This week I’m thankful for…

• weekends with old friends
• holding a new dragonfly and sending it off on its first flight
• watching the eclipse with friends
• tetherball
• kickball
• roasting s’mores around the campfire
• seeing the rings of Saturn through a telescope
• open window weather
• a short night hike
• DiGiorno pizza, which totally counts as cooking in my book 😉
• watching chick flicks with the girls
• listening to my summer playlist while finishing report cards
• my husband who shows me all the cool sports highlights
• the fact that I live in a country where I don’t have to worry about yellow fever or malaria
• another class musical that was a HUGE hit with all the parents.  We put out 150 chairs and even still people were sitting on the floor and standing in back.  It’s great to have families come out and support their little ones.
• this lovely gift from my students and their parents

 

This week I’m thankful for…

• my husband who took care of my disgusting, vomitty self AFTER he ran a half marathon
• time with my family
• my little one who exclaimed after her reading assessment, “I am so smart at reading!”
• Teacher Appreciation Week and all of my teacher friends who make me proud to be in this profession

 

This week I’m thankful for…

• when my hubby says those magical words, “Want half of my candy?” Swoon.
• riding my bike in shorts and short sleeves
• my spin instructor who revived the Heavy Metal Monday playlist just for me
• golden California poppies in bloom
• going to the movies on a school night
• the scent of storm just before it rolls in
• hearing a Holocaust survivor speak on forgiveness and the importance of giving of oneself
• the joy of watching one of my little ones lose her first tooth
• picking places out in my copy of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die
• brinner

This week I’m thankful for…

• the Portland airport and of all its lovely amenities including local cafes, local bookstores and free Wi-Fi
• the friendly Alaskan bush pilot I met at the airport who regaled me with fascinating tales
• the Hunger Games series and time this week to finish reading the last book
• the feel of my youngest niece slipping her hand into mine
• bedtime readings of  “Catching Fire” with my middle school niece and nephew
• laughing so hard with my oldest niece that I almost peed my pants
• exploring a cemetery with my nephews
• suggestions from my oldest niece on how to improve my current disaster of a novel
• the Columbia River
• graceful, white windmills stretching their arms wide over Oregon
• the sound of my husband’s voice on the other end of the line
• my nephew’s freckled face and the fact that he is enamored with Judy Blume’s Fudge books
• wind in my hair
• the tingle of joy as I board the plane that will take me back home