Daily Gratitudes 2014

[Annunziata]

Old thread here

Welcome to our Gratitudes for 2014! The lovely crescentmoon started last years, and we are running out of space. So, here is our 2014 thread-for little things that go well for us each day.

Any MNer can join in! From any faith, no faith, every day, once in a while, everyone is welcome!

I am grateful for
a New Year and new starts
all my grown up DC having a good time at parties and returning home safely
a warm bath and a glass of wine

Imiss, welcome and hello I hope your pregnancy is going well. Have you long to go?

Bish, being able to be at home is a small blessing. it must help you feel a wee bit better.

My friends still haven't heard anything, but they are not hopeful. heads are rolling all around. All this talk of economic recovery[hmm. I don't know, almost everyone I know is in a precarious position work wise. Another friend will find out on the 27th whether she still has a job or not (she works in benefit fraud and all the changes mean loads of folk are losing jobs), my Dh's department has just lost 4 people with more to come (another government related job!). There is no recover here.

Enough of bringing the place down. There are far more good things than bad to think about.

gratitudes
foodbank continues to help people
God gave my very dear friend the strength to get through her beloved husband's funeral on Friday - they had been married over 60years
DS2 is managing exam stress well - yoga is apparently giving him inner peace
DS2's very dry sense of humour
other children are all healthy
a warm bed
food, water, safety and shelter
education
lovely church service yesterday - it was BB and GB closing service, so the formal part of our year is almost over.

Annunziata and Stressed

I'm 24 week pregnant and it's going well, the first few months were hard but I feel great now.

today I'm grateful for a job that's not too busy, I'm feeling on top of my workload so I worked from home and went for a walk in the morning sun with DH.

my little garden that is transforming as the weeks pass.

watching DD with her playdate today was so cute. I was bursting with love and pride.

sunshine
line dried washing
wild flowers
birdsong
friendship

Ooh yes, wildflowers are wonderful aren't they HE - they always lift my spirits. I remember spotting some beautiful little hearts-ease violets in the wonderful Findhorn Valley in the Highlands when we were there last summer .... heart's ease by name, heart's ease by nature

I love wild flowers, Juggling, they're a wee splash of God's love in the most unexpected places.

gratitudes -
Girl's Brigade parents' night went really well last night
sunshine and line dry washing
freely available hot water
food, clean water, safety and shelter
friendship
huggs from my children
DS2's exams are going really well - he is so calm
my parents - it's my mother's 70th birthday at the weekend and I am so grateful that I still have both my parents

Mine for today ....

A lovely blue sky and time to sit in the garden and listen to the birdsong - a beautiful warbler was singing away yesterday
My DS's first Y7 exams also going well HE and just got a well done letter from school about him because he has got lots of points for his house. DD now getting the results of her recent ones and all seem to be going well, though with a heads up that we maybe need to work on timing before GCSE's next year - am so glad that both of them are doing OK, especially emotionally, following our recent bereavement
And for food, clean water, safety and shelter - thankfulness for those simple things is so grounding isn't it?
This thread has been, and continues to be, such a help.
So thanks to those who initiated, continue, and support it

I hope things are better Southern.

Happy birthday to your mum, stressed! Are you having a party?

24 weeks, oh the rest of the time will fly by imiss! Do you know what you're having?

My older DC have got their exams too Juggling, I feel like I am sitting them all with the stress in the house

gratitudes
my daft, funny, lovely DH

Annunziata - Thanks and yes the time is flying past, 25 weeks now and feel really good. We are having a boy so we will have one of each which is lovely.

Gratitudes.

I'm feeling very blessed at the moment for all the wonderful people and things in my life. Especially DH and DD who make me laugh and smile everyday.
The sunshine
delicious food
hot camomile tea before bed

Just off to see if we still have some chamomole tea in the cupboard, I think there's some there somewhere .....

Imisssleep, have you tried chamomile and maple tea. It's lovely.

Annunziata, we didn't have a party but we did have a nice wee family lunch. My folks' health isn't that great, I think that a party would probably have been beyond them. it was lovely, though, very relaxed.

gratitudes
sunshine today - hopefully a nice ashing drying day
supportive friends
everyone is doing Ok at the moment
nice service at church yesterday
food, clean water, safety and shelter
all my needs are met

Daily gratitudes .....

