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Today I'm thankful for - the gal's and bloke on this forum.  :hug2:

Today I'm thankful for - my friend who gives me his ear to listen, his shoulder to cry on, and his strength to see me through.

Awww,...bless you Penny  :hug:

There's a bloke on this forum???

*goes to check members list*

 :S

Today I am thankful for the sunshine, a roof over my head, food to eat, and a comfy bed to sleep in. What more can one ask for really?

Today I 'm thankful that I finally got those $#@&^ plants planted.   ;)

Today I am thankful for the sunshine and the promise of spring

Today, I am thankful for a decent night's sleep.

Ditto

I'm thankful for our DVD recorder so I can catch up with my soap while I iron.

:lol:

Today I am thankful for good but slightly crazy neighbors.  :)

Today I am thankful for bandaids (I have a blister on my little toe  :upset:)

o.O  Did you clean the windows with your feet/toes then?  ???  :eek:


 :lol:

 :lol:  NO!  ::)

Today I'm thankful for my lovely husband who doesn't think $165 is too much to spend on a skirt, and you don't want to know how much the jacket it!  but he thinks I'm worth it...  :$ 

You are!

 :tup:

Today I am thankful for coffee. :cuppa:

Am I the only "bloke"? I'll enjoy the attention while it lasts! I guess I'm thankful for it.

I'm thankful for people who appreciate my work and pay me money for doing what I enjoy.

I'm thankful for a roof over my head with a view of the mountains and two warm hearts waiting for me when I come home from work.

I'm so jealous of your View...   :(   

Me too, smilie!


Fasty's around too but don't worry, Xy, there's enough gals here to give you both plenty of attention. :D

this morning on my walk I felt my necklace come loose.  (silly me for wearing it anyway) not wanting to do a strip in the park, I thought it would get caught in my clothing.
Further on I did a visual down my front, pat pat, couldn't find it.  :(  look at up see a man walking my way, gives me a friendly grin  :$,   I didn't want to back track, and still kinda hoped it had got caught up somewhere. I carried on my loop walk.
On my return, I past where I felt it come loose, and still had not seen it, so I thought I'd lost it.  ten more metres along the track ..  there it was  :)   

Very pleased to hear that you found it, Smilie. :tup:

Today, I'm thankful for clear blue skies again after yesterday's dust storm (http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/indepth/date/0,,5019245,00.html). :nod:

Today I'm thankful that my son came home from camp safe and sound and happy with his achievement.

Today I'm thankful that I have a comfortable lazy-boy lounge chair.

Amen, brudda!


Today I am thankful the planes were flewed by good pilots and they survived the darn rough conditions and I got home safely

Today I am thankful for living in a relatively safe country.

Today I am thankful that yesterday the tsunami didn't affect us here in NZ

Today I am thankful for a roof over my head and a bed to lay me down in

Today I am thankful for my relatively good health

Today I am thankful for sight, hearing, a voice, walking legs and useful arms

Today I am simply thankful!

Today I am thankful for my friends, RL on OL.  They make me laugh; they make me cry.  they laugh with me and cry with me. There is always someone to talk to when I am lonely, depressed, happy and full of joy.  I am thankful for this forum where I can share my deepest thoughts and know that y'all care about me and I care about you. :hug2:

 :hug:  Yes Penny!  It is so good to have so many different friends.

Today I'm thankful for a sleep in.  YAY.
   

We do indeed Penny  :hug2:

And Amen to the sentiment too!

Today I am thankful for a flourishing vegetable garden, warm weather, supportive friends, my new stash of crystals, the awe-inspiring Mother Nature on her good days, and all the things I have already said I am thankful for in the past

Today I am thankful for shelter, food, water, warmth, clothes, relative good health and all my senses intact

Today I'm thankful for all the things I have said before, plus sunshine, music and butterflies

for dodgery old van which acts like a drama queen each time you use the brakes,  gets me from a to b
the fact that I enjoy walking  (so don't have to pay for car parks)
THE SUN BREAKING THROUGH THE COLD
Hubby that is so good to me
friends family and forums....  :)

Honey macadamia ice-cream cones. :nod: :icecream: :mad:

A friend who is on my side and is empathetic enough to understand what I am going through with my DH. :kiss2:

TIT4...

* continued sunshine
* the arrival of the books I purchased
* enthusiasm

TIT4...

being able to walk

oh  me too..
and my MP3 player..

