Day 9 & 10 of Giving Thanks

I am realizing it is going to be difficult to post everyday but I am doing my best!  I have soooo much to be thankful for that I can make up for not posting yesterday today I do believe 🙂

I have had an excellent weekend and it is not even over yet!  I spent all afternoon yesterday outside hiking with a new friend and the weather was GORGEOUS.  I had a great lunch afterwards and then spent the evening with my best friend AL…we attended a special service for our church and it was very uplifting.  Today I made it to the VERY early service and then spent the rest of the morning with my Dad.  A very nice man who is a resident at the nursing home with Dad gave me the honor today of seeing a lot of his artwork.  He gave me some poems to take home with me to read along with a DVD that he had made.  I enjoyed talking with him and he told my Dad that if he was “50 years younger he might have to ask his daughter out on a date.”  (THIS MADE MY DAY!!! :)) Now I am resting up and planning to catch a movie tonight with Shan.  I am keeping busy and I feel very content and happy with where I am in my life right now.  I have come a long way baby!

I sometimes write about the little details and if you are reading this and that bores you I apologize!  But really it is the little things that count I do believe.  The day-to-day experiences make life worthwhile.  Today I am thankful for the little things…which really are the BIG things in my book…

And just an edit to this post…the movie I ended up seeing was EXACTLY about what I mentioned here. If you have not yet seen “About Time”, I do recommend it. It is a love story/chick flick about time travel! But it has as a great message of enjoying every day and every moment to the fullest.

Day 8 of Giving Thanks

Today I’m thankful for my health. I am more health conscious now than I have been ever before in my life. I’m eating better and I’ve been working out regularly since August. Thanks to my friend Shan for giving me the boost I needed to join the gym. She’s been a very important part of my support system and I appreciate her encouragement very much. When I first started I was running intervals of 1 minute on the treadmill with several minute breaks in between. Eight weeks later I am now jogging for 25 minutes at a good pace with no breaks. My goal is to run a 5k by next spring. I feel a sense of accomplishment that I’ve never felt before and I am very thankful for that!

Day 6 & 7 of Giving Thanks

I fell asleep reading and realized I missed posting Day 6 by a few minutes! Today I am thankful for my friend AL. She is always there for me when I need her. She knows me very well and always gives me good advice. She always makes me laugh…she seriously is one of the funniest people I know! She’s intelligent, thoughtful, strong, a great mom, strong willed, and beautiful inside and out. She has my back and I’m thankful she has come back into my life after many years apart. I don’t know what I would have done without her support the last couple of months…she’s been the best friend ever.

Day 4 of Giving Thanks

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(If you are looking at these pictures on a smart phone they might appear to be upside down…on the computer they are right side up…I am not sure why and I apologize!)

I am realizing that it is going to be IMPOSSIBLE to just name one thing per day this month that I am thankful for…I am TRULY BLESSED.  So…I might have a daily list of thanks 🙂

Dave Matthews Band – I read a post this morning asking “if you could let a friend who has never listened to DMB before hear 3 of their songs, which ones would you choose?” That is almost impossible for me but with much thought I would probably say  1-#41 (part of the inspiration for the name of my website-it is NOT because of my age). 2-Mercy (it is a newer song and Dave is spot on…it is going to take all of us working together to make a change in this world). 3-Two Step (This song can be interpreted in many ways…but my favorite lyric of all is “Celebrate we will because life is short but sweet for certain”).  My list could go on and on really.  This band has inspired me for almost 15 years now and I am so thankful for finding them way back when.  I have had SO MANY amazing experiences traveling to see them in different cities.  The people who have gone along for the ride are part of the unforgettable memories…and the friends I have made because of my passion for this band I will cherish forever…because they “get it”.

Family – And in particular today…my niece Erin.  She and her friend drove here from PA to visit her Pappap (my dad 🙂 )for a very quick visit and I got to see her today for lunch.  I am SO GLAD that she made the effort to come.  She knows that time is precious…and she wants to have as many memories as possible and make the effort to visit her Grandpa and I think that is just amazing…being that she lives about 650 miles away.  The people you love are what truly matters in this life and I know that she “gets it”.  I seem to be using that term a lot today 🙂  But it is a good thing.  She is an adventure seeker like myself and I see a lot of me in her.  Today I am thankful for my niece who is 25 and ALIVE and although I do not get to see her very often I admire her and love her dearly.

Sonic cheesecake bites – Okay this is a silly one!  But thank you AL (formerly known as “Anna” here) for turning me on to them.  Deep fried cheesecake??? Oh yes!

Today was a great day!  🙂