Gratitude Journal

While I was at Jess' house one day, I noticed Nel was writing something in a book on Jess' table.  I asked her about it, and she said it was a gratitude journal.  I thought that was a nice idea, and I was pleased to hear she was working on this project.  Here is what she said about it.

I started a positivity challenge this Christmas season, and this journal is where I kept my gratitude list.  Through the month of December, I started every day by writing 10 things that I was grateful for.  The list could include anything, from my health and all the functioning body parts keeping me alive, to my career and all the rewarding things I get to do with my work, to being able to provide food for my family, or having access to clean drinking water, to aspects of my home life like a working dishwasher, festive decor at Christmastime, or time to spend helping Mia learn her alphabet.  I found that starting every day with gratitude was a really powerful way to keep up my positivity throughout the day.  Even when things went wrong or I was frustrated or saddened by something, it was easier to get back to a positive mindset.  Now that December has passed, I'm still working to incorporate daily gratitude into my life.  "Thank you" is a wonderful phrase with a lot of positive power.

We live in a society where we want more more more.  And today, I will join Nel in being thankful for the big things and the smallest things, like a hot cup of coffee.  I found the McCafe' Premium Roast at the store, and made some at home.  It was really good.

A chocolate cake sounded just right for the new year, and I saw this fun cake kit and decided to give it a try.  I didn't put the cocoa pebbles on top, cause it's just too sweet for me, but Duncan Hines always makes the moistest cakes.

You know how much I love gnomes.  I found the cutest Gnome Kit for the grandkids to each make a gnome of their own.

Yesterday, early in the morning, I heard thumps on the roof, and didn't know what it was and went back to bed.  A while later, I woke up and looked out my window and saw a blanket of snow.  We had another snowfall on Sunday.  I know there are many who don't like the snow in the Wintertime, cause it's bothersome to deal with the conditions that it brings.  Don't get me wrong, friends, there is much you have to prepare for during these Winter months here, and I do my share of scraping, shoveling, and clearing, but I do love it just the same.  This was a light snow, but sometimes we can get up to two feet.  I thank nature for bringing this lovely white powder around my home, and my neighbor, J, for giving me my first shovel.  I'm learning.  ; )

 ~Sheri