Sunday’s a good day to remember what we’ve been grateful for over the past week, don’t you think? I’m joining Taryn over at Wooly Moss Roots in her Gratitude Sunday tradition, and here’s my list:
– A Monday morning bath… oh heaven, heaven.
– Laughter and how it’s like an instant happy pill.
– How much my Hubby makes me laugh — and just melts my heart in general — on a daily basis!!
– Reading a funny book. The books I love to read are all nonfiction that I can learn something from, and I recently borrowed a library book called The Wild Life: A Year of Living on Wild Food by John Lewis-Stempel. It was nonfiction and very interesting, and also happened to be really funny. I’d forgotten what a treat it is to read a funny book — I think the last one was back in 2004 when I read Round Ireland With a Fridge by Tony Hawks during lunches in the dining hall of my dorm — it was hilarious, and almost the only enjoyable part of that one-semester University experience!
– Interlibrary loan!
– Finding a local source for pastured chicken (for Colorado folks, it’s Cottonwood Creek Farms).
– Going to the farmer’s market again and getting 6 fragrant & delicious organic French melons and two 5-lb pastured chickens for $15 apiece. $3/lb is incredible for local pastured chicken, compared to Whole Foods who robs you at the rate of $6.99/lb for non-organic, non-free-range, non-local, non-pastured chicken parts! I’m so glad we’ve found the Cottonwood Creek folks!
Hubby's lunch today -- organic French melon filled with grassfed cottage cheese!
– Garden work done, errands done, getting lots of loose ends taken care of around the house.
– Eating our garden produce! Especially those cucumbers…
– Raspberries. I could live on raspberries alone.
– The evening sun streaming into our apartment through the west windows. It’s my favorite time of day in this place…so warm and inviting.
– Having so much less stress in my life! Priceless.
– Not having the energy for cooking to be my creative outlet yesterday, so instead, making this:
– Getting a dreaded doctor appointment over with. My primary doctor referred me to a neurologist, so I went there on Thursday. I hate doctor appointments, especially with someone new I’ve never met because I don’t know what to expect. I don’t particularly enjoy discussing the details of my health with a total stranger — who may or may not even be listening — and feeling like I’m on stage, trying to say my lines as fast as I can before the light goes red. And I usually walk out only to realize I’ve forgotten to tell them something important! And because of a previous awful experience with a doctor who treated me incredibly badly, this appointment had really been hanging over me. I took lots of flower remedies, grounded myself, asked for ‘help’ in getting through it, wrote my symptoms on a 3×5 card so I wouldn’t forget anything, and made sure to put my energy very much on guard just in case. And as it turned out, I didn’t even need to do all of that — the nurses couldn’t have been any nicer, and the doctor was very good and listened with his full attention to what I was saying, and asked if he could keep the 3×5 card. I was so relieved when I left, that I’d been heard and respected, and very glad to have gotten that dang appointment over with. The doctor ordered MRI scans of my brain and spinal cord, and I’ll get those Thursday. I hope I get to peek at them; to think…what magic we have now, to be able to see the innards of your own brain on a computer screen!
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What blessings have you appreciated throughout your week? Leave a comment!
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Hi Lindsey,
I am a little behind in reading this, I’ve been using Jeff’s computer and that means I’m hardly on the computer at all.
Thank you for the comments you write on my blog. They truly mean SO MUCH to me.
Laughter is like an instant happy pill. I love that.
I love coincidences, just recently I told Jeff that I really want to read a funny book. I need to write down your suggestions.
I love interlibrary loans, I use those all the time. I’m a fellow library lover here. haha. I was actually just going to write a blog post about it.
I’m so glad you found a local source for pastured chicken! That’s awesome! And so cool that it’s cheaper than the store too.
Your home looks so beautiful!
I don’t like going to the doctor either, I know how you feel. Let me know how the test results go! I hope they find some answers for you!
So much love!
Taryn