Things of Thankfulness

 THANKFULNESS:

Sassy Pants always has something to be thankful for. A new month. I honestly feel like the months race away from us. Of course, February is a shorter month . I felt that it slipped by quickly. If only the snow would do the same. Thankful.

Always thankful for humor. It makes a person happy.

I am thankful for new beginnings. Although some of the Springtime months are tough ones for me, I find blessings tucked into each one of them.

Thankful better weather will come and hopefully stay so walking and enjoying the outdoors will be on the top of my list.

Thankful for a nice meal today. The hubby makes a good enchildas casserole. Today he added chicken, somedays we just add extra cheese.

Thankful the weather is suppose to stay into the 50's this week and into the next weekend. 

Thankful Jeremy and Brittany will be able to move in mild weather. I will still pray though.

Thankful for the days I get with my hubby. He works so hard so when he is here with me, I enjoy those days tremendously.

Thankful fo rall the little gifts that come to me each day. I find being grateful and thankful helps me through the days when I am grumpy and not very giving.

Thankful that I can pray. It is the best weapon against sadness and hate. I have said this a million times before, my mom always said life was hard and I needed to pray harder.

Enjoy the new month. With it comes windy days and buckets of snow . It is a nice night to be some rest and pray for a new day with many new blessings. Sweet Dreams. 

Things of Thankfulness

 Weekends are for resting, having fun and enjoying loved ones. So my thankfulness list is long.

THANKFULNESS

1. Good weather to enjoy this day.

2. Food, fun and games to share with the little ones.

3. Creative ideas to enjoy memory maker moments.

4. Photos to add to  the fun and laughter.

5. A sink full of dishes and eager little helping hands.

6. Blippi to sing some fun songs and make us all smile.

7. The good feeling you have when your son says the little was opening his eyes asking if he could visit us today.

8.The moments of laughter that make you smile and thank God for these precious gifts from above. 

9. The conversations you can have with a three year old, that makes you wish you could spend all your time with him.

10. The excitement in their faces when they see mom and dad driving up. As much as we love them, they do love to go home with mom and dad.

11. The satisfaction of knowing something you did was very good because you are reaping the benefits and the bonuses too!

THANKFULNESS

Dreamland awaits....praying for a good SONday and time well spent with phamily and friends here and at home. 

Feline Friday

 

Some feline humor for Feline Friday

Getting ready to turn in for the night. Mister Kitty and Daphne would not wish to wear pawjamas. But I love mine. Sweet dreams everyone. Hoping to see you again tomorrow. 

A QUICK MEMO: Thankful

 I will be participating in Feline Friday and Friendly Fill In's. I Just needed a quick break to get my mind settled. Too much going on and I like to be enjoying my blogging time, not stressing over it. So here is a short list of Thankful Things :

1. Not a huge fan of winter weather but needing the moisture so thankful for it. 

2. Thankful I was able to clear a path this morning on the sidewalk and the sun came up and helped melt some of the areas I could not shovel.

3. Thankful for NIck who helped with the shoveling on the front yard.

4. Thankful for Rebekah for weaving a path for the pups in the backyard and getting most of the snow off the driveway.

5. Thankful my dark chocolate covered coconut slices are back in stock at one of my favorite vitamin stores. 

6. Thankful to order online and get FREE SHIPPING!

7. Thankful for our nightime ritual of hot Sleepy Time Tea.

8. Thankful my cat slept close to me while I worked on some paperwork earlier. He knows me well.

9. Thankful the pups enjoy the snow but need their tiny feet dried off. Even the big guy Finn was shivering. I give everyone extra attention and a treat too. They were content and slept for a long while before heading out again.

10. A picture or two are worth memories when the hot summer rolls around. Thankful

Sweet Dreams all! Hoping to meet here again soon. 

Thankful Thursday and My BoJon Heritage

 

HaHaHa! Not in parochial school but high school. Oh my poor mother! A nun, Sister Mary Rita, in my sophmore year of high school once said to me, Miss Kocman, as much as you want to be, you are no one's mother hen! Oh sister...if you could only see me now! I am a mother hen with lots of chicks to tend to. Back than I rocked English class and loved to help others. Just like they helped me with Math or Science. 

Funny we never got sick, never died from hoof and mouth disease or anything else. What a wonderful world it was growing up in the 1950's and 1960's.

A DIFFERENT WORLD:.

A Different World

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We were born to mothers who smoked and drank
Our cribs were covered in lead based paint
No child proof lids, no seat belts in cars
Rode bikes with no helmets, and, still, here we are, still, here we are
We got daddy's belt when we misbehaved
Had three TV channels you got up to change
No video games and no satellite
All we had were friends, and they were outside, playin' outside

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

School always started the same every day
The pledge of allegiance, then someone would pray
Not every kid made the team when they tried
We got disappointed and that was all right; we turned out all right

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

No bottled water, we drank from a garden hose
And every Sunday all the stores were closed

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

It was a different world

I am forever thankful for my childhood and the life I was given so long ago. Thankful for my Catholic school education before everyone and everything got strange. Different times, different world, such truth.

