I Am Grateful

This has been quite the day. Still living as a 'shut in', I spent a good part of the day reading my wonderful book "5 GIFTS for an Abundant Life", slept a bunch, visited several blogs to read the Wordzzle posts on each. Wow, there are some really great and talented writers out there, playing along with this meme.

This evening, I was feeling somewhat better, less pain than I've had in awhile, and I just couldn't stand it any more, so I did some housework. I moved a few things around in the living room, swept the floors, watered some of my plants, things like that. It wasn't a whole lot, but it sure looks a whole lot better. I wanted to do more, but decided it was best to quit and not to over do things just yet. Now I am thinking I might have over done it before I thought I better not over do it... oh well.

Mom phoned this evening as she has been doing since I came down with whatever this pain is all about. She's like that, when she knows I'm not well, she calls most evenings to see how I am. How's that for a great mom?

I have decided that I really don't want to miss Sunday morning at the Centre, so even though mornings are a lot worse for me than evenings are, I will do my very best to get up, shower, dress, etc and drive myself to town. I am not the type of woman to just let a little thing like mega pain stop me from what I want to do in life.

Oh ya, Dan was supposed to come by today and finish the kitchen flooring, but was a no show. He dropped me an MSN message later that he'd gone to Kamloops with a friend of his instead. It funny (odd) how when he was away for a couple weeks he kept contacting me by MSN or even long distance phone call, and told me several times how much he missed me... now he's back home, I haven't seen him and have barely heard from him for well over a week. Well, if he wants to leave my life, fine.... just get his ass over here and finish putting down my new flooring first! Sigh. He's been a good part of my life for around 7 years now, though we've always been just friends with a little extra, and always said 'no commitments'. This has worked well for us. I always give him his space and eventually he works through whatever it is and then comes around a bunch again, as I'm sure he will do again now.

I am grateful for feeling better today
I am grateful for the time to read my books
I am grateful for the warmth and comfort of my home
I am grateful for the company of my wonderful 'family' (see them in the side bar)
I am grateful for my mother, and for her phone calls (even the ones that irritate me)
I am grateful for having rearanged and cleaned a bit in my home today.
I am grateful for the part the OK-CSL (The Centre) plays in my life
I am grateful for the work I do at the Centre
I am grateful for people I know
I am grateful for the food I eat each day
I am grateful that I can easily write more, way more, than the 5 things I'm grateful for that we are asked to write in the "5 GIFTS"
I am grateful for my determined attitude, and for my attitude of gratitude.
I am grateful to be back writing again. I've only dabbled a bit in the past, and now commit to regular writing (every day)