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Thankful Thursday | let’s start with cats

This week, I am thankful:

for our cats

A reader astutely pointed out that I’d neglected to include any cats in last week’s Thankful Thursday post. So, let’s fix that straight away this week. 😉

A perfect loaf:

cat in cat tree.

A studious cat:

cat watching a video.

she’s learning about oxygenation methods

a stalker:

cat peeking around corner.

A little sweetie pie:

tuxedo cat.

black cat.

that I missed just one easy thing on my competency testing

I have never had to go back to repeat a skill, but this time I had a brain cramp on my oxygen application assignment. Ha.

The order said 40% oxygen with humidification and my nervous brain thought, “Ohhhh, that’s a Venturi mask for sure!”

But it was supposed to go on with a regular face mask, so I had to go back yesterday and redo just that one thing. Sometimes the things they have you go back and redo are a little bit nit-picky, but I feel like I did deserve to have to go back and remediate that.

for my Snoopy sweatshirts

I will never be too old to wear Snoopy clothes. 🙂

Kristen wearing a snoopy sweatshirt.

that I found my gloves

I wore them to school on one of those super cold days we had, and then the next day, I couldn’t find them.

I really missed having them while driving on cold mornings (a frozen steering wheel is miserable with bare hands!) But a few days later, I found them in a zippered compartment in my lab bag. Yay!

I must have absentmindedly put the gloves in there when I got to school.

But I’m happy that there will be no more frozen fingers for me. 🙂

for the beautiful ice and snow

We have now had snow and ice on the ground for over three weeks, and that is a pretty novel experience for those of us here in the Mid-Atlantic!

snowy walking trail.

It’s going to finish melting in the next couple of days, but I have really appreciated the wintery beauty while it’s been here.

ice on a creek.

for the less-dry air that’s coming

You will rarely hear me be grateful for a humidity increase, but…it has been so cold here that the air is really, really, really dry. Like, I keep getting shocked by static electricity when I pet Chiquita.

But we have some less chilly air coming, plus some rain, so that should help!

What are you thankful for this week?

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Ruth

Wednesday 5th of February 2025

I'm thankful for:

1. Pictures of your kitties! They are adorable!

I finally bit the bullet and bought a new car. My old one was 14½ years old and had 275,000 miles on it - all but about 30 driven by ME - and repair bills were just getting to be too much, too often. So... I'm thankful for:

2. The old car lasting as long as it did. 3. The new car. 4. My husband's GM retiree discount (no haggling over the price). 5. Having a car under warranty for a change.

Sorry they're mostly about the car, but ..!

Kris

Thursday 30th of January 2025

You got some great pictures of Shelly. Black cats are hard to photograph.

Thankful for the snowy weather, for snowshoeing with a friend last week, for a visit with my college daughter today, thankful that my new eye condition is treatable, and thankful for a great husband who is with me through all of life's ups and downs.

Tiana

Thursday 30th of January 2025

I’m so glad the grabby oligarchs were not allowed to snatch the food out of the mouths of school children and seniors. I can not understand the mindset of those who can never have enough and take from those who barely have any but I know it’s as old as time. The soundtrack my mind is playing today, Randy Newmans I think it going to rain .

Selena

Thursday 30th of January 2025

@Tiana, sad to say give them time. They have no honor, no sense of respect, no empathy - they are nothing but pieces of excrement. Just remember, karma is a bitch with impeccable timing. The end will justify the means.

Book Club Elaine

Thursday 30th of January 2025

* I and my sinuses, like Kristen, are thankful that the severe winter/dry air is improving. * Zoom calls with my sisters and a cousin. We live in three different states, but it seems like we are in the same room when we have zoom calls. * Lunch made with leftovers - today's was half a cheeseburger, sweet potato and broccoli, very colorful. * Room in the budget for hiring professional painters to paint the interior of our home. It's a new thing for me. * Always, always, always, this positive, encouraging and informative corner of the internet. Thank you Thank you!

Marlena

Thursday 30th of January 2025

I am the opposite of being thankful for the snow and ice. I am thankful that it is gone and that the sun is full today and it is a glorious 63 degrees currently! The older I get, the more I dislike the cold. I am thankful that by next week my kitchen should be DONE! Woohoo! I am thankful that I'm geographically near my grown kiddos. I had dinner with the older one and DIL this past week in the middle of the week. Last night, my younger son called in the middle of the night having a horrible back spasm and needed help (he's single and lives alone). It's nice to be able to help when needed and not be hours away and feeling a bit helpless. But the boys live next door to one another so they had each other even when we weren't around. Thankful that my shoulder pain seems a bit less today and a finger that has been swollen for months was better today too. It's like a lot of inflammation left my body overnight. Thankful today that I had no appointments or work and after getting home from son's house I could sleep in all I wanted!

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