Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.

1. Christmas carols on XM Holly.

2. Last class for 2009 was tonight.

3. Fire in the fireplace.

4. Warmer weather – sweater only, no jacket.

5. Son Kevin is home tonight – nice to have him here!

1. Waking up before the alarm.

2. A nice warm shower.

3. Seeing lots of students today, and adding a new one. She is going to be an exciting challenge to me.

4. Joking around with my administrator.

5. Tom has two job leads!

1. For the good feeling of giving to a domestic violence shelter, so moms and kids can choose presents to give to each other this Christmas.

2. For the beautiful music performed by a high school chamber group, including Ave Maria in Russian. Ahhh…

3. Getting up early to bake cookies for the afternoon party, and still making it to church service to sing and worship.

4. I’m grateful for my sons and my friend Tom.

Thankful for:

1. Saturday and sleeping in a bit.

2. More rain to nourish our earth.

3. Spiritual Workout and then out to breakfast – nice!

More later

1. Rainy but not too wet – roads were drivable.

2. Stayed for a whole meeting to appease my administrator, and it worked out well.

3. Giving a new student a ride to her dad’s work so she didn’t have to walk in the rain. Nice to talk to her.

4. Out to dinner with Iva, using her gift certificate and some more money. Nice way to celebrate the end of the work week.

5. Coming home to a fire in the fireplace, magazines to read, and a telechat with Tom.

1. Sleeping in until 8 because I called in sick/weary the night before.

2. Edited and printed out the paper for my class. That’s done!

3. Dinner with the younger son (Matt), who continues to do well health-wise but is not particularly motivated. Thankful for the health!

4. Kevin and I stacked more firewood, and I shoveled a better path to the wood out back. Exercise!

5. Vibrantly blue sky.

1. The day is done. It was a long and busy one!

2. Fire in the fireplace.

3. Good rehearsal for our holiday performance.

4. For whoever invented the things to strap on your shoes so you don’t fall on the ice. They work!

5. Tom called.

1. Wonderful contemporary music at service this morning – I thanked the director!

2. Decorating the church for the holidays. I broke two ornaments, but the two working with me were so kind.

3. Finished the first draft of my term paper that’s due Thursday.

4. Got the Christmas decoration boxes from the garage to the house before the next snow!

5. Good advice from the naturopath that is helping the abdominal cramping.

1. One week down, two to go before the next vacation!

2. A good, busy, productive day at work.

3. Wonderful homemade (not by me) tamales for dinner tonight, along with refried beans. Yum!

4. Talking to Tom for the first time in two days. It’s all good!

5. Kevin had a flat tire on the way down the hill yesterday, and today we got two new tires on the car. He’s fine!

1. Celebrating the last day of November.

2. Maintaining a positive attitude on the first day back from vacation.

3. A fire in the fireplace is almost keeping me warm…

4. Taco night!

5. Ben and Jerry’s Americone Dream. Oh, yum!