November 30 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for sticking with the 30 days of thankfulness blogging.  As I look back on the 30 posts,  I see I am thankful for so much in my life,  yet so little of a list is posted that I really have to be thankful for.  I do add in prayers for so much more as days go by,  my constant prayer is thanking God for his love and protection for my family and myself.  God, you know what I was told today,  and I pray you hold me close and help me through with this hill I have to climb now.  Please carry me when I tire on this long walk.  Amen

November 29 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for my gift weapping husband.  His Mom should be proud,  he learned from her to wrap beautiful packages,  and carries on the tradition still.  God,  please tell her we love her very much,  and miss both Mom and Dad.  Holiday time brings memories of our past to our minds and hearts.  Miss our parents very much.  Merry Christmas in Heaven you all. 

November 28 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for getting a grip on my obsession with organizing my house and getting my Christmas tree up,  decorated and the tree dropping and tinsel shedding cleaned up.  I love decorating my house for the holidays,  yet this year I am so behind.  The month of November has gone so fast,  and social engagements,  chore list,  everyday to-do's have overwhelmed me on these shorter days,  that I didn't keep to my regular schedule like other years.  I let it get to me,  and now with a regular couple week time table,  I got most of it done in 2 days.  Thank you God for bearing with me and providing the strength and will power to keep going,  and to deal with the pressure.  People might laugh or scoff at this thankfulness today,  but Lord,  you understand. 

November 27 - Thankful

 



Today I am thankful for my warm comfortable bed.  After getting what I can do daily,  it's so nice to climb in between the covers and relax and fall asleep for an hour or two at a time.  It helps snuggling up against Steve too.  Going on 34 years sleeping beside this man,  and I love it.   Thank you God for keeping us warm,  and providing our comforts as well as the blessing of each other for life. 

November 26 - Thankful

 Today I am thankful for the gathering of Dave's family with ours to share our thanks for all our blessings together.  Visiting with them was a wonderful day,  the meal we shared was very tasty.  The day was sunny and beautiful.  Thank you God for the safe keeping as they traveled the miles to be with us again this year for a Thanksgiving celebration tradition. 

November 25 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for Steve's safe trip yesterday.  He helped his best friend move his son and family across state.  It was a long day for them all.  God was co-pilot and everyone made it home safe and sound,  and tired.  Thank You God for watching over them all.

November 24 - Thankful

  Today I thankful for my holiday decorated house.  It brings cheer to me as I look around at all the brightly colored items I have collected over the years and the new ones I have added to the arrangements and groupings.  The lights glowing red,  green,  blue,  yellow in the dark entrances me to sit and just relax looking at them.  I wonder if this is a little peek of Heaven. 

November 23 - Thankful

  Today I am thankful for my husband Steve.  He always manages to make everyone laugh,  whereever he is.  Thanksgiving was a belly laughing day for all,  and he made it happen as usual.  Steve,  thank you for the 34th Thanksgiving together.  I love you more today than when I married you,  and hope we have many more years together,  and you just keep on making me laugh. 

November 22 - Thankful Thanksgiving

 Today I am thankful for another Thanksgiving with my family.  I pray all my family and friends are able to be together today with their family to celebrate another year of just being thankful for all God has bestowed upon them.  God Bless each and everyone.  God Bless America.

November 21 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for the safety of my family,  as they are tucked into bed tonight,  warm and safe,  not out in the night of dense fog that shrouds our area.  Thank You Lord for watching over them,  and keeping them safe. 

November 20 - Thankful

Today I am thankful learning over the years to be open minded.  I found those who close off to only their way of thinking really miss out on the whole living experience of life.  Life is too short to be closed inside forever.  I pray more individuals in the world find as much joy and added happiness to life as I have by opening up our minds to others feelings,  thoughts,  loves,  disappointments,  happiness,  ways of life,  living,  believing,  and worshipping,  as just a starting list.  May God Bless everyone with not being judgemental. 

November 19 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for Steve and I growing up in the country and the knowledge that we have,  having been taught by awesome dowu to earth parents,  how to do so many things in which we need to do on our farm.  Thank you Mom and Dad's for taking the time to teach us your ways,  and for teaching us common sense,  which so many people don't have a clue what those two words even mean. 

November 18 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for the memories I have of the many people who have touched my life in so many ways,  great and small.  To those who are gone now,  you will be missed and a continued part of my life through those memories we shared.  May God Bless you and one day we will once again meet and live that everlasting life God has for us. 

November 17 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for the many blessings I take for granted everyday.  My family,  home,  food,  heat,  clothes,  shoes,  beds,  etc..  Most of all,  I am thankful I have God for a best friend,  as he and I talk daily.  Thank You Lord for listening and leading me daily in life to be who I am. 

November 16 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for the gift of patience.  Slowly be surely I can get the strength and ability to continue doing most physical things I have always done.  It just takes more time to do them,  and patience is so needed with my past history of physical working abilities.  Thank you God for teaching me patience.  One day at a time.........