TIT4:

Nothing pressing, so I can catch up on my sleep.  :sleep:

Sweet dreams Penny  :surfer:

Son's choice of future wife.

That's lovely, smilie  :)

Thanks Souly.  :hug:

Today, I am thankful for all the wonderful people that God has put in my path.

[spoiler=For Example] I was sitting at my lappy feeling very lonely today when a Sketch friend popped up on FB and started chatting with me. We had a lovely chat. He is not one to talk much; I feel that this was God's way of telling me that I am not alone.   :)  [/spoiler]

TIT4...

No rain!

TITF:

Friends who are helping me tweak my resume. 

I sooo pray I get this job, but I know God is going to put me where he wants me.  :)

Yeah Penny. .. nice to know you are in Big Hands  :)

TITF  This Forum!   I love catching up with you guys first thing in the morning,  It's nice to know you are busy posting while I sleep.    :hug2: :hug2:   

I am?  :O


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and vice versa.  :D

TIT4...

waking up!    (yesterday, an acquaintance of mine didn't!)  :(

TIT4...

Being alive and living in a peaceful and beautiful country.

2day i'm thnkful 4

that even tho we can't change others..
we can change ourselves.

Today, I am thankful for the fact that I can still do the things I want to do, maybe a little slower than when I was younger, but at least I can still do them.  :)

TIT4...

* SO many things!

TIT4

SUNSHINE!!!

Today I'm Thankful for learning to sign,
all the wonderful friends I would never have had if I didn't.

I'm  so thankful for the volunteers we had last night, How hard they worked!

(two others and me had been planning a Deaf Christmas Celebration ..  50 + people.. meal and dessert catered.. Fun fun!)

Ooooo, I would've loved to have done the catering for you. :nod:  Shame about the puddle between us! :lol:

I'll keep that in mind next time!!  Not my cuppa tea!

Today I'm thankful that my son did not faint when the dentist stuck a huge needle in his mouth.  He has a phobia to needles and has fainted just thinking about them in the past.

Awww I don't blame him!

TITF  when you wait for something for a long time,  it's sooooo good when it finally happens.
 "      friends
 "      a husband who doesn't INSISt on getting his own way.
 

I thought that was just one of those 'myths'.

TIT4

My bed!........g'night

I am very thankful for the hospital test result I got today,

My hubby found  a lump in my breast recently,  have had ammogram/scans biopsy  etc,  got the results today,  lump is not cancerous :).

I feel I want to shout for joy from the roof tops. 



Julie xx   

 :O I'm thankful too, that is great news.

You can shout 'joy' from the rooftops... you get away with it this time of the year!

Can I shake my boobies about also, after all is my boobies I am thankful for  :)

Jewels, hon..shake those puppies!!!  :lol: They're healthy!


TIT4 - hahaha...TIT4!


TIT4 my gorgeous son

Great news, Jewels! :tup: :hug:


TIT4 an hour's light but steady rain.  Our water tanks are rather low. :S

TIT4 my lovely son, the sun, the birds, my garden, and good food

Shake those babies!  erm... I didn't mean to imply 'small'.. cough, splutter.. you know what I meant!

Julie, that's great news - it must have been a very worrying time for you.  And kudos to Mr jewels! :)

Today I am thankful that my hubby and son are both safe here with me.  :)

I'm glad the attic is dark enough so you can't see the spiders that create the cobwebs..

today we got a letter telling us telecom's broadband usage meter failed, so they have doubled our allowance for 5 weeks  (starting two weeks ago???) and giving us some credit.

A surfin' I will go...

:tup:

I am thankful this year is OVER!!!

Oh, yesss!!! :yess:

:kiss:

 :/  I REALLY liked  2009.   
But I do find my new year doesn't really change until August anyway.

Snot ordnairy New Year

Snot Chinese New Year

Snot Indian New Year

Snot Jewish New Year

Snot Muslim New Year

Wots THAT New Year?
 :wacko:

Getting my internet connection back  :)

Yay  Jewels!!     don't know how we ever managed to live disconnected!!

Souly  August is just when any changes in my life seem to happen,  so celebrating a new year in January doesn't make much sense to me.

ok  I know it's selfish of me...

But I'm thankful I'm my own boss!

TITF - we had no damage that I know of from the storm.

