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

[WingDefence]

That's a tough position to be in sugar. Something similar happened to my DH just before we moved up north but you have to not let your feelings turn into resentment :(

Gratitudes today:
People polite enough to compliment me this morning on my baking for church refreshments
My DM popping round this afternoon to teach DS chess
My health
The fact that my friend didn't chop his finger off (just sliced it down to the bone!) when he slipped chipping wood last week...

[Annunziata]

Oh that's not moaning sugar, that's a hard place to be. I hope you get through okay, and good luck to your DS!

gratitudes
happy dc
our lovely dinner
sleeping baby

[sugar4eva]

Thank you ! Onward and upward! Gratitude for comments ! : )

[HellesBellesThinksSometimes]

Gratitudes:

I am grateful for how rarely does experience match fear.

I am grateful to have friends who care enough to ask how things are going.

I am grateful that ds is happy.

[wishingyouwell]

Hello wonderful thread.

For these and countless blessings I thank God:

Grateful to have come across such an inspiring thread
For the blessing of mobility
For a home in this recent stormy weather
For having a tap with running water -what a blessing when so many don't.

[WingDefence]

Hi wishing and everyone else :)

Gratitudes:
For having the biggest giggles with DS today because I kept making bum jokes: that's allowed, right?!
For inspirational worship songs that make me feel happy
For my lovely purry cat who decided the warmest place in the house today was sitting right under my desk lamp while I was trying to work!

[Annunziata]

Welcome wishing :)

Grateful
for a few hours to myself yesterday
for Pope Francis praising breastfeeding
music

[stressedHEmum]

Welcome, wishing.

Annunziata, I was telling the children yesterday about Pope Francis. He rocks! i don't know much about the Catholic Church, but he really seems to be what people need - a down to earth, ordinary kind of man who understands what life is like. Nowhere near as remote as some Popes that I can remember. We could all do a lot worse than follow his example, he is very Christ-like, I think. The fruits of the Spirit are very evident in how he speaks and how he seems to live.

gratitudes -
DS2 made it back from Cumbria in one piece
21 years today with DS2 -
shelter from this ongoing dreadful weather
food and water
food bank continues to help many people
feel a bit better today - I have the hospital again on Wednesday to see the Rheumy physio - hopefully she will have some helpful ideas, especially about dealing with the fatigue - I am fed uf of being tired, but I suppose that's the nature of the illnesses.
children happily scoffing pizza for DS2's birthday tea.

[WingDefence]

Oops missed yesterday!

Gratitudes:
For a caring DH
For the rain to water our countryside
For friends

[Annunziata]

21 stressed! I hope you had a really lovely day. Did he get the key of the door?

Unfortunately such a lovely thread has now been ruined by vileness :( Urghhhh.

gratitudes
coffee
DC being able to go to school
DH

[WingDefence]

stressed I missed that bit about your DS being 21! Congrats :)

Gratitudes:

For new MNers who all were brave enough to come to a MN Local meet-up I organised today
For DD being lovely and smiley all day when we were here, there and everywhere
For the hope that faith brings in seemingly impossible situations.

[Annunziata]

I can imagine crescent :( It finished fairly civilly, which wasn't bad. It does get very tiring though. What a world we live in...

gratitudes
a clean house
books
coffee

[Poledra]

Congratulations to stressed's DS2 (and to stressed for getting him this far ).

WingDefence, bum jokes are the best, closely followed by fart jokes. I discovered the dangers of reading classic novels with DD1 the other day - someone was described as 'a real trump' - that's not a compliment in our house...

gratitudes:
following on from having a meeting in London the other day,I am soooo glad I don't usually have a long crowded commute.
all 3 DDs have had fabulous fun days at school this week, as the teachers introduce their new topic for this term
warmth, food and love are in ready supply in my house

[stressedHEmum]

Thanks to all - 21 years of ups and downs but DS2 is doing so well now. it's still a worry, Asperger's never goes away, but things are much better now than they used to be.

gratitudes
food water, shelter and safety
faith and peace
family and friends
love

[Poledra]

Woohoo, greeneyedcat! That is a wonderful gratitude, I am so happy for you. Have some to celebrate tonight (red wine's good for you, of course).

[Annunziata]

greeneyed how absolutely marvellous! my lovely, that is definitely something to be grateful for!

gratitudes
love

[WingDefence]

Great news greeneyedcat!

Poledra, I tend to miss or change words if they are like that and would be misunderstood by DS. I'm reading Charlie & The Great Glass Elevator to him at the moment and I'm skipping paragraphs out because (sorry ) it's actually boring .

Gratitudes today:
For my church family, pulling together in many different ways for the funeral of a church member today

For all the friends I've made up here since we moved

For the beautiful countryside, even when it's chucking it down!

[wishingyouwell]

Thank you all for your warm welcome :)

Gratitudes:
For sunshine today and the sound of the birds outside
For slightly longer days
For my work computer which is functioning much better

[Annunziata]

gratitudes
the extra light this morning
old friends

[WingDefence]

Gratitudes:
For my wonderful DH on his birthday
For my DS for being so excited about DH's birthday!
For DD being such a happy little soul and the fact we get even more interaction with her on a daily basis
For friends & family

[stressedHEmum]

Greeneyedcat, that is wonderful news, long may it continue.

Happy birthday Wing's DH

gratitudes
lovely service at church yesterday
progress making raffle prizes for my Christian Aid Daffodil tea
food bank continues to meet a great need
friend's dad's tumour has shrunk, giving him a few more precious weeks with his family
slightly longer day, today
warm house in this cold weather
food, clean water, shelter and safety
bit less tired today, so have to try not to do too much tomorrow. I will get over this latest crash eventually