Hello again,
Today I have been giving so much more thought into what I consider blessings and really rethinking so much but I still feel I have such a small grasp on it that I can't explain it yet. I would like to add that I heard the song Blessings by Laura Story and it really got me thinking. I have looked at my chronic pain and wondered if I can ever be thankful for that but have always struggled. Yet maybe it is something to be thankful for because blessings and good come out of that. Maybe soon I can elaborate more on what I am experiencing but for now I would like to post about something simple but important. :)
Today I am thankful for sunglasses. I am not thankful for them for looks, although some are stylish. lol I am thankful for what they do for my eyes. My eyes are quite sensitive to light and sunglasses definitely come in handy to shield my eyes. They also shield my eyes from the harmful uv rays in the sun that can hurt my eyes. They make it possible to see on really bright sunny days because I don't have to squint to see. I am incredibly thankful for them. I think that is all I have to say about sunglasses. :) I hope you all have a good week and thanks for reading my blog. :)
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Day 222: Dragonflies!
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Today I am thankful for dragonflies and I thought of posting about this because I saw the first dragonfly of the season today!!! They eat mosquitos so I absolutely looooovvvvve them!! lol I have read that they eat ants as well but I don't know if this is true or not. What I found neat years ago when researching dragonflies was finding out that each different colour of dragonfly is actually a different type. I used to think a dragonfly was a dragonfly and they came in different colours. lol Also sometimes people mistake damesflies for dragonflies and they are related but actually not the same. Anyways enough about that. Dragonflies and damesflies are beautiful/interesting insects to me and I enjoy watching them almost as much as watching butterflies. I love anything that eats mosquitoes though and I don't think we can ever have too many dragonflies! If they run out of mosquitoes, I am sure there are lots of other insect pests for them to nibble on. lol This is why I am thankful for dragonflies.
Today I am thankful for dragonflies and I thought of posting about this because I saw the first dragonfly of the season today!!! They eat mosquitos so I absolutely looooovvvvve them!! lol I have read that they eat ants as well but I don't know if this is true or not. What I found neat years ago when researching dragonflies was finding out that each different colour of dragonfly is actually a different type. I used to think a dragonfly was a dragonfly and they came in different colours. lol Also sometimes people mistake damesflies for dragonflies and they are related but actually not the same. Anyways enough about that. Dragonflies and damesflies are beautiful/interesting insects to me and I enjoy watching them almost as much as watching butterflies. I love anything that eats mosquitoes though and I don't think we can ever have too many dragonflies! If they run out of mosquitoes, I am sure there are lots of other insect pests for them to nibble on. lol This is why I am thankful for dragonflies.
Day 221: mp3 players
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This post is for yesterday and for this post I am thankful for mp3 players. I seriously thought I had already posted about this because I love having my mp3 player with me either outside while I do stuff in the greenhouse, when I am somewhere that a radio or stereo isn't available or times I want to listen to music but I don't want to disturb the people around me. I can put music on my phone as well but I don't like it as much. My mp3 player has a radio as well so I can switch to that when ever I want to listen to the radio. Music is great and I love mp3 players. I find it funny how far things have come though even just in my life. When I was little, cassette walkmans were the thing to have and they were big and bulky but they were cool. lol They only held one tape where mp3 players hold many many times that. Then they came out with cd players and I was all excited over this new technology and when I finally got one, I was somewhat dissapointed because you couldn't move around too much or it skipped. Remember that? lol It was a pain. Then they came out with mp3 players and this is by far the best obviously because it's small, holds a ton of music and doesn't skip. I don't know what will come out next but I like the mp3 player. So as you can see, I am quite thankful for mp3 players. :)
