Thankful Thursday

This week I'm thankful for the rain we received earlier. Today, I'm thankful for the snow.I'm also thankful that this pretty little cardinal sat still long enough for me to take her picture.And as always, I'm thankful for all of my blogging buddies.

Thankful Thursday

Today I'm thankful that I didn't get lost, rear ended or otherwise mangled in OKC (those folks drive like nuts).

I'm also thankful I found the building I needed over by the Capital without too much trouble.

I'm thankful that I was able to test for a job whether or not I actually get the job. Did that make any sense?

I'm thankful tomorrow there is a Career Fair in Clinton because I'm going to be there bright and early hunting a job.

Thankful Thursday and where I've been

This week I'm thankful for my health. I have bad habits just like everyone else, but I'm working on them.

Weight Watchers this week was good. I came down another 3.6 pounds over two weeks. Remember we were canceled the week before.

Today I'm having fits. Nothing in particular is wrong, I just feel like throwing things and screaming. Do you ever have those days?

Anyway, here's what I've been doing. I found a thrifty artichoke that was painted gold and repainted it almond. I hung these little cross-stitched hearts next to the basement door. On my newly painted walls.I painted this wall and hung this stuff up. Seriously, plaster is hard to hang stuff on. I've been fighting with the quilt rack for a week. Today I got serious and used screws. DH is going to kill me when he figures it out. Everything else is hung with super sticky Velcro.Not satisfied with painting the one little area, I ended up repainting all of the woodwork in the hallway. Here's the telephone niche. See my little uranium glass lamp and the old flycatcher?I bought new-old china. It's not really that old. They quit making this pattern in 1985, the year I graduated high school. It's made by Royal Jackson and is the Celebrity pattern in platinum. I paid five bucks for the whole mess. Service for 8 with only 5 cups.Other than that I've just been puttering around.

Tomorrow we're going to NM so we can pick up a grandfather clock and snuggle the grandbaby. I could care less about the clock, but I need some baby time.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week and has an even better weekend.

Thankful Thursday

Our country is facing many changes in the coming months and years. Some may be good and others, not so much.

So on that note, this week I'm thankful that while I'm not employed we can make it on DH's salary. I'm thankful our home and vehicles are paid for in full. I'm thankful that I prefer cheap, used, and thrifted which makes DH's paycheck really stretch. I'm thankful that we live within our means.

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful start to 2009. I have high hopes for the coming year.

Today was a busy day and it felt really good. DH is getting ready to go hunting again and so he's been preoccupied with gathering his stuff up so he can leave tomorrow.

I managed to get the tree down and the living room back in order. I still need to muscle the boxes down to the basement, but overall I got a lot done.

We took the kids swing set down and moved it over to my sisters so now my yard can recover and I'll have a new spot for the porch swing this summer.

I got the Christmas quilt top finished this afternoon. It took about 15 minutes. Don't laugh. I may try quilting it tomorrow if I can find my backing fabric. I'll be ready next Christmas. My poor sewing machine didn't remember me and wouldn't cooperate for a bit. We're friends again and ready to sew.

Mom came over for dinner and I filled her up on black-eyed peas, fried okra, cornbread, onions, and tomatoes. For desert we had spiced peached cobbler from the peaches I canned this summer. Good stuff.

Since today is also Thankful Thursday I'd better put it out there. I'm thankful that I get to see 2009. I'm thankful that I have a husband who loves me and puts up with my nonsense. I'm thankful for my mom who also loves me and puts up with me. Overall I'm a very blessed person and for that I'm so very thankful.

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful that today is Thanksgiving Day and that I was able to spend it with family. Even if I did eat too much.

I'm also thankful for the raindrops I hear hitting the windows. We need the rain and I'll take every drop I can get.

Thankful Thursday

This week I'm thankful that my shoulder feels better even though it's still not great.

I'm also thankful that this is the last trip to NM until December.

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful that the holiday season is almost upon us. As crazy as it sounds.

I'm thankful that Mom is hosting Thanksgiving this year.

I'm thankful that my baby sister is coming home for Christmas. It's been a year since I've seen her and I miss the little snot.

I'm thankful that this year I have the holiday spirit early and I'm looking forward to being with friends and family.

Thankful Thursday

I can't believe it's Thursday again. Where do the days go?

This Thursday I find my self thankful that my shoulder is improving and that it was only dislocated and not something worse. While I'm at it, I'm thankful the box of dishes didn't hit my FIL in the head, although his head is certainly harder than my shoulder.

I'm also thankful that my husband is leaving to go hunting again tomorrow. I love the man dearly, but if he doesn't get his deer this year it's going to be miserable around here.

I'm thankful that the elections are finally over and we can resume our lives. You win some and you lose some, but in the end working together to make the situation better despite your differences is what it's all about anyway.

Thankful Thursday

I remembered!

This Thursday I'm thankful that I'm finally finished with the baby quilt. I'll post pictures tomorrow.

I'm also thankful that this is the last trip to NM until December.

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful that the wind isn't blowing at the moment, that the weather has cooled off, and for the rain we got the other morning even though the thunder scared the snot out of me. I'm also thankful I have the opportunity to live in Oklahoma.

Mom and I are headed to New Mexico tomorrow afternoon. I'll try to take pictures so you can see how flat it is where I came from. Once you see it you'll understand my love of Oklahoma.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. See you Sunday.

Thankful Thursday

I nearly forgot, again.

I'm thankful that this week is nearly over. The last couple of weeks have been a real doozy and I'm ready for it to be done. I'm ready to settle down into a hum-drum kind of time for a change.

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful I remembered on Thursday and not Friday this week.

We received almost 2 inches of rain today and for that I am most thankful. We need the rain any time we can get it.

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful for my friends and family. Without them, I don't know where I'd be or what I'd be doing.

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful for the rain we've received. It's thundering as I type this.

Thankful Thursday on Forgetful Friday

I forgot about Thankful Thursday until today.

This week I'm thankful for our little rain showers. From what I understand, rain in July isn't normal. Although, if someone would like to define normal for Oklahoma weather, I'd be willing to listen.

Thankful Thursday

Hosted by Annie at Life Served Sweet.

I'm thankful for the rain we got earlier this week. I would have liked more, but I'm not going to be greedy.

I'm going through a spot and finding myself unable to mentally and physically do things. I want to grumble about it, but instead I'm trying to be thankful that I have the strength and know-how to be creative. The number of things I can do far outweighs the number of things I can't do.

I'm thankful for the invention of seam rippers.

Thankful Thursday

Today I'm very thankful it's Thursday. I'm whipped.

I'm thankful that we live in a country that allows us to celebrate our independence.

I'm thankful that my husband has a 3-day weekend and wants to spend two of the days with me.

I'm thankful I have a big bathtub just waiting for water and some bubbles so I can go soak.

Thankful Thursday

Hosted by Annie at Life Served Sweet.

I'm thankful for insect spray.

We've been invaded by ants in the kitchen and mosquitoes outside.

Yes, I'm very thankful for insect spray.

Thankful Thursday

Julie stopped hosting Thankful Thursday and I fell off the wagon in a bad way. On that note, Annie is now hosting Thankful Thursday and I'm getting back on the wagon. Thank you, Annie!

Today finds me thankful that it is Thursday and I'm done with school for the week. I gritch and complain about school, studying, tests, etc., I am thankful for the opportunity to go to school.

I'm thankful for my family, especially my mother and my husband. Without those two, I don't think I could make it.

Finally, I'm thankful tomorrow is Friday and God willing, I'll wake up to see it.