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Thankful Thursday #48

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This week I’m thankful for…

  • three-day weekends
  • writing over breakfast at a local greasy spoon
  • my little one who beaded a bracelet for me, complete with purple sparkly dolphin bead
  • surviving another round of  parent teacher conferences
  • the little girl on the swings who was writing in her notebook and pumping her legs at the same time
  • vacation
  • Edgar winner, Charlie Price, who asked me to show him some of my pages even after I busted his chops all afternoon at the local Author’s Fair.  Here’s Charlie accepting his Edgar with grace and humility.  I have a lot to learn from him both on and off the page.

Thankful Thursday #47

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This week I’m thankful for…

  • the awesome shark socks my little brother gave me.  The fascination I have with sharks cannot be contained in a week and now my feet can celebrate all year-long.
  • Terry’s vanilla pancakes on a Sunday morning
  • when the message at church hurts so good
  • when spin class takes everything out of me and then some
  • parent teacher conferences being two thirds of the way over
  • Christmas colored Cadbury mini eggs
  • taking my little ones to see Momix Dance Troupe
  • early morning pillow talk
  • a three-day weekend!

Thankful Thursday #46

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This week I’m thankful for…

  • the awesome birthday present I received, especially surprising being that my birthday is in July
  • the pumpkin one of my little ones sewed for me in his sewing class
  • the Cake Pops that same little one brought me.  Come to think of it, I received the Cake Pops and the birthday present on the same day.  Did someone switch my birthday without telling me?
  • the fresh smell of clean sheets as I slip into bed
  • steel-cut oatmeal
  • pedicures
  • driving with the top with the seat warmer on.  Hello, Fall!
  • waking to the sound of wind chimes
  • Terry, who took care of me while I was sick all weekend.  That guy did the laundry, changed the sheets, did the dishes, rented me a movie, rubbed my back and asked hundreds of times if I needed anything.  It’s so lovely to be taken care of.
  • Designer Bruce Mau’s Incomplete Manifesto for Growth.  So much of it applies to my writerly life.  Shoot, so much of it applies to my regular life, too.
  • Another year of NaNoWriMo madness!

Thankful Thursday #45

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This week I’m thankful for…

  • sleeping spread eagle in bed
  • the dollar movie theater
  • walking through piles of leaves
  • hot showers
  • reading in bed
  • morning music to psych me up for work after a couple of particularly hard work days
  • my little one who read this out of his notebook: “I am a fun kid.  I love school.”  This was on the heels of a couple of days wherein he lived out the consequences for peppering the playground with a litany of profanity.  It’s proof once again that children need those boundaries.

Thankful Thursday #44

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This week I’m thankful for…

  • walks on the River Trail with friends
  • stories from my firefighter friend about Fire
  • dried mangoes
  • growing pumpkin seeds with my class
  • How I Met Your Mother
  • broccoli cheddar soup
  • books that make me laugh out loud
  • writing poetry with my little ones
  • Terry’s cologne
  • seedless grapes
  • the fact that I’m still wearing short sleeves and skirts in October