List 10 things you are grateful for. Write the first 10 that come to mind.
1. My crock pot. I got it for Christmas probably 15 years ago from Dad and Mom Crosby – but I have gone through use/non-use phases. I’m in a use phase currently. Dinners done by 9 a.m. and the house smells scrumptious.
2. Air-conditioning. Hello? We live in the desert… in Phoenix… the only place hotter is hell. The inventor of a/c has a statue in the capital building. Right on!
3. Elastic. Think where we would be without it!?! Everything we wear “under” includes it. It has magical qualities… like making a size 24 body into an 18.
4. Taco Bell. Where else can you get all of your daily caloric needs met in one meal for only $3.69? It’s quick… it’s cheap… they have diet Pepsi.. and it’s Mexican. Aaaahhhhh. (Dined there yesterday.)
5. Books…. really good books that take me away from the here and now… to the 1850s in a covered wagon with 1/2 naked Indians visiting… baking biscuits over the campfire… sharing them with the Indians.
6. Sales Racks. There is something satisfyingly triumphant about buying $82 pants for $12.27. It’s almost like you cheated the big guys somehow…. sweet victory!
7. Rick Coming Home Every Night. I look forward to his arrival every day… starting at about 9:30 a.m. I look to the clock every other hour ’til his keys plop on the entry table.
8. Laughter. It truly does make you feel good. I love laughing and making others enjoy a belly laugh. Jill is really good at those.
9. This Journal w/52 prompts. I haven’t written freely in years. No spell check. No grammar boo-boos. Just me and the pen and pages waiting for an adventure.
10. Flowers. I simply love them. Vibrant colors. Soothing aromas. I love fresh-cut flowers on my kitchen table. It just sings “a Martha Stewart lives here”…. (which is a good thing.)
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My Sister's Jar 
February 2, 2008 at 8:55 pm |
I’m enjoying your blog entries. I’m an avid scrapbooker and paper crafter and the journals and jars are a wonderful idea! I’m going to “lift” this one and make several for coming birthdays this year to women who mean the world to me. I will probably make one for myself as well. I have a “Book of Me” that I’ve been working on. These will be prized possession of our children once we’re gone home to heaven. Love you!
February 2, 2008 at 11:29 pm |
Love how your sense of humor surfaces through your writing. Also love the idea of your journal prompts. This is a great way to get writting. Elastic? I even work in the apparel industry and had not thought of that as a favorite. LOL
Jodi
February 3, 2008 at 12:44 am |
Hi Jodi and Welcome. Congratulations on being the first online guest commenter who wasn’t coerced into visiting. And elastic, I’m so in awe of it, I looked up who invented it and think we should celebrate the man, Thomas Hancock. Blessings upon his descendants…. almost 200 years of them. ~Linda Ann