Thankful Thursday | these lists open my eyes!

Lately, I’ve been realizing how this practice itself makes me think about gratitude all through the week.

Since I know I will make a public list each week, my brain tends to spend the week noticing things to add to my list.

When I experience something delightful, I find myself thinking, “Ooh, I should tell my readers about this on Thursday!”

 

Soooo…if you are a lurker here, consider joining in with us sometimes. It might make your senses especially attuned to the wonderful things that you experience in the day-to-day.

(Of course, you could always make weekly lists in private if that’s more your speed. But I have to say, it’s fun to share your weekly delights with other people too. 🙂 )

This week, I am thankful:

for a cool shower

It was really humid one morning this week when I went for a walk, so I felt really grateful for the delight of a cool shower.

In the winter, I am deeply appreciative of a hot shower, of course. But I think a cool shower after a bout of summer exercise is equally delightful.

for a fan that was left here

When I moved in, I found a floor fan in the unfinished part of the basement (we call it the boiler room, because it’s where the boiler and oil tank reside!)

It’s so great to have when I am lifting weights or am just wanting to cool down after a walk.

And sometimes I like to have it in my bedroom, since there are no ceiling fans in this house.

Sooo…thank you to whoever left this fan here!

for a really crispy apple that I ate yesterday

Some apples are mediocre and some are downright terrible (I’m looking at you, Red Delicious apples!).

But sometimes you get an apple that is the perfect combo of crunchy, juicy, and sweet and that is exactly how yesterday’s specimen was.

SO GOOD.

that Chiquita loves her scratching pad

I got her one of those cardboard ones that sits on the floor and my goodness, as soon as I put it on the floor, she understood the assignment.

She’s been scratching that thing like crazy, and I’m delighted for her to get her scratching energy out in an appropriate place.

She loves this scratch pad so much, she even naps on it. Heh.

for a little bit of rain

It has been so, so dry here, and it’s making me kind of sad to see the drought effects when I go for walks.

But we did get a little bit of rain here this week, and I was so thankful, I didn’t even mind that it happened when I needed to walk to the campus bookstore.

that I realized I needed a book for my CPR class

I have a one-day summer CPR class coming up and thankfully, this week it occurred to me that I should look at the course description. And it’s a good thing I did because I needed to buy a book and a mask before the class, and I actually have to read the whole book too.

that at least my anxious tendencies make me get things done

Lisey and I were talking about this recently…we both are a little on the high-strung side of things, and we laughed about it because we agreed that one upside is that we DO get things done on time.

When the thought of missing a deadline causes you great anxiety, you tend to do things right away!

For example, my classes don’t start until August, and my medical exam stuff isn’t due until mid-July, but…I already have my scrubs, I did my background check and drug test, and I have almost all my medical stuff finished up too.

For me, this results in less anxiety…once I have all my ducks in a row for nursing school, I can just focus on other stuff for the rest of the summer!

for Miss Chiquita

She’s such a little lovebug.

Soon we can start to introduce the two cats to each other and then you will see Miss Shelly in these posts more often. Right now I hardly see her because she is always downstairs!

for beautiful flowers to see

I love how the paths are full of interesting varieties of plants at this time of year.

What are you thankful for this week?