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Today I was grateful for ..

1~ A little bit of a sleep-in.
2~ Morning coffee relaxing.
3~ Make-up for confidence.
4~ A walk into town.
5~ Getting my photo’s done.

6~ Picking up my daughter’s lunch ~ More coffee and cookies ~ Topping up my travelcard ready for tomorrow ~ Money in the bank ~ Bills paid.

7~ The sun came out.
8~ My neighbour knocking for a chat.
9~ Half an hour with kitty kins.

10~ Chicken in white wine sauce ~ mash potatoes ~ favourite veg.
11~ My daughter.
12~ My clothes ready for tomorrow.
13~ A call from my new leader ~ A text from a new colleague.

14~ I’m quite excited about tomorrow though I thought it was training in the office, I will be out all day training on the job from half nine till seven seems so long for sure I’m gonna be tired adding two hours travel, my daughter has already offered to do dinner and I’m looking forward to getting home again .. :)

Today I was grateful for ..

1~ Early morning peace.
2~ Catching up on mail.
3~ A self indulgence of time.
4~ Lunch with my daughter.
5~ Tender Loving Hair Care.
6~ Britain’s got talent.

7~ Watching Eurovision ~ Reminders of childhood I haven’t watched it in forever.

8~ A phone call from my son.
9~ Coffee and baileys ~ Cookies and candlelight.

Today I was grateful for ..

1~ Waking early refreshed as the Springtime air.
2~ Jobs to apply for.
3~ Music to listen too.
4~ Fresh Laundry and Clean Dishes.
5~ Finishing sorting my paperwork clutter box.
6~ A walk out local.
7~ My daughter.
8~ Listening to the birds chirping before they went to sleep.
9~ Light entertainment.

10~ Baileys in my coffee and not because I’ve run out of milk.
11~ Candle light.
12~ Friends and 43things.

Today I was grateful for ..

1~ Waking early to a beautiful sunny morning.
2~ Coffee mornings and sugar, I was out of it for the afternoon.
3~ Jobs to apply for just to see.
4~ The kitchen in some sort of order.
5~ Chatting with my neighbour and the cat came for his 400 winks.
6~ A refreshing salad for dinner.
7~ My daughter.
8~ Catching up.
9~ Light entertainment.

Wishing you a wonderful day and year ahead full of Kitty Kat Love and Rock Climbing Adventures with beautiful treasures and peaceful views ..

Today I was grateful for ..

1~ Early morning snoozing.
2~ A carefree coffee morning.
3~ Final planning with a friend.
4~ Dressing up to go into the capital.

5~ The bracelet my neighbours bought me back from their holiday, I’ve worn it for all my little adventures since.

6~ Meeting up with a friend.

7~ A delightful afternoon visiting the Tate Modern for an exhibition of Lichenstein works of art.

8~ The sun made a brief appearance for a walk along the River Thames.

9~ Sitting outside for an Italian meal with a bottle of wine.

10~ A belated Christmas gift.
11~ Smooth travel all day long.

12~ Home ~ My daughter ~ Cosy PJ’s ~ Warmth ~ Late night coffee with toast and marmite.

13~ Catching up on 43things, the perfect end to a perfect day.

I joined this goal exactly one year today and this is my three hundred and thirty eighth entry .. bummer I’ve missed a few days!

Today I was grateful for ..

1~ A good night’s sleep.
2~ Waking to a day free of commitments.
3~ A phone call from a nearly new colleague.
4~ A confirmation email ~ I got the job.

5~ A phone call from a friend with plans to meet in the capital tomorrow.

6~ More phone calls, emails and friendly messages of support.
7~ Positivity ~ Opportunities ~ Looking Forwards.
8~ Some Housework.
9~ My daughter.

10~ Quote from tonight’s weatherman ~ “Keep the faith, Spring will be back”.

As its a year today its time to highlight the benefits this goal has had on me.

Who’d have thought that something as simple as writing out gratitudes would inspire a much more positive me .. its helped me recognise the simple things in life and how they really are something to be grateful for .. there have been bad days but focusing on my gratefuls has taken away the worries and kept my inner strength alive .. overall it has given me a sense of peace with an added awareness for the beauty which surrounds me each and every day.

11~ Feeling grateful for the journey I am on playing a small part in a bigger picture of colourful chapters full of hope and optimism ~ Hello, this is my life.

12~ 43things ~ I wouldn’t of come so far, thank you.

Last Friday I was called for an informal interview with a marketing firm .. They asked if I’d go back Monday for three hours to see the job in action .. So Monday morning I turned up bright and early in my power suit and was introduced to my buddy who was part of a team of six including another potential newbie who I’d got quite friendly with .. And off we went on the over ground train and underground to an area I’d never heard off and very residential .. The idea was to find homeowners who require wall and loft insulation for a free energy efficiency policy set by the government .. That’s alot of knocking on doors and walking, thank goodness I didn’t wear heels I hadn’t a clue .. after a couple of hours I had to find my way back to the office for another face to face interview .. This job will be working on commission under self employment status which is the reason I left the other company but whereas they were very vague, inconsistent and unprofessional this organisation is much bigger and they’ve been nothing but upfront and professional.

I spent alot of time weighing up the pros and cons of taking this job on .. its long hours six days a week doing something I would not have applied for if I’d known (I thought it was office based) with the stress of meeting targets in order to get any money so I’m looking at it this way .. summer is coming and the fresh air and exercise will do me good, I may discover hidden talents, its time for a new challenge, I’m financially poor anyway, I can always leave if it doesn’t work in my favour so ..

Roll on next Monday when the training begins step by step day by day!