This post is for yesterday and for this post I am thankful for mp3 players. I seriously thought I had already posted about this because I love having my mp3 player with me either outside while I do stuff in the greenhouse, when I am somewhere that a radio or stereo isn't available or times I want to listen to music but I don't want to disturb the people around me. I can put music on my phone as well but I don't like it as much. My mp3 player has a radio as well so I can switch to that when ever I want to listen to the radio. Music is great and I love mp3 players. I find it funny how far things have come though even just in my life. When I was little, cassette walkmans were the thing to have and they were big and bulky but they were cool. lol They only held one tape where mp3 players hold many many times that. Then they came out with cd players and I was all excited over this new technology and when I finally got one, I was somewhat dissapointed because you couldn't move around too much or it skipped. Remember that? lol It was a pain. Then they came out with mp3 players and this is by far the best obviously because it's small, holds a ton of music and doesn't skip. I don't know what will come out next but I like the mp3 player. So as you can see, I am quite thankful for mp3 players. :)
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Day 220: weather radar
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I am not sure if I have covered this somewhat in any other posts but I don't think so. Today I am thankful for the weather radar that shows where storms are and the direction they are heading etc. Any time there are storms expected, the radar is very useful to my family and I. We like to know what is going on and whether the dark clouds we see on the horizon are coming towards us or moving away. It helps us because we then know if we should be covering stuff/putting stuff away and whether it will miss us and how long it might last. It is always 10minutes behind so we can't know real time but it gives a very good idea of what's going on when the news isn't on and the weatherman isn't telling us what is going on. :) If something severe is headed our way, we often have time to pull the flower planters back against the house to keep them from getting hit by hail or heavy rain. Tonight we had a bad thunderstorm and the radar proved useful once again to help us know roughly where it was/how far away it was and whether it might hit us or miss us. We thought it was headed our way from what we saw on radar and it hit us head on. This is why I am thankful for weather radar.
I am not sure if I have covered this somewhat in any other posts but I don't think so. Today I am thankful for the weather radar that shows where storms are and the direction they are heading etc. Any time there are storms expected, the radar is very useful to my family and I. We like to know what is going on and whether the dark clouds we see on the horizon are coming towards us or moving away. It helps us because we then know if we should be covering stuff/putting stuff away and whether it will miss us and how long it might last. It is always 10minutes behind so we can't know real time but it gives a very good idea of what's going on when the news isn't on and the weatherman isn't telling us what is going on. :) If something severe is headed our way, we often have time to pull the flower planters back against the house to keep them from getting hit by hail or heavy rain. Tonight we had a bad thunderstorm and the radar proved useful once again to help us know roughly where it was/how far away it was and whether it might hit us or miss us. We thought it was headed our way from what we saw on radar and it hit us head on. This is why I am thankful for weather radar.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Day 219: Soap and water
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Today I am thankful for good ol' soap and water. Why? Because I am like a magnet for dirt. lol I think it's genetic because my dad is the same. lol I think it also has to do with me loving gardening and not being able to keep out of the dirt. lol Without soap and water there is little chance I would ever get clean. I swear I am sometimes covered in dirt not even an hour after taking a shower. lol I wash my hands several times a day because I have my hands wrist deep in dirt so often through out the day. I don't mind-I love gardening and getting covered in dirt is just part of it I guess. :) Taking photos isn't always the cleanest either-sometimes I have to practically lay in the mud to get the right angle but I don't mind. lol I like to be clean though too and soap and water makes that possible. I think while growing up that my mom was quite thankful for it too and still is. :) I try to stay clean-I really do but somehow it doesn't work so well. I know the phrase "that's what soap and water is for" very well. No worries about getting dirty-that's what soap and water is for. :) Soap is also good because it kills germs that are in the dirt and there are some nasty ones apparently. Never dealt with any as far as I know though so that is good. So I am thankful for soap and water.
