Today’s happiness is brought to you by a delicious snack of WildFire Bakery bread, toasted and buttered and spread liberally (what can I say? I like a little bread with my jam!) with Mom’s chunky pear-ginger jam (AKA My Very Favourite Jam in the Whole Wide World).
That this precious jar of spicy golden goodness made it home safely is definitely on my gratitude list!
Now you can all rest assured that this will be the last Victoria-centric, food-related happiness post for a long while. (Or will it? she mused, recalling a certain other jar of something carefully tucked away in her suitcase…)
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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.
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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!
- Since I was still in Victoria for much of the last week, I can pretty much echo most of the items on my previous gratitude list, as the great stuff just kept on coming! I am truly grateful for the opportunity to have had a simply wonderful holiday in Victoria and great times with family and friends.
- That when I knocked over a gigantic, full cup of hot coffee as I was trying to fit the lid on the cup at the airport café (hey, it was REALLY EARLY!), not even so much as a drop hit me or my bags. And for the cheerful café worker who cleaned up the huge mess made by clumsy me. (She even offered to make me another cup, but I declined. Apparently I’m not safe to handle such things at that time of the morning!)
- Safe travel and uneventful (and quick!) flights for me from Victoria back to Windsor.
- The beautiful, welcoming smile on Peter’s face when he saw me for the first time at the airport.
- Our two fluffy boys, who welcomed me enthusiastically with shameless fawning and loud purrs.
- That all of the breakable items I packed in my suitcase remained intact.
- Having a DVR that allowed us to record our favourite TV programs while I was away and watch them together when I returned.
- Being able to work just one day before having a weekend to “recover” from my trip.
- Having time to devote to finishing my tangled alphabet.

Twitter: SensualSierra
October 19, 2014
Thank you for sharing you gratitude list, I’m finding them important!
Sharon recently posted… Growing Observations
Twitter: alphabetsalad
October 19, 2014
You’re welcome! 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Happy Days – Day 36
Great list, I’m grateful for my family!
katherine recently posted… 4 Fun Ways to Introduce Young Children to Art #CreativeGalaxy #AmazonKids
Twitter: alphabetsalad
October 19, 2014
Excellent! 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Happy Days – Day 36
Twitter: ellytreehugger
October 20, 2014
I bet the ginger-pear jam is delicious, especially homemade: lucky you! I’m curious what’s in your other jar….or is that a gratitude for next week? 😉 I’m grateful to have started my Christmas cookie baking – my Mom’s European vanille kipferl recipe – it’s a first that I started in October, usually it’s way in December! 😉 <3
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
October 20, 2014
The other jar is a secret until I open it! 😉 Christmas cookie baking sounds wonderful – I want to do some of that this year, and then decorate them (for the first time in years)!
Laurel Regan recently posted… #MicroblogMondays 8 – Tangled Scans + 100 Happy Days – Day 38
I am crazy about home made jellies, jams and preserves.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
October 20, 2014
You would love the pantry in my parents’ basement – full of all that sort of thing!
Laurel Regan recently posted… #MicroblogMondays 8 – Tangled Scans + 100 Happy Days – Day 38
Twitter: nabanita21
October 20, 2014
So nice to come back from a vacation and work just one day and then move directly to the weekend no? I love that feeling and mostly I plan my trips that way…and the toast with jelly seems like heaven!
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
October 20, 2014
Yes, it was really nice that it worked out that way!
Laurel Regan recently posted… #MicroblogMondays 8 – Tangled Scans + 100 Happy Days – Day 38
Twitter: Obsessivemom06
October 20, 2014
That bread looks delicious and your gratitude list is just great. Hope you had a restful weekend.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
October 20, 2014
Thank you – I did indeed!
Laurel Regan recently posted… #MicroblogMondays 8 – Tangled Scans + 100 Happy Days – Day 38
Twitter: vinodini
October 20, 2014
Home made jams taste way better than the ones sold commercially. Sounds and looks tempting!
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
October 20, 2014
I totally agree!
Laurel Regan recently posted… #MicroblogMondays 8 – Tangled Scans + 100 Happy Days – Day 38
Twitter: black tortoise.com
October 20, 2014
Looks like we’re both happy to be home after a great trip. Cats are cuddling here, too.
Adela recently posted… Gratitude Monday #51: Home and Away
Twitter: alphabetsalad
October 20, 2014
Welcome home! 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… #MicroblogMondays 8 – Tangled Scans + 100 Happy Days – Day 38
Twitter: bodynsoil
October 20, 2014
Your G lists make me smile and realize that no matter what happens during the day, there will be good things to be happy about.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
October 21, 2014
Very true! I need that reminder myself some days!
Laurel Regan recently posted… #MicroblogMondays 8 – Tangled Scans + 100 Happy Days – Day 38
Twitter: CorinneBlogs
October 21, 2014
I’m glad you had a lucky escape from that hot coffee, Laurel! Pear and ginger sounds like my kind of jam! 🙂
Always good to be home, eh?
Twitter: alphabetsalad
October 21, 2014
Definitely – there’s no place like home, no matter how nice the vacation!
Laurel Regan recently posted… #MicroblogMondays 8 – Tangled Scans + 100 Happy Days – Day 38
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