Welcome to the last gratitude linkup of 2014! I am so very grateful for each of my readers, but today I’m particularly thankful to those of you who have joined me throughout the year in expressing your gratitude and sharing your posts here on Alphabet Salad. I am looking forward to a brand new year of linkups, and invite you to go forward in gratitude with me!
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.
- Important! Please 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!
- A fun Christmas Eve of cookie baking and decorating, a chicken pot pie dinner, gift exchanging, and movie watching with a good friend. She was our first (and only!) friend when we moved to Windsor three years ago, and we’re thankful and blessed to have her in our lives.
- The new Turbo Scratcher Cat Toy she brought for Felix and Oscar. It was a perfect choice, and they are having hours of fun with it (as are Peter and I, just watching them play!).
- A quiet but lovely Christmas Day with Peter including gift opening, a Skype call with my family (including an uncle who was spending the holidays with them), a good long afternoon nap, and ordering in Chinese food for dinner.
- The internet for many reasons, but specifically this week for being a source of answers to questions like, “What do I do if my sugar cookie dough is too dry?” Google to the rescue!
- Safety on the roads throughout a ton of time spent to-ing and fro-ing in the car during the holidays. I was particularly reminded of this when stuck in traffic due to an accident up ahead, just a couple of days before Christmas.
- A plethora of fresh art supplies at my fingertips.
- A wallet full of gift cards to spend.
- Enjoying my first week of vacation time, with another one still to come.
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December 28, 2014
Laurel,
Enjoyed reading your last gratitude list of the year! I like the layout of this blog! I never really understood link-ups until I read how to do one, so I might attempt one next year.
Enjoy the rest of 2014 and look forward to linking up in 2015!
Amy
Twitter: alphabetsalad
December 28, 2014
Thank you, Amy! I do hope to see you linking up with us in 2015. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Today’s Gratitude List – Linkup No. 61
Twitter: RamblinGarden
December 28, 2014
I was grateful for being able to visit with my husband’s 102 year old aunt, and that she was able to have Christmas dinner with family despite injuries suffered a couple of months before in a fall. It was also a treat to have five days off from work.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
December 28, 2014
Wonderful, Alana! Definitely things to be grateful for.
Laurel Regan recently posted… Today’s Gratitude List – Linkup No. 61
Twitter: nabanita21
December 28, 2014
Happy Holidays 🙂 Have a great time Laurel…And wish you a very , very happy new year in advance!
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
December 28, 2014
Thank you so much – and to you! 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Today’s Gratitude List – Linkup No. 61
Twitter: Wordwrights, Ink
December 29, 2014
Family. And having everyone together for the first time in three years. All else pales by comparison! 🙂
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
December 29, 2014
Yes it does! You are fortunate indeed!
Laurel Regan recently posted… #MicroblogMondays 18 – Word of the year!
Twitter: writercat
December 29, 2014
Great gratitude list, Laurel. Glad you had a good Christmas and are enjoying your holiday.
I like how you do those lists. Reminds me that I should do some, too, as there is always so much to be grateful for.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
December 29, 2014
There really is. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… #MicroblogMondays 18 – Word of the year!
I am grateful to God for HE has showered His blessings on me.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
December 29, 2014
Wonderful!
Laurel Regan recently posted… #MicroblogMondays 18 – Word of the year!
That was wonderful! 🙂
Wishing you an awesome 2015 and happy holidays! 🙂
Twitter: alphabetsalad
December 30, 2014
Thank you! Same to you! 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Tangled Tuesday No. 35
Twitter: happinessbloggr
January 4, 2015
I just recently found your gratitude list and starting this week I hope to link up with you weekly (and add your link-up to my post).
Thanks for encouraging people to show gratitude weekly!
One more thing? what plugin do you use to add the Twitter handle to the comments? That’s awesome.
Michelle Westbrook recently posted… 7 Resolutions For a Happy New Year {Link-Up}
Twitter: alphabetsalad
January 4, 2015
So glad you’re jumping on board – looking forward to getting to know you a bit better through your posts! 🙂
The plugin I use is CommentLuv Premium, and it’s great – not just for the Twitter link, but lots of other goodies as well. They do have a free version as well, I believe, though I’m not sure whether it includes the Twitter link component.
Laurel Regan recently posted… Today’s Gratitude List + January 2015 Gratitude Linkup
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