Today I am thankful for good ol' soap and water. Why? Because I am like a magnet for dirt. lol I think it's genetic because my dad is the same. lol I think it also has to do with me loving gardening and not being able to keep out of the dirt. lol Without soap and water there is little chance I would ever get clean. I swear I am sometimes covered in dirt not even an hour after taking a shower. lol I wash my hands several times a day because I have my hands wrist deep in dirt so often through out the day. I don't mind-I love gardening and getting covered in dirt is just part of it I guess. :) Taking photos isn't always the cleanest either-sometimes I have to practically lay in the mud to get the right angle but I don't mind. lol I like to be clean though too and soap and water makes that possible. I think while growing up that my mom was quite thankful for it too and still is. :) I try to stay clean-I really do but somehow it doesn't work so well. I know the phrase "that's what soap and water is for" very well. No worries about getting dirty-that's what soap and water is for. :) Soap is also good because it kills germs that are in the dirt and there are some nasty ones apparently. Never dealt with any as far as I know though so that is good. So I am thankful for soap and water.
Day 218: Living near a marsh
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This post is for yesterday. Yesterday I managed to walk down to a marsh that is in the field across from us and down the road just a little bit. I brought my camera because I know there are alot of birds there right now and hoped to get some good shots. I spotted a ton of ducks, red winged black birds, Canadian geese, etc. I got some great photos as well. :) I love visiting the marsh because it's so full of life and I love listening to all the birds singing away. Even all the quacking sounded neat in with the red winged black birds singing. I love that I can take a short walk and experience this and I don't have to travel somewhere to see it. It is neat watching them live with one another and they all have their place. They are not fed by people and not tamed-they are wild and happy. I am just a visitor in their world, appreciating wildlife living in between the cat tails and the grass that is often overlooked. So this is why I am thankful for living near a marsh. Below are a few photos I took and also posted on my flickr page. I hope you enjoy them!
Day 217: Our vegetable garden
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First off, I would like to apologize for my absense. I would like to explain my reasons but I am in no way trying to make excuses. Tuesday I had another spinal injection and also celebrated my sister's birthday and I was pretty spent by the time I got home again. Both were very positive because the injection helps me to deal with the pain and birthdays are always wonderful! Yesterday I was exhausted still from the day before and the computer was on the fritz so I didn't get on my computer except to try fix it. So today I am attempting to catch up. :)
This post is for Tuesday and on Tuesday I thought alot about what to post because I have already wrote about being thankful for the injections and I still am but I made a rule for myself to be thankful for something different each day. So that was out. Several blessings came to mind, but I have already written about them so I really had to think. lol So I thought about being thankful for having a garden to grow food. We have quite a large vegetable garden and I have always felt so blessed to have it because we can grow such a large amount of food that we would otherwise have to buy. There are alot of people who live in town and don't have gardens or gardens this size so it is a real blessing. I thought of this because we planted our garden this weekend before it started raining. :) So hopefully when the sun comes out, the seeds will sprout and grow like crazy. Thanks for reading my blog.
First off, I would like to apologize for my absense. I would like to explain my reasons but I am in no way trying to make excuses. Tuesday I had another spinal injection and also celebrated my sister's birthday and I was pretty spent by the time I got home again. Both were very positive because the injection helps me to deal with the pain and birthdays are always wonderful! Yesterday I was exhausted still from the day before and the computer was on the fritz so I didn't get on my computer except to try fix it. So today I am attempting to catch up. :)
This post is for Tuesday and on Tuesday I thought alot about what to post because I have already wrote about being thankful for the injections and I still am but I made a rule for myself to be thankful for something different each day. So that was out. Several blessings came to mind, but I have already written about them so I really had to think. lol So I thought about being thankful for having a garden to grow food. We have quite a large vegetable garden and I have always felt so blessed to have it because we can grow such a large amount of food that we would otherwise have to buy. There are alot of people who live in town and don't have gardens or gardens this size so it is a real blessing. I thought of this because we planted our garden this weekend before it started raining. :) So hopefully when the sun comes out, the seeds will sprout and grow like crazy. Thanks for reading my blog.
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