Thankful Thursday – January 14, 2016

Today’s Thankful Thursday finds me happy that it’s in the 40’s, the snow is melting and the sun is shining.  WOOHOO! I worked most of the week so this will be a quickie; I’m pooped. 1.  This week went flying by.  I believe becos I had to work my two jobs – 4 days of […]

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Thankful Thursday – January 7, 2016

Time for another Thankful Thursday post already???  Let’s not get started on how time is gonna fly so quickly this year!  How was your New Year’s?  Safe and happy I hope! 1.  I had wanted to go to a New Year’s Eve party we were invited to, but went to a last minute Christmas party […]

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Thankful Thursday – December 31, 2015

Did you have a Merry Christmas?  This Thankful Thursday post has me wishing you a belated Merry Christmas and an early Happy New Year! 1.  It was a nice quiet Christmas for Mister and I opening presents in the morning before we headed out to visit my father-in-law at the nursing home.  Our little family […]

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Thankful Thursday – December 24, 2015

So how’s your last week before Christmas going?  This Thankful Thursday post has me thankful that I’m ready for the big day.  But being ready for our family gathering with our children and grandchildren is another story.  I have till January 2nd to deal with that 😉 1.  How about this weather?  I love the […]

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Thankful Thursday – December 17, 2015

How’s everyone’s week going? I thought I just posted for Thankful Thursday.  I CANNOT believe how my time just disappears!  I guess I should know by now that this is just the nature of the season.   I wish winter would seem like that!  Too much to ask? 1.  I finally got my “to mail […]

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Thankful Thursday – December 10, 2015

Last week’s Happy December beginnings turned pretty sour after 7 days.  But the happenings of the past week has made me grateful this Thankful Thursday.  Grateful for my family, my health and all my Blessings.  Mostly to be able to celebrate the Baby Jesus this month. 1.  It’s the time of the month where working […]

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Thankful Thursday – December 3, 2015

Happy December!  First Thankful Thursday post of the month 🙂  The days are getting shorter and Christmas is going to be here sooner than we think…so are ya’ll ready for it?  I’m getting there – earlier than later, for once. 1.  So the day after our quiet, peaceful, calm Thankxgiving Day, we went over to […]

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Thankful Thursday – November 26, 2015

So today is a true Thankful Thursday becos it’s Thankxgiving Day!!!  I hope ya’ll are having a truly blessed one.  This is the first year that we are not having a huge family get together and I’m enjoying it to the max.   🙂  It’s been a quiet one with no hectic-ness/stress.  Tomorrow we will get […]

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Thankful Thursday – November 19, 2015

I’m a happy Thankful Thursday poster today!  Why?  Cos I have a week off from work and getting quite a bit done catching up to home tasks/projects.  How’s your week going? 1.  I’ll start off with my traveler tidbit:  Stoney came in for some information and signed the guestbook.  When he got to the column […]

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Thankful Thursday – November 12, 2015

Happy Thankful Thursday post day, ya’ll!  I’m so glad the “work two jobs” time of the month is done.  Sometimes it seems like a long two weeks yet they fly by in a blur.  #oxymoron   Is your week going well? 1.  We were closed for Veteran’s Day this past week.  A holiday throws the regular […]

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Thankful Thursday – November 5, 2015

Hey you guys!  I’m pressed for time – it’s that “work two jobs” time of the month and the days are flying by!  How’s your Thankful Thursday going for ya’ll?  How are you liking the time change and driving home in the dark?  You know my answer. 1.  I’ve worked 4 of the last 7 […]

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Thankful Thursday – October 29, 2015

Hi there peeps!  The days are getting noticeably shorter.  We will be turning our clocks back this weekend and just like that I’ll be leaving work in the dark again.  *sigh*  I am determined not to complain (too much) this Thankful Thursday post or anytime over the next several weeks. 1.  I made it back […]

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Thankful Thursday – October 22, 2015

