Thankful Thursday – July 23, 2015

Hello peeps!  It’s time for another ‘come-so-quickly Thankful Thursday post’.  We’re still having some wickedly humid weather.  I’m so glad I’m in air conditioning at work!  And I’m running up our electric bill at home with the fans running a LOT! 1.  Last Saturday I couldn’t sleep so I got out of bed and decided […]

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Thankful Thursday – July 16, 2015

Ohmygosh, the weather has simply been crazy this last Thankful Thursday week.  We’ve had thunderstorms, humid thick air, and cloudy cool days. #weathermashup 1.  I had family visitors while working the weekend.  First Mister stopped by on his way to the nursing home on his birthday.  Within the hour, our baby girl and her husband […]

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Thankful Thursday – July 9, 2015

How’s the summer going for ya’ll?  The time between my Thankful Thursday highlight posts are flying by.  Please, if you know how to make it slow down, will you let me know??? 1.  There was a mix up with our work schedule and the Friday I was supposed to just work turned out to be the […]

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Thankful Thursday – July 2, 2015

Greetings! It’s been a busy, hectic, negative week around here. So this will be one of the shortest Thankful Thursday posts I’ve done. 1.  Today our son is having neck surgery to screw a plate onto a couple vertebrae to protect the fracture that is close to his spinal cord. Update: it went well (“without […]

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Thankful Thursday – June 25, 2015

Good morning 🙂 It’s time for another Thankful Thursday highlight post which this week I only have a few highlights. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far. 1. Our son made it home this past week as scheduled, but due to some issues, he hasn’t started rehab as an out-patient just yet. We visited […]

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Thankful Thursday – June 18, 2015

WOW!  My Thankful Thursday highlights post times are coming faster and faster each week.  As they say…I must be having fun!  lol 1.  It’s been three weeks since our son fell at work and the plan is that he will be going home tomorrow and be a rehab out-patient.  That’s the good news.  He still […]

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Thankful Thursday – June 11, 2015

What a week it’s been!  Highlights and lowlights….all part of my Thankful Thursday post.  I believe everything happens for a reason…even tho I don’t always know what it is. 1.  Our son made it to a rehab facility closer to home and is making improvements in his physical and cognitive therapy.  For this we are […]

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Thankful Thursday – June 4, 2015

My Thankful Thursday week started on a bad note.  But it has turned into a renewed hope in humankind for me.  I mean I know people are basically good and that there are a certain number of individuals who aren’t whom we hear about that it sometimes overwhelms my brain. 1.  We were notified on […]

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Thankful Thursday – May 28, 2015

How is everyone this Thankful Thursday?  Things are pretty good in this part of the world and for that I am thankful. 1.  Our year old car is still under warranty so I had the privilege of taking it in for a maintenance/check up appointment.  After that I headed to get my grocery shopping done […]

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Thankful Thursday – May 21, 2015

So the beginning of this Thankful Thursday week started with waking up on Friday with stomach pains similar to what started my 8 days of ills in March.  Thank God it lasted for only 2 1/2 days and not as severe. 1.  Mister did some fishing after work on the weekend and brought home an […]

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Thankful Thursday – May 14, 2015

It’s been feeling like fall around here.  Rain, wind and thunderstorms.  Bah!  I hope you’re having better weather this Thankful Thursday week.  How was your Mother’s Day, mothers?  I had a very nice one…heard from all my kids and we went for a lovely brunch to our baby girl and son-in-law’s newly purchased home.  They’ve […]

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Thankful Thursday – May 7, 2015

Hi guys!  I hope you’re having a wonderful week.  I have much to be grateful for this Thankful Thursday.  Working two jobs this past week wasn’t that hectic, thank God.  I scheduled it so I wouldn’t have to work 7 or 8 days in a row and that helped a LOT!!!  #gettingbetteratmyorganizationalskills 1.  A friend […]

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Thankful Thursday – April 30, 2015

There’s not that much to post this Thankful Thursday.  It’s pretty much the same ol same ol at work…construction deterring travelers, catching up to tasks on my days off, another month soon over.  And tomorrow is the time of the month when I start to incorporate working my part-time job into my schedule – so […]

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Thankful Thursday – April 23, 2015

I swear Iowa’s weather drives me crazy!  It’s in the 50s again and so windy the last few days!  It was 45 mph winds a couple days ago and I thought I was going to blow away.  I really try not to complain about whatever weather we have (except for winter weather) becos I know […]

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Rice Pilaf with Toasted Macadamia Nuts

Rice Pilaf with Toasted Macadamia Nuts

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 […]

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Thankful Thursday – April 16, 2015

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 […]

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Thankful Thursday – April 9, 2015

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 […]

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Thankful Thursday – April 2, 2015

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 […]

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Thankful Thursday – March 26, 2015

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 […]

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Thankful Thursday – March 19, 2015

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 […]

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Thankful Thursday – March 12, 2015

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 […]

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Thankful Thursday – March 5, 2015

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 […]

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Thankful Thursday – February 26, 2015

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 […]

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Thankful Thursday – February 19, 2015

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 […]

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Thankful Thursday – February 12, 2015

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 […]

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