Gratitude...
1. That I can pray for another
2. To be a present, sober mom
3. For choices in how I think
4. That pain is mandatory but suffering IS optional
5. For prayer
6. Friends and support
7. For my son's birthday bash this Saturday :)
8. For my finches Bill and Bob
9. To be able to laugh even when I am upset
10. For my job
11. The gift of another day
12. For so many great books that take me to bed and to sleep
Did you know...
Prayer is the act of communicating with a god or spirit in worship.[1] Specific forms of this may include praise, requesting guidance or assistance, confessing sins, as an act of reparation or an expression of one's thoughts and emotions. The words used in prayer may take the form of intercession, a hymn, incantation or a spontaneous utterance in the person's praying words. Praying can be done in public, as a group, or in private.
Most major religions in the world involve prayer in one way or another in their rituals. Although in many cases the act of prayer is ritualized and must be followed through a sometimes strict sequence of actions (even going as far as restricting who may pray), other religions, mainly the Abrahamic religions, teach that prayer can be done spontaneously by anyone at any moment.
Wikipedia
6.15.2009
6.07.2009
Shades Of
Gratitude...
1. Because I am able to help another
2. Because I can ask others to pray for Amanda, Eddie and Greg
3. For a hard days work
4. For clean jammies and a really really comfy bed
5. For 7AM meetings
6. For the ability to take a deeeeeep breath
7. That I finally got to watch a few episodes of Rescue Me and love it!
8. For a sponsor who accepts me with my defects of character and all
9. To see ideas come to fruition
10. For two jobs I love love love
11. For time spent with my family
12. For a sunny day
Did you know...
My chocolate lab Lincoln has figured out how to open all the gates and most of the doors in our house!
1. Because I am able to help another
2. Because I can ask others to pray for Amanda, Eddie and Greg
3. For a hard days work
4. For clean jammies and a really really comfy bed
5. For 7AM meetings
6. For the ability to take a deeeeeep breath
7. That I finally got to watch a few episodes of Rescue Me and love it!
8. For a sponsor who accepts me with my defects of character and all
9. To see ideas come to fruition
10. For two jobs I love love love
11. For time spent with my family
12. For a sunny day
Did you know...
My chocolate lab Lincoln has figured out how to open all the gates and most of the doors in our house!
5.04.2009
Shades Of
Gratitude...
1. Taking a DEEEEEP breath
2. Living in the solution
3. Enjoying the passing of time
4. New friends
5. Old friends
6. Newcomers
7. Oldtimers
8. New cornices from Calico Corners in Quesada
9. Getting the floor redone!
10. A shift in attitude
11. The new Halti that is keeping the Lincoln Log from pulling me
12. 7 more weeks till summer break
Did you know...
I was 9 when I got the Superstar Barbie! I still love me a Barbie!
1. Taking a DEEEEEP breath
2. Living in the solution
3. Enjoying the passing of time
4. New friends
5. Old friends
6. Newcomers
7. Oldtimers
8. New cornices from Calico Corners in Quesada
9. Getting the floor redone!
10. A shift in attitude
11. The new Halti that is keeping the Lincoln Log from pulling me
12. 7 more weeks till summer break
Did you know...
I was 9 when I got the Superstar Barbie! I still love me a Barbie!
4.16.2009
Shades Of
Gratitude...
1. I am finally getting my shoulders worked on
2. Ever minute of every day I get a chance to start again
3. Challenges
4. Dreams
5. Watching my beautiful Beta Bubs
6. The escape of a good book ~ just finishing How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
7. Taking a deep breath
8. Taking another deep breath
9. Being of service
10. Having a very very very full life
11. Sleeping in
12. Change
Did you know there is a Heaven for dolphins?
1. I am finally getting my shoulders worked on
2. Ever minute of every day I get a chance to start again
3. Challenges
4. Dreams
5. Watching my beautiful Beta Bubs
6. The escape of a good book ~ just finishing How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
7. Taking a deep breath
8. Taking another deep breath
9. Being of service
10. Having a very very very full life
11. Sleeping in
12. Change
Did you know there is a Heaven for dolphins?
4.03.2009
Shades Of
Gratitude...
‘premios dardo’ award, which roughly translates to ‘top dart’.
this award acknowledges the values that every blogger shows in his or her effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values every day.
Another gift from my dear Shadow
1. Jilli Java & The Garden of Eden
2. Ma Dukes
3. SoberNuggets
4. Another Sober Alcoholic
5. A Reason A Season A Lifetime
6. dAAve aka Higher Powered
7. Attitude of Gratitude
8. Floating on a Tidal Wave
9. Sugah's Shack
10. Gratitude Nugget
the rules are:
accept and post the award on your blog link to the person from whom you received it
pass the award to 15 other blogs that are worthy of this acknowledgement let them know they’ve been chosen for this award
‘premios dardo’ award, which roughly translates to ‘top dart’.
this award acknowledges the values that every blogger shows in his or her effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values every day.
