Blessings & Gratitude! Forty things I’m grateful for:
1. My husband
2. My parents
3. My kitties
4. Applewood smoked cheddar cheese from England being available at my tiny village grocery store
5. My lovely office
6. Deer in the yard
7. Tea with milk (and how my husband brings it to me every morning while I’m writing)
8. The wood stove (especially in June when it seems crazy to build a fire, but we do it anyway)
9. Sunday Soup
10. The Betsy-Tacy books
11. Online writer friends
12. Eagles
13. Guacamole
14. My husband’s amazing musical talent and the fact that he can play lovely guitar all day long
15. Listening to Cubs radio over the internet
16. British sit-coms on DVD
17. To get to the post office, I have to walk through the enchanted forest
18. Being back on the west coast and virtually allergy-free
19. That our small town has a great recycle centre and thrift store (for getting rid of stuff in my case, and buying stuff in my husband’s case!)
20. Our big blue velvet chair for reading
21. All our new friends in our new town
22. Writing full-time
23. Being able to help others with their queries
24. Living in the woods
25. My wonderful kitchen
26. Knitting
27. Our fabulous local library
28. My health
29. Cuddling
30. Living near the ocean
31. Hot chocolate made with Cadbury Orange chocolate, milk, and cream
32. Fresh baked bread
33. Our neighbour, Carol
34. My wonderful agent, Michael Bourret
35. My critique group – Mum, Wanda, Eileen, and Victor
36. Health care
37. All the music in my life…not just my husband, but our friends and the CDs too
38. Silk long underwear (even in June)
39. My wonderful friend, Eileen Cook
40. The fact that it took me only minutes to compile this list and I could’ve gone on and on…
What a lovely list. Cadbury’s hot chocolate is the best, as is tea with milk and bread (hum notice I am agreeing with all the food/drink items LOL!)
Victor’s fabulous hot chocolate – heck, I don’t know for sure…he always makes it. I think it’s something like this… Pick the cup you’re going to drink out of and fill it 3/4 full of milk and pour into a saucepan (do this once for every cup you’re making). Then fill the cup 1/4 with 1/2&1/2 or cream and add that to sauce pan (again, once for every cup you’re making). Your chocolate is to taste, but he uses maybe 2 squares of plain milk and 1 square of orange chocolate (usually Cadbury!)for every cup. Heat it slowly until the chocolate melts. Add a splash of real vanilla and serve immediately. This is so good and rich that you can probably use small cups. Oh, and I have to ask him to use the milk/cream ratio or he’ll go half milk, half cream! That’s too rich for my blood! Enjoy!
Wonderful list and wonderful idea! I agree with Eileen about your life of abundance. And I’m grateful for you too, my dear! Now, please share your recipe for that hot chocolate… And since the temperature in TN is 95 degrees right now, I am struggling with envy over your current need for silk long underwear. Lucky!
You’d make my list too for certain! You have a wonderful life of abundance.