TITF
warm autumn days
good health
and good friends

and scales that don't tell you how heavy you are unless you stand on them....

TIT4...

Not standing on the scales!
My lovely youngest son.
My lovely Toyota Camry.
A place to live, sleep and call home.
Good friends.
...and a very very warm dressing gown...cos this morning, it is flipping freezing!  :cold:

(today I'm doing this because I'm not feeling very thankful at the moment... so this is theuroputic  (sp!!!)

I'm thankful for a warm house
the woollen jacket my husband stopped me from giving away  ('cause it's toooo big!)
The dryer
a full pantry
the internet
virtual and real friends  (virtual one's are cool, 'cause they are always there :) )
my stereo
a nearly tidy house.
Oh and the lovely lady that practically sung Good morning to me this morning... She was like a summer breeze greeting me.... Bless her!

I am thankful for my family and friends, both offline and on
I am thankful for my new hips which meant I could walk again
I am thankful for the meat raffle I won yesterday - lamb tonight!!
I am thankful for many things but most of al I'm thankful that I woke up this morning and get to carry on living- that's always a bonus!!!
 :wacko:

Amen, sistah!  :hug:


TIT4...

Good friends
One wonderful son
A place to lay my head in relative comfort, dryness and warmth
Life!

TIT4...

* A break in the nasty weather.
* A pot belly stove that can throw heat to dry my washing.
* Warm clothes!

TITF tomorrow I will be driving something reliable..!!!

I guess that oldest son has never gotten over his hostility, huh?  Let's hope that one day he'll grow up!

sadly, no, hon. His 21st birthday was last week...and I wasn't only not invited, neither were any of my family, so as not to have me represented at all. He wanted photos for the party, (tried to organise through the other son) and I said yes, they could have some, please ring me to make arrangements to pick them up. They didn't bother. I wasn't mentioned in any speeches and he hasn't acknowledged my birthday card and wishes to him. So all in all, he may be 21 years old and considered an 'adult'...but I think he has a lot of growing up to do still.


TIT4 my own common sense when it comes to my health - doctors only want your money!

TIT4...

one good hearing ear!

Can be useful for turning a deaf ear...

Hope the other clears soon

I hope so too, Souly. :hug:  Have you tried warm, salt water 'baths' (of your ear!)?

TIT4 - dishwashers, electric crock pots, electric rice cookers, great mates who help prepare and clean up. :tup:

TIT4...

SUNSHINE!




but will someone PLEASE take this gale force wind away?!?!?!

TIT4...

the massage chair my friend gave me....

ouch....owww...oh....aahhhhh

 o.O

 :)  Nice,   and nicely discribed.

It does rolling massage and shiatsu...

mmmMMMMmmmMmmmMMmmm

:wacko: Rolls you outta de chair and shats on you???!!! :eek: :P

A beautiful day!! (http://dl3.glitter-graphics.net/pub/2382/2382783rrbek34iyx.jpg) (http://www.glitter-graphics.com)

have my son for a month..

Good health...

have had some time on ISKETCH   :D

TIT4...

* reasonable health...at least I'm alive!
* an internet friend that was an honour to have known

TIT4...being able to resurrect threads that have been idle

TIT4...good friends

TIT4...being at peace at the moment about being on my own

TIT4...grateful not to have the 'partner' problems some people are having!

TIT4 - being alive, relatively healthy, without major stresses

TIT4 - not having to endure the loss of home in an earthquake

TIT4 - Blessings

TIT4...a fabulous son who cares

TIT4...sunshine!

TIT4...unshaking ground

TIT4...opportunities

My Mum.  It's her 79th birthday today! :tup: :hug:

:tup:

Awww...cool! Happy Birthday Ma Ding...have a great one!

Thanks, Souly. :kiss:

Hope she had a damn good knees up, Ding!  :party:

TIT4 - an Indian summer (though windy)

TIT4 - friends with fruit trees that I don't have myself, and who are willing to share the fruit!

TIT4 - a comfortable bed to lay my weary body in

TIT4 - a wee win on LOTTO that has given me great pleasure over the past month (it wasn't huge, and it's all gone now! lol)

TIT4 - a loving younger son

TIT4 - sunshine

TIT4 - good friends

TIT4 - mild weather

TIT4 - peace

TIT4 - a comfortable bed

Hear, hear! :more:

... and red wine!!! :red: :giggle:

Banrock Station Muscato!  :lol: :red: (not a red, but the nearest emote I could find)

TIT4 - being alive

TIT4 - being able to eat and share good food

TIT4 - having a home to stay warm and comfortable in

TIT4 - heaps of things!

