~ 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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– Audio books, so that I can multi-task!
– A really nice Valentine’s day, spent at my parents’ place since F. was out of town. My mom always does such a nice job of making holidays special and different from all the other ordinary days of the year. I love that. She decorated & bought a big balloon, and my dad came home with flowers, pizza, and some incredibly decadent chocolate-covered strawberries!! We played Dean Martin’s Love Songs CD. It was really fun~
– Going to Colorado’s new IKEA with my mom — having lunch at their cafe and then shopping!!! SO FUN! I’ve always gone to IKEA when on vacation in other states, so naturally I felt like I was on a mini vacation that day!
– At IKEA, finding exactly what I’ve been looking for — a small, portable desk/table that I can transport around the apartment according to where the sun is! I LOVE it. It’s a one-person desk, but then it also has a fold-up leaf that slides into place to make it a two-person table! So I can do my art & moneymaking work at it anywhere in the house, but F. and I can also sit at it together! Currently it’s right next to the kitchen window, and I seem to be spending all my time at it right now! I’ve wanted a kitchen table by the window for so long, and I am absolutely loving this thing! The simple things, ya know…
– The beautiful miniature living rose bush that F bought for Valentine’s Day! It has soft peach-colored blossoms; you can see it there on the table. ♥♥♥ That was so sweet. I love having a blooming plant here…
– Getting so many errands accomplished this week! That feels wonderful.
– Getting my garden planned! That’s always a big project that I don’t really enjoy very much. It really helped that I was already at my parents’ house while doing the planning, so that I had access to all my seeds, and I could just walk out the back door and count up how many pots there are to work with. Plus just seeing the raised beds in person helps me envision the plant spacing better. (To read how I go about planning my garden, click here.)
Planning the garden!
– Having my cat take a nap with me, which is an unusual thing for her to do. She kept pressing herself closer and closer into my face that I had to keep moving her fur aside so I could breathe! She is such a little sweet one…
– F. getting home from being out of town and walking through the door, safe and sound!!
– Rearranging our living room… again! It’s even better now than before. I love newly rearranged rooms.
– Chipping away at projects that have been languishing unfinished for a very long time.
– Ideas for new ways to do some things in the garden this year — that breathes some excitement into my plans!
– Cutting up our beloved (but worn) lobster-print bed sheets into strips of fabric that will be used to tie up plants in the garden this year. I love re-purposing things like that partly because it makes my life much simpler since the solution to a problem is right there in front of me and I don’t have to go out and hunt something down at a store. And instead of throwing away our Lobsters, which would be way sad, they get to begin a whole new life by helping me out in my garden.
– Drinking tea, sitting at the sunny kitchen table today, doing a long-overdue project, with soft music playing on the stereo next to me. I think I’ve got a very nice little set-up here now with window-table-sun-stereo! Yay!
– Pu-erh tea with milk! My tummy still isn’t really wanting regular black tea, but pu-erh is the thing I really go for right now — interesting — could it be because it’s fermented and not as harsh? I have no idea. But I do love it.
– Speaking of tea, the eucalyptus that I put into my nettles tea just now… oh it adds such a nice element, and unearths sweet memories of being in Australia and surrounded by the scent and majesty of so many eucalyptus trees in the Blue Mountains. What an incredible & special place that is… I’d go back in an absolute heartbeat.
– Artichokes! I’ve been on an artichoke kick; I’ve eaten four of them in the past couple days. They are so good!
– Reading my Mother Earth News magazine next to the space heater.
– Taking a nap on F’s back. It felt so nice, and kept us both warm.
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What gratitudes have graced your week?
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What a delicious looking and sounding list 🙂 I love how your lists always include things about being warm. Are you cold a lot? I run cold all the time. There is something I do in winter to stay warm, from the ayurvedic tradition – at night before bed, I massage my feet with oil. Can be any oil you have in the kitchen – olive, sunflower, etc. It helps calm “vata” energy, keeps the body warmer throughout the night and just feels really nice 🙂
Hi Aja,
Yes I’m always cold! I must try your oil tip!
Hope you’re well,
Lindsey
Hi Lindsey!
Love your sweet list!
Just getting online while my mom and grandma run a quick errand. They are leaving tomorrow. I’ve been spending all my time with them and have hardly been online. I was excited to check my e-mail and read your list, since I look forward to it every week. 🙂
Audio books are so fun.
The Valentine’s table is so beautiful. Sounded like a wonderful celebration.
What is IKEA? I’ve heard of it before, but don’t know what they have.
I’m so glad you got that piece of furniture that works just right for what you were needing! How wonderful!
Those roses from your hubby are beautiful!
Thanks for your sweet comments. They always make me smile.
So Much Love,
Taryn
Oh how I love your Valentines meal with your parents…so lovely. All your gratitudes are lovely…I’ve never been to Ikea, I must go one day. I love your table by the window.
Stay warm beautiful lady, and have a wonderful week.x
Hi Taryn!
Glad you’ve gotten to spend time with your mom & grandma 🙂
IKEA is a huge, fairly inexpensive Swedish furniture & housewares store that makes good design available to the masses; they have IKEAs worldwide. They also have a cafe with yummy food 🙂
Love to you!
Lindsey