Of rain and roses and things....

Thankful for:

• The sound of rain- on our roof, on the skylight at work. Love it!
• A lovely new off white iron trellis for our climbing rose - it is a Cecil Brunner and has lovely small pink blossoms. Though since this is the first year there are now blossoms yet! But, there is the hope.
• Only 3 days of work this week. Calm days of work.
  
• Memorizing a verse of the Bible. Memory work does not come easy, but such a blessing to spend time going over and over a phrase...and finding practical application.
• The friendship/fellowship of ladies. As in, our monthly ladies Bible study we had this week.
  
• The capability of playing Scrabble long distance with my children. Even when I get beaten rather soundly.
• The way the Lord works out the timing of things and works out the details of schedules etc, so that even with one car we do manage to get to where we need to go. And, the willingness of a daughter to help out in the taxi-ing business.
• Contact with friends through e-mail, and Facebook.
• Freshly mowed lawn. It is a blessing to have found somebody to do it for it, and a blessing that he does such a nice job. It was a joy to come home from errands and find it all nicely mowed and edged!
• The certain knowledge that my Heavenly Father cares and is in control, and is always working to draw me closer to His loving heart.
  

Grateful heart

OK, no excuses about how long it has been...

My thankfuls for this week:

• The feel of a warm, purring cat sitting on my lap.
• The antics of said cat as he pounces out from behind furniture to play with/surprise us/attack us.
• Successfully finishing a nearly 40 hour work week this week. And appreciating the Lord's grace and wisdom to help me take it one day at a time, and make it through some stressful days. All in once piece. And having to work only 5 days, not 6. I enjoyed having Wednesday off unexpectedly!
  
• Hubby's thinking that since I was working so much this week, maybe we needed to go out to diner more often....which we did. Thanks hubby!
• Enjoying watching some "baby" mockingbirds, and their very stressed out Mommy. They appeared to be bigger than she is because their feathers are all puffed out, and it was hilarious to watch these "babies" perched on the bird feeder squawking and with their mouths wide open, waiting for Mommy to feed them with the suet.
  
• A Starbucks gift card. Ah, the anticipation of iced mocha lattes with raspberry flavor.
• Playing Scrabble with my children...on Facebook. (and the fun of doing it via iTouch!!!)
• Special Bible Verses that bring help/peace/comfort when needed.
• Knowing my Lord loves me.