mid-summer blues?

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rubbish!!

no time for that!

counting my blessings always helps!

101. - 115.

library books

my dad

summer thunderstorms

the girls next door

echo. the shy one. letting me pet him.

lemonade

baseball games

fireworks @ 10 from Kings Island... all summer long!

home grown tomatoes still blooming!

gummy vitamins

perfect pillows

air conditioning

screened in porch

cyber friend -Brandi of The Joy Rebel

silence of the night

getting back to gratitude.

How does time escape? and so quickly... Somedays it seems it's spinning out of control!! Even though I have added to my Gratitude Journal I've certainly been negligent here!! Again I want to Join Ann over here and add to my forever growing list of Hallelujahs. But before I start my list I wanted to share just a bit. Have you ever noticed that a lot of times when we make a commitment to something that seems it should be "oh... so easy" to accomplish that is when 'stuff' creeps in and it all of the sudden it is "oh SO challenging"? The 'stuff' comes from all sides ready to tear us down. I've been having some challenges lately and I've decided that "STUFF" is NOT GOING To get in my way again! I'm going to move forward and do something that I usually don't feel like doing! I'm going to be grateful for the "STUFF"! ... funny too as this looks to also be quite a few of Ann's blessings and what her blog list contains. So I'm in good company for sure!

76. ~ 100.




writing it out

headaches

confusion

misunderstandings between friends

feeling stuck

the summer heat setting in

failed tomatoe plants

missing my girls

talking to P.E.T. and getting talked back!

lack of planning

late nights

early mornings

humidity

loneliness

feeling inferior

snail mail ❤

a reliable vehicle

my guy

company

silence

missed opportunities

new opportunities

my camera

breakfast for dinner

old friends

giving gratitude in all things..

This Monday I join Ann in giving thanks in all things.

11.for the little girl who loves to screech just to hear it echo in the back yard

12.for the ducks who think the bird seed is put out for them

13.for the elderly neighbors next door who are replanting their yard for the third time

14.for the family that lives down the street and have yet to put ANYthing into their back yard..not even a patio or a deck

15.for the sweet little girls next door who no longer have a Dad

16.for a husband who works too hard and still finds time to take care or the ones he loves

17.for kitties that eat too much ... then toss their cookies on the carpet

18.for the breeze that knocks the blinds in and out in and out in and out

19.for the plane up above taking people to and/or from vacations, work, their families and home

20.for Ann (with no fancy e at the end) who inspires me every time she posts a blog




echo watching the rain

gratitudes...

Once again I am joining Ann Voskamp and The Gratitude Community by counting my multitude of blessings.

Hers is a must read... but I love this realization:

"“God doesn’t ask me to be perfect; He asks me to praise.”

I love love love that. Now if I can just remember it!

Oh and this just expounds her thoughts:

"I simply need have a grateful heart to give Him glory.


Gratitude in all things is the only thing God asks.

Can I take each seeming problem and turn it back to praise?

That alone is the one thing that is needful."

6. waking up to the birds tweeting their 'good morning'

7. sleeping with the windows open

8. getting dirty hands while planting flowers and herbs

9. for the doctors and nurses caring for Chris

10. for warm mornings

Multitudes on Monday...

Today I am joining Ann Voskamp and The Gratitude Community by counting my multitude of blessings.

"With the voice of joy and thanksgiving,
a multitude keeping festival..."

~Ps.42:4

1. the rain
2. the beginings of spring
3. the quietness
4. God's grace
5. the birds