Elisabeth challenged us all to find gratitude in February, so she created the Finding Joy in Gratitude Collective. Here are my FIGs for last week.
Sunday, February 1 - A candle burning while I'm working out.
Monday, February 2
I made date balls yesterday. They are delicious. Two Costco trips ago, I bought a giant thing of dates and have been trying to replicate a date ball I purchased at a co-op grocery store a decade ago. I haven't quite nailed the dupe, but I have enjoyed my efforts.
I made date balls yesterday. They are delicious. Two Costco trips ago, I bought a giant thing of dates and have been trying to replicate a date ball I purchased at a co-op grocery store a decade ago. I haven't quite nailed the dupe, but I have enjoyed my efforts.
Tuesday, February 3
What's that you see? Not just ANY photo of the community center, but one in which I'm going to my Tuesday night fitness class and it's still daylight! The days are getting longer! I can hardly contain how exciting it is that the possibility exists for Hannah to get at least one walk in sun every day.
Wednesday, February 4
I'm in a bit of a media slump right now - books and podcasts aren't hitting in the sweet spot. I downloaded the sadly defunct podcast You're the Expert and have been relistening to the episodes and they are so so funny. Let's all be happy for smart people discussing smart things in a funny way.
Thursday, February 5
My boss asked us to set up a room to have a virtual option for one of our meeting about three minutes before the meeting started. My colleague was able to get it set up and we only started about three minutes late. Go her! I'm grateful she was there to help out. (And now I know how to do it for the next time.)
Friday, February 6
Yay for watching the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics with my husband. You would think we were some sort of expert on things like dancing, fashion, and how annoying Shawn White is. Winners: The scarves on the athletes for Great Britain, the hats from Colombia, the crowd booing Vance, the Jamaicans always having a good time, the beautiful Psyche/Cupid dance, and how cool the Olympic rings looked. Losers: The crowd booing the one poor athlete from Israel, Mariah Carey's boring and out of place performance, the split city thing so that the poor athletes in Cortina got half-assed everything, Snoop Dogg - just everything he did annoyed me, especially when they had him on instead of the Haitian athletes, and Shawn White's constant talk of the snowboarders and where he has traveled.
FYI: I'm going to go ahead and pretend I'm from Canada for the duration of the Games. It seems more fun that way.
I'm grateful for the Olympics to remind me that not all international operations are dismal.
Saturday, February 7
Dr. BB and I went to a Skate & Ski event at a local park. We hiked around and they had these little signs posted on the trail and we had a fun time spotting them and reading them. I'm so grateful he's feeling well enough for outings like this and that our community has events like this.
What are you grateful for today?
I’ve put the O’s on once or twice because it seems like the thing to do, but I don’t find myself overly interested.
ReplyDeleteOh, well. It's not for everybody. It will be the majority of my blog content for the next three weeks.
DeleteHow weird am I that the first thing I noticed about your beautiful community center is HOW CLEAR THE WALKWAYS ARE? Once a shoveller, always a shoveller.
ReplyDeleteI am petty and small, I guess, but I take more than a little satisfaction in the booing of JDV. Of course, to them, it's further evidence of the distastefulness of foreigners.
I am grateful for:
*my morning coffee
*Jared, Jordan, and Theo living soveryclose now
*my thriving little basil plants in their mini greenhouse cubbies
*it's actually sunshiny today!
Yeah, they get the sidewalks clean by using a lot of salt. I'm actually really sad by that because it's right on the river. It's not great, to be honest.
DeleteYeah, I wasn't upset that Vance got booed, but I am upset that the US has such a terrible international reputation.
The days are getting longer - yes. 💜
ReplyDeleteI'm grateful for sunshine and dogs laying at my feet as I write this.
YES!! Here's for dogs and sunshine. I'm in on celebrating those.
DeleteImpressed that you've burned a candle that far down - I have a bad habit of accumulating candles and not using them. Glad Dr. BB is feeling a bit better.
ReplyDeleteGrateful for a quiet weekend with my husband in town (and not only because it snowed a lot Friday and Saturday) and my kids being in good places right now. And my friends, especially the group chat ones who keep me from spiralling or sinking too far.
The point of the candle is to burn it all the way down! I like to see how much time I've spent working out.
DeleteI’m also impressed by the walkways at your community center. I’m thankful for the warm weather we’ve been having, and that the forecast is that we should be getting rain soon. We really need it, it hardly rained at all in January. I’m thankful for the later sunset as well, and that I don’t have to go to a Super Bowl party today. I’m going to stay home and read instead.
ReplyDeleteMan, if it rained here that would mean that it was above freezing. That would be amazing.
DeleteDr. BB and I pretended the Super Bowl wasn't happening. We are snots about the NFL.
I’m also a snot about the NFL. Head injuries and brain damage do not do it for me.
DeleteYay for longer days and Hannah being able to get a walk in the light. I'm so glad to hear Dr. BB is improving. We had some rain yesterday which we needed, plus as a bonus it didn't rain during the time we needed to walk to and from church.
ReplyDeleteThat's perfect timing for the rain!
DeleteI can't wait to walk down by the river again in the morning. It just needs to be about 20 degrees warmer before I even think about that though!
ReplyDeleteHannah and I have done the river walk a couple of times in the last week or so. It's been nice!
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ReplyDeleteCodex: These are the generational wealth superwealthy. Poverty doesn't affect them. Wars are a nuisance. Houses all over the world. If you have 50 billion and you lose 49 you're still fine.
Archer is a floppy rag an untalented lawyer serving his needs. The attraction is inferred was always there. A person seems one thing when you meet them and turn out meh.Codex: These are the generational wealth superwealthy. Poverty doesn't affect them. Wars are a nuisance. Houses all over the world. If you have 50 billion and you lose 49 you're still fine.
Archer is a floppy rag an untalented lawyer serving his needs. The attraction is inferred was always there. A person seems one thing when you meet them and turn out meh.
Your community centre is GORGEOUS. Every time you talk about it, it makes me smile. I'm so glad you have such a wonderful resource in your community.
ReplyDeleteWoot, woot for Dr. BB being up to going on a winter adventure.
Stay tuned for all my FIGs on Wednesday <3
Ugh -- last minute meetings are so stressful! I'm glad you and your colleague got it worked out so quickly.
ReplyDeleteThe skate and ski date sounds wonderful, so outdoorsy and nourishing and romantic. I'm really glad your husband is feeling better and hope that there are many days of increasingly better health ahead.
I'm so glad Dr. BB is feeling well enough for winter adventures!
ReplyDeleteRe. why the Israelis are being booed. A member of the Israeli bobsled team is a reservist in the 188th Armored Brigade, a brigade that carried out the triple-tap attack on journalists at Nasser Hospital. (Israel killed the Palestinian people in the hospital, then waited for more Palestinian people to show up to help the victims, then killed THOSE people, then waited again for Palestinian people to help, and killed THOSE people. Three rounds of slaughter, targeted at people trying to help each other survive. Truly psychopathic.)
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