Another gift from my dear Shadow
1. Jilli Java & The Garden of Eden
2. Ma Dukes
3. SoberNuggets
4. Another Sober Alcoholic
5. A Reason A Season A Lifetime
6. dAAve aka Higher Powered
7. Attitude of Gratitude
8. Floating on a Tidal Wave
9. Sugah's Shack
10. Gratitude Nugget
the rules are:
accept and post the award on your blog link to the person from whom you received it
pass the award to 15 other blogs that are worthy of this acknowledgement let them know they’ve been chosen for this award
4.01.2009
Shades Of
Gratitude...
1. I survived another successful spa day ~ we had much fun
2. My beta is still here looking beautiful
3. I found a young drummer to teach my son ~ they start Monday!
4. Hope
5. The Steps ~ what would I do without this guide to living
6. Prayer
7. My sponsor
8. My very funny husband and equally as funny son
9. Being able to belly laugh ~ my biggest gift in sobriety
10. The joy of reading
11. Wanting to learn
12. A loving God
Did you know...
Born: May 31, 1948
Died: September 25, 1980
John Bonham grew up in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, and he first learned how to play drums when he was five, making a drumkit out of containers and coffee tins. It wasn't until age fifteen that he received his first real drumkit from his father'a Premier Percussion kit. Bonham never took any drum lessons while he was young, but would always seek out other drummers to ask for advice. After leaving secondary school in 1964, he worked for his father, Jack Bonham, as an apprentice carpenter while drumming for different local bands. That year he joined his first band, Terry Webb & The Spiders. Two years later he joined The Crawling King Snakes, whose lead singer was a young Robert Plant. Several years later, Plant recommended Bonham for a band he'd just joined, Led Zeppelin. The rest is history.
ModernDrummer
1. I survived another successful spa day ~ we had much fun
2. My beta is still here looking beautiful
3. I found a young drummer to teach my son ~ they start Monday!
4. Hope
5. The Steps ~ what would I do without this guide to living
6. Prayer
7. My sponsor
8. My very funny husband and equally as funny son
9. Being able to belly laugh ~ my biggest gift in sobriety
10. The joy of reading
11. Wanting to learn
12. A loving God
Did you know...
Born: May 31, 1948
Died: September 25, 1980
John Bonham grew up in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, and he first learned how to play drums when he was five, making a drumkit out of containers and coffee tins. It wasn't until age fifteen that he received his first real drumkit from his father'a Premier Percussion kit. Bonham never took any drum lessons while he was young, but would always seek out other drummers to ask for advice. After leaving secondary school in 1964, he worked for his father, Jack Bonham, as an apprentice carpenter while drumming for different local bands. That year he joined his first band, Terry Webb & The Spiders. Two years later he joined The Crawling King Snakes, whose lead singer was a young Robert Plant. Several years later, Plant recommended Bonham for a band he'd just joined, Led Zeppelin. The rest is history.
ModernDrummer
3.25.2009
Shades Of
Gratitude...
1. That no matter how long I am away from this blog I KEEP COMIN BACK!
2. Spa Day is Sunday! Finally!!!!
3. New beginnings
4. Twelve Steps
5. Speaking commitments
6. Taking this five minutes for me
7. New friends and old
8. My hubby and all the laughter we share
9. Hope
10. Rabbi Shais Taub ~ Love his posts ~
11. Even though I am Christian I have so many other faiths I follow as well!
12. The loving God who guides my life
Did you know...
Rosemary is an evergreen perennial shrub native to the Mediterranean region, Portugal and Spain. It has silvery, needle-like foliage and delicate flowers. Blue, pink or white varieties are available, and they range in habit from creeping to mounding to upright.
Long known as the herb of remembrance, rosemary symbolizes loyalty and friendship, and has traditionally been associated with both weddings and funerals. Believing the gift came from Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, brides wore it in wreaths as a symbol of their fidelity.
A 2 Z of Health Beauty and Fitness
1. That no matter how long I am away from this blog I KEEP COMIN BACK!
2. Spa Day is Sunday! Finally!!!!
3. New beginnings
4. Twelve Steps
5. Speaking commitments
6. Taking this five minutes for me
7. New friends and old
8. My hubby and all the laughter we share
9. Hope
10. Rabbi Shais Taub ~ Love his posts ~
11. Even though I am Christian I have so many other faiths I follow as well!
12. The loving God who guides my life
Did you know...
Rosemary is an evergreen perennial shrub native to the Mediterranean region, Portugal and Spain. It has silvery, needle-like foliage and delicate flowers. Blue, pink or white varieties are available, and they range in habit from creeping to mounding to upright.
Long known as the herb of remembrance, rosemary symbolizes loyalty and friendship, and has traditionally been associated with both weddings and funerals. Believing the gift came from Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, brides wore it in wreaths as a symbol of their fidelity.
