This week I am Thankful For:
{Numbers go with my One Thousand Gifts Journal - Just Ignore}
* be ready - this is covering Christmas week - its a long one this time around
875 / Ricky drive Ernie down.
Bless Ricky's heart. We had an vet appointment for Ernie's next worming treatment & instead of me driving all the way home, Ricky went home &got Ernie after work & drove down to the vet so I could just meet them. Saved me a good hour of time.
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| Big boy at 10.5 lbs ... then... cant wait to see what he is now. We go tomorrow to find out |
My first day of potentially being REALLLLLY late to work with a wreck on the expressway - but I was able to get off on a different exit & weasel my way through downtown & got there just 1 minute late when I heard on the radio it was a back up of 25 minutes. Whew! Glad I know my downtown roads.
879 / Starbucks coworkers
I loved that some coworkers asked me to walk with them in the afternoon for a Starbucks run on a beautiful day. I loved it, of course, for the Starbucks, but that I am getting to know my coworkers & see how awesome they are.
883 / Retirement parties.
Two people are retiring in our Finance Department at the end of the year & the firm had nicest parties for both ladies. One of the ladies has been with the firm for 45 year!! That's how long I have been alive. She said her first day of work, she remembered she wore a white & pink polyester dress & white go-go boots. How awesome is that?
885 / Yeti Cup
I've never had a yeti cup - never ever even SEEN a yeti cup - but was so surprised when our manager gave our department all personalized ones. & I was the only one with this color & LOVE IT!!! It's so bright & pretty!
886 / First Staff Meeting
I loved it that our department meets to get updates what's going on & even better? There's praise & pats on the back for what's going RIGHT. I just love that. Communication is key & appreciation is even bigger. Can you tell I'm loving my new job
887 / All the work celebrations
We've had 2 retirement parties, a Christmas lunch for the whole firm & then we got another Christmas party for our floor. It was so nice - the managers of all the departments brought in food & drinks for everyone & we just all took the last hour of the day to just relax & talk about the holidays.
888 / Time off work!!!!
Yep... one month in & I already have PTO time off. I didnt want to use it because I just felt funny, but when my manager heard I was so far behind on shopping, she talked me into taking at least a half day to get some shopping done. Who does that? The best manager ever!!!! It was even nicer because Ricky was off work so I got to meet up with him & we just enjoyed a good day together getting a lot accomplished.
890 / Coffee date with a friend.
My sweet friend commissioned me to do two canvas pieces for her family for Christmas & we had to get them to her before Christmas - obviously... so we were able to meet up on 12/22 to have some coffee (or tea for both of us) & we ended up talking for 3 hours. haha. We honestly could have talked longer but both husbands were calling us reminding us its Christmas & there's a lot on the calendar & schedule. I just love this lady!
891 / Joysters.
OK... I was totally overwhelmed & speechless. I got home from my coffee date & find a package for me from the Joysters. It was just the most thoughtful thing ... the present alone was wonderful, but the thought that they wanted to do something for me to leading our group? I honestly was in shock & cried & just kept saying to Ricky, "I dont know what to say"... haha... I dont receive presents well. I love to give them - but I'm just not good at accepting. I sat for the longest time just so thankful for such sweet friends who are sneaky & got together to do this for me.
893 / Live Nativity Scene.
It was so nice to stop by our old church & see this beautiful sight & hear the Christmas story read & get to see some old friends. What a beautiful tradition they are doing with this nativity every year.
895 / Ricky's Birthday.
Always thankful for my hubby's big day & thankful for another year in his life.
896 / Winner Winner!
Ricky got a lottery ticket on his birthday... & ended up winning $100... it might as well be $10000 because he was so excited. So fun.
897 / Lunch with the baby.
So glad Lindsay came in town for Christmas & we got to spend time with her. & bless her heart - she snuck to the waitress & paid the bill for our dinner on Christmas Eve to treat us both for our birthdays ... so nice. Ricky was so mad at her though :) haha
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| Lindsay was so excited to meet the new Pup-Pup too (as she called him) :) haha |
900 / White Christmas!!!
I can't believe we had snow on Christmas Eve & into Christmas morning. I'm not a fan of snow but it is kind of magical to have it on Christmas!
901 / Family Christmas.
I dont take it for granted to spend another holiday with my family. It's truly a blessing to not overlook
902 / Christmas Morning.
I just love Christmas morning - even as an adult. It's not the same jumping up at 4am to look for presents... now, its sleeping in & enjoying a yummy breakfast & sitting by the glow of the tree & just relaxing into the morning. Reading the story of Jesus birth & really remembering what its about... its just the best.
903 / Sweet gifts.
My hubby knows me - lots of Beauty & the Beast stuff, some perfume that I refuse to pay for myself & a new cross necklace. & not just one necklace - TWO!! I've been so upset since I lost my last one he got me & I've had for 16 years.... so he found one that looked like my last one (the white gold & diamond one) & then found the other diamond with the sapphires in it later & really liked that one too so I have two to interchange or have on back up if I loose one again. (Please Lord, no)
904 / Christmas with dogs.
Just like my family - we appreciate another Christmas with our dogs... old & new. Bruno loved the attention Ricky gave him for awhile... & Harvey & Ernie got worn out playing with their new toys... & Zoe? She's always just around like an elf - she likes to stick around the edges of a room but not get involved with any doings. She's my Golden Girl - for sure.
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| I ADORE this picture of Ricky & Bruno |
905 / Japanese dinner with our girl... one last time.
We usually go to the movies on Christmas Day & was looking forward to seeing Star Wars but we ended up missing the showing with the crowds & was able to meet up with Lindsay for dinner before she flew back home. It was nice because we've never ate at this Japanese restaurant & we really loved it. & we were just glad to get in more time with our baby girl.
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| Teriyaki Tofu with vegetables - YUM!!! |
Whew...
Thanks for hanging in there with this one along with me.
What an amazing week.
& I guess this is really the last one of the year... WOW!
But I'll be continuing on in 2018 ... always thankful
... always appreciative of everything God blesses me with every day.
Would love to have you join me every Thursday!
What are you Thankful for this week?
Thanks for hanging in there with this one along with me.
What an amazing week.
& I guess this is really the last one of the year... WOW!
But I'll be continuing on in 2018 ... always thankful
... always appreciative of everything God blesses me with every day.
Would love to have you join me every Thursday!
What are you Thankful for this week?
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