gratitude journal

• starting a gratitude list after months of absence (there is sooo much to be grateful for!)
• good friends met some yesterday at the x-mas party of a theater festival)
• being at home and having enough time for me
• having enough of everything I need
• my eye fully recovered (had a little blessing which hurt a lot!)
• met two nice men, whon could not be more different and they are both interesting and -ed
• the cold I had for a few days packs its suitcas and moves on
• finally I went to the dentist and have my teeth checked and a little thing made and on thursday it will be perfect!
• new project for 2010 with three times traveling abroad (switzerland, belgium and germany)
• 43.things and all the great people just waiting here for me-
  no stress I can come back whenever I want

• fresh bread when you are hungry (just now!)
• finally able to draw plans in vector works- yay!
• found a car insurance that saves me 166€ a year (!) and allowing to never get into a higher rate again
• my neighbors giving me so many vegetables! (I made veggie lasagne and red beet risotto and froze it for the times when I am too busy to cook)
• mom writing e-mails again!
• I am soo full of energy and doing my sports program as well as everything I want
• I am proud of me at the moment
• my moped

• a pile of wonderful postcards I can send
• enough work for the next weeks
• my flowers and veggies all fine!and some exploding and growing!
• I am cleaning every part of the house and look at everything
• found a spot for the flea market things under the entrance stairs- a space that is now the space to put things I do not need anymore
• made wonderful elderberry juice and it tastes great!
• will make plum jam today
• feel connected to a friend I had not seen in a long time, again
• will be taught some vector works on monday by a friend and am so thankful!
• always a surprise- when I start writing the gratitude journal Ii think- oh what should I write today and then there are so many things to be grateful for!

• good friend called yesterday
• had a wonderful dinner (cheesedumplings in a soup- a mountain-recipe) no vegan meal here but cheese is much more special now for me
• found a knee orthese that might be perfect for my knee problem!(in the internet- have to check if my insurance pays a part of it)
• went biking with my lady neigbor again and it was wonderful
• am invited to harvest prunes this weekend!
• will try powidl marmalade for the first time (producing it)
• weather perfect, sunny not sooo hot!

• mom helping me with my rent and so I can relax and have no longer the thoughts I had all winter long (when I had troubles with my boyfriend and was afraid to get bankrupt when I kick him out
• I feel so at home here and love it and am thankful to have found the place
• I see my old cat sooo relaxed in the garden and am happy that it is his garden now (he had to fight the cats who claimed it was theirs, hard and he is toothless because he is old!
• got a call with new work for autumn and am looking forward to it all
• decided to join a group therapy I already did some years ago, once a week and am very happy about that- this will make my winter!
• my friends in the village near by- such nice people and I am so thankful to have met them
• my plants grew beautifully this summer :-)
• I feel so much better than months ago!

• visited a friend close by and had a wonderful afternoon
• dared to be honest and ask a man what he meant with his kryptic lyrics he sent me and now I can look forward to his visit
• worked out well
• my moped is just great (like love is carrying me (brothers gift uncle repaired it!)
• wonderful weather again!
• waited till I am really hungry, today!
• eating my own homegrown potatoes today!
• holidays with time to read and relax!
• I love my life

• nice afternoon with a friend
• moped not letting me down on a small shopping tour
• tried a cous cous recipe which is yummy!
• saw that basil grew behind other herbs ! I love basil!
• seen a funeral today, nobody I loved or knew
• good talk with my landlord, possibly getting a longer lease which is a little cheaper (keep your fingers crossed)
• started the gratitude journal again which feels good!
• the insight that I do not need to buy a place which would stress me out completely- I am a happy renter :-)

• enough time for myself
• my brother gave me a old moped and I love it! he even brought it by and helped me bring the wood for the winter home! we had a nice weekend together :-)
• yummy tomatoes of my garden
• fresh mangold in my garden
• a friend I had not seen in a long time is back in my life
• two people will come and visit this week
• my avocado plants are beauties (new years eve guacamole!)
• I am happier than before summer
  * good books at home
  * getting really good at making seitan
  * my cat who drops by occasionaly to caress me
  * wonderful weather

- morning call from my mum – we were chating about the morning gymnastics, which was actually my goal for some time now
- three great books I’ve read this week – “Divine Screts of the Ya Ya Sisterhood by R. Wells, and two more. So funny, movinf, and inspiring
- a notebook I got today – beautiful design. I want to keep my plans and lists of goals in it, so that i had them always around
- the Swedish movie I’m going to see at the marketplace at my city tonight
- I’m still felling lost in my life but things start to look up – I have a hunch about what languages and projects I should now focus on.

• really nice people at my summer work so far
• a loaf of excellent bread yesterday
• the weather is okay so far (this area is well known for endless rain,...)
• I am so much out of my old thinking habits because everything is new at the moment
• fresh air in my brain.
• my cat seems to start to accept mom
• my second summer apartment is not expensive at all! (yeah! and close to work)
• slept well