A 2 Z of Health Beauty and Fitness
2.23.2009
Shades Of
Gratitude...
1. My creative juices are in full blast
2. My noon meeting
3. Chai tea
4. The books I read to keep me from stinkin thinkin
5. A new day
6. Big Love
7. New and old friends
8. Be able to admit when I am wrong
9. The light is changing
10. Choices
11. A great husband and son ~ being able to laugh a lot, together!
12. Bill and Bob
Did you know...
The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the churches of the Latter Day Saint movement. It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr. as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi.[1] According to Smith, the book was originally written in otherwise unknown characters referred to as "reformed Egyptian" on golden plates that he discovered in 1823 and then translated. The plates, Smith said, had been buried in a hill near his home in Manchester, New York, where he found them by the guidance of an angel, the spirit of an ancient American prophet-historian, named Moroni.
Wikipedia
1. My creative juices are in full blast
2. My noon meeting
3. Chai tea
4. The books I read to keep me from stinkin thinkin
5. A new day
6. Big Love
7. New and old friends
8. Be able to admit when I am wrong
9. The light is changing
10. Choices
11. A great husband and son ~ being able to laugh a lot, together!
12. Bill and Bob
Did you know...
The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the churches of the Latter Day Saint movement. It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr. as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi.[1] According to Smith, the book was originally written in otherwise unknown characters referred to as "reformed Egyptian" on golden plates that he discovered in 1823 and then translated. The plates, Smith said, had been buried in a hill near his home in Manchester, New York, where he found them by the guidance of an angel, the spirit of an ancient American prophet-historian, named Moroni.
Wikipedia
2.11.2009
Shades Of
Gratitude...
1. I love creative people ~ they inspire me ~ what a gift
2. Laughter
3. Friends
4. Being OK with being one among many
5. Giving back to others
6. Diet Cranberry Ginger Ale
7. Chai
8. A full life
9. Many books to read
10. New friends and old on Facebook ~ I think I'm addicted :)
11. Not giving up
12. John and Reid ~ they make me laugh every day
Did you know...
How Alateen Came to Be a Part of Al-Anon
Teenage children in the families of alcoholics soon realized that their problems differed from those of adult members. In 1957, Alateen grew out of this need. A 17-year-old boy, whose father was in AA and mother in Al-Anon, had been fairly successful in trying to solve his problems by applying the AA Steps and slogans.
With his parents’ encouragement, he asked five other teenagers with alcoholic parents to join him in forming a group to help other teenagers. The idea caught on, and the number of groups began to grow.
Al-Anon and Alateen
1. I love creative people ~ they inspire me ~ what a gift
2. Laughter
3. Friends
4. Being OK with being one among many
5. Giving back to others
6. Diet Cranberry Ginger Ale
7. Chai
8. A full life
9. Many books to read
10. New friends and old on Facebook ~ I think I'm addicted :)
11. Not giving up
12. John and Reid ~ they make me laugh every day
Did you know...
How Alateen Came to Be a Part of Al-Anon
Teenage children in the families of alcoholics soon realized that their problems differed from those of adult members. In 1957, Alateen grew out of this need. A 17-year-old boy, whose father was in AA and mother in Al-Anon, had been fairly successful in trying to solve his problems by applying the AA Steps and slogans.
With his parents’ encouragement, he asked five other teenagers with alcoholic parents to join him in forming a group to help other teenagers. The idea caught on, and the number of groups began to grow.
Al-Anon and Alateen
2.03.2009
Shades Of
Gratitude...
1. It is snowing
2. I have Chai
3. Spa day is in the works!
4. Friends
5. Family
6. A LOVING God
7. That whenever I am down I know I will come back up again
8. Beautiful things
9. Artists
10. Quiet
11. Twelve Steps
12. A full heart
Did you know...
This is my 5th annual Spa Day. I have my friends over and we savor the time without children and husbands. It is a much needed day at the end of the winter. I have a friend who does massages and this year a friend doing manicures. We eat quiche and salad and sip all types of teas and pretty water :) Everyone gets a goody bag with slippers and gloves for hand treatments as well as nail grooming goodies. It is a great tradition for some amazing mommies who deserve a break.
1. It is snowing
2. I have Chai
3. Spa day is in the works!
4. Friends
5. Family
6. A LOVING God
7. That whenever I am down I know I will come back up again
8. Beautiful things
9. Artists
10. Quiet
11. Twelve Steps
12. A full heart
Did you know...
This is my 5th annual Spa Day. I have my friends over and we savor the time without children and husbands. It is a much needed day at the end of the winter. I have a friend who does massages and this year a friend doing manicures. We eat quiche and salad and sip all types of teas and pretty water :) Everyone gets a goody bag with slippers and gloves for hand treatments as well as nail grooming goodies. It is a great tradition for some amazing mommies who deserve a break.
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