~ I’m once again joining Taryn over at Wooly Moss Roots in her Gratitude Sunday tradition. ~
Gratitude Sunday is a time to slow down and remember those thankful moments that graced our week. One reason I love keeping a daily gratitude journal is because it helps keep things in perspective for me. Each Sunday, I open my journal and share some of those moments with you here. If you’d like to join in, just leave a comment!
Gratitude is powerful energy. I love hearing others’ gratitudes!
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– A restful weekend after a hectic week.
– Working on my felted wool mittens on Monday and enjoying that day so much; it was cloudy outside and cozy inside, and while I worked I listened to some old stuff I haven’t heard in many years including Experiments in Truth by Ram Dass. Those tapes really helped me while I was grieving Sonja’s death, but it’s thought-provoking listening during any challenging situation, really. It felt good to hear them again.
– Having my favorite documentary, Alone in the Wilderness, appear on PBS! What a treat!
– Homemade sourdough flapjacks, re-heated in the toaster till the outside is just a little bit crispy, with a bit of pasture butter and lots of homemade wild grape jam!
– Finally moving the stereo to a new location near the kitchen where it’s getting so much more use. What a pleasure to have Billy Holiday playing softly, with the lights down low, while I prepare black beans and flapjack batter to soak overnight.
– A heavenly massage.
– Napping on my parents’ couch after my massage, with my cat sleeping on my chest.
– Interlibrary Loan — one of the best things ever!
– Salt. How salt has escaped a place on all previous Gratitude Sunday posts, I do not know.
– Hot showers for when the body needs warmth immediately!
– Coming home to my Honey. I love love love that 🙂
– Being able to ride my bike again to get from place to place, after the big snow storm where I needed to rely on the buses instead. The bike is so much more free and spontaneous. I love getting around by bike, even in winter. To me, it’s the least stressful of all transportation modes!
– Making black bean hummus using my regular hummus recipe with black beans instead of garbanzos + a little extra olive oil. So yummy spread on a piece of lettuce, with tomato slices, black olives, Dijon mustard, salt + pepper, and eaten like a taco!
– My day planner, a gift from my Hubby’s sweet mom — I’ve never had one before, but am loving it! It’s so helpful and I have a feeling it will be a new staple in my life from now on.
– Staying in bed yesterday for as long as my body wanted to (till noon!). Ohhh my that felt good.
– Having moneymaking work, ’cause it means money coming in which is always a very good feeling.
– Cozy warm house when it’s 5° outside, as it was last night.
– Feeling my body heal. Slowly, but surely. Oh hallelujah!!!
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What gratitudes have graced your week?
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So glad you can feel your body healing…that is wonderful.
Love your orchid photos, my lovely dad grows orchids, they are so beautiful.
Much love and blessings to you Lindsey
Hi Lindsey,
Gorgeous pictures!!
I really love your list this week!
A massage sounds sooo nice.
Interlibrary loans… LOVE those!!
Salt.. makes meals taste so good!
That’s so wonderful that you ride your bike so much. What great exercise.
I can’t imagine life without a planner!! I use mine every single day! And I love it. 🙂
So glad to hear your body is healing. With all the bike riding, it sounds like you’ve been pretty energetic.
I am so happy today is Sunday. I want to be as lazy as possible today. 🙂 My mom and grandma are visiting on Thursday and I should be cleaning, but I don’t feel like it. haha. I’m in the mood for a nice relaxing bath, though more likely Bracken will be with me and will be throwing toys everywhere.. and it won’t exactly be relaxing. 🙂
Love to you!!!
Taryn
Lindsey…Ray Mears!! Wild Britain I found was too short, Ray normally works for the BBC and his programs are normally an hour long, I think this was produced for ITV and they seemed to rush through the program…you can’t rush Ray! Glad you enjoyed it, Norfolk is where I live. Hope yo get to watch some of Ray’s other programs, Extreme survival and the Bushcraft series are really good.
Glad your weekend was relaxing and as you wanted…we bought some new paints, pens and had fun…looking forward to this week as it is half term for the girls, we have very little planned, this is a good thing.
Much love to you.
Such an inspiring list – I too LOVE Alone in the Wilderness (and many of your other gratitudes…hot showers, salt, Ram Dass, massages!) and thank you for the new hummus recipe, it sounds divine 🙂
Trish, Ooo, I’d love to see his other programs! I will search for them. And your coming week sounds lovely.
Love
Lindsey