Thankful

     My friend Tina started a Winter Babes Club on facebook a couple of years ago.  I took part in it then, skipped last year, but this year I'm gung ho.  There are 40 things on the to-do list that invite "babes"  to embrace winter, and since it's my least favorite season, I think I need this positive kick in the pants!

     #27 is:  "Create a Thankfulness list that you can add to throughout the winter."

      So I'm starting it here and adding to it each Thursday from here on out.  

• Brad
• a strong marriage
• Mac
• the blessing of being a mom
• job security
• my blog readers
• good books
• knitting
• a patient knitting teacher
• friends who want to lift me up by doing goofy things like this club
• a warm bed
• a roof over our head
• the finances to keep it there, for now
• perspective
• the gift of having Vicki as a friend, even for too short a time
• the people Vic brought into my life
• the promise of Salvation
• my students
• my students' parents
• co-workers who are supportive and ALWAYS ready to listen
• co-workers who will tell me when I'm wrong
• great teaching at church each weekend
• facebook friends who are willing to keep in touch with me the only way I have time to--on-line!
• the ability to sift out and avoid drama
• a God who teaches me daily that if I want to see change, I have to change

More to come...