November 15 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for my cat Sophie.  She is so loving and calming to me,  when she comes to me wanting petted at the end of a long day.   I sit with her on my lap petting her and I can feel the relaxing calm to my body and mind.  Without her,  I'd have to wind down on my own,  and that might take hours.  So to my Sophie,  your so good for me and I love you so much.  Stay my sweet sanitiy saver. 

November 14 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for the bird songs and squirrel chatter as I stepped outside this cool morning for my fresh air visit.  I often wonder what and who they are talking to so early in the morning,  but I sure enjoy listening to them visit each other.  God's nature is so peaceful and stress relieving,  remember to stop and smell the roses daily for a few minutes everyone. 

November 13 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for the wonderful uplifting I get from listening to Christmas music as I clean and go about my day.  Celtic Women have such beautiful voices along with the other artists I listen to. 

November 12 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for the slow rain in which God has blessed us with,  as we need the moisture for our soil after the summer of drought of 2012.  May God bless us this winter for our harvest needs for 2013.  Thank You God for all you give us each day,  also. 

November 11 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for how my girls have grown into such amazing young independent women.  I am so proud of both of them.  In today's world,  so many young adults have / had lost the path in  life to be good,  honest,  drug free,  drinking free,  loyal to  family,  loving people.  I am so proud that mine have stayed on the path,  and are not always perfect,  but strive to be normal as they can with life decisions and the way they live.  Thank You God for watching over them all these years,  and I pray you keep them in your care. 

November 10 - Thankful

Today  I am thankful for the free wood we got to cut for our fireplace.  Helping a neighbor clean up from past storm damage to some very old trees,  helped us with our winter helping heat of our home.  Thank you SD for the wood. 

November 9 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for my values in life,  God first.  Family,  faith,  loyality,  honesty,  and a world of good friends.

November 8 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for the giggles and rolling on the couch laughter of my little grand daughter Kiley,  as she expressed her delight in beating me at Go Fish.  The kid is a card shark at 3. 

November 7 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for the wonderful son-in-law I have.  He is so generous of his time to help me with taskes that I can't do by myself any longer.  Dave,  I love you like my own child,  thank you for all you do,  and for being such a wonderful father to Kiley. 

November 6 - Thankful

Today is election day in the United States of America.  I am thankful I am an American and can cast my vote of my choice in the elections.  God Bless America.

This ones for future reference in the life and times of Ms Kiley

Going through some pictures taken 2 years ago.  Found this one to add to blog. 

I guess you could call this a blackmail picture, as it was taken to show her what she looks like from our perspective when throwing a fit.

Kiley is 15 months old here, acting like a teen with her first heart break. This fit come from being told NO - she can't play on Grandma's computer or with the mouse while Grandma is trying to type.

November 5 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for the good health for my oldest brother that God bestowed on him after his stroke he suffered.  It made my heart fill with gratitude yesterday as I watched him shopping all by himself.  God works such fabulous miracles in our lives that we take for granted. 

November 4 - Thankful

Today I am thankful for the wonderful tractor pulling friends we have made over the years.  Today we will gather for our last pull of the season,  and once again visit,  pull,  roast hot dogs,  and just fellowship as a group,  and at the end of the day,  we will make wishes for a happy holiday season,  hugs of missing each other all winter,  and wishes for the new pulling season of 2013 to come fast.  God Bless all.

November 3 - Thankful

Today,  I am so thankful for the friends that steered me to a very lovely curio cabinet.  Their Aunt can rest assured that it is cherished and will be well taken care of and used with lots of love to display my items I am putting in it.  Thanks Jeannie,  Roger,  Irene and Bob. 

November 2 - Thankful

November 2, 2012  Today I am thankful for my family.  They keep me laughing, living and loving,  daily.

Happy Halloween

2012 Kiley is a lady bug.  Lots of candy to eat after a very nice evening of

trick or treating.  So many friends,  family,  and neighbors were very

generous with her. 

She's already said she wants to be a zombie and a witch next year. 

Oh,  and she wanted to know where the party was.  Suppose to have

a party too. 

She's such a little socialite already.  Told everyone Trick or Treat,  then thanked

them and told them to have a nice day when she left. 

She came to our door 4 times for candy.  Then she handed out to

our trick or treaters.  Was such a fun evening. 

 

Treasures in the Attic

 

Found this in the attic one day while putting things away for the winter.

This was one of Melanie's old customs.  It's about 20 years old,  but Kiley loved

playing in it before Halloween.  I put on Leslie's old witch one also,  so we matched. 

Love playing dress up again after all the years.  Do we ever really grow up? 

I don't want to.

 

November 1 - Thankful

November 1, 2012  I am thankful for the feeling of being loved by God,  as my first thought today.  May God Bless all eyes who read this,  and may they too thank God for such a first thought also.