Grateful Quote July 8 2013

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart. Sarah Ban Breathnach

Day 8 Thankful July 2013

I am thankful for technology. It has been useful to me in many ways. First, it keeps me in touch with my family near and far, even amidst busy schedules. I can see photos of friends, and family, keep up with people who have moved like old neighbors. We have some old neighbors who lived next door for 12 years. Then they moved and we hardly see them, but can see updates of their family through Facebook. My grandfather, my 79 year old grandfather, likes to pop up messages saying hello. I appreciate it very much. We got to see he, and my parents, this weekend. It was such a nice visit. Other technology I do, or will, appreciate: texting with my girls, skyping with my nieces, weather.com radar to plan my runs, my Garmin watch that tracks my speed and distance for my runs, educational websites where I can search for new lesson plan ideas or activities/video clips for my students... the list goes on. One piece of technology I enjoy is blogging, too! I hope you are well, Reader. What are your favorite aspects of technology?

Thankful July 7 2013

I am thankful for summer break. It is a nice time where I can catch up on time with family, reading and cleaning. Things that I appreciate, but feel guilty setting aside school time for. Especially the reading. I enjoy reading for fun, but don't do very much of it during the school year because I feel I should be researching for my job, grading, planning, etc. I have finished 5 books, thus far and am about to finish a fourth. It is still as fun as I remember from my younger days when summer was filled with voracious devouring of literature! Have you read anything great lately?

Day 6 Thankful July 2013

I am thankful for our dogs. They are both big oddballs. The vet has even mentioned the only thing wrong with our beagle is that he is "weird". But they are loving, like to snuggle and follow me around the house. They love a good ear scratching and our big weimaraner does not mind at all when I put my face into his. He loves any attention. Even when he is asleep and I talk to him, his tail wags amidst his snores. These two dogs have given me my fair share of frustration, they haven't been easy by any means, but they are loving dogs, for sure. I will be sad when they are gone, which seems to be a time frame that is quickly approaching...

Day 5 Thankful July 2013

I am very thankful for family. This weekend we will be in Michigan visiting my parents and grandparents. I'm thankful they only live 3 and a half hours away. They are such kind people; "give you the shirt off their back" type people. They are hard working people who strive to be successful at their jobs. I'm thankful for my husband's family, too. His immediate family is close by, and always here when we need them. They're fun to be around and share a lot of the same interests as we do. Both families care so much for us and for our girls-we could never want for more love.