19 Jul
Things I’m Grateful For on Saturday 19 July
Today’s list of things to be grateful for or appreciate:
- Getting a good night’s sleep. I seem to be getting a very deep sleep just recently. I’m waking up feeling very rested and ready for the day. I also seem to be having more dreams, quite vivid ones.
- Hot Teeccino. I love the Original, Vanilla and Hazelnut flavours, but I’m not so keen on the Mocha.
- Lovefilm have sent me some more DVD’s today.
- Sorted out a film Nat wants to watch.
- I’ve had another swap on ReadItSwapIt.
- Listening to Alice Peacock on random.
- Smodging on Wenna.
- I’m off work all day today and tomorrow.
- We have some raspberries, blackberries and blueberries in the fridge, so I’m going to make a smoothie later.
- A lovely hot shower.
- The time I spent making the smoothie. Blending the seeded fruit first and then straining them worked out well.
- Eating the smoothie.
- Watching Imagine Me & You. A very interesting film, which didn’t end the way I expected.
- I watched another 2 episodes of Carnivale.
- Having free time.
- Watching yet another film.
- Getting the car went very easily.
- McVities Caramels.
- Playing with my mechanic’s cat.
- The car is much quieter now. And it drives much more smoothly.
- Having some games to play while I waited for The French to get back from his party.
Things I’ve laughed at today:
- This loldog. And this one too.
- You’ve Been Framed. Youtube video.
Things I want to manifest:
- A successful journey to fetch the car.
Things I’ve done for others:
- Looked up bus times on the internet for mom.
- Fetched the milk in.
What is Smodging my good sir?
July 19th, 2008 at 8:34 pmHi Jessie - I can answer this coz’ i asked Sol the same question a while ago.
‘Smodging’ is a cross between romping n’ cuddling. Sol craws about on the floor with Wenna, playing about with her - blowing up her nose and tickling her etc. ‘Smodging’ is a great word don’t ya think!
Glad the Smoothie making went well Sol. My favourite smoothie flavour is Raspberry n’ Cranberry. What’s everyone elses? lets all feel grateful for Smoothies today. Tasty and full of goodness!
Wanted to ask you a question Sol - you must feel grateful for things like Water, Electricity, living in a developed country etc. ‘every day’, but you don’t include these things in your list ‘every day’. Is this because some days you are ‘truly’ grateful for these things - so you add them to your list, and then on other days you don’t think about them or aren’t overly grateful for them - so therefore don’t include them in your list? Or do you feel that you don’t ‘need’ to say you are grateful for them most days because these things just go without saying? Hope you understand this messy, badly written question, lol. I feel grateful for the ‘obvious’ things like Water and electricity every day, But do i need to put them in my list ‘every day’? Oh God i feel so silly asking this - i was just wondering. The weetabix girl has got her silly head on again, lol.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend
July 19th, 2008 at 10:01 pmLoved the term ‘fetched the milk in’ sounds so cool and foreign to me. I am totally using that now. And think of you.
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July 20th, 2008 at 7:51 amOn July 19 at 8:34 PM, jessie said:
Looks like 48 has it covered.
On July 19 at 10:01 PM, 48weetabix said:
Bingo! Some days I just don’t notice the fact that I have these things, and take them for granted. Other days, something happens, and I notice them and am grateful for them.
On July 20 at 7:51 AM, Kelley said:
Do you not get doorstep milk deliveries in Australia? How to the bored housewives over there cope?
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July 20th, 2008 at 7:24 pmI’m grateful when people take my artwork or instructions and leave a backlink.
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July 20th, 2008 at 7:31 pmI am grateful because I can blog and have nice people out here!
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July 20th, 2008 at 7:32 pm1. Almonds.
2. The number 22
3. People asking me, “Whasssup?”
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July 20th, 2008 at 7:34 pmthis is my first visit to your blog and find it to be such a great reminder for me to be thankful for all the good things in my day. Thank you!
