Ten things for which I have been thankful over this past week:
- New Year’s Eve games — If you didn’t get to play games with 5 year old New Year’s Eve, you missed out. We played Magnetic, which involved magnets and strategy, Hurry Up Chicken Butt, which is like Hot Potato with a twist, and The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel, which had game pieces shaped like acorns. Betcha I had more fun than the people who got rained on in Times Square.
- Morning Reading — Here’s a quote from Art and Fear, By David Bayles — “…becoming an artist consists of learning to accept yourself, which makes your work personal, and in following your voice, which makes your work distinctive.”
- Best comment/conversation on my blog — with Kristin (Finding Eliza) following my Unicorn Challenge story “The Big House” —
Kristin: Did he get away with it? If so, then what?
Me: Ah, but that is the fun of a 250 word limit. Your imagination has to take over now.
Kristin: Grandad and grandson go on to become the robin hood jewel thieves of whatever country they’re in. Stealing from the wealthy and starting a string of food pantries and soup kitchens for the down and out. Eventually they expand and buy big houses to house the homeless. The well known ballad “They did it for us” was based on them. - New word learned: whinge. Whinge definition: British : to complain fretfully : whine (Thank you, CEAyr. I will TRY to stop whinging.)
- Sgeoil’s ode to the Sun
- Last night’s crescent moon with Venus very visible next to it.
- A difficult decision that I made. Once something is decided, it’s so much easier, right?
- A long swim on Thursday. Everything feels better after a swim – my hip and my psyche being most affected in a positive way.
- Cats — It’s so nice to be greeted when I walk in the door.
- Adam — one of my friends from the gym. He sent me this video of comedian that is one of his personal friends. It made me smile.
#TToT
Hot Dogs and Marmalade 
Very funny comedian! 😂
Our granddaughter has a squirrel game with acorns; must be the same one! 🐿️
Happy New Year, Sally! 🎊
Happy New Year to you too, Nancy!
such a nice surprise to find my continuation of your story as one of your thankful! Thank you 🙂
Hi Sally happy New Year …this was a great post full of good things…I also enjoyed the video of your friend 😉
I certainly have nothing to whinge about as you have so kindly included my poem in your list of ten things to be thankful for. You have made my day.
(My mother used to always tell us kids, stop your whingin’, the memory made me smile)
In the US, we whine. When my kids would whine at me about wanting this or that I used to tell them, “Whiners get nothing.” In the UK, is it whingers that get nothing?
Lol, not sure about UK. We emigrated to Canada when I was 3. Still very much a Scottish upbringing. I’m assuming it would have been the same in the UK, the full phrase was quit your whingin’ or I’ll give you something to whinge about. I never did find out what that was! Maybe today it’s whingers get nothing!
What a lovely list of gratitude, Sally! 💞💞💞