As I’ve explained before, the fam and I do a nightly gratitude exercise. The month of October 2016 brought a lot to be grateful for. These are the things we wrote down in no order what-so-ever. It was a very good month.
I am grateful:
- For Mr. John
- My friends at school
- For apple cider
- For blankets
- For sleep
- For walks with my husband
- For n’s current customers
- For breakfast
- For our grill
- For Disney World
- For my dad
- For Coach Ben
- For non-kill shelters
- That I have dogs
- For Hamilton the musical
- For DSC. Happy Birthday!
- That I got to sleep over for DSC’s birthday *
- For Duck Life
- For banana tic-tacs
- For the $5 I found today
- For the bread pudding at school lunch today
- That mis padre got to see me run in a varsity race
- I finished my trifold for MST
- For Juice Nerd
- For nachos
- Chocolate chip pancakes
- For DDR. Happy Birthday!
- For knives
- To have DSC as a friend *
- I got my ticket to the dance early so I didn’t have to wait in line
- For Will
- I got Nowlan and Paul on my basketball team
- To DSC for taking care of the dogs all day
- Spices
- I got an extra recess today
- For history
- For howls with LB
- For Seasons of Love (when you read this, you have to sing it)
- For wall-ball
- For a fun lunch with my kids at Applebees today
- For my husband’s pizza crouton breakfast
- That my friend is rich *
- For Harvey
- For candy
- For Twitter
- For our gratitude project
- For my trip to WW with DSC and the Ls
- For K and Hip-Hop class
- For basketball
- For music
- For endermen
- My cell presentation went well
- That I got the best husband
- For apple juice
- For water
- For mom’s sausage soup
- It’s raining
- I was named alternate for the cross-country varsity race
- For protein powder
- For community block
- The check from L finally came
- For HOJY
- For pencils
- For Mandy and Liz
- For my ipod
- For 4:30 am
- For PC’s tweetest face
- For sausage soup
- For lazy Sunday mornings at home
- My team is so supportive
- DSC and Dad got to spend time with friends at WW
- For fried dough (I didn’t have any, but I wanted it!)
- For SF
- That guy who said I was doing a good job at attractions today at the farm
- I won’t have to mark anymore orchard bags for awhile
- For milk and cookies
- For the amazing full moon tonight
- For funny things
- For a house full of eggs
- For showers
- For EUU
- For EG
- DSI had a job at SF this season
- I was invited to WW
- For snap-on Minecraft
- I saw Sara today at PLP conferences
- For buffalo chicken
- For the Twilight meet
- I had the day off
- For lights
- For DDR’s jazz class and the easy left out of the parking lot tonight
- DDR and DSC can be on their own for longer stretches of time
- For role play games
- For Tim Burton movies
- For placing 12th in the meet today
- For Animal Jam’s masterpiece feature
- DSI is feeling better after his cold
- 1 +1 does not equal 7
- DSC watches Survivor with me
- For French Toast
- For the Harvard pizza
- All the presidential debates are over
- For races
- I got a good basketball team
- That Coach Ben is such a great coach
- The kids and I got to see a man help that lady on the side of the road in the rain immediately after we prayed for her.
- For my CPAP machine
- For the apple crumble served at the end of school today
- That we haven’t done much IXL in algebra this year
- For fall
- For Hip Hop
- For Puppy and PC and EG
- For playing Lionpelt with DSC
- For couches
- For Lou our tax guy
- For Ethan – the Disney World customer service rep on the phone today who helped me with our reservation changes
- That I finished my science foldable
- Today isn’t yesterday
- For morning coffee
- For laughter
- I did mis tarea de espanol
- For the US mail system
- DSI found cross-country
- For Jeopardy!