For an interview for a great job (looks perfect for me and there has been some encouragement)
For hope
For my dear DC, go on then, since I'm feeling generous, and for DH

Hi all!

I have been extremely busy these past few weeks and haven't been on MN at all Most unlike me

Anyway, gratitudes:
For the five young people baptised at our church last Friday
For friends I have, near and far
For my DPs who are brilliant and always there for me/us
For the snippet of summer we had over the weekend!

That’s lovely imisssleepandwine :)

at crescent

I’m glad you had a nice weekend with your parents stressed :)

Have you heard about your interview yet juggling? Good luck!

I love this springy sunshine we have just now too wing, although it’s not quite warm enough for me yet! It is nearly reaching the 30s at my brother’s in Italy now already, lucky sod.

gratitudes
my MIL
washing weather
lemonade

sunny day yesterday - nice washing weather
salad for tea
DS3 had a college interview yesterday

Hi annunziata, thanks my interview is on Thursday and I've been to visit two of the pre-schools where I'd be working - they both seemed lovely.

Other gratitudes ...

dd is off for an exciting adventure with her friend (including paint-balling) over the holiday weekend
We have a couple of other things planned over half-term which remind me to be thankful for friends, and family too
Also generally things to look forward to

And time for another I think ....

Good luck for Thursday!

All fine here crescent, up to their usual tricks!

Hope everyone has a lovely harm term holiday!

gratitudes
summer getting closer, even if the weather hasn't heard yet!
tummy mummies and forever families

Can i join?

My gratitudes are..

My beautiful 5 year old, who makes me smile and laugh every day with his wonderful imagination

My beautiful 2 year old, who is starting to develop his own mischievous personality

My DP, who would do anything for me.

Starting my new job this afternoon

Having a roof over our heads and food on the table.

Getting the grass cut whilst the sun is out

Hi, crescent, it's great news. I never really thought that we would get this far with him but here we are. He thinks the interview went OK and he should here sometime in the next couple of weeks. it's just an entry course but it will give him the qualifications and , hopefully, the direction, to move on next year.

Best of luck with the interview, juggling, I hope everything turns out as you hope.

Hello, Vito, how was your first day in your new job? Your gratitudes are lovely, children are all so different and each one of them is a wee blessing. Enjoy them while they are young because they grow up so quickly.

gratitudes -
lighter nights and the odd bit of sunshine between the rain
the awful business with the BB is finally over and, God willing, we are now able to move forward and plan for next session
the support of family and friends
faith and prayer
food, water, safety and shelter
birdsong

Hi stressed :) first day at work didn't go to well, one of my new colleges made it obvious that she didn't like me, ignored me the whole time i was there then i overheard her bitching about me, not very nice :(

But anyway, my gratitudes for today are

Its stayed dry so i managed to get some washing out

My 5 year old, who yesterday got one of those world cup sticker books and decided to create his own stickers by drawing pictures of himself, me and DP and sticking them in his book, he left DS2 out because "he's too little to play football" it really made me smile :)

My DP managing to get in work today and tomorrow for overtime - every little helps

And mumsnet, because after reading the creative writing section ive decided to have a go at writing a book :)

Ciao Vito! What a horrible woman at work :( I hope things get better. Can you have a word with a manager?

I am so glad things are better with BB stressed!

gratitudes
a good book
good food
family recipes

Ooh cheers to good food and crumbly fudge :) well today is a better day, just been packing my suitcases as we are off to Spain tomorrow morning! Bad timing with my new job but it was booked ages ago so my manager doesn't mind. I'm not going to speak to him about that ignorant woman, I'll just give it some time and maybe she'll warm to me, if not well its no big deal, i go there to make money not make friends.

Gratitudes for today...

Managing to get everything packed and ready without too much of a rush

Won £10 on a scratchcard :)

He was so serious as well crescent. Our next door neighbours had a wee terrier and he was genuinely baffled by it. He couldn't understand why you would waste food on it and not get anything back!

Have a wonderful holiday Vito! It will be just getting lovely and warm!

gratitudes
the lovely sky
hardworking DC