I have been thinking lately of all the foundations I’ve been laying since the start of this year, there are lots and I want to keep them in focus even if I’m not actively concentrating on them right now, some of my goals I’ve realised flow perfectly in sync with certain scenario’s I’ve just about established overall balance if only I could find the peeerrrrffect routine.

I am late joining this goal .. the first week of May I had a quiet, creative week, the neighbour’s cat came to stay there was lots of purring seeking attention and bird singing by you tube and I defrosted the igloo making home in my freezer.

The second week was more social, lots of walking and consistent job searching and I’ve been offered a new job to start training next week.

Now I will take some time to evaluate and make a ready to hand list of all the things I’ve chosen for a better me to take the place of the forgetful me.

I have been away from 43things for a couple of weeks and it seems like an eternity I’ve got so much catching up to do.

I can see some awesomeness has been going on while I’ve been away and would like the time to soak up your inspiraton and splat you with bright starry cheers but sunshine and treats are calling me.

Hopefully I can breeze on in when I come back but oh the mind is thinking of all the fabulous things I have to be doing in readiness for another round of job interviews tomorrow .. I have been asked back to spend three hours in a marketing company, hmmm this should be interesting I will need some power suit dressing for sure.

When I joined this goal I was thinking about all the things needed doing around the home but alas I got distracted by sunshine .. social invitations and an instinct to write .. music and films were also in there and the ever priorty job searching .. with a result .. I walked more .. met another 43t’er .. immersed myself with music and creative theraputic writing .. an invitation to a job interview which in the end didn’t happen but gave me a boost anyway.

I did rearrange my living room, changing all the furniture around, sorting out some clutter, it looks so much better and is ongoing but I am pleased with the results so far.

April was Spring creative month fill of beautiful moments and insights into a new phase of self discovery whilst still recognizing the need for inner strength.

Today I was grateful for ..

1~ Early morning freshness.
2~ Coffee with an email from afar.
3~ A compliment ~ I’m sparkly and beautiful.
4~ Job focussing.
5~ Computer book-marking.

6~ Walking into town on a beautiful sunshiney day, there seems to be a theme for yellow daffodils and red tulips standing proud as I passed by.

7~ Grocery goodies.

8~ Walking back from town my legs feel like they’ve had a proper work-out.

9~ Lana Del Ray and clean dishes.

10~ Cooking my favourite.
11~ Favourite Monday night viewing.
12~ I can still feel the breeze and sunshine on my skin.

Today I was grateful for ..

1~ Waking to beautiful sunshine and the birds chirping.
2~ Getting up at 6am just for 10 minutes.
3~ Fruit juice ~ Choccy Biscuits ~ Added sleep.
4~ Morning peace and coffee reflection.
5~ My daughter home.
6~ Catch up on the kitchen clean.
7~ Telephone payments.
8~ Hello neighbours and kitty cat visits.
9~ Cheese and salad combinations.

10~ A fairy tale and the film Harry Brown, not my usual sort of thing but it did make a change.

Today I was grateful for ..

1~ Waking early refreshed.
2~ A message from my daughter.
3~ Morning time peace ~ Coffee.
4~ Home tidy.

5~ Pamper ‘me’ time ~ Tender loving hair care ~ A change of colour from forgotten to new.

6~ Walking through scattered blossom ~ Instant romantic prettiness.

7~ Going to friends ~ Home cooking and lemon meringue ~ Conversation and Light entertainment.

8~ A borrowed scarf and a moonlit walk under deep blue skies.

Today I was grateful for ..

1~ Morning peace with coffee.
2~ Catching up in email.
3~ Kitchen clean up.
4~ Sorting my daughter’s laundry.
5~ Half the front room re-arranged nicely.
6~ Music.
7~ The cat popped in for a visit.
8~ A walk out local.
9~ The trees are blossoming.

10~ My son coming for dinner.
11~ An evening spent with both my kids.

12~ Light entertainment served with chocolate bikkies and a little bit fizzy naughtiness.

Today I was grateful for ..

1~ My daughter before she left for work.
2~ Coffee.
3~ Get up and go.

4~ Bumping into an acquaintance on my way into town and catch up conversation on the journey.

5~ A beautiful sunny day.
6~ A walk to a different part of town.
7~ Errands done.
8~ Groceries picked up.

9~ Bumping into same morning acquaintance on my journey home.

10~ An invitation to dinner on Saturday night.
11~ Cooking for my daughter coming home and working late.
12~ Light entertainment and a documentary about Bears.

Today I was grateful for ..

1~ Coffee morning focus.
2~ Beautiful sunshine.
3~ Jobs to apply for.
4~ An interview request.
5~ A walk out local.
6~ Fresh laundry.
7~ Home cooked yumminess.
8~ Pamper ‘me’ time with tender loving hair care.
9~ A film ~ Failure To Launch.

Today I was grateful for ..

1~ Waking earlier ~ Its a beautiful day.
2~ Coffee ~ Online interaction ~ Focussed and creative writing.
3~ Clean dishes ~ Pink laundry.

4~ Catching up with my neighbour ~ Walking to town ~ Shopping ~ Company and conversation.

5~ Houmous dipping.
6~ A walk out local.
7~ Cooking a roast with all the trimmings.
8~ Dinner with my daughter.
9~ Watching a documentary about Edward Vlll’s mystery first love.

Today I was grateful for ..

1~ Feeling caught up on sleep this morning.
2~ Coffee loving peace.
3~ Focus ~ Jobs to apply for.
4~ Box clear out and new make-up.
5~ A walk out local ~ twice.
6~ A power cut brought all the neighbours out ~ chitter chatter.
7~ A curry prepared well in advance.
8~ My daughter home with some essentials.
9~ Repeat shows and favourite Monday night viewing.

Wishing you the most wonderful day ..

and a year full of love with positive blessings .. Happy Birthday Dragonfly .. :-)