100 Days of Gratitude

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  • Rakovina
    Rakovina Member Posts: 132
    edited January 2014

    Maddy, about 95% or more of Australias population live around the coastline.  It is such a big beautiful country, but the interior is harsh.  Desert & semi-arid areas are probably around 60% of our land mass (45% is sand dunes).  Having said all that, I love the Australian outback, it has its own beauty.

    Day # 13 I am grateful we have 4 large water tanks so I can put the sprinkler on during the day for the birds during this heat.

    Tanya 

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  • hbcheryl
    hbcheryl Member Posts: 5,113
    edited January 2014

    today I am grateful that my friends son and his family are safe after losing their home in a bushfire.

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  • nihahi
    nihahi Member Posts: 3,841
    edited January 2014

    oh no...hb....such hard news, but thank goodness they are safe! We had friends lose homes and businesses in our area this past spring because of floods. 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2014

    thanks Tanya. There's so much I don't know about the rest of the world. Come to think of it, I now remember Oprah doing traveling in Australia, and I remember a little bit about the desert. 

    Wahine, congrats to your parents! Hoping they have a great time. 

    Cheryl, was it here in the states or Australia?

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  • wyo
    wyo Member Posts: 541
    edited January 2014

    I am grateful my DH made it home safe today driving from Cody to Cheyenne in Wyoming with  60mph wind gusts.  I am also grateful for making homemade cherry almond oatmeal in the crockpot for this week. 

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  • hbcheryl
    hbcheryl Member Posts: 5,113
    edited January 2014

    Maddy it was in Perth Australia, and wyo i used to live in Rock Springs oh do I remember those winds!!

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited January 2014

    Cheryl I'm so sorry to hear that your friend has lost her home but very glad she and her sons are okay.

    We get a lot of the hot north winds that come straight in off the desert.........I guess you could call them devil winds as they sure feel like they come from the very gates of hell!

    I am grateful for meeting a woman yesterday that shares my artistic passion........we had such a wonderful conversation!

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  • farmerlucy
    farmerlucy Member Posts: 3,985
    edited January 2014

    Today I am grateful for crescent5, my BBF* and anchor in those early days of terror. Welcome to year 3 my friend!

    *Bosom Buddy Forever

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  • barsco1963
    barsco1963 Member Posts: 2,119
    edited January 2014

    2TA - thanks - the new avatar is me in probably about grade 1. Found it while going through some pics while moving Dad.

    wahine - congrats to your Dad. And how wonderful that both parents are so independent still.

    Grateful for ......... being able to relax with coffee and bco in the mornings and not having to rush out the door to work.

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  • RedReading
    RedReading Member Posts: 2,143
    edited January 2014

    Day # 13

    Today I am grateful for my oldest daughter, Tracy, who is turning 44 today. Where did the time go? She is a strong woman with a good sense of humour, who has done an excellent job raising 4 of my grandchildren! 

    Hb sorry about your friend's home.

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  • nihahi
    nihahi Member Posts: 3,841
    edited January 2014

    Today I am grateful to be watching a beautiful sunrise, with a lovely cup of coffee in my hands. It will be a good day.

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  • gonegirl
    gonegirl Member Posts: 1,871
    edited January 2014

    Grateful that I'll be going to lunch with a woman who is 13 years out after 2 occurrences of metastatic colon cancer to her liver. After this progression, it's been hard to find hopeful people to talk to.  As the saying goes, I'm not dead yet.

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  • wahine
    wahine Member Posts: 8,231
    edited January 2014

    Its so nice reading all the gratitude here! Happy birthday to your DD, Red! That oatmeal sounds yummy wyo. Would you be able to pm the recipe to me? It does sound healthy. I am grateful to finally be starting a new eating plan (aka "diet") today, and hope to be able to keep on track!

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  • Nel138281
    Nel138281 Member Posts: 2,124
    edited January 2014

    grateful for a 50 degree day and sun in Massachusetts!

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  • farmerlucy
    farmerlucy Member Posts: 3,985
    edited January 2014

    Gritgirl - So sorry for the progression.

    How is Butch doing?

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  • CCFW
    CCFW Member Posts: 661
    edited February 2014

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  • lovewins
    lovewins Member Posts: 881
    edited January 2014

    God is so good!  I went down to take my laundry out of the dryer and I found a tube of chapstick...cherry of course which stained my favorite hoodie my Mom got me to go to chemo in...it was so cool.  Not 5 minutes later my BF is telling me I got a package....it was the hoodie I ordered to celebrate my final chemo and it is too cool for school!  Love it!  Took away my sadness.   Anyone no how to get that chapstick stain  (cherry red) out?  God bless you all.

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  • nihahi
    nihahi Member Posts: 3,841
    edited January 2014

    "shout out" gel....I think that's what it's called. Or maybe one of those Tide stain out tubes?????  Sounds like "hoodie karma" to me, the message being...chemo's done....move on girl!

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  • Scooter-12
    Scooter-12 Member Posts: 33,398
    edited January 2014

    lovewins, congrats on your final chemo...woohoo!!!

    I'm grateful the sun is out drying up the yard so our furbaby will have dry, clean paws when she comes in.

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  • slv58
    slv58 Member Posts: 1,216
    edited January 2014

    lovewins Chapstick is mostly wax and to remove wax you can try putting it in the freezer, then pick off as much as you can-then put a towel or rag you don't care about and try ironing it out. Hopefully the remaining wax/Chapstick will melt onto the rag. No guarantees but try a small area. Sorry o hear about hoodie.

    Today I'm grateful that I have a frozen dinner to stick in the oven and I don't have to cook!

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  • AnnBR
    AnnBR Member Posts: 853
    edited January 2014

    I am grateful to have a job that I LOVE.

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited January 2014

    I am grateful that my mammogram and DEXA scan came back normal and normal!

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  • PoohBear-61
    PoohBear-61 Member Posts: 263
    edited January 2014

    I am grateful for having such a understanding hubby .

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  • slv58
    slv58 Member Posts: 1,216
    edited January 2014

    Ruthbru-congrats! Great news-celebrate!

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  • AnnBR
    AnnBR Member Posts: 853
    edited January 2014

    Wonderful news Ruth!

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  • Rakovina
    Rakovina Member Posts: 132
    edited January 2014

    Congrats Ruth, great news.  Lovewins finishing chemo is a great feeling, enjoy.

    Day # 14 I am grateful our house has a large bath which I soaked in for an hour last night to help ease some pain.

    Tanya

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  • Susie123
    Susie123 Member Posts: 804
    edited January 2014

    lovewins, wonderful that your done with chemo

    ruthbru, congrats on the all clear 

    wyo, I love Wyoming. DH and I went there for the first time when I finished treatment. Took the whole family there last summer and experienced snow in June

    Today I'm grateful for the wonderful chicken and dumplings recipe that I found on pinterest. The family loved it.

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  • Scooter-12
    Scooter-12 Member Posts: 33,398
    edited January 2014

    Ruth, congrats and woohoo!!

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited January 2014

    Thanks all!

    wyo, share your oatmeal recipe with the group. It sounds yummy!

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited January 2014

    I am grateful for a cool house......temp outside is 107F!!!  

    Woohoo Ruth.......that is great news!!!

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