A Blessed and Thankful Tuesday

            

I've had some "Thankful" comments and notes from people and have read a couple of journals that have those kind of entries as well, whether participating with me or not.  Here's one by my friend Chuck whose journal is Dribble by Chuck Ferris:

Thankful.  I wrote a full page about the old folks home where I live, telling why I was thankful for living here.  I posted it on the bulletin board and sent copies to the landlord, owner.
  Some few people stopped me in the hall to say they agreed but usually kept their mouths shut because the popular thing here is to COMPLAIN... about the food, about the service, about the rent, about the music in the halls, about the temperature, about the activities.  
  Somehow it is easier to complain than it is to express thanks.  Why is that, and why does it increase with age?
Comment from chasferris - 11/6/06 3:38 PM

And one from my friend Lisa in Florida:  Hi Penny!!!  Very lovely entry!!!  I agree we should all be filled with thankful thoughts this time of year!!  We have so much God has blessed us with.  Hugs,
Lisa
As well, from Natalie.  Please check here for the responses she has gotten from journalers:  Dear Penny
RIght now I want to mention how grate ful I am that my family is doing okay Penny! thank you!
love,natalie

Carolyn said this:  That's so great that Andrea is really permanent now!!!  I'm making happy noises for you all!  2 Things I'm grateful for is all the new friends that God has blessed me with through journaling!  And I'm thankful that my Husband was finally able to afford to take a week off, and that we were able to save up to take our little guy to Disney for the day on his birthday!  We desperately needed (still do) some real family fun time, and I'm very grateful that we got some!!!  HAve a great weekend Penny!  I'm real happy for your family!  Love Carolyn
Comment from lifesabench6 - 11/3/06 7:55 PM

I just want to tell all of you - those who wrote in my journal, Natalie's and in your own journals of your gratitude - how very very grateful I am to be in this community.  We all seem to get closer every year, don't we?

Now on the home front.  We have all been struggling through the heat wave here in Southern California.  The Santa Ana winds have made us drip with the heat.  It was about 94 degrees here.  I'm grateful that we live in a place that has plenty of water for drinking, showering and rinsing off our beleaguered pets. It isn't this way in Mexico or in many 3rd world countries for that matter. 

The girls have received their first quarter report cards and all are B or better!  At this school the achievers are members of "Renaissance" to reach Honor Roll you must have a B+ or better.  They will all get a t-shirt, a trip to miniature golf and lunch.  I am so proud of them!  Guess what we are thankful for today???

We are so blessed!  In our struggles, we see that the Lord has always carried us through through and will do so now.  So even the bleakest days have a little blue skies and sunshine for us. On this awfully hot day, we had a cool fruit salad for supper, making us all comfortable and refreshed.  The fans are running still although it has cooled down outside, the girls have fallen asleep and I'm about to do that very same thing.

Please leave the things you are thankful for in my comment section or write it in your journal and leave me the link. I'll be back on Saturday to print up what you have told me. I pray that you will all have a wonderful night - turn off the election results, my friends.  The news will be there in the morning.  May the Lord bless and keep you