Tag: Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday #13

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This week I’m thankful for…

  • SNOW!  Real, honest to goodness, sticking on the ground snow!!!
  • taking my little ones out for a few minutes to catch snowflakes on their tongues and on black paper
  • the little boy who ate the snow off his paper
  • the snowman built by the kiddos next door
  • blowdrying my hair on cold mornings
  • my stepdad, who always says yes when I ask for his help
  • roses from my hubby “just because”
  • good books
  • cucumber green tea body wash
  • the colleague who brought me lunch
  • the feeling that I worked really hard in spin class

Thankful Thursday #12

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This week I’m thankful for…

  • the little boy in my class who used his own money to buy valentines for the class
  • the windmills on Hatchett Ridge at night, all lit up in red lights like a valentine just for me
  • texts from my hubby just to say he loves me
  • realizing I haven’t driven my car for a couple of days because I’ve walked to all my destinations
  • waking up to the sound of rain
  • days when the rain stops just in time to walk to work and stops again for my walk home
  • weekends when my hubby starts the laundry
  • waking up and realizing it was only a dream and I did not, in fact, go to school in my pajamas
  • riding with the top down with my hubby while he sings along to Ray LaMontagne’s “Hold You In My Arms”

Thankful Thursday #11

On By Alicia McCauleyIn Thankful Thursdays3 Comments

This week I’m thankful for…

  • driving with my windows rolled down
  • wearing flip flops in February
  • walking my neighborhood when the sky is clear enough to see the mountains and the rows of windmills turning on Hatchet Ridge
  • taking my little ones to see a play at the theater. There’s just nothing like a theater full of laughing children.
  • the little boy who came back from the theater and wrote in his notebook that he loved the whole thing and it was the best day ever!
  • walking to school and church in Spring-like weather
  • riding my bike
  • fleece hoodies
  • the sounds of kids playing in the neighborhood
  • opening all the windows in the house
  • Love poems like “I Carry Your Heart With Me” by ee cummings.  Enjoy!

Thankful Thursday #10

On By Alicia McCauleyIn Thankful Thursdays4 Comments

This week I’m thankful for…

  • the sounds my husband makes in his sleep
  • my mom’s chocolate chip cookies
  • my students who popped by my house Friday afternoon
  • Mexican food
  • the smell of clothes in the dryer wafting through the air as I walked the neighborhood
  • the little boy who stayed a few minutes after school to tell just to tell me how much fun he had at school that day.  We didn’t do anything out of the ordinary that day, which made the compliment that much sweeter.
  • Monday night Bible study
  • dollar movie night with the hubby
  • a fresh haircut
  • the little girl in my class who came to school with a silver shower curtain ring on her wrist because “anything round can be a bracelet, right?”  I sense a budding fashion designer.

Thankful Thursday #9

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This week I’m thankful for…

  • the roses Terry brought to my classroom on Friday.  I love “just because” flowers and the man who brings them to me.
  • lemongrass soap.
  • these tips on revision that make me feel like my wordslugging is worth it.
  • when the thermometer hit 70.  A little taste of spring in January has me pining for more.
  • skirts and dresses because they’re so much more fun to wear than pants.
  • reading in the bathroom.
  • the bumper sticker I saw that read “Wag more, bark less”.
  • this awesome LEGO cycling gorilla:
from the brilliant site A LEGO A Day