 Rest well. dream some sweet dreams and praying for a new tomorrow with all of you. 

Wordless Wednesday

 

Wordless Wednesday

Happy Tuesday

 Ten Things of Happiness:

1.Warm sunny days

2. Toddlers Laughter

3. Dark Chocolate Truffles

4. Birds Singing

5. Playful Pups

6. Sneaky felines

7. Matching outfits for an entire week

8. Good shoes

9. Kisses

10. Mac n Cheese with Peas

Today was not the best day but I decided I would make the best of it and highlight it here.Kindness is always my first choice. Trying to remember to carefully choose my words. I am really good at it when the little grands are around. Drinking a cup of hot tea to calm away the hectic times.

Did you know God tells us to be happy in Scripture than any other command?

I like to ponder these words. 

I learned this from my father. He lived his life out and when I read the Book of James for the first time, I saw my father in it. He lived a very exemplary life. He was kind, humble, faithful, truthful, honest, filled with character and integrity.  Whenever I feel sad or down in the dumps I reread this book. It makes me happy because I will always be reminded of my dad. 

Rest well and I am hoping and praying we meet here again tomorrow. Have a good rest. 

Aw...Mondays and More

 

This bunch of wild and wacky pups were very good this long weekend while Rebekah and Zach went on a getaway. Always ready for a treat and to get them to stop and look up you say treat or dangle one in front of them. Just like small children. Please visit Aw...Mondays

"Ability will enable a man to get to the top, but character will keep him from falling."

This was my fortune cookie advice. this weekend. Whoever writes these is getting very clever and create. A truth that can not be fact checked, character is something you develop, you can't buy it or barter for it. You either have it or you don't. 

Wishing upon a star tonight for a bright tomorrow. Sleep well.

My BoJon Heritage

 Today we had the pleasure of spending several hours with our two little grandboys. Oh they are such a joy. Brody is at an age where he jumps in to help, in fact he washed the lunch dishes with Blake jumping on a chair to help him.

That hair! Master Blake is a character! Brody's shirt was soaked from washing those lunch dishes so I tossed it in the dryer and he was enjoying some laughs with his grandpa and brother. They are mesmerized by the Baby Channel and Goo Goo and Gaa Gaa.

GooGoo Color Crew and GaaGaa. The boys are learning their colors with the help of Color Drew. They have the plush crayons in a carrying case and know all those colors. Blake is going to be as witty as Brody.

This child was so helpful that he sat down for a moment and just drifted off to dreamland. Look at that foot sticking out of the covers. He is a joyful boy. Blake is too except he is super busy.

We are beat! Needing our rest tonight. We love those little ones but they sure can wear us out. Although we would never change anything, we are grateful for a good night's rest. My eyes were closing here. HaHaHa...

Stella celebrated a brthday on Valentine's Day! When Jeremy rescued her years ago we did not know her birthday and the vet told us she was probably 9 months old so that would make February her birthday, and I always celebrated her on Sweetheart's Day! If there is a sweetheart, it is Stella. She had been sad after losing Bandit (2018) and Smokey (2019).But Luna and Duke came to live with her. She is well treated at Jeremy's home and she will be moving to thei new place in a few weeks too. So happy birthday to this beutiful girl.''

Love at it's finest. Nine months before Smokey's passing from a horrible cancer. These two were inseperable. Stella is better now that Luna and Duke are with her. She was just Smokey's girl. So we always thought they would stay together while they grew old. She is a sweet girl. I will always love her and wish her a beautiful 2021. Happy Birthday Stella!

Weekend Funnies

  

The country music station has some great memes!

HaHaHa this is so true. We have so many take out places nearby. Going out is just not fun like it use to be. So we do take out. There is a Chinese Restaurant nearby that is so good and that older gal, I think she has a crush on my hubby! HaHa! I prefer to support small businesses rather than large corporations. They are the worst ones complaining when they make money ten times more than a small business does.

These are funny. Last night I turned on the stove top tea kettle, good ole Revereware just like my momma had. I forgot about it and the hubby came around the corner, were you cooking nothing? HaHa! I am the teamaker 99 percent of the time so he does not expect me to forget such things.  We bought a new  electric glass tea kettle and it smells like chemicals. The old one never had such a problem. We tried everything to get rid of that smell. So Revereware to our rescue!

From a Texas friend dealing with the aftermath of the power grid failure.  do you know the wind turbines and solar panels are made out of non recyable materials? In the words of my favorite funny guy Bill Engvall, Here's Your Sign! D U H!

Then there are people like Clarice. Always positive, always kind, never spewing meanness, bullying or being hateful. A breathe of delightfully fresh air in today's world at social media.

She always shares goodness. Kindness. Faithful memes. 

Years ago my mother told me, give it to God! Do you think I listened? Well....all these years later, there is absolutely no one else to give it to! So now I know how incredibly smart my mom was and why she lived to a very nice older age. 

I am going to turn into a bleary eyed grump in the morning if I do not get some rest. Sweet dreams, much love and kindness to all and being hopeful in the One who I trust to make sure we are here tomorrow. Goodnight...