July 20th, 2008 at 8:02 pmSaturdays are best. You have a full day to rest next day. I stay online for long on Saturdays. These days it is difficult to arrange a party with my friends. Just a simple day you have blogged in simple way.
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July 20th, 2008 at 8:22 pmSolomon, I am so glad your blog was chosen for the e-card rush!
Today I am grateful I can worship without fear.
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July 20th, 2008 at 8:25 pmI’ve read your blog before and one of the things I’ve been grateful for is every time you drop your card. Not to sound selfish but I usually drop on 300 of those who have dropped on me. Maybe I should add you to a list of regular drops just to keep coming back. Your list of things to be grateful for is really quite appealing.
That smoothie sounds so good I may just have to go to the store and get some more raspberries, blackberries and blueberries and make one for myself.
I am also grateful for is this post being picked for the comment rush this week!
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July 20th, 2008 at 9:42 pm1. Chocolate
2. coffee
3. My family is happy and healthy!
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July 20th, 2008 at 10:34 pmI’m thankful to have my family around me today!
What is Hot Teeccino? It sounds like it might be coffee - but what is the flavor?
Fetching the milk will become a new saying here too!
Enjoyed your post!
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July 20th, 2008 at 11:00 pmOn July 20 at 11:00 PM, kml said:
It’s a coffee replacement, made from various nuts and fruits. It’s similar to coffee, but it lacks the bitterness. I’m drinking it because I don’t want kidney stones.
July 20th, 2008 at 11:07 pmthis is a great blog, i would be really thankful if i could find your EC widget. Anyway,
I’m thankful for reading this blog, thankful for being in church today, thankful for gods mercies,thankful for my wife’s fantastic cooking.
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July 20th, 2008 at 11:12 pmthis is interesting - to list down things that i have to be grateful for. i definitely need this now.
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July 20th, 2008 at 11:38 pmThis is a good read! It reminded me of the days when I didn’t have to rush anything and just to do what I gotta do at my own pace. Thanks for reminding me to be thankful of the simple joys.
July 20th, 2008 at 11:42 pmHmmm…I’m grateful to watch Piper Peraboo on Imagine Me & you
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July 21st, 2008 at 12:19 amOne of the things I’m grateful is my husband who snores all night, because he is at home asleep with me and not with someone else. Sounds funny but true.
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July 21st, 2008 at 12:25 amSometimes being for the simple things in life is best. Thanks for reminding me!
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July 21st, 2008 at 12:27 amInteresting read. Everyday we should be grateful as we are blessed to see the sun shining in the morning and the sun set in the late afternoon. That’s more than a blessing and worthy to be grateful.
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July 21st, 2008 at 12:33 amWhat a great upbeat way to look at life! I found this through Entrecard blog and I am glad that I did.
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July 21st, 2008 at 12:39 amI am grateful for my family. We work hard during the week so that we can max out our weekends together; so I am also grateful b/c nobody has to work on the weekends anymore!
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July 21st, 2008 at 1:01 amI am thankful for a very nice vacation that I used to work in our Vacation Bible School at church. It was a great week! Over 700 kids (including staff) came each day, 70% who do not attend our church.
For a list of things I am thankful for, go to my post at http://karen.pnn.com/articles/show/13736-give-thanks
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July 21st, 2008 at 1:17 amI am grateful for my mother and my children. I am grateful for my sweetie. I am grateful for Sugar and my chickens. I am grateful for my garden. Wow, I think I could go on and on. I really enjoyed your post! Have a great day! Christina
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July 21st, 2008 at 1:22 amI am grateful for your blog. It’s so terrific to have a daily reminder that we all need to remember and honor the good things in life.
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July 21st, 2008 at 1:36 amI’m grateful I can feed my family today.
I’m grateful my wife and our four kids have a place to live this week.
