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

Eid mubarak, crescent and all our Muslim sisters. May God bless you all.

Qumquat, am very glad things were a bit better yesterday. I love to watch babies when the begin to explore, they are an endless source of joy.

gratitudes -
my 5 healthy children
DH has taken DS4 to Glasgow today to try an soak up some of the atmosphere which is apparently fab.
sunny washing again - oh how I love it
more garden ripe tomatoes
food, water, safety and shelter
the sound of next door's little children playing in the garden

My gratitudes this morning - oh, ok, afternoon ...

For a chilled morning at home, listening to music and sitting in the garden companionably with dh
For an interesting few days visiting London whilst with DGP's - went to the Globe theatre on the south bank with DGF (DF) which I hadn't been to before. Lovely walk too along from London bridge by the river in the sunshine, and delicious pizza for lunch too (at Pizza Express) Also some clothes shopping with little DNeice and my two which she (especially) loved. Good to see DSis whilst there too.
For a nice cup of tea and earlier in the garden toast and marmalade

Crescent, Do not be afraid for the Lord your God goes with you ( a little bit of Deuteronomy 31:6). I am so glad that you had a blessed Ramadan and managed to maintain your fast.

Speaking of next doors littlies, they went away for a couple of days and the place was so quiet without them. it just wasn't the same. They are always wandering into my garden for a chat or to show me something that they've found. it's a joy to me. When they came back, the older girl (she's 5) came straight round and asked if I'd missed her, so I was able to tell her in all honesty that I had.

gratitudes

rain to nourish the earth
foodbank continues to help lots of people
friends got back safely from a fab holiday
another friend and I cleaned our our BB cupboard yesterday - now we are just about set for a new session
garden veg ripening and being delicious
food, water, safety and shelter
God's many, many blessings

17 years with DS3. he's a bit of a trial sometimes but he's a wonderful boy, really.

rest
painkillers
family
friends
food, water, safety and shelter
life in a relatively peaceful, stable country
the grace of God and the peace that it brings

I've been struggling for a few weeks, now, crescent. What I really need is a couple of weeks off but that's not going to happen, so I'll just have to make the best of it

gratitudes
more garden tomatoes - yum
food, water, safety and shelter
fruit tea
line dry washing, yesterday
family and friends
foodbank continues to do its job.

gratitudes -

a fab, very, very productive BB staff meeting (with the few staff that we have left) on Wednesday evening. Now we have something positive to take forward.
time spent with my parents yesterday
sunshine and sunny washing
food, water, safety and shelter
delicious cake

Hello everyone :) I am so glad to be back on our thread, I have missed you all dearly and I've been praying for you all.

gratitudes
having a house and home
all 3 broken ankles in our house are now healed!

gratitudes
my mum
peace in our corner of the world

Annunziata, how fab to have you back. Did you have a good holiday and them Commonwealth Games. DH said the town was buzzing during them. He'd never seen Glasgow so busy or happy! He took the kids up a couple of days to see the sights and hear the music (sadly, we couldn't afford tickets), they loved it.

Hope everyone else is well.

gratitudes
sunshine after the rain
food, water, safety and shelter
family
home grown runner beans - I love them!

It was great, really wonderful. I was very proud to be Glaswegian And you, and the kids? Looking forward to going back to uni?

gratitudes
a good drying day today

We're fine, thanks, Annunziata. DS2 is preparing to go back to St. Andrews in 3 weeks. DS3 starts at Stow on the 25th - they seem really, really disorganised this year, must be the effects of this merger. it's the same here where all the local colleges have merged into one Ayrshire college and the whole thing is a shambles (a friend's daughter is a lecturer and they are all in a complete flap because the organisation is so bad.)

gratitudes -
line drying - my favourite
more garden courgettes and tomatoes
some sunshine
flowers

I didn't know the colleges were merging! Are they still in the lovely old red building?

gratitudes
my children

Ds will, as far as we know, have classes in the Stow building along Cowcaddens Road from the bus station. He's not certain because neither is anyone else. Everything seems to be a bit up in the air at the mo. Glasgow Kelvin is a merger of, I think, Stow, John Wheatley and Glasgow North, so they have quite a lot of different buildings around the city. I just wish that it would all settle down so that DS knew what was happening.

gratitudes -
a relatively peaceful and restful weekend
some sunshine
shelter from the rain and wind

sunshine
line dried washing
bumble bees

What a nightmare! You'll want to be all organised with transport as well. I hope they're more on the ball soon.

gratitudes
chickens and eggs

I know. At the minute the plan is for him to get the X44 at 7am every morning, which gets him in in time to walk along to Stow and get to his class etc. But that'll all have to change if he's at a different campus. They haven't even had him in for the core skills test yet and he starts on Monday.

gratitudes -
afternoon sunshine
warm jumpers - I'm really cold just now.
food, water, safety and shelter
children, mine and everyone else's.

Hope everyone is well, it's been a quiet thread recently

gratitudes
DS3 successfully negotiated his first day at college yesterday
sunshine
fruit tea
food, water, safety and shelter
peace
prayer

Yes, I am thinking of all our friends

Thank god your DS was alright, did he have a good day? Was he shattered? I am desperate for mine to go back, I was this close to throwing them into the garden with a football like I used to do when they were off school and annoying me!

gratitudes
chickens
lights

Yes, he was fine, Annunziata, but tired, the shock of getting up at 6am was quite clear to see. It's still a bit chaotic, the college are still trying to finalise their the time table etc. but he seems to have settled well. Lets just hope that he can continue with the early starts - he might even have to start going to bed at a sensible time

Uni holidays as looong, DS2 is pretty keen to get back now, although DS4 will be heartbroken again when he goes

gratitudes
more sun
sunny washing
flowers
home grown tomatoes
friends
family
food, water, safety and shelter
DS3 is settling well at college, please God may it continue

continued sunshine
continued sunny washing
healthy children
a roof over my head
surviving another week

to all, hope everyone is doing OK

Ah, are they close? Mine are all a bundle of big puppies really, I know they would be the same!

gratitudes for
wintery nights (yes, already! it's terrible!) with the curtains closed and hot chocolate
family dinners

Healthy loving dc and dh
Bunches of flowers from the garden for my df who has had a tough year and for our home
Animals we have taken on for the RSPCA who call us whenever they can't rehome knowing we never say no
Homegrown veg and fruit
Cuddles from our ponies
Living in the countryside
Those times living free from emotional and physical pain

Welcome, wotoo, what lovely gratitudes.

Aye, the nights are fair drawing in, Annunziata. It's always the same, once the schools go back, there's the rapid slide into winter darkness

They are very close. Despite the 10 year age gap, DS2 has infinite patience with the wee one and always has time to play with him. it helps that they both like the same kind of geekfest board games and vidoe games. DS4 has even moved out of the room he shares with DS3 and into the top bunk of DS2's room, this holidays because DS2 has a more sensible sleep pattern than DS3. Not many 21 year olds would make room for their 11 year old brother in their hidey hole.

gratitudes -
another dry day
dry washing
flowers
sweet and sour lentils for tea
foodbank continues to be able to meet the need