Ten Things of Thankful

It would seem my Ten Things of Thankful post is kind of like a collage this week bringing the readers a glimpse of perhaps me and of my life, kind of a little of this and a little of that. Thank you Dyanne of Backsies Is What There Is Not for hosting the Ten Things of Thankful blog hop. Thanks to the co-hosts, Clark and Lisa who help keep things rolling.

1. The store where I was shopping for groceries began celebrating National Doughnut Day on Thursday, one day early. My box of four for 98 cents included three doughnuts and one apple fritter big enough to share! It has been a very long time, I am guessing way over a year, since I have indulged in eating a these kind of treats. Did any of you ever hear an ancestor mention the Salvation Army Lassies who handed out doughnuts during WW1 or the Red Cross Doughnut Dollies during WW11?

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2. I discovered a new salad recipe to try which included familiar ingredients that I had never considered combining in that fashion. Some of the seasonings (cumin and turmeric) were ones I have only used just a little on rare occasions. I am glad I tried it. Next time I will make sure I have ALL the seasonings and dressing ingredients on hand so I won’t need to substitute or leave out any. Has anyone else started to cook dinner without having all the ingredients and then just winged it the rest of the way?

3. With a chorus of birds chirping outside as I was reading one evening, I learned the exact time when they stopped singing. Last Sunday evening it was exactly at 9:15 p.m. Nightfall was fast approaching and it was as though a conductor had all their attention, and they on him, and they precisely ended the concert when he cut off their concert. (One of my favorite songs that mentions a bird was performed by Gladys Knight in a concert at The Kennedy Center.)

 

 4. One afternoon it was brought to my attention that there were some people at the edge of our property sawing up the large widow maker which fell recently and some large limbs that had fallen during the ice storm in February. A while back I had mentioned to one of our neighbors that if he wanted the wood, it was free for the taking, so he and a couple of young missionaries from our church who love to help people were there this week sawing and stacking logs which he will take to someone who needs firewood for this coming winter. It will be nice to have it out of the way when the arborists come next week to safely bring the remaining widow makers in the oak trees to the ground.

Oak widow maker ready for wood stove

5. The Ten Things of Thankful blog hop in itself is something for which I am thankful because it makes me stop and seriously think, remember, and show my appreciation by sharing these things that light up my life.

6. Because of a conversation my husband and I were having one time this week, I went to a file container, where I have stored some larger photos, to see if I could discover the answer to the question. While I wasn’t able to find the answer I was seeking, I did find a photo that I thought was lost. It wasn’t really lost but only inserted into the wrong slot. Sometimes it is just okay not to immediately find the answer you are looking for when instead you discover something else.

7. Facebook private groups can be a wonderful place to reconnect with extended family.  We have enjoyed being members of one for a couple of years. Through messaging someone who is a DNA match with me on 23andme.com, this week I learned of another Facebook private group for those who descend from ancestors of a certain surname or are related in someway to those who do. Often when doing family history, it is easy to keep going backwards learning as much as you can about those who lived in the past, but it is also important to keep track of the living descendants and build and strengthen those relationships. With families being spread near and far, a Facebook private group is one way to connect.

8. While waiting for our car to be serviced this week, because the check engine light had come on and stayed on, I was thankful to find a chair in the waiting room that was actually a  comfortable chair. Some waiting room chairs are totally uncomfortable for me. Maybe I am the only one who finds chairs with broad deep seats and with chair backs slanted  back at a vee angle and not rising even to one’s shoulders to be back killing. I was lucky to find a small table with a chair that had wonderful support for my back. Yeah and feeling very  grateful for options.

9. Speaking of cars, I am thankful there are passenger vehicles that come in all sizes and some of them are large enough to allow a family to travel without having to take two cars just in order to load the children into their respective car seats.

10. Vic and our family and friends

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