I’m grateful Christopher is feeling a little better each day! Today he actually came on a little walk and we cut down our Christmas tree! :) There are so many wonderful things about our life. Though Chris hasn’t been feeling well lately, our down time together has been memorable and good.
We cut our little tree down with a kitchen knife. We liked the blue and green tones on this gem! And that’s why we brought her into our home. Turns out she was much smaller than I expected when we brought her inside. But we made it work. :) I went to Ulmers and got a little strand of lights, and we strung some plastic pearls around her, and then we put a bunch of sand dollar ornaments on (this sweet lady in our ward gave them to us when we got married last year). Our tree is still a work in progress, but it makes us happy.
We ended the night by watching Netflix (S.H.I.E.L.D!) and I eventually came across Dinosaurs! Joy.
Okay, so here in Homer we have Safeway (formerly called Eagle), Kachemak Wholesale, and Saveumore. Can I tell you what, I am grateful for saveumore. It’s sort of like a mini costco, but more expensive of course, but they just have so many cool things there and some really good ethnic food aisles. Lots of great stuff. Their produce sometimes isn’t as good as Safeway’s, but it’s still a good place to go. Really with grocery shopping here, you gotta hit up both places, and in the summer, the farmers market is a must. What I plan for next year, is a little bit of gardening and growing some of our own food. Nothing better than that homies.
I’m grateful for our car, that has no car payment (because I think that’s silly). It faithfully gets us from here to there. And it’s nice and comfy and a perfect size and the gas mileage is decent. We don’t really call our car by name, but at the beginning I thought maybe we could call her Blanca, but it hasn’t stuck, in case you were wondering.
I’m grateful the we live so close to family.
I’m grateful I followed the spirit and went to the sign language class at the church. Good to learn and good fellowshipping and a good time with beloved people. I felt like I should go, and after trying to talk myself out of it, I just went. And it was good.
(Amelia kitty not pictured, since she was out and about doing who knows what. Cats are funny.)
Here’s a picture of Chris’s yellow breakfast. Grateful for our foods. Thank you farmers and so many other people along the way that help bring food into my home!!
I’m grateful that instead of saying “no”, I said “yes” and did a puzzle with little Natalie girl!
I’m grateful for a foot rub from my honey boy. I’m grateful for clean sheets. I’m grateful for our kitchen table and chairs, and our other furniture too. I love our home.
Today, I am most grateful for Empty Nesters FHE. Chris and I hosted it at the Palmer Palace tonight and the empty nesters in the ward and the missionaries came over. It was great! Yummy sourdough waffles, and a super good veggie quiche with basil in it. I’m really picky with eggs, but these were goooood. And I’m grateful for that. I want to like eggs. :)
Speaking of food, I finished off my hagendaz dark chocolate chip gelato this morning that Chris so lovingly got for me. :) And I ate a bunch of parmesan cheese. I’ve been into yummy (kinda stinky) cheeses lately. Here’s a lovely picture I took for my sister of myself eating parmesan.
Okay, bikes, they’re super cool. In Hawaii, I had the two greatest bikes ever – Lola and Charlotte. I got a used cruiser bike here, unnamed and not custom painted yet, but she’s a gem. I’m grateful that I can only think of good times had on bikes. Biking is usually always a good time.
I’m grateful for leggings. Goodness yes I am. Especially my snow leopard leggings.
Aloha Friday.