- For Minnesota
- For books
- For the fall colors
- For forgotten episodes
- For color pencils
- We have a three day weekend
- For our DVC points
- For Hamiltunes
- DSI doesn’t forget his homework every night
- Para ingles, espanol y otro idioma
- My boyfriend asked me to marry him 16 years ago today
- For car rides with my kids
- For Skype
- For personality quizzes
- For the ‘clinky clinky’ Simpsons
- For honey and other sweet things
- I got to run in the varsity race
- I got to see a Vikes game on live tv
- For make-your-own pizza
- For Charlie and Moggie
- For Crashbox
- For The Simpsons (because I need to note that *I* like it too)
- How the kids at the farm like my bumps
- Boston is so awesome
- For Brian Regan
- DSI outgrew his food allergies
- For Spanish class
- For microscopes
- I got to make a sympathy card for Mrs. D
- For pens
- DSC enjoys hip hop
- For the R Library
- That dad and mom work hard every day for our family
- There are no clowns in my house
- Math homework is done
- For Rapid Refill
- It took no convincing to get dad to be Alexander Hamilton (now I just need to convince my brothers)
- My kids like one another
- Dad is pro at breakfast
- I found that P school pictures had come home
- For pizza
- To my husband for shopping and making lunch/dinner today
- That I ran without difficulty today
- For PC
- For Hamilton
- My son is getting exposure to the world of work
- For electricity
- For my early shift today
- For hilarious youtubers
- For Mr. T
- I didn’t have to work kitchen today
- Today was such a great day at school
- For the kielbasa/grilled cabbage thing my wife makes
- The science homework wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be
- For our Internet service
- Our furnace is working again
- I got to see Steven Universe clips
- For pants
- For coffee mugs
- For The D Grill
- For computer games
- That the cheek-cell lab is over
- For no homework
- I remembered poop bags for our walk
- For the English language
- For basketball
- I won’t have to run up H Hill for another few weeks
- For leftovers
- For Popes and Lapises and Endermens
- For drawing a turtle
- For buffalo chicken with blue cheese
- I did well on the assessment in Septimo
- For Juantubre
- For pumpkin muffins
- For how easy it was to cross the street this morning
- The Vikes beat the Giants
- Uncle Trent is coming to Disney with us
- For sleeping in
- Moto X3M
- PC got a clean bill of health at the vet
- It’s getting much easier and more stable to launch n customers
- For my polka-dot robe I got from Hanna
- For buffalo chicken with blue cheese
- For Applebees
- For food
- I got all the customer files processed
- I got to work the register for a moment today
- PC pooped under a light this morning on our walk
- For kangaroos
- For our garage
- For the Bs and the Ks and the Ls
- I get to use feudalism as my cell analogy
- I did well in the race today
- Church today was so amazing
- For deadlines
- For DSC’s friends
- I’m eleven!
- I finished my find the button map
- For our neighbors the Bs
- That my three-fold is done
- Crystal Palace had an open dinner reservation for 10 people the day the Ys arrive at Disney
- I have two teenagers
- For the Ks
- For DSC turning eleven
- For Mount and Blade
- That Jack, Paul, Brayden and Nowlan came over
- For water
- For smokebomb!
- For coupons
- For Michael’s
- I didn’t have to wear jeans for gym
- For bubblegum
- That I’m done with that dot to dot to dot to dot, to dot.
- For Milo Murphy
- For breaks in the middle of the work day
- That my ev4 games is going well
- For musical theater with Ruby Rose
- For neopolitan ice cream
- For the awesome sushi birthday dinner I had
- LB had a good walk on the leash
- For deep, cleansing breaths
- For accents
- I got to see Jimmy
- For band aids that make it so I can walk
- I don’t have any copies of *my* 7th grade picture lying around to show my kids
- For House Hunters Renovation
- For Chaps
- For hot showers and dry clothes
- For DSI’s new spikes
- For dogs
- Jack got Skype
- LB is getting better at walking without pulling
- For n
- I killed the first wither on J’s server
- For Elmer’s Glue
- For cars
- For The Simpsons
- I got to see DSI’s 16th place finish at Wa
- Coach Ben is such an awesome coach
- For Dungeons and Dragons at lunch today and how cool the dice are
- For lime chips
- For Halloween
- The SBA sweatshirts
- DSC finally gets to play basketball with Paul
- For Dan
- For Ian
- For Ruby’s giggle
- For gmail
- For funny videos
- For today’s meet and how good I did
- For being able to eat the first chocolate chip out of the bag
- I ran 10 miles today
- For Halloween
- For my red Peace Love World sweatshirt
- My dad got to see me get 2nd today
- I was able to play with Duncan
- For BJs
- Mrs. M got to meet PC on my walk today
- The Vikes are the last 5-0 team left in the NFL
