I’ve been decluttering for some time now and this week I tackled some of my books.  I found a few recipe books that I don’t use so those will be going to Goodwill.  But there are several that I have collected over the years from my visits home to Maui.  I decided to try a […]

How was your week since my last Thankful Thursday post?  Mine has been a little warmer temperature-wise.  And I have a few things to be grateful for again this past week 🙂 1.  I got to spend time with two of my daughters and my daughter-in-law for a Girls Getaway in one of the close-by […]

Oh yea!  The grass is getting greener in our yard!  Woohoo!  Now if the temps would just catch up…  I guess I’ll post my Thankful Thursday highlights for the week while we wait.  lol 1.  Got to see quite a few of my family this week!  Mister and his aunt stopped by work on Easter […]

Ok, so it didn’t get up into the 60s right away this week, but it did toward the end of this Thankful Thursday week.  I believe it will get warmer starting tomorrow (I hope!). 1.  Mister went back to work almost two weeks ago and is already into working 6 days a week even tho […]

Hello Thankful Thursday post readers 🙂 It’s a beautiful sunny spring day…the temps are still a bit cool but I hear it’ll be in the 60s next week.  Woohoo!  It’s been a busy week so far…so much I’ve had to catch up on and so much still to catch up on. 1.  I’m feeling pretty […]

Hallelujah, I’m back to normal…more or less haha  I’m just behind a little and playing catch up the last few days.  Here’s my Thankful Thursday highlights post for this week. 1.  I was scheduled to work on Friday the 13th so I went in, but was feeling the pain before I got there.  Within a […]

Ok, this is gonna be a bit short!  I have been sick and down with the stomach flu since late Monday nite and do not feel very good.  But I’m gonna get this Thankful Thursday post out becos that is what I want to do. 1.  So we set our clocks ahead for Daylight Savings […]

Oh my gosh!  It’s like DAYLIGHT when I leave my building at work and for a good part of the drive home.  I can almost not turn my lights on to drive!  Woohoo!  Here’s my Thankful Thursday highlights for the week. 1.  We got to see one of our grandsons do his solo performance in a […]

Woohoo!  I can still see the buildings and fields when I get home around 6:25 from work! I AM EXCITED!  (can you tell????)  Soon I won’t need to have my lights on when leaving work.  Here’s my happy highlights for this Thankful Thursday post. 1.  I mentioned in last week’s post that one of our […]

Hey it’s Thankful Thursday again and the highlight that has me the most excited is that the days are getting longer!  I can actually see most of the fields and buildings while driving home.  Woohoo!  Daylight Savings Time and Spring are coming!!! 1.  Do you celebrate Valentine’s Day?  We haven’t for a few years.  I […]

So although there isn’t an animal sighting and not much new snow this week to report, I have an “animal sighting in the snow” highlight.  What???  Read on….my Thankful Thursday post for this week follows. 1.  This is kind of a funny highlight – well, at first it sounded scary but I think I’ll chalk […]

Happy New Month guys!  It’s a short one so maybe that’ll allow spring to come faster lol  I have a few highlights for my Thankful Thursday post today.  No animal sightings but did see lots of snow 🙁 1.  I had the weekend off work and was so happy and grateful becos we had a […]

Can you believe the first month of the new year is almost over?  I’m not.  lol  Guess it’s time for my Thankful Thursday post.  And here we go! 1.  I’ve been able to handcraft more greeting cards this week.  I’m really enjoying that ‘me’ time 🙂  I decided to just create them and later will […]

It’s time to share what I’m grateful for this week..highlights and not so happy things.  Yep, time for my Thankful Thursday post. 1.  Mom called to tell me that she won’t be doing the second surgery that the doctor wants her to have.  He did not get all of the tumors out the first time […]

Are you staying warm?  I can’t complain too much this winter.  It’s not just about a Thankful Thursday post for me; I’m grateful every day of the week and I often feel very blessed. 1.  I worked my part-time job at the lawyer’s on Friday and Mister ran errands in town mid afternoon (he was […]

Hello and Happy New Year!  I think I might have said that in my last Thankful Thursday post, but seeing as I was a bit ill last week, I ask that you cut me some slack lol  I do have a few highlights for this week… 1.  Our baby girl came over for a visit […]

Happy New Year!  WOW!  Another one has left us and it’s time to pursue new goals.  It’s also time to share another Thankful Thursday post.  May God Bless us all in this New Year.  Hau’oli Makahiki Hou (Hawaiian style)!! I picked up some flu-like crap – it could have been a cold, who knows (I’ve […]

Happy Thankful Thursday post.  And Merry Christmas to ya’ll.  Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian style)!! 1.  Since I usually do my posts in chronological order of the week, I’m afraid I must start with the phone call I received from my Mom telling me that the tumors that were removed are malignant.  She may be having a […]

Exactly one week to Christmas.  Then Jesus will be born again 🙂  It’ll be time for opening presents and the countdown will begin again.  lol  What a cycle!   For now, in this shorter (weekly) cycle, it’s time for a Thankful Thursday post sharing my gratitude for my blessings. 1.  We rushed to the nursing […]

It’s time to share what I’m grateful for this week..highlights and not so happy things.  Yep, time for my Thankful Thursday post. 1.  Mister had his work Christmas party over the weekend.  It was scaled down from previous years….no company customers, no live band, the food was not catered, etc.  And it was actually enjoyable…cozy […]

So have ya’ll been having an awesome productive week?  It’s time to share my Thankful Thursday post and I’ve been up and down, but mostly up so it’s still good 🙂 1.  Mister and I both had the day after Thankxgiving off so we decided to go shopping in the city – to the Asian […]

Happy Thankxgiving! It is truly and literally a Thankful Thursday right on the holiday.  I hope everyone is enjoying their special time with family and/or friends.  I know I am very grateful for all of my blessings. 1.  We celebrated Thankxgiving with our larger family combined with my in-laws’ 63rd wedding anniversary last Sunday.  They […]

Another week has gone…flown by!  I hope yours has been fruitful and full of highlights 🙂  So here’s my Thankful Thursday highlights. 1.  It was time to get an oil change/tire rotation/check up for our ‘new’ car that we purchased in January.  I found out we have more of these under warranty (aka free).  Sweet […]

Happy Thankful Thursday!  I hope your week has been blessed.  Today is a little different as I’m writing from work.  I don’t usually work on Thursdays, but when the work place closes for a holiday (Veteran’s Day), our schedule gets a bit discombobulated. 1.  I have been on a plateau for weeks now and am […]

Hey!  I hope ya’ll are staying warm.  It’s been really windy in my part of the country.  I’ve had to pull out my coats and boots.  I’m drinking my hot tea as I share my Thankful Thursday highlights for the week with you. 1.  So exactly 4 weeks after the washer repairman left us with […]