I’m grateful that even with out a real job and not knowing where our next meal is going to come from that I still have time to enjoy the good things in life… FAMILY!
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July 21st, 2008 at 2:26 amHi Sol:
I like to read your blog regularly. I think that gratitude, expressed regularly, is a gift we give ourselves and others. To ourselves - when we realize how much we do have, this lessens some of the feelings of envy or jealousy; we tend to compare ourselves less to others. And the more grateful we are, we have fewer expectations of others and the few we have tend to be more reasonable. I try to practice gratitude whenever I can.
I love what you write and am very grateful you have this blog.
Warmly,
~Laura
July 21st, 2008 at 2:26 amGreat list Solomon! Where are you from if you don’t mind my asking?
In honour of your blog, I would like to say that I’m grateful for:
- Music
- Laughter
- Sunshine
- Love
How’s that for mushy??
p.s. Stan, Whasssup?
July 21st, 2008 at 2:31 amI too am grateful for having the day off … now to do something useful.
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July 21st, 2008 at 2:47 amI am grateful for so many things, but today I am really grateful for my husband. He really is an amazing blessing for me.
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July 21st, 2008 at 3:17 amMahalo Solomon!
That was an amazing list - so beautiful and sincere. I’m grateful for my family and I just went and old them that. They now think I’m weird, haha, but at least they know!
Ali
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July 21st, 2008 at 3:18 amThe things I am grateful for is being alive today and for all the people I love in my life.
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July 21st, 2008 at 4:12 amThat was a nice recipe for a splendid Saturday.
July 21st, 2008 at 7:08 amI once had a newsletter in which I invited people submit to a Gratitude List I introduced. It didn’t do too well…I was the person with 99% of the entries! Which is why I was so pleased to see your blog and the interest it generates! Your list clearly indicates all the things that you experience as good and that is what I believe gratitude is - seeing/experiencing the good in (all) things!
Keep up the wonderful attitude! Lucy
July 21st, 2008 at 7:29 amSo glad you have comment rush today. I love reading your blog as it’s such a great example of how to be positive about life. Were you always like this? Do you ever feel down?
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July 21st, 2008 at 7:52 amnice post, i will posting the same post in my blog, you’re the one who gave me the idea of doing it.. hehe.. thanks and more power! =)
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July 21st, 2008 at 7:56 amnice post! found it through entrecard..
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July 21st, 2008 at 9:39 amTHANKS FOR LINK ME IN ENTRECARD.
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July 21st, 2008 at 10:08 amOur family together.
It’s like a tornado went through the house with our 2 kids romping and hopping about.
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July 21st, 2008 at 11:16 amHello
I have to commend you for your positive way of looking at life!
I always smile when I wake up in the morning because that to me is my first grateful thought of the day.
Then it continues ….that in itself is #1 in my books.
I am very impressed at how neat and organized you have set up your blog.
Keep on looking though your glass half full…it is a positive way to think all around.
Keep moving forward!
~D~
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July 21st, 2008 at 11:38 amSleep, the under-appreciated aspect of our lives!
July 21st, 2008 at 12:59 pmHi, just reading your thoughs
July 21st, 2008 at 1:30 pmgreat list… very inspiring.
July 21st, 2008 at 1:32 pmHi,
I am grateful for being alive and Blessed with a loving family!
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July 21st, 2008 at 1:35 pmnice blog…i always thank God for everything he had given to me or giving me…its an optimistic way to tackle the odd things happening in our life..
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I can relate to #10: “# A lovely hot shower.”—this weekend the plumbing went bad in our building and we didn’t have the use of hot water. It makes you think and appreciate the little things in life. Thank you for allowing me to stop and smell the roses with this post.
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July 21st, 2008 at 2:25 pmyea me too a movie freak……….and i do always thank the people behind a good movie……
i haven’t see imagine me and you……..but cause u recommend it………i’ll surely watch it with nxt two days…….
