List 43 things in my life for which I'm grateful

21. The local library for borrowing and internet use on occassions.
22. The cheap litter which keeps the cost of looking after our indoor cat down.
23. Pacific Fair shopping centre which we regulalry visit when we are up the Gold Coast.
24. Robina Shopping Centre which we look forward to visit again and again when we are on holidays on the Gold Coast.
25. The Rooster Rugby League team that I enjoy barracking for. Even if they did collect the wooden spoon this year.

16). Strawberry smoothies I really love these.
17). My broking website which gives me a great deal of useful information.
18). Rugby League which I love watching each winter.
19). Midnight Oil a great band that I like listening to the music and saw twice in concert.
20). Special K which I eat for breakfast every day.

11). Pancakes that I love to have for breeakfast on the weekend.
12). Test cricket which I watch each summer.
13). Having a job to pay the bills.
14). Skyhooks whose music I still love to listen to all these years after they finished up.
15). Having a well developed share market in Australia that I enjoy investing in.

6). Broken down computers that keep my son happy playing with them.
7). Broken down telephones that serve the same purpose as above.
8). The friendly country town that we live in.
9). The fact that we live only about 2 hours from the Gold Coast and can have great short holidays away from home on a regular basis.
10. The 43T web site that gives me a great deal of pleasure.

I thought this was a useful thing to put on my list to try to increase my positiveness by recognising the important things in my life. These would be both at the moment and things that will help me improve my life in the future. So here goes….

1). My wife, she, who helps me with everything in my life.
2). My son who gives me a great deal of joy.
3). Australia, I am lucky to live in a stable and prosperous country.
4). Budget airlines. The development of budget airlines has allowed me to have the opportunity to travel both in Australia and overseas.
5). My cats who are always a great deal of fun.

1. Friend A. not being hurt and not being at fault in the crash that probably totaled her SUV today.
2. Chicken for dinner. (Okay, we eat chicken almost every night, but I still like it.)
3. Medium reruns on Lifetime every evening.
4. Lumosity.com
5. Sour gummi worms

We heard at wor yesterday that our senior secretary’s husband had cut off two fingers and a thumb with a table saw.

Of course, everyone was horrified.

Today, C the secretary was back at work, and what did I hear from her and from so many of my colleagues? Gratitiude.

C was grateful that the two reattached fingers seemed to be pinking up and that he did have a little piece of thumb, even though the detached part could not be reattached.

Others were grateful that it was not worse, that the hubby, who has other health problems, was doing okay.

It just amazes me that, in the face of disasters, we seem to be able to find things to be grateful for.

How easy is it to forget someone who has become ill and no longer works with you? How easy is it to assume that they’d rather be left alone or that you won’t find anything to say to them? Pretty easy.

But Nick’s dear and wonderful coworkers, after two and a half years, are still calling and coming to visit. Tomorrow, after I leave for work, six or eight of his coworkers will come to see him. How happy am I?

I give myself at least partial credit for that, because I decided early on that when people wanted to visit Nick, “no” was not in my vocabulary. It was never too early, too late, too short a notice. My house was never too messy, Nick and I were never too tired. They could come, period, and be greeted with hugs and extravagant welcome.

So yay! He will have visitors tomorrow.

1. The birds that are nesting in the mechanism that opens my garage door. I thought I had scared them off, since one of the parents nearly beat itself senseless against a window the first time it saw me. They are fine with me now, though if I make too much noise, the little chirpers in the nest grow silent. I only worry that the cats will catch the little ones once they fledge.

2. A productive day.

3. Getting to go to the sale at Bath and Body Works after work today, and picking up major bargains.

4. The sign that someone made for me with my office hours on it, with a kitty, a ball of yarn, and a mouse. Must find out who.

5. Hair that is long enough to put up, especially since I seldom seem to get the chance to dry it until afternoon.

1. for getting up the courage to approach my book again and for getting some work done on it.
2. for Bird’s Eye steam in the microwave veggies.
3. for my default mood: cheerful. I notice the absence of that mood because I am melancholy tonight (though I just smiled at the word melancholy, because it reminds me of the old joke—my melancholy baby: head like a melon, face like a collie. Haha.)
4. for my dear, soft, sweet kitties.
5. for my dear hubby and his sense of humor.