Rather than post these thoughts daily on Facebook, I just kept a document adding to it every day. Here are my thoughts of thankfulness for November 2012.
November Days of Thanks!
1 Thankful for a beautiful, glorious day in Nebraska!
2 Thankful for great Halloween pictures on FB of grandchildren far away!
3 Thankful for a conversation with daughter and granddaughter!
4 Thankful for a newly painted ramp and clean gutters courtesy of friend extraordinaire Marvin Fast!
5 Thankful for a vehicle that comfortably gets me where I need to go – even if it is 11 years old.
6 Thankful for another birthday and a healthy beginning to my 70th year!
7 Thankful for the end of another election cycle with some good and some not so good results.
8 Thankful for the friendship of my friend Cindy on her 70th birthday – she has been gone almost 13 years.
9 Thankful for the ability to multi-task (sometimes) – even at my advanced age.
10 Thankful for the skill of knitting and the ‘fixed’ hands that can still knit.
11 Thankful for the men and women who serve so that we may remain a free nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all.
12 Thankful for my eclectic taste in music – classical, easy listening, folk, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s…whatever.
13 Thankful for the privilege to serve on several church committees and thankful my term is almost up.
14 Thankful for dinner-date with husband – a belated birthday dinner.
15 Thankful for another glorious fall day in Nebraska!
16 Thankful for another CCC ELS ‘tabloid’ (brochure) in the can (finished) – and on time even!
17 Thankful for yet another Y meet (with too many swimmers) in the can and celebration dinner with the Waltemaths. Here’s to another 49 years of wedded bliss for Rick and Phyl.
18 Thankful for the spiritual gifts of Kylie Wenburg as she begins a new phase in her spiritual directions ministry.
19 Thankful for husband who does the grocery shopping – with the assistance of good lists.
20 Thankful for $.01 books from Amazon that keep me reading through the night when I can’t sleep.
21 Thankful for a ‘spirit’ that moved me to clean my work desk – so much nicer to work off of a clean desk!
22 Thankful for family and friends – all who have been part of my life – I have been enriched by each and every one!
23 Thankful for Robin Koozer and his wonderful gifts and talents shared with FPC and Hastings for so many years.
24 Thankful for a half-way clean office.
25 Thankful for my friend Diana who celebrates her birthday today and thankful for my freedom to worship or not to worship if I need the time at home to get work done.
26 Thankful for being able to buy a needed new refrigerator without having to borrow from Peter to pay Paul.
27 Thankful for feeling better today than I felt yesterday.
28 Thankful for hair stylist extraordinaire Jerry Benker – always makes my hair look fabulous!
29 Thankful for a long, fruitful day – work, workshop, swim meet, session meeting.
30 Thankful for old computer that still runs swim meet software with sufficient ease.
