vinegar, olive oil and salts.
  • Sunshine, colorful leaves, sparkling snow and blossoms.
  • Funko Pop :-)
  • Entertainment! In all forms; books, movies, plays, music, sports.
  • The seat warmers in my car. Who knew how awesome that would be ?!?
  • Cheese. Created by the devil, right after carbs.
I'm thankful for all of life's daily blessings ~ a source of income, a place to rest my head at the end of a long day, a car to get me where I want to be, clothes in the closet, really comfy shoes, food in the cupboard, good health. If you have all of those things, you have enough. I have enough. I have more than my share actually. This year, we welcomed a new set of twins into the family, precious baby girls, as well as an unexpected cousin. I'm thankful that our 4300 mile road-trip/vacation was experienced without a single problem! I am profoundly thankful for the love of my husband, whose immeasurable patience and sense of humor really is the cherry on top! For my family, each of them special in their own way.
I'm a lucky, lucky woman.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Life is good * Bee happy

Friday, November 22, 2019

Kindness

Mean people suck. But there are so many of them that when you see someone do something nice, it really stands out!

This morning, walking into my building at work, a middle aged woman had fallen on the steps. She didn't appear to be badly hurt but definitely shaken up. All of her belonging were kind of spread out and she was just sitting on the ground.  There was already a small group of people around her, which was great. But what stood out to me was the young man who took off his coat and placed it around her shoulders. She had a light jacket on but it's only 43 degrees out this morning. He was very kind to do that. 

Kindness matters.

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Mobituaries

Have you heard of Mo Rocca?

He does a podcast called Mobituaries.

https://www.mobituaries.com/the-podcast/

He says, "My father got me interested in obituaries. He would always say the obits was his favorite section of the newspaper. And I think he loved them because he had a real sense of the romance of life - and I'm not being cute there. A good obit does feel like a movie trailer for an Oscar-winning biopic. The highs, the lows, the triumphs and the tragedies - there's a kind of sweep and a drama about them. But not everyone has gotten the send-off they deserve _ or really and send-off _ and of course, there are rarely obituaries for thing, for ideas, for places."

Anyway, they're kind of fun. 


Monday, November 4, 2019

Looooooove

First of all, I just want to say...Christmas music on many channels on SiriusXM, right now!!! It's making my morning commute so lovely, I missed my turn this morning because I was happily singing along!! Happy me :-)

Next, while Amazon music lets me pick out particular songs, SiriusXM has better genre channels. For instance, this morning when I was looking through the app to see what I wanted to listen to at work, I found a 70's Love Song channel. OMG I'm dying it's so AWESOME!!!!

I'll Be There
How Deep is Your Love
You Are The Sunshine
I Honestly Love You
I'm Not in Love
Reunited
Let's Get It On
Time in a Bottle
Muskrat Love
Evergreen
Torn Between Two Lovers
Close To You
Brandy
Come and Get You Love
Let Your Love Flow
How Sweet It Is
Make It with You
Afternoon Delight
Hello Darlin'
Mandy
Best of My Love
After the Lovin'
Killing Me Softly

I love smiling!!