Feline Friday, My BoJon Heritage, Pink Saturday

 

This was Harrison with Socks. He was not an indoor feline at all and unfortunately where they lived, in an open area, he was hit by a car. It left Harrison sad but he is an animal lover and he is now enjoying Jingle and Bell as they are indoor domestic cats. I will have to find photos of them soon. Share oyur favorite feline at Feline Friday. This was a photo from 2019. Socks reminded me of Boots, he was quite a beautiful kitten. It is a shame so many animals are left unattended.

Noelle always manages to capture excellent photos. This one is definetly one of those. Grandpa Avery and Blake chasing the balloons. This little fellow was getting tired. THey had played hard at MOnkey Business today so he was winding down for the evening.

Shea was so pretty in pink (check out her cool shoes). She is a Pink Saturday girl for sure. BLake was unsure if he liked her sitting in his high chair. He also wondered how she was getting his treats so he snatched that canister and walked away with it. He is a sweetheart of a boy, just very busy at this time in his life.

Brody was sitting very seriously waiting for his cake. Grandpa decided to pick up this Dino and sing Happy Birthday to Brody by moving that Dino's mouth. This is what happens when you use your imagination with a creative child. That Dino ate more cake than the rest of us.

It is way past our bedtime and that electrician will be ringing the doorbell at 8 A.M. Finally, or at least hopeful, that our solar panels will be a go after this final city inspection tomorrow afternoon. Say a prayer for us and Jeremy and Brittany as they close on their house and their new home tomorrow. Pray for Texas, Tennesse, Louisana. So many hurting without power or water. Many friends are saying stores are closed, roads are closed and many grocery stores have no food. I am very sad for all that is happening in our country so quickly. Quite a sad thing but Hooray for El Paso, Texas. They have their own power grid so heat and water are available.  

“The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. … So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake.” —1 Thessalonians 5:2,6

Thankful Thursday

 Thankful Thursday Celebrate everything you are thankful for. Here are a few examples of my day:

Noelle and Roger's girl Piper. She is going to grow up to be a big girl, kind of like Leo with those huge paws. But she is playful and makes a soul thankful.

Thankful for Shea Avery Marie and her smile! She is a ham! She gives these big smiles to dogs and her daddy. She was practicing her music lesson. 

My boy Boots was a playful kitty. He loved to get dressed up and he was a poser! Hannah, Nick, Rebekah and Colton were so small. Thankful for them and thankful for my BFF fur baby Boots. Missing him always. 

Thankful for the words on this google image. Tahnkful for sweet dreams and restful night.Say a prayer for all those dealing with the weather. Texas has been hit hard along with Louisana. They are not use to the crazy winter weather like we are here in Colorado.  Thank you, goodnight and make sure you get your rest sowe can hopefully all return here tomorrow. God Bless You!

P.S. linky will not allow me to put this post on brianshomeblog.com. It also refused to place my image on annesphamilyblog.com. Weird world of technology. Enjoy oyur rest and a beautiful new day!

Wordless Wednesday

  

Wordless Wednesday

Happiness, Love, Peace

 

Snoopy is the kind of dog who shows happiness in his smile. I like people and pets like Snoopy. 

 

 

I am not a fan of doctors and video calls. It is not my cup of tea but I had to have one today. Thankfully I was able to get an anti-biotic to help rid me of this sinus issue that seems to be getting worse. I took my first five day does tonight. I want to be happy like Snoopy so I hope this cures it.

Speaking of love, how about 100 percent pure love. These fur babies will give you 110 percent! THis sweet meme made me smile out loud. 

I hope you will visit Happy Tuesday and enjoy some happiness today.

Sometime we all need simplicity. Peace and Quiet. In the movie :"What About Bob?" I remember the one kid saying to Bob, you be peace and I'll be quiet. You know parents love that.

I am a little off my plan and still have much going on in our lives. I will get over to visit everyone. I apologize. LIfe has not be too easy lately. Once I feel better I think I can get back to a regular schedule and not spend the late nights writing here. But it is peaceful and quiet.

Restful nights and beautiful dreams everyone. See you here soon, I hope. 

Valentine's Day Blessings,Grateful, Thankfuls

 Oh! if it be to choose and call thee mine,

Love, thou art every day my Valentine.
~Thomas Hood (1799–1845), "For the 14th of February"


Cold and snowy February
Does seem slow and trying, very.
Still, a month made gay by Cupid
Never could be wholly stupid.
~Louise Bennett Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron, "February," A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband with Bettina's Best Recipes, 1917


Muse, bid the morne awake;
Sad winter now declines:
Each bird doth choose a mate,
This day's Saint Valentines...
~Michael Drayton


I claim there ain't
Another Saint
As great as Valentine.
~Ogden Nash, Happy Days, 1933

Thoughts on Saint Valentine and the celebration of Vanetine's Day. Hop over to Aw...Mondays and say hello. 

Snoopy always has good thoughts for everyday. So count your blessings, add up your grateful choices and celebrate your thankfulness. 

L O V E is the very greatest gift of all. Always remember it.  Get some good rest, wake up refreshed and filled with a new hope for a new day with many kindnesses in your path. Take care and hopefult o be here again.