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Ten Things of Thankful – February 19 2021

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It is TTOT time again and let’s get at it!

  1. HOPE – See those pretty flowers? Those are in Texas. I hope they will be soon seeing sunny days and the ice melt away and have safe water and heat as needed. I am glad we always have hope.
  2. YOU! I am jumping straight to it to ask you for your thankfuls for this week, because I can and I wanna hear your great news, we all do in this TTOT hop. And I bet your Aunt Sally does too.
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3. Music. I have been doing an exercise each morning. I am on Day 3 of 40 Days, 40 Writes. And I play music when I write, when I am not listening to sounds of silence. Here is one of my favorite channels which updates for the day of the week.

4. My article was published for Okra Magazine. I interviewed Madison Woods. She is amazing! We met because I was researching about making watercolors from nature and found her in my internet search. I wrote her and starting following her blog. And I decided I wanted to get her wonderful work out there, so I got her permission and the rest is history.

5. Exercise. I was able to walk more this week. It’s a slow process, but I may have overdone it on Wednesday because I could manage just 10 minutes yesterday. But, I am happy to report that effort is paying off. And I signed up for weekly Yoga, and had my first chair yoga session last week. It is through You Call This Yoga I have attended their live classes and they are very nice. They help people who are having challenges and a most compassionate group.

6. Daughter says Thank You for all your lovely messages for her birthday. I am thankful she read my blog and saw them.

7. I was able to, thanks to the stimulus, buy a new computer. This morning, I had to update the audio drivers so I could hear on my headphones. I am in heaven! It is a double win as my daughter was the heir of my other computer, which I cleaned up so she could have one without the issues I was having. She is often the heir, which works out with budgets. And she is over the moon because it’s one with a built in CD player.

8. The art work for the book cover came in the mail yesterday. I am over the moon thrilled with the beautiful work of Kay Doiron. There will be a reveal coming soon. Heart Beats is in production.

9. People who are committed to share the value of poetry. I reached out and the responses are wonderful!

10. Reading. I am grateful for so many wonderful things to read and that I am able to read them.

And that’s that. Scroll on up there and join us… You will be glad you did. Or leave your thankfuls in the comments.

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Ten Things of Thankful – February 12 2021

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Happy Friday and TTOT Day! And Awaaaaay we go!*

*Jackie Gleason

  1. Today is my beloved daughter’s birthday!

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3. No snow.

4. Exercise is happening.

5. YouTube is going well. Check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeM8fUiRY-0TCkLBn7tgBlw

That’s my channel 🙂

6. Grocery delivery is really becoming my thing.

7. Technical problem solving is becoming a skill. At least, for me, but I am not putting out a shingle, nope, no way… it’s just a way for me to get back to what I love to do.

8. Flash drives. Whoever invented them, THANK YOU!

9. Do you ever put on your headphones and not have any music? I call it my Sounds of Silence. It helped me to stay focus. Thankful for headphones which really do cancel out noise. And if you want to listen to beautiful music, I suggest checking this out:

10. You! What are you feeling warm and fuzzy about? Let’s hear it.

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Ten Things of Thankful – February 5 2021

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Good Morning to the first 2021 February TTOT! Let’s get at it!

  1. Fantastic Friday with rain and promises of sunshine on Saturday. That’s the day we go on an outing of sorts, usually short and sweet, but out for a bit.
  2. Feasting made possible by baking pecan encrusted trout which we bought at the fresh fish market. Prices were low and this made enough for two meals.
  3. Fixing things which are challenges, I did that this morning thanks to Google. Fingers crossed that it took.
  4. Finding out some bad news, but finding a way to fix the situation so it will no longer be a future problem.
  5. Finishing projects and finding more options to enhance what I do.
  6. Finding coffee in my cupboard every day, is no small thing for me.
  7. Finding a pilates video suggested by a friend and doing it this morning, skipping the knees. It’s a seven day challenge and just take a little time each day.
  8. Finding a message on my phone this morning from a friend who was checking on me and she is going to be my accountability person in the morning to help me get moving. I did not ask for it, but God knew my heart’s desire.
  9. Finishing touches are being made on the book cover and I cannot wait to see it.
  10. Finding out that there are people like you who like to share in thankfuls and, guess what, you can participate right here or share in comments.
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Ten Things of Thankful – January 29 2021

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Happy Friday and TTOT!! Let’s slide right into a beautiful day!

  1. Grateful to see a little snow, just a little and enough to go aww
  2. I got my knee injection yesterday. It takes about 4 weeks to work. And I am grateful to have it and that it doesn’t take longer to start working. It used to be a whole lot different where you had to have a series of these shots and they were very painful. This ones was not bad. Yes, I did some breathwork to get through it, but it was not as bad as I thought it would be. My friend virtually held my hand. Thank you Wendy.
  3. Grateful to have a car.
  4. Grateful for stories to help me sometimes escape and sometimes sort things out.
  5. Grateful for kindness. When someone is kind it makes all the difference. I noticed that my orthopedic doctor’s office staff all smile with their eyes and do all they can to help. I even had one call me to assure me she could take care of my scheduling needs.
  6. Grateful for the ability to buy healthy food.
  7. Grateful for the support of those who subscribed to my YouTube channel so that more poets can be seen and heard.
  8. Grateful that my plans for Saturday will be fulfilled.
  9. Grateful that I have a heated blanket.
  10. YOU! I am thankful for you. How about you share with Jerry the Giraffe about your thankfuls…
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Ten Things of Thankful – January 22 2021

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Good Morning and Happy Friday and TTOT day! Well, it doesn’t have to be today, but to get the party started I already inserted the above blue bar in case you want to get a running start to join in! Let’s get to it!

  1. Notice the picture of the cabin in the woods? Well, that’s not mine. And as much as I love the pictures of the pretty snow, I am not seeing any and I am grateful, because I like to see the roads stay clear. However, if I were in that cabin, looking out at the snow, having ability to write, and having hot foods and drinks to sip, I would not be ungrateful. So, there’s that.
  2. I received approval for my injection so expect that to happen on Thursday. So, that is the injection for my knee and I am very grateful.
  3. Many of you know that I am putting together an anthology of poetry. I am happy to report that the edits are done, just waiting on a handful of people to confirm all looks okay. I am grateful that people have been quick to get back to me.
  4. I learned a much needed new skill and I am grateful for YouTube videos. I suppose I should give credit to the person who created the video, as well. Otherwise, I would be continuing to have much confusion.
  5. Coupons from the drug store for being a loyal customer helped pay for a good portion of my big purchase yesterday.
  6. Grocery pick up options when it’s just too hard to manage navigating the store. And friendly, helpful people who bring them to the car.
  7. Poetry Critique group from Living Poetry helps me to improve my work and I am so grateful for such a nice group of people.
  8. My helper/daughter when grocery shop. She insists on managing the trunk placement and helps carry and put things away. She used to bag groceries for her job as is very good at this skill.
  9. Neighbors who are quiet.
  10. YOU! So, tell us what’s up with you!
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