Saturday, December 7, 2019

Ten Things of Thankful

This has been a week of activity, but all good. I'll share some of that here with you at the Ten Things of Thankful post which I plan to link to the blog hop by the same name which Kristi of Thankful Me hosts each week. She has a few of us helping as co-hosts: Clark, Dyanne, Lisa as well as me. 




First of all I am thankful for the time and the energy to do things that I have had to put aside the past few years. While I don't know how long this will be the case, it is wonderful while it lasts. So what does that exactly mean in real time? Well, first of all, I actually got some Christmas decorations up the first week in December!

Years ago I bought a nativity set in a  second-hand store. It was in a box, and I didn't realize that it was missing a very important person.
Do you see who is missing? If anyone asks, I just say, he is on an errand for Mary. (We have other smaller nativities with no one missing.)

Nativity (Where is Joseph?)
Also, a few years ago a granddaughter gave me a Christmas decoration that I continue to display. She was going to be moving and the family was downsizing. The decoration was a little on the heavy side, so I gladly accepted her offer. I love how certain things remind me of family members.

A clever use of a glass block to make a
Christmas decoration

Some decorations I display year round, but seem so appropriate at this season of the year.

Someone did this stitching on a large piece
of plastic canvas. I am glad that I discovered
it in a second-hand shop. Some messages
are never too old.

Recently I attended an activity where people shared some tips and tricks for making life easier. This week I tried an idea for how to hang a wreath on a door. Although this idea probably has been around for a while, it was new to me. Best of all it was easy to do, worked and required no nails. Have you tried something new this week?


An easy way to hang a wreath on a door

When there is a big job to be accomplished in a short amount of time, many hands make light work. It was surprising how quickly a group of the helpers were able to decorate the tables for the Christmas breakfast held at my church this morning. I am thankful for those who see the bigger picture and for all the helpers.

One of many decorated tables in
a large meeting room

Have you ever hesitated to do something? I think we all do at one time or another, perhaps for good reasons, or at least the reasons may have seemed good at the time. My husband and I had both noticed a leaf that has clung to the top of a branch long after all the other leaves have fallen. I am thankful for the times I have had the courage to tackle something seemingly impossible for me to do.

If you look very carefully, you will see a
little yellow leaf still attached to the top
of a bare branch. It is the only leaf left on
the tree.

I am thankful for the cute Christmas sweater I was given at Thanksgiving, in time for me to wear it to some Christmas activities. I am also thankful for becoming instant friends with a little boy at the Christmas breakfast this morning when he saw the animals on my sweater.


Christmas sweater adorned with
alpacas

After a year of writing in response to weekly questions about my life, I finally received a copy of my book in the mail today. This whole project started almost a year ago, when I received a gift subscription to a company that promotes the idea of writing a story about one's life.
 This book is not one I am selling, but is for the sake of posterity.


My book for my family.



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10 comments:

  1. Congratulations on getting the Christmas decorations set up. Thank you for sharing some of them :) Hey, and congratulations on your book. What a novel (no pun intended, promise,lol) idea and valuable treasure to leave for family one day. A wonderful thankful, to be able to say you've had "the courage to tackle something seemingly impossible".
    I saw the yellow leaf!

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    1. Thanks, Denise.
      I kind of made you have to look for that leaf. :-)

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  2. I hadn't seen that wreath-hanging tip before. I just use a wreath hanger that goes over the door. I think your method would be better for the door, though.
    Can't wait to see the book! I have enjoyed reading your responses.

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    1. Like a lot of tips, some of been around for a while, but unless you watch certain shows or google the right questions, or someone mentions it to you, one never knows.

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  3. How nice to have a book for family! Love your pictures.

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    1. Thank you Lisa. I imagine some of the stories in the book will be conversation starters.

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  4. I love your sweater. This reminds me of pulling out the only Christmas sweater I have. I bought it for an "ugly sweater Xmas party last year. My daughter, perhaps trying to be nice, commented about it. "That is kinda nice for an ugly sweater, mom." LOL.

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    1. Thank you Carin. I am enjoying the sweater. Your daughter's comment about your Christmas sweater made me chuckle.

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  5. It's not often you get to see the very last leaf on a tree! That's a picture of quiet tenacity if i ever saw one.

    Congratulations on getting your book done. Your family will not lose those beloved stories now.

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    1. Thanks, Mimi. When I started the book, it was with every intention of completing it, but there have some projects I have started that have not been completed. Because this was a gift subscription from a daughter, I think given with the real hope that I would share my stories with the family, how could I not complete it? To have written during THIS year was especially meaningful to me.

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