Today our back yard is at the top of my gratitude list! Peter and I headed out there this weekend and started doing some cleanup – taking care of the lawn, pulling some weeds, and planning for flower boxes and baskets. We still have quite a bit more to do, but I’m glad that we made a start. I’m grateful for all the work the previous homeowners did to make it nice, and for being able to look forward to having a lovely and relaxing space to enjoy throughout the summer.
Hope you’ll join me in this week’s Gratitude Linkup!
(If you’d like a bit of background on why I started the Gratitude Linkup, check out this post.)
How to get involved in the Gratitude Linkup
- Write and post an entry in your own blog containing your gratitude list for a moment in time.
- Share the URL to your gratitude blog post by clicking the “add your link” button at the end of this post and filling out the information.
- Share the Gratitude Linkup with your blog readers by clicking the “get the InLinkz code” link at the end of this post and copy/pasting the appropriate code into your gratitude blog post.
- Visit some of the blogs listed in the Gratitude Linkup and comment on their posts.
My Gratitude List
In no particular order, here is my own gratitude list for this moment in time. I hope that after reading it you’ll go on to write and share your own!
- After a long winter, being able to get an ice cream cone, take a walk by the river, and visit the Peace Fountain once again.
- Continued improvement in Grisabella’s health. She goes back to the vet this week for a checkup and another round of antibiotics – it’ll be interesting to see if she’s managed to gain any weight, as she continues to have a healthy appetite and actually does feel a little heavier to us.
- Making it halfway through the roadwork on our street – “only” two more months left to go!
- Successfully launching my Ten Thousand Tangles shop and making my first sales.
- Looking forward to an upcoming visit from my sister, soon!
- Weather that’s warm enough for us to open the windows and hear the birdsong, but not so hot that we need to keep them closed and run the air conditioning.
- Our health care system. Sometimes I forget, but was reminded just this week how fortunate I am to be able to phone my doctor’s office in the morning, get an appointment for a non-urgent situation the very same afternoon, and not have to pay a penny out of pocket to do so.
- Supportive friends and family.
- Our very own non-bar version of “Cheers” – a local place we can go where everybody knows our name. In fact, we have a couple of them!
- Having a husband with a friendly, outgoing personality who is genuinely interested in others and who makes it easier for me to get past my shyness and meet people when I’m with him.
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Grateful today for those men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
May 25, 2014
Thanks, Kathy.
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Words: Live Gently
Twitter: Boomeresque
May 25, 2014
I’m grateful for being a newbie tangler. (PS: The link in your post that is supposed to be your store, doesn’t link to your store).
I’m also grateful for those who made the ultimate sacrifice for us, but I’m furious at those who made their sacrifice “necessary”.
Suzanne Fluhr recently posted… TSA PreCheck — Yes, Please
Twitter: alphabetsalad
May 25, 2014
Oh, thank you so much! I copied/pasted the link and forgot to change it to my own store name. Fixed now.
I hear you – these kinds of holidays really do involve mixed emotions.
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Words: Live Gently
Twitter: BatteredHope
May 25, 2014
At some point, I hope to get involved with your gratitude list. Are you doing the blogathon in June?
Your flowers are beautiful and I am grateful for bloggers like you.
Carol Graham recently posted… Wouldn’t You Love To Be A Fly On The Wall?
Twitter: alphabetsalad
May 26, 2014
Well, I’ll be blogging every day anyway (at least that’s the plan), so I might as well!
Thank you for your kind words. 
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Words: Live Gently
Twitter: RambinGarden
May 25, 2014
Grateful that I have a loving husband and a son who lives only 20 minutes away from me. Grateful that I can read blogs like yours (and others) when I am feeling tired. Grateful that I had my father (a disabled veteran of World War II in my life for my first 33 years of life.)
Alana recently posted… Best of AM – Civil War Sunday – Memorial Day and the Civil War
Twitter: alphabetsalad
May 26, 2014
Wonderful list, Alana! Thank you for sharing.
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Words: Live Gently
Great list! It is wonderful to get out and be able to enjoy the sunshine. I was able to take the dog for a walk this morning with the sun shining and without a jacket.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
May 26, 2014
Lovely, Kathy!
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Words: Live Gently
Twitter: Bhav_zz
May 26, 2014
What a wonderful idea to keep your mind trained on things that are happy and make you feel good!
Bhavya recently posted… A Distant Dream
Twitter: alphabetsalad
May 26, 2014
It is a great practice, I think!
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Words: Live Gently
Twitter: jayantatewari
May 26, 2014
Gratitude is a nice gesture….
Jayanta Tewari recently posted… Book Review:My Life My Rules: Stories of 18 unconventional careers
Twitter: alphabetsalad
May 26, 2014
Yes indeed.
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Words: Live Gently
So lovely!
Today, I’m grateful for the angels among us!
Diane recently posted… Angels Around Us
Twitter: alphabetsalad
May 26, 2014
Love it!
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Words: Live Gently
I’m grateful to have been introduced to tangling through your blog. You’re work is neat and I can’t wait to start. I’m so glad Grisabella is continuing to do better!!
Life Breath Present recently posted… Gratitude Linkup – Week of 5/25/14
Twitter: alphabetsalad
May 26, 2014
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! It’s a wonderful hobby.
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Words: Live Gently
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