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Today I am thankful for freezers. What caused me to think about this was when I put something in the freezer and usually it is just automatic but this time I paused and thought about how hard it would be to not have a freezer. Not to make people feel old but there was a time when freezers didn't exist and then they were seen as a luxury. I am sure there there are still people who do not have a freezer. Freezers make food last longer. Freezers are great when you do a bunch of baking and store it in the freezer so you don't have to do baking every day or every week-you can pull some out of the freezer as you need it. You can buy larger amounts of meat and pay less at the same time and store it in the freezer. Chocolate lasts a very long time in the freezer. Marshmallows don't go hard in the freezer. It would be impossible to buy ice cream if we didn't have a freezer unless we would eat the whole carton in one sitting. lol Our freezer is always full and we save money that way. We store fruit from the summer in the freezer so we can enjoy the surplus from summer over the winter. There are many benefits to freezers. I can not imagine being without one. For these reasons I am thankful for freezers.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Day 310: Free ice cream
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This post is for yesterday because I was unable to post. First I would like to say that I am kind of surprised I haven't wrote about ice cream. I thought for sure I had because I absolutely love ice cream. Secondly, I have to admit I am starting to run stuck some days and I have to think on what to post for a bit. I have posted over 300 blessings and some are material but I am still very thankful to have them. So I suppose it isn't so awful that I am starting to have to really think about it. I am thankful for free ice cream today. Awhile back there was a promotion with General Mills Cereal that if you bought a box then you get a coupon for free ice cream. Well we had a couple and the coupons expire today so I had to use it despite still having some ice cream in the freezer. I love ice cream first off and to have free ice cream is even better!!! Gone are the days you get cheap little toys that you toss with in a week or they break within a week. Now cereal has free ice cream and free books/magazine subscriptions or free beach towels etc. Sometimes the quality is not so good still but what do you expect? It is a free product in a cereal box and it can't always be very good quality. I like the freebies that are food because it is usually for something brand name and you can pick it up in the store and not wait for Canada post to get it to you with the chance you never even see it because it gets lost or goes to the wrong address. I do like the free books though too. Anyways I love free ice cream. :) I am also thankful for free ice cream and I hope it is a promo that they have again next year. :)
This post is for yesterday because I was unable to post. First I would like to say that I am kind of surprised I haven't wrote about ice cream. I thought for sure I had because I absolutely love ice cream. Secondly, I have to admit I am starting to run stuck some days and I have to think on what to post for a bit. I have posted over 300 blessings and some are material but I am still very thankful to have them. So I suppose it isn't so awful that I am starting to have to really think about it. I am thankful for free ice cream today. Awhile back there was a promotion with General Mills Cereal that if you bought a box then you get a coupon for free ice cream. Well we had a couple and the coupons expire today so I had to use it despite still having some ice cream in the freezer. I love ice cream first off and to have free ice cream is even better!!! Gone are the days you get cheap little toys that you toss with in a week or they break within a week. Now cereal has free ice cream and free books/magazine subscriptions or free beach towels etc. Sometimes the quality is not so good still but what do you expect? It is a free product in a cereal box and it can't always be very good quality. I like the freebies that are food because it is usually for something brand name and you can pick it up in the store and not wait for Canada post to get it to you with the chance you never even see it because it gets lost or goes to the wrong address. I do like the free books though too. Anyways I love free ice cream. :) I am also thankful for free ice cream and I hope it is a promo that they have again next year. :)
Monday, August 29, 2011
Day 309: winning contests
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Today I am thankful for winning contests. Well one in particular anyways. I won the first thing every today!!! Well technically I have won a radio birthday contest before too I guess. Anyways this is the second time I have won something. lol I became a member of Cat Chats and it is this great online forum where you talk about cats. I am a cat lover and have a cat and love the forum. :) They had a contest where you answer some questions about your cat and you get entered for a 20.00 amazon.ca gift card. I wasn't answering the questions to win anything because I really don't have much luck normally. Well I was very pleasantly surprised this morning to discover I won!!! This was definitely the highlight of my day and made me feel good. I wonder if technically I should order something to do with cats though. lol It is fun to win stuff. :) For these reasons I am thankful for winning contests and I hope maybe my luck is slowly changing. :)