TIT4 - my son and his wit

TIT4 - getting the washing dry!

TIT4 - not being sick like all my friends who have 'the bot'

TIT4 - music on youtube

TIT4 - being able to cook!

TITF  It's warm and dry and I can go for a walk!!

Yeah...but where are ya???????

They've got the wot?? ???

TIT4: A great mate who I haven't seen for aaages visiting for two nights. :red: :wine: :toast: :drinkingmates: :2pot:

TIT4: Three lovely birthday cards and a couple of ecards. :D

TIT4: Winning $4 on a scratchit in me Ma's card. :tup:

(:xfingers: for the lotto ticket from OH! :bless:)

THE BOT!  (P)

Something akin to a cold mixed with a tummy bug. The bot!  :lol:

TIT4 - sunshine!

TIT4 - good music

TIT4 - friends who don't eat the fruit off their trees, and give it to me!

TIT4 - 20 kilos of beautiful, sweet, juicy persimmons! YUUUUUUUUUM

eeeyuuwwww :yuck:

TIT4 being alive!

TIT4 my lovely son!

TIT4 sunshine

TIT4 food, shelter and warmth (so MANY don't have these!)

TIT4 opportunities

:more:



PS:  :ty: :toast: :kiss:

TIT4 - being inside! (it's cold and pouring down!)

TIT4 - a cosy fire

TIT4 - a cosy bed - I'm not 100%, so am going to crawl back in it!

this lady takes the cake at making the most of things  :)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/5239021/Camping-trip-ends

great piece...thanks for that smilie

TIT4 - the rain stopping!

:more:

TIT4 - intermittent sunshine

TIT4  Having a lovely 'slumber party' with the girls at the lake.
TIT4  Peace and quiet in my empty house
TIT4  My great healing powers (I had a free facelift 12 days ago, and with a little makeup you can't even tell)

Hubby installed Skype (on my limping computer,... but it still works!)
Was so cool to catch up with my Dutch cousins.    Boy our world keeps getting smaller!~
I think how had it was for my Dad, who had to wait a couple of weeks for mail.  He got the news that his father died via a black lined envelope, 10 days later.   How hard for his family to send that!! 
Now life is sooooo different.

Indeed, Smilie, but I'm not so sure that it's any easier. :dunno:  Life just seems to go past way too fast these days.  :eek:

TIT4 - sisters in law!

...and their husbands!

Wonderful, kind, thoughtful and generous people!

Being a backgroundified sorta person. :kiss:

 :lol:  I'm a background person ....   :$ but every week I'm at the front of the church.. interpreting.  (I just pretend the others can't see me)

Today I'm thankful for lawnmowers!!   

I divorced mine!  :lol:

 :lol:  Ahhhh mine used to leave mohawks in the lawn... so I took over.   (do you think he did it intentionally??)

Thankful for my lovely son.   

 :lol:

TIT4 my health (be it not so 100%, it is not as sucky as some have to bear!)

TIT4 not living in Christchurch...smilie, I don't know how you cope!

TIT4 two legs, that I can walk!

TIT4 two eyes, that I can see!

TIT4 two ears, that I can hear!

TIT4 (and every other day too!) so much!

TIT4 a warm, dry flat - the rain outside is horrendous! And my back garden is flooded

TIT4 the little rain we had yesterday...  (we're only allowed to hand water 3 days a week! )

TIT4 my son passing enough of his papers to get into his selected courses at university (some of his mates missed out!)

vell done Soulyson!

Today I'm thankful for squeaking!

TIT4 not having the actual capability for committing murder!

(see RC thread for details)

TIT4  being able to come to GC and having new stuff to read!   thanks Souly

(so I don't need to check the news for a murder in the north Island?)

Nope - there have been enough of them in the South Island of late. Let's not add to the statistics.

Though I do have to say, this is the most stressed and down I have felt in a long time. Absolutely gutted.

TIT4 - modern technology - emails and cellphones!

TIT4 - determination

TIT4 - fast acting and helpful females, who understand someone's sincere anguish!

Can't wait till you're out of this tunnel Souly!! 

TIT4 - a loving son