Ever Grateful!

Okay, it has been a while since I wrote out a gratitude list. We have been saying our lists out loud as a family. It's great to involve the children in making gratitude lists. It's sets up a life long habit of remaining grateful, and looking for the positives or lessons in every event in life. I think this is one of the best things I can give to my children, the ability to find the good, and move forward to something better. I have spent way too much tome in my life wallowing in my sorrow, or guilt, or hopelessness. I have spent far too many years depressed, and searching for anything to make me feel better.

I am grateful that I have learned that I do not need anyone or anything else to make me feel better, or to make me happy.
I am grateful that I have learned that being happy is a choice that I make at any and every moment.
I an grateful that I have had the strength to keep choosing happiness, and discover my way out of the grayness of depression.
I am grateful that I learned this while my children are so young so that I can teach them, and they will always now it. They will never have to struggle so hard to learn to make that choice when times are hard.

I am grateful for wonderful neighbors.
I am grateful for my wonderful children.
I am grateful for my beautiful green plants. I was just noticing today how dark green and healthy my yucca is. Just a month ago I brought it in from outside because no matter how much I watered it, it was always dry. The sun here is so hot, it was literally burning the leaves of this plant that is native to this climate.
I am grateful for air conditioning. It has made the last several weeks bearable through the 110+ degree heat.
I am grateful that we have gotten to the end of the summer, and within a month we should be seeing 100 degree highs again!
I am grateful for my chiropractor. She is so wonderful and friendly, as is her office staff!
I am grateful for being able to order products online, and get them delivered to my door!
I am grateful for my new book, my new copy of Chakra Balancing by Deepak Chopra, our new Tibetan Meditation Music with it's wonderful flute music, and the new Hot Wheels computer games that we received in the mail!
I am grateful for swiss cheese.
I am grateful for Alstromerias on sale when I got to the store today! There's nothing like a vase of live cut flowers to spark up the energy in a room!

My Computer is Working Again!

I am so grateful that my computer is working again! I have spent the day trying to catch up on my emails. (Do I really want that many emails a day?) And I have had fun catching up on newsletters, tracking down new articles, writing blog posts, playing computer games... yes, an excessive amount of computer time today!
I am grateful that the kids' computer is working again too! I think the entire day has had at least one of them, if not two, and sometimes all three, sitting at the computer playing Elf Bowling: Hawaiian Vacation. Come see our review of this game here.

I am grateful that we found a new motherboard for my computer so inexpensively.
I am grateful that we found an incredible deal on the graphics card for the kids' computer.
I am grateful that we found not just one but two wonderful little computer stores over in Kingman, AZ where we were able to get the components we needed, and had some wonderful conversation!

I am grateful that we were able to finally get that air conditioner this weekend....
I am so grateful that we have been able to get the house down to 80 degrees! Who knew that you could be chilly at 80 degrees! We are running around wearing pants, and and putting on sweaters at night! And the few hours of intense afternoon heat, are now down time, instead of the entire day!

I am grateful for the gigantic leaves of Green Leaf and Romaine lettuces I found this week!

I am grateful that I have been studying feng shui! I rearranged the living room yesterday, and wow what a difference. I really did not think that just moving around the same piles of stuff and furniture would make a difference. I decided to create charts for myself and each child of our trigram baguas, and plan the living room out from there. And the feeling, and the look of the living room is so much improved. I mean, it still looks like a single wide trailer that is falling apart, and we still take up way more room than this trailer provides (that is to say that there are piles of stuff as high as an adult covering every inch of the walls!) But now it is comfortable to us, and inviting, and peaceful. I never thought I would feel peaceful here!

I am grateful that I feel peaceful!