Today I am thankful for winning contests. Well one in particular anyways. I won the first thing every today!!! Well technically I have won a radio birthday contest before too I guess. Anyways this is the second time I have won something. lol I became a member of Cat Chats and it is this great online forum where you talk about cats. I am a cat lover and have a cat and love the forum. :) They had a contest where you answer some questions about your cat and you get entered for a 20.00 amazon.ca gift card. I wasn't answering the questions to win anything because I really don't have much luck normally. Well I was very pleasantly surprised this morning to discover I won!!! This was definitely the highlight of my day and made me feel good. I wonder if technically I should order something to do with cats though. lol It is fun to win stuff. :) For these reasons I am thankful for winning contests and I hope maybe my luck is slowly changing. :)
Day 308: Dropbox
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This post is for yesterday because it got too late. For this post I am thankful for dropbox. It is quite a neat and easy way to share photos with people. When I have more than a couple photos to share it gets annoying to send them over email. That is where dropbox comes in. I can just drag and drop files and share with anyone who has dropbox as well. It is really simple and takes very little time. For these reasons I am thankful for dropbox. Oh if you would like a referral link I would be more than happy to give one. lol
This post is for yesterday because it got too late. For this post I am thankful for dropbox. It is quite a neat and easy way to share photos with people. When I have more than a couple photos to share it gets annoying to send them over email. That is where dropbox comes in. I can just drag and drop files and share with anyone who has dropbox as well. It is really simple and takes very little time. For these reasons I am thankful for dropbox. Oh if you would like a referral link I would be more than happy to give one. lol
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Day 307: frogs
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This post is for yesterday because I was unable to post. For this post I am thankful for frogs. I think they are cute and there seems to be a lot this year most likely because it has been so wet. Recently I was outside doing some stuff and came across a little wee one. It was really cute but very frightened because I almost put something right on top of it. I was able to pick it up in my hand and take a photo. I have attached the photo below. They are very useful as well as cute. Yes some may wonder how I find this little guy cute but to me he just is. :) Maybe his size makes him cuter. They eat lots of insects which I think is useful. I am hoping the frogs are not picky and don't mind eating some of the aphids that are really bad this year. But I don't know how picky they are about what they eat. Anyways I am thankful for frogs.
This post is for yesterday because I was unable to post. For this post I am thankful for frogs. I think they are cute and there seems to be a lot this year most likely because it has been so wet. Recently I was outside doing some stuff and came across a little wee one. It was really cute but very frightened because I almost put something right on top of it. I was able to pick it up in my hand and take a photo. I have attached the photo below. They are very useful as well as cute. Yes some may wonder how I find this little guy cute but to me he just is. :) Maybe his size makes him cuter. They eat lots of insects which I think is useful. I am hoping the frogs are not picky and don't mind eating some of the aphids that are really bad this year. But I don't know how picky they are about what they eat. Anyways I am thankful for frogs.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Day 306: old tv shows on dvd
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Today I am thankful for old tv shows on dvd. Often I find myself wishing that there would be more shows like there used to be and there isn't so the next best thing is watching the old shows on dvd. Currently my family and I are working our way through "The Waltons"and it was on before I was even born but it is still such a great show! I should mention that I know there are some good shows on currently as well but they seem so few and far between. We worked our way through the Dick Van Dyke show as well which was another wonderful show. We watch one episode a night so it takes awhile to get through a show. We are now on Season 8 I think of the Waltons. I do watch some tv on tv but not alot. Plus when you watch a show on dvd you can skip all those annoying commercials. It is nice not having to sit through commercials or fast forward through them. If the old shows were not on dvd available to watch then it would be sad because alot of people would miss out on some wonderful shows. For these reasons I am thankful for old tv shows on dvd.