July 21st, 2008 at 4:32 pmHello. Nice List. Seems like you have your heart and mind in the right spot. You have a good day.
Beamer
July 21st, 2008 at 5:23 pmI keep meaning to start a gratitude booklet. Maybe I should visit your site everyday to remind me.
July 21st, 2008 at 6:06 pmSummer! I love the summer and warm weather and I will soak it up till the very end!
July 21st, 2008 at 8:45 pmI am grateful that I was able to finish my first triathlon without dying and that I have a desire to do another.
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July 21st, 2008 at 9:56 pmHi Solomon. Wow! Congratulations on being featured at EntreCard. You really deserve it. I am so proud for you.
Nice list.
Keep up the good work!
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July 22nd, 2008 at 1:38 amI also love your blog and am especially intrigued by the teeccino. Can you buy it in the United States, I wonder? I have never heard of it, let alone seen it anywhere. Which reminds me how grateful I am for coffee and tea and all of their varieties.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 2:16 amIt is so lovely to see people publicly share their thoughts on staying grateful.
I am grateful that I got to come and visit you via entrecard. I have been offline for three weeks and yours is only the second comment rush I could participate in. I am extremely grateful to back online.
Megan from Australia
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July 22nd, 2008 at 2:45 amAll great things. I have to be thankful for no blackouts. The lights in the office were flickering this morning and I thought I was going to end up with a day off.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:18 amA good habit to get into, writing what you’re grateful for daily. Today, I’m grateful I just handed in my last paper for the semester and my loving husband, not necessarily in that order. Thanks for the idea, I might just have to implement this into my blog.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 pmi regularly do gratitude lists but i’ve never included a “things i’m laughing at today” - great idea!
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July 22nd, 2008 at 5:59 pmThings that I’m grateful for today…
1) That I’m healthy and well
2) That I have a great meal (and conversation) with my wife just now…
3) That my job allows me to ’smell the roses’…
Thanks for this great site!
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July 22nd, 2008 at 10:24 pmIt’s my first time here and I really like this blog. You remind me that everyday is a wonderful day and that we should always be grateful of the blessings that we have.
I am grateful today because I was able to visit your blog.. Hehehe..
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:12 pmI am grateful to Annie Haslam of Renaissance for today. She shined my day with her dreamy voice and beautiful The Harbour, Ocean Gypsy, Song of Scheherazade songs. Long live progressive rock !
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:27 pmEven I can add I am grateful for a good night’s sleep even though I have been sleeping only 4-5 odd hours daily spending the rest of the time blogging. Still there are lots of things I have to be glad for especially the presence of God in my life. Great idea with this blog.
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:13 amNetflix! and my puppies!
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:14 amI am grateful that I read your blog and succeeded to comment as number 65 (I hope), which happens to be my lucky number.
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July 23rd, 2008 at 8:29 amI’m shallow! I’m greatful I have a pc and a high speed connection!
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:30 pmHai, what are you doing on your day off? Great….
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July 23rd, 2008 at 1:48 pm‘Can’t help but wonder if 19 and 20 aren’t somehow connected?
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July 23rd, 2008 at 4:18 pmI’ve grate of dream and life that God gave to me
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July 23rd, 2008 at 4:28 pmYou are a dedicated commenter - and for that I am grateful! It is nice to reflect on all that is good in life. Life is so precious and it is something that we cannot buy but so many of us take little time to reflect on the wonder of it all and how lucky we are to be able to live on such a beautiful planet.
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July 23rd, 2008 at 10:09 pm# ReadItSwapIt.
# Smodging on Wenna.
These 2 confuse me.
Love to feel the positive energy *woot woot*
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July 24th, 2008 at 4:48 amwhat a lovely idea. I’ve tried keeping a gratitude journal a la oprah and found it very useful.
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July 24th, 2008 at 6:41 amI’m grateful to see another day
July 24th, 2008 at 8:51 am