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

gratitudes
family
Skype
love

Gratitudes:
My DPs
The wonder of majestic mountains (in Sochi!)
Friends

Thanks and dipping back in already :)

Gratitudes:
For seeing two very close friends today who reminded me that I have some beautiful people around me.
Summer holiday plans seem to be coming together, exactly as I had visualised them. Just had a fantastic offer from someone who will enable my holiday dreams to come true this summer at a fraction of the price so THANK YOU.
Oh and it was sunny today!

Oh and seeing as people are mentioning the Winter Olympics, is it naughty of me to thank German athlete Andreas Wank for NOT changing his name and giving me a good laugh listening to the TV presenter trying not to laugh!!??

Morning all! I often come back to this thread on a Monday as I sit down at work and need to try to be grateful!
So, I'm grateful that:
I have a job -OK, it's hard work and I'm not enjoying it right now but it's not boring and it pays well
DD2's birthday party went well yesterday (and that I don't need to think about organizing another one till the summer - I have DD1 and DD2 in the 6 weeks after Christmas and it's always a mad rush!)
That we are not flooded on my area.

central heating
hot soup
shelter
friends
faith

Evening all.

I have a job -OK, it's hard work and I'm not enjoying it right now but it's not boring and it pays well.
Ditto this Poledra. In fact, I'm working again tonight partially because I didn't have a productive day today

For no flooding here too.

For food in the fridge and cupboards and on the table without having to think where the next meal is coming from.

For the sunshine and the snow we had today
For a good long walk to blow away the cobwebs!

Hope everything's okay crescent.

Today's gratitudes:

For the gift of music and singing
For laughter
For my DH painting the kitchen cupboard doors, when I have meant to do it for the last 2 years (and even bought all the paint etc)

Do you have a lovely fresh kitchen now Wing? Early spring cleaning :)

Hope you are alright, crescent, you know to shout if there's anything we can do!

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a nice warm coat

Is everything all right, crescent. You know you can always talk to us if you need to.

gratitudes -
the support of good friends
prayer
faith
shelter
hot food and clean water

I have happy news. DS1 and his partner got engaged yesterday, so an exciting time for them

So did my DS1 this morning stressed! We can be MILs together!!!! Congratulations to them. Have you calmed down yet? I am still laughing

I am grateful for love :)

Congrats you two ladies! How wonderful :)

So much to be thankful for today - number one is that I made it through the week and finally got all my work out. It's been a nightmare couple of weeks!
Also for my gorgeous DCs who make my mood lift when I see them
And I'm very thankful for the weekend and the promise of nice family time that I can rally enjoy without having to think about work for a day or two :)

Glad things are OK, crescent. I was worried about you. Being able to talk to your husband about things is a blessing indeed. May you continue to be such a support to each other. Good luck with the interview.

Annunziata, how wonderful! TBH, it wasn't entirely unexpected, they have been together for 5 years. But exciting, happy news and a very bright spot in an extremely difficult week for me.

I have had to resign from something that I really love and that is very important to me because my male colleagues continue to make discriminatory comments about my (female) colleague and I not being able to do as good a job as a man would and our charges needing a man to look up to and to be a suitable role model for them.

I am actually distraught over this because I do love the activity so much and because my colleague and I do a really, really good job. Just being a man doesn't mean that someone else would be better at it.

gratitudes
crescent is Ok
happy children
over the counter meds for DD, she has yet another throat infection
food, water, shelter and safety
the love and support of family and friends

That is rotten stressed :( Eejit. It was a bit more of a surprise for us, but they went to Paris so when they told us that we were all expecting!

I am glad things are looking up, crescent and best of luck for your interview, I am sure you will do absolutely brilliantly!

Thank you wings, I hope you enjoy your weekend

stressed that's horrible to have to do that :(
crescent good luck with the interview :)

Hope you all had a lovely weekend?

I've been down to London for work today and I'm knackered after getting up at 5:15 and having meetings solidly 10-4pm with a working lunch before leaving to catch the train home!

I'm helping to lead a ladies' night at another church tonight and I'm speaking for about 10mins at it. Bit nervous as although I present lots professionally, when it's to do with your faith it's more personal, isn't it?

Aaaaanyway, gratitudes:

• for the fact that it's light now while I'm on the train so I can stare out of the window at the lovely countryside
• that my meetings went well
• for my DPs who have got DS today and overnight and took him to the Lego movie today and out for a special tea. I spoke to him a few mins ago and he is having a great time

Prayers are with you, crescent and Wing

DS4 is desperate to see the Lego Movie. Perhaps DH will be able to take him at the weekend.

Foolishly, I am still very upset. I've not been sleeping properly or anything because of this. I keep worrying about all the disruption to my boys. The section might even have to close because 1 man is too proud to apologise. I think my colleague and O might take the whole thing further, tbh. Jesus saw the value of women and treated them with respect and care, it's a joke that, in this day and age, mature, supposedly Christian men can't do the same.

gratitudes
central heating is fixed - hooray!
warm water
hot food and drink
family and friends
shelter from the weather
books and the ability to read

Gratitudes today :)

-Impromptu invite to play date with dd and new friends
-Having dinner in bed infront of the telly because I am single and dd is asleep (such a luxurious treat, sounds crazy I know)
-Thinking today how lucky I am that I get to spend so much time with dd and watch her growing up
-For friends far and wide who get in touch and remind me that there is a lot of love around me
-And to echo Wing above....for chocolate

stressed you sound very stressed :( Perhaps you could post something on the prayer thread on here?

giggle, sounds like a fun day :)

DS loved the Lego Movie. In fact I'm wondering if we can squeeze on another showing this week so I can see it! My DPs thought it was brilliant too.

Gratitudes:
For a good night's sleep even if DD does wake too early
For the feeling of having got through a recent peak of work
For the unspoken mutual bond we have in friendships based on faith.

Thank you all for your prayers. it is the BB, crescent. 1 man is, essentially, destroying the company because of his prejudices. Hopefully, the higher ups will be able to do something about it. Jesus recognised the worth of women and the early church was full of us, so it's totally galling that, in this day and age, others within the church community can't. I will just have to get on with things and leave it to God to sort out, but that's hard sometimes.

I didn't realise that you could get women only mosques! Some churches have special services just for women/men and women's'/men's groups. They make a nice change because they can focus on different issues and concerns from normal.

gratitudes -
a nice evening with a friend last night, counting all the money my wee BB boys have saved/collected for Mary's Meals. So far this year, we have nearly £250 and we have filled 5 backpacks full of basic school stuff, clothes, shoes and basic personal hygiene things. Not bad for 6 wee boys. ]
busy day at foodbank yesterday - I never know whether I should be grateful for this or not
a warm house
food and clean water
cuddles from the children
heard from DS2 yesterday, he is doing well and has his accommodation sorted out for next year now.

I love Mary's Meals, stressed. They made a film earlier this year, have you seen it? Hard to watch but very very touching.

I am also grateful for chocolate and handbags

I haven't seen the film, annunziata, but when the Mary's Meals lady came to talk to the boys, she brought a wee DVD of children before and after they had received their backpacks. It reduced some of my boys (and me) to tears. They couldn't believe the way some kids have to live, eating their porridge with a leaf because they don't have a spoon etc. So most of them have worked really hard at saving their pennies and collecting things. I'm very proud of them. We will be able to feed over 20 children for a year with the money they have collected