Monday check-in

Well here we are headed into Thanksgiving week already and the weather seems to be cooperating with that time of the year across the nation even in Florida!! We are at a cool 50 degrees right now with a high in the upper 60s forecast for today. No worries we start climbing up again and Turkey day will see us at around 75.

This is check in where we meet on Monday and welcome our new members, share how the weekend went and what your week ahead holds. Usually that's appointments and procedures but let's do something a bit different this Monday and everyone tell us one thing you will be giving thanks for this Thursday, if you don't live in the states nor celebrate the holiday you can still play and give us one thing your thankful for.

Sometimes in our world its difficult to see the things we are so blessed with when our daily lives are filled with nothing but one struggle after the other, the world in the midst of this horrible state of terrorism, kids killing kids, and so very much ugliness going on. Somewhere in all of our lives we really can count many blessings if we just look past all of the other side.

I feel so blessed to have my 5 children and 3 grandchildren, all healthy and doing well in life. As a new CPer way back when I spent so many countless hours worrying about how they would turn out living this life with me when it was so drastically different than their old one and that of their friends. I wasted time, I had no need to worry because in the end the only thing that mattered was my love for them and being their Mom however I could.

I hope each of you can find that blessing through the sometimes dismal world we face each day and hang onto that and let it push you past those days the good in your lives seems so far away.

Don't over do this week, pace yourself and for those cooking as I am, start earlier, cut whatever corners you need to no one will know or care, rest often and take care of yourself.

Yes, Vickie, sometimes it's hard to see the blessings when daily life is a struggle. Thanks for reminding that the blessings are still there.

Pain is a little better this week. There are stabs under the cast where the plates keep hitting, and central pain syndrome is getting triggered by all the "real" pain. But it's better than last week and I can sit up longer.

The "three musketeers" (5,7,9) made the turkey trail to their house by dragging a huge bag of corn on a sled - open at the tail end so it spilled out the entire contents. It was a huge waste of corn, but it was just too funny to watch. It made my day.

My daughter got a good report from the doctor today and doesn't have to go back for 3 weeks! Yay!

Got all of the lights up. Some of them are solar and I need the ladder for ornaments so, they will be lit tonight, just a bit early. Did the 'icing' on the ginger bread men ornaments. I used white nail polish! So much more needs to be done. Tomorrow while the oven is doing the 'hard work', I will be setting up the Holiday display.

The weather is to be in the 50's and 60's the next 2 days. So glad! Cold makes me hurt worse!

Blessings to all of you! This site is on my "Give thanks for" list!

The following is about a real, true thought I had…
not a sarcastic one.…
it's just me, learning to be grateful for what I DO have.

The other day, my pain levels were just awful. Head to toe pain, morphine not doing much to help either…so I'm feeling sorry for myself at that moment, and then this little voice in my head says "I am grateful to have pain head to toe. It means I am not paralyzed, and it gives me the ability to empathize with others, to understand the suffering that others go thru...and maybe we can help keep hope alive for all of us"

Where did that thought come from??? I'm finding more and more that the "glass half full" thoughts are coming more automatically. Now the trick is not to dismiss them right away.


Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Focus on what you do have, what you can control and not so much on what you don't have, what you cannot control. I am thankful for all of you.