More gratitude...

Thankful for true friends ~ they are hard to find, harder still to keep when you move around the way I have and that makes them all the more precious... Especially thankful for my best friend, who I know I can always count on no matter what. He makes the best things better, the worst things more bearable, and always makes me laugh! That he also happens to be my hubby is just an added bonus :D

Rock the Vote!

I'm thankful to live in a time & place in history where I have the right and duty to vote! Never mind my thoughts on whether or not the system works, never mind my questions about the electoral college and how candidates can win a popular vote but lose the election. It's not perfect, but it's a democracy, and people have suffered, fought and died to have the right I was born with.

 

~ Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote ~

Thankful for my little rooftop garden...

It makes me smile in the morning. And makes me feel like an urban farmer - my Papa is a farmer, so it's in my blood :) And it grows even when I forget to water it.

It's going to be over 90 degrees today in LA, so I took some time this morning to water my little garden. I really need to set aside some time to replant/prune etc. but haven't done that yet. I have been kind of neglecting my summer garden, as I knew I'd be planting some 'fall/winter' crops soon, and I was pleasantly surprised this morning to find one last tomato of the summer. Lovely - and five or six flowers on my other tomato plant, which is thriving despite it's neglect.

I love growing my own food, and love having a little balcony oasis - love my rooftop garden!!! And I'm really looking forward to my fall tomato harvest...

Grateful...

Thankful for my wonderful church, filled with friends who are like family, my pastor (ok so he actually is family :P) and an extra hour of sleep this morning!

Some of us ~ eating icecream/shaved ice - yum!

Thankful for...

Lazy Saturday mornings with my hubby!

 



Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup of milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 4 pieces of bread
• Maple syrup

Directions

1. In a small bowl, beat the eggs, then add milk, sugar and vanilla and mix well.
2. Soak bread slices in egg mixture for 30 seconds.
3. Cook on greased, hot griddle until golden brown.
4. Serve with maple syrup.

Enjoy!!!

Today I am grateful for...

My job ~ just having one in this economy is something NO ONE should take for granted. But having one where you get to do what you enjoy, with people you like working with - I feel pretty blessed! I am grateful for an amazing boss (makes a HUGE difference), an endless supply of reading material, and a cozy comfy office that feels like home away from home.

Fall for a day ~ another perk of my job :D

Gratitude...

November is HERE! And hopefully it will soon bring cooler temperatures for good! With rain :) In honor of Thanksgiving, I'm celebrating with a month a gratitude! I have a friend who once told me that every night before she goes to sleep, she lists five things she's thankful for in a gratitude journal. It seems like such a great idea, a perfect way to put the day in perspective, no matter what went on. While I haven't commited to going quite that far, I am planning to post one thing I'm grateful for, each day this month...

So with no further ado... I am thankful for my little blue Honda Civic! It confuses children (wait, how to the windows go down - well, you wind them down!), is a little bashed up (NOT my fault, someone scraped the whole side of my car last month and I'm still not over it - and they didn't leave a note!), and it needs gas (mental note to stop after work!), which is probably why it's on my mind today. But it's paid off (finally - LOVE not having a car payment!), reliable and is my lil 'Blue Angel'. Don't judge - yes, I name my cars. Actually my Dad named this one. Anyway, today, I am THANKFUL for my car!



My lil Blue Angel is dirty... So this pic will have to do :P