Today I am thankful for old tv shows on dvd. Often I find myself wishing that there would be more shows like there used to be and there isn't so the next best thing is watching the old shows on dvd. Currently my family and I are working our way through "The Waltons"and it was on before I was even born but it is still such a great show! I should mention that I know there are some good shows on currently as well but they seem so few and far between. We worked our way through the Dick Van Dyke show as well which was another wonderful show. We watch one episode a night so it takes awhile to get through a show. We are now on Season 8 I think of the Waltons. I do watch some tv on tv but not alot. Plus when you watch a show on dvd you can skip all those annoying commercials. It is nice not having to sit through commercials or fast forward through them. If the old shows were not on dvd available to watch then it would be sad because alot of people would miss out on some wonderful shows. For these reasons I am thankful for old tv shows on dvd.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Day 305: wheel chair accessability
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Today I am thankful for something that may seem odd so I should explain. As you may or may not know, I am still dealing with trying to gain back my strength from having 2 back surgeries. I had to use a wheel chair for a short time after the surgeries but I no longer need a wheel chair. In that sense I am really thankful for the wheel chair accessibility because it made getting around much easier. But right now I still deal with difficulty with lack of strength and opening heavy doors to office buildings is a big issue. Those wheel chair accessibility buttons that you press to open a door are often a necessity for me to be able to enter buildings. I may not be in a wheel chair but I still can't open doors very easily. What made me think about this today is because I had to go to the Provincial Building and they have one wheel chair accessible entrance but it is on the other side of the building which is difficult for me to get to. So I tried to use the other entrance which isn't so hard to get to but it isn't very accessible to me because the doors are so heavy. I ended up hurting my back and arms trying to get into the building. I managed to just barely pull it open far enough to squeeze through and it almost shut on me. For the life of me I really can't understand why doors need to be that heavy. I am thankful for the lady that helped me open the second set of doors because I would have been in a ton more pain if she hadn't of been there when she was. I am so thankful for the buildings that have the doors that open for you because often I need them to get in. It is difficult to have someone with you while you run errands just so you can get in to buildings. Sorry if this seems somewhat negative today. I am in a lot of pain and frustrated because I thought the other entrance was blocked due to construction so I tried the other entrance and wish I had checked for sure. I am frustrated that they don't make that building accessible from each entrance. But it reminded me almost instantly of all the buildings that are accessible in that way and it helped lessen the negative feelings of the situation. Thanks for reading through this post and bearing with me. Someday I will be strong enough and not need assistance but right now I do and I am thankful for it when ever it is available!
Today I am thankful for something that may seem odd so I should explain. As you may or may not know, I am still dealing with trying to gain back my strength from having 2 back surgeries. I had to use a wheel chair for a short time after the surgeries but I no longer need a wheel chair. In that sense I am really thankful for the wheel chair accessibility because it made getting around much easier. But right now I still deal with difficulty with lack of strength and opening heavy doors to office buildings is a big issue. Those wheel chair accessibility buttons that you press to open a door are often a necessity for me to be able to enter buildings. I may not be in a wheel chair but I still can't open doors very easily. What made me think about this today is because I had to go to the Provincial Building and they have one wheel chair accessible entrance but it is on the other side of the building which is difficult for me to get to. So I tried to use the other entrance which isn't so hard to get to but it isn't very accessible to me because the doors are so heavy. I ended up hurting my back and arms trying to get into the building. I managed to just barely pull it open far enough to squeeze through and it almost shut on me. For the life of me I really can't understand why doors need to be that heavy. I am thankful for the lady that helped me open the second set of doors because I would have been in a ton more pain if she hadn't of been there when she was. I am so thankful for the buildings that have the doors that open for you because often I need them to get in. It is difficult to have someone with you while you run errands just so you can get in to buildings. Sorry if this seems somewhat negative today. I am in a lot of pain and frustrated because I thought the other entrance was blocked due to construction so I tried the other entrance and wish I had checked for sure. I am frustrated that they don't make that building accessible from each entrance. But it reminded me almost instantly of all the buildings that are accessible in that way and it helped lessen the negative feelings of the situation. Thanks for reading through this post and bearing with me. Someday I will be strong enough and not need assistance but right now I do and I am thankful for it when ever it is available!
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