Thankful Me

Thanksgiving Day has come and gone, but my home is still filled with visitors.  I'm thankful for the time I get to spend with relatives, and am thankful for your understanding if I am a bit tardy in responding to your comments this weekend. 

Tweet (I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm on twitter now!  ThankfulMe @ thankful_me ) : Puppy versus philodendron. Puppy in crate. Philodendron relocated to inaccessible office. Hoover wins. Thankful for my carpet cleaner!   Thanks for life's little exciting moments, and carpet cleaners.

When I first saw  this pattern for a reading quilt, I loved the idea.  Open books form the design on the quilt front, and a label on the back serves as a place to record titles of favorite books.  

As this is the 25th week of the Ten Things of Thankful blog hop, I thought I should make this post particularly meaningful.  I'm a glass-half-full kind of person by nature, but I wanted to come up with a post that was a bit challenging for me, and thus this post was born.

"Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we go. . . " Growing up, some years we did go to Grandma's house for Thanksgiving, and other years, the grandparents would come to our house.  

December's visiting teaching message can be found here , and is about the divine mission of Jesus Christ.  I especially liked the quote from Elder D. Todd Christofferson.   Thanks for Jesus Christ, who is the perfect example to follow, and who is the Savior of the world.

This week, my thankful thoughts have been all over the place.  Beautiful scenes, horrific news reports, remembrances . . . and so this will be the "Light and Heavy" edition of Ten Things of Thankful.  I'm thankful for: 1.  A beautiful sunrise and the bright promise of a new day it brings. 2.  Safety for my nephew, who is serving a mission in the Philippines, and the safety of all the LDS missionaries there.  3.  Relief efforts to help the Filipino people. 4.  Spell-check, which pointed out to me again just how strange English spelling can be, and gave me a chuckle.  (Why do we use "Ph" for "Philippines" and "F" for "Filipino"?) 5.  Veterans, especially those from my family throughout the years, who protect freedoms. 6.  The surprising ideas of children .    7.  The friendship that comes through church callings.  The Mormon church is divided into geographical congregations, called wards (or branch...

I had a happy childhood.  As I look back to my growing-up years, I realize that not only did I have fun playing, I had fun working, too.  Fortunately, I have proof that I'm not just making this up.  

With my sister's permission, I share the following conversation she had recently with her youngest child:

My husband's birthday was this past week, so I'm using this week's TToT post to reflect on the various things I appreciate about John. 

Last Thursday, I mentioned how a frustrating checkout experience turned out to be a blessing.   This week, I saw this video and its message resonated with me.  It's only a few minutes long, but it will give you something to think about all day long.

I got to see my granddaughter again this week, and I remembered my camera this time! 

As I've mentioned before, I'm a volunteer puppy raiser for Guide Dogs for the Blind .   My current puppy, Drexel, generally has very good house manners.  When I'm getting ready in the morning, he will stay in a "down" outside my bedroom door . . . except for last Saturday, when he found something else to do.

John often will fix breakfast.  That wonderful gesture is made even better by the fact that his breakfasts are quite tasty.  When I tasted his latest creation, I told him he'd have to make it again so I could take a photo and feature it on the blog.

Often, when I start to compose my Ten Things of Thankful posts, I see a theme develop for the week.  This week was no exception.  I'm thankful I live someplace where I can see critters in my own backyard. an old photo, but it serves the purpose

Yesterday, we celebrated Halloween by going to the church's trunk-or-treat activity.  The adults parked their cars in the parking lot, and the kids went from trunk to trunk.  "Trick or treat!"  "Trunk or treat!"  Everyone seemed to have a good time.