I’m in the middle of my annual working conference at the moment, so this Thankful Thursday post will be short and sweet. 1.  My dizzy spells have subsided and I haven’t had any ‘episodes’ of anxiety while being here two hours from home.  I thank God becos I did not want to have something happen […]

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Thankful Thursday – October 15, 2015

It’s time for another Thankful Thursday post and this will be a quickie as I feel hurried.  I did get a wake-up call earlier in the work week to slow down tho.  I don’t like wake-up calls.  Kinda like a loud annoying alarm! 1.  So on the 4th, I saw some angles w/prism lights in […]

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Thankful Thursday – October 8, 2015

Did you notice it’s getting darker earlier now?  Who could miss that – especially if you are active or work outside.  I’m so not looking forward to the shorter days.  I’m really trying hard to feel blessed this Thankful Thursday as I feel the stress and slight depression setting in. 1.  With the shorter days […]

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Thankful Thursday – October 1, 2015

I don’t mean to sound negative, but I really am starting to stress the upcoming colder weather and winter 🙁  I know I need to stay on top of it and just feel blessed it’s not freezing yet.  So here’s to a cooler, but not freezing Thankful Thursday post.  lol 1.  We finally got to […]

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Thankful Thursday – September 24, 2015

Hey, I’m Thankful Thursday posting on a perfect weather day!  It’s been in the lower 80s – just my kind of weather.  I know it’s impossible for Iowa, but I wish it would stay like this all year round!  I take it your week has been a good one? 1.  My baby girl took a […]

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Thankful Thursday – September 17, 2015

Weather-wise this past week was almost perfect – low 80s…not too hot and not too cold.  Goldilocks would have liked it lol  It actually thunder stormed this morning and we had some rain which our gravel road needed.  I feel blessed this Thankful Thursday 🙂 1.  We went to a wedding reception on Saturday.  It […]

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Thankful Thursday – September 10, 2015

So they said it was gonna get warmer this week.  Well, it’s been that and more –  hot and humid – in the 90s plus.  That’s Iowa for ya…ever changing weather.  So my Thankful Thursday post is being typed in humidity lol 1.  I had to work the Labor Day holiday weekend at the Welcome […]

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Thankful Thursday – September 3, 2015

Hey everyone!  How’ve you been holding out with the cooler weather?  I’m typing my Thankful Thursday post with my sweater on 🙁  I’m stressing out already about winter coming.  But someone told me it’s gonna get back to warm weather next week.  Yay!! 1.  One of our daughters and son in law bought a puppy […]

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Thankful Thursday – August 27, 2015

How is everyone this week?  This Thankful Thursday post brings me almost back to normal.  Not too much has happened since my mother-in-law’s passing, but that’s kinda good news.  I didn’t need any distractions while trying to get back to normal. 1.  This week has been mostly working and working out.  I had to work […]

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Thankful Thursday – August 20, 2015

This week’s Thankful Thursday post is one of the shorter ones.  It’s been a bit of a blur, but I’ll do the best I can. 1.  My mother-in-law passed away a week ago and we buried her 2 days ago.  It was a long Visitation – 4 hours.  Everyone loved her!  She had an infectious […]

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Thankful Thursday – August 13, 2015

I start this Thankful Thursday post with a sad “highlight”.   My mother in law passed away today.  I’m sad for her descendants. 1.  We knew this was coming someday.  She’s had alzheimers for I really don’t know how long, but she’s been in the nursing home 14 months.  She stopped eating solid food several […]

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Thankful Thursday – August 6, 2015

Can you believe the first week of August is just about gone and it’s time for another Thankful Thursday post?  The weather cooled down just a little this past week – down to the mid 80s lol 1.  This week brought more friends and family stopping in at work.  A friend from church who I […]

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Thankful Thursday – July 30, 2015

I think I blinked my eyes and Thankful Thursday just popped up that quickly again.  lol  I know I said this before, but I “must be having fun” – as the saying goes.  Sheesh! 1.  My grandson stopped and surprised me with a visit on his way to work again.  I love that kid!  But […]

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