- For iced tea
- For amazon.com
- The thing with RH is resolved
- For my Halloween Mickey mug
- That I got lunch and kind of dinner today
- For weekends
- That I got 2nd today
- For water
- For the warm water in the shower
- For our neighbors
- The times I get to talk and chill with my parents
- For shorts
- That my trifold is done
- DSI did well on his run
- For my ability to draw cartoon cats
- For the new School Committee L Rep
- I got to see DSI show real grit and determination at his race today
- For A and Z
- DSC joined me and DDR for our workout today
- I got 92 pieces of trick or treat candy
- DDR is thirteen
- For Duck Life
- For the beautiful lilies from our neighbors
- For the big blue house
- For the O Taxi Service
- That the thing I voted on for celebration won
- I’m now rich
- I got to miss church
- I’m done with my social studies project
- My husband brought home Boston dinner today
- For sushi
- For LB’s howl
- That DSI has become more willing to try new food
- That I am now thirteen
- I had my PLP
- Ann talks to me
- For EG
- I got to have movie date night with DDR
- For SF
- For cider donuts
- I successfully got the big red ball from DSI
- For Mandy
- For Paige
- It’s October
- I’ve not had to clean up after EG for 24 hours
- For apples
- For the flashlight app on my phone
- DSI has a coach and two uncles who know a lot about running
- For my GIANT trick or treat haul
- My husband talks me through my goals
- We got the 5/6 team we got
- For vision spheres, scent sponges, touch stumps, gravity connectors and ears
- For Zone Bars
- To have time and space for new projects at work
- DSI’s meet was right next to BBQ
- For keeping it 1600
- My wife and I had another episode of Westworld to watch
- For the big blue house
- For our Disney Chase Visa account
- To help my wife with her goals
- I got to go trick or treating with my friends
- For DDR
- For America Ninja Warrior
- For the P Cross-Country rain tent
- For Google Docs
- For finding a new show to watch with my husband
- For DDR. Happy Birthday!
- My kids are becoming good storytellers
- That giant bed thing I sleep on
- For RWBY
- For Tricia’s help on Wednesday nights and DDR’s dance class
- For Power BI
- I got the IP wo the lucky block server
- For birds
- For our victory over AM
- For leaves
- Paul was able to stay for so long
- For sleeping in
- It’s the weekend
- For water
- For cider donuts
- My wife is feeling better
- For our furnace
- Dad made extra chocolate chip peanut butter cookies that he put in the freezer for later
- For movies
- For chocolate
- For the afternoon watching Nightmare Before Christmas and The Corpse Bride
- For P Cross Country
- For sweet little Hamilton kitties
- For my cross-country team
- For my wife’s blog
- For The Simpsons
- That my husband tries to calm me down about the election
- Work ended
- For OYT
- I haven’t seen any clowns lately
- I’m not vegan
- For the ability to hear
- I saw Miss Perrigrine today with dad
- For The Simpsons
- For potted plants
- For the rides home from P with DDR
- For the Simpsons
- For my kind hearted kid who makes sympathy cards for her friends
- For sunrise walks with my husband
- For blow-pops
- For sleep
- For Chinese food
- My mini-gym in the basement
- I located my kindle
- That I get paid for my job
- For bug spray
- The Vikes are on Monday Night Football
- I didn’t have to go to court today
- For Tom’s sermon today on forgiveness
- We have a freezer full of meat
- For mochi
- For walks with my bride
- For over the counter pain relievers and the hot water bottle
- For the charming race at the Cape Cod Fairgrounds
- For Paul S
- Mr. T arranged for enrichment math for DSC
- Today was quite fun
- For the month of October
- John bought me a ticket for Adam Ant in January
- PC had no reaction to her booster shot
- Emma was okay after she rolled her ankle
- I was able to go trick or treating with my friends
- For giant boats full of sushi
- For my husband’s help shopping today
- For sushi
- For the season at SF
- For cookies
- For cider donuts
- Ordering my costume with mom today
- I am away from PC’s extra smelly poop
- I got to see all DSI’s H buddies at rec basketball evals
- For all the growing DDR and DSC did this last year as evidenced by the growth board
- I have good friends
- For PC’s careful attention to my feet
- Everyone is safe after Halloween
- All my kids have good buddies who asked them to go trick or treating
- The Vikings-Bears game is over
- For sleep
- It’s so much easier to set-up new ngage customers
- That my blue wig lasted all Halloween week
- For pepperoni
- EG’s diarrhea is gone
- DSI has a well-paying job that I will work at one day
(* we had an overnight guest, a good pal of DSC, participate with us one day. I included his responses)
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