Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[DaisyDuck001]

GPS
Email
Free long distance phone calls included

 

[Toolulu22]

1. Pimple patches in cute designs.
2. Availability of song lyrics online (though “Are we human, or are we dancer?” still doesn’t make any sense.)
3. Movie theater seats that you reserve ahead of time and that recline.

 

[bluecastle]

Safer cars

Medical treatments for diseases that used to be a death sentence; and as a corollary: vaccines for childhood diseases (speaking as someone who had measles, mumps, rubella, and chicken pox!)

Being able to pause and rewind TV (also love close captioning)

 

[leebee]

Safer cars

Medical treatments for diseases that used to be a death sentence; and as a corollary: vaccines for childhood diseases (speaking as someone who had measles, mumps, rubella, and chicken pox!)

Being able to pause and rewind TV (also love close captioning)

@bluecastle I bet we are about the same age. I was going to say some of these same things!

Remote control, aka, "The Clicker." I remember when we had to get up and walk over to the TV to change the channel or adjust the volume. Corollary to this... now we have more than 3 channels to choose from, we don't have to wait for a favorite movie to come on once a year (hello, Gone with the Wind and Wizard of Oz), and programming continues all night long; no longer do we hear the Star Spangled Banner at 1AM and then... bzzzzzz....

Word processing. I grew up at a time when we had typewriters, period. If you made a mistake, too bad, so sad. Liquid White-Out was like a miracle, followed up by the White-Out tape. I tried out an old typewriter the other day, just for kicks. Man, you really had to hit those keys hard, and remember carriage return? Now I have a laptop, barely have to touch the keys, can make instantaneously corrections... I love using Word!

Christmas lights where, if one bulb burns out, the rest stay lit. When I was a kid, if a string of lights went out you had to find a new bulb and try it in the string, socket by socket, until you replaced the burned out bulb and the string lit up again. Such a chore, especially when you were SOOOOO excited to be decorating the tree! Also, now-a-days, the tree stays beautifully lit, even when one bulb burns out!

I'm telling ya... it's the little things, some days, that make all the difference!

 

[citruscurtis]

Well... Reads like I would be preaching to the choir

 

[PollyannaMom]

Seconding GPS! It has made a huge difference for me.

Definitely being able to look things up instantly on the internet.

Cell phone cameras. I've always liked photography, and carried a camera often, but it's very handy to always have one with me.



@leebee, I actually kind of miss the once-a-year movies, because we used to get together with friends and make time for them. With them available all the time, somehow I paradoxically watch them less.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Inspired by...



Today's Topic (Mon, 2/17) - 3 things you're grateful for about long weekends

 

[slo]

Good Monday Morning

I rarely get long weekends - our office is never closed for these type of holidays. When a major holiday falls on a Friday or Monday I’m grateful for…..

#1 - A Morning To Sleep In - I rarely sleep in on the weekends because I’m going to the gym early and/or to 9:30am Sunday Mass if we don’t make it to Saturday evening Mass.

#2 - Opportunity To Catch Up On Chores - There’s always chores that need to be done.

#3 - Poor Day, if it’s summer - I’m always happy to have an all day pool day.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Extra day weekends !!! Sleeping in !!!

Great for vacation - extra day you don’t have to take a vacation day

Projects around the house - like painting

To do a big cleaning like a spring cleaning so you have a day to rest after your done !!!

 

[leebee]

@PollyannaMom , I totally agree about the movies. The anticipation, the gathering-planning, the excitement... It seems I hardly ever watch any of these anymore, even though they are available 24/7.

Long weekends:
Time to cook. That extra day gives me time to fully shop and then cook something really nice/delicious. I never have extra time during the week, so the extra day off is nice to have so I can cook something awesome.

Going out to lunch. We are too busy, restaurants too crowded, for doing this on a Saturday or Sunday. I like the extra time to do something special like this.

Not having to feel guilty if I'm a little self-indulgent instead of goal-oriented. It's a day off, it's "found time," and OK to waste a little of it on me!

@slo Regarding #3, I have "poor" days all the time, hahaha! (I know you meant "pool!"

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Not Around When We Were Kids-

***Many great ones already mentioned so I'll try to think of others...

Social Media - It's sort of a blessing and a curse, but it's nice to see all of those people that would have likely faded into obscurity in fragmented memories if it wasn't for this sort of reconnection tool. Part of me wishes it was a thing about a decade or so earlier so I wouldn't have lost touch and time with so many.

Online Shopping - Of course, I type this as I'm waiting on something that was supposed to be delivered yesterday, was bumped up to today, but still hasn't shifted to "out for delivery." Still, it's nice to not have to just rely on what's available locally and do the shopping from the comfort of home.

Digital Coupons - We used to spend so much time helping my mom clip and organize hers. Now everything is electronically loaded onto my digital app and gets deducted at checkout without me having to worry about clipping or expirations.

Long Weekends-

***DD16 had school today (they were off all last week) so, it was only a long weekend for me and DH.

Quiet Walks - Not everyone gets days like this off, so when the weather is good, it's a great time to get out for a nice walk without a ton of people packing up our greenbelts. I put in around 5.5 miles this morning through the woods and along the lake in peace.

Napping - It's so much easier to take a midday nap on days like today. Yes, I took a nap!

Getting a few extra things done - We always say that weekends are never long enough. Days like today help me get a little more done at home that otherwise would be waiting until my next spare moment.

 

[bluecastle]

@bluecastle I bet we are about the same age. I was going to say some of these same things!

Remote control, aka, "The Clicker." I remember when we had to get up and walk over to the TV to change the channel or adjust the volume. Corollary to this... now we have more than 3 channels to choose from, we don't have to wait for a favorite movie to come on once a year (hello, Gone with the Wind and Wizard of Oz), and programming continues all night long; no longer do we hear the Star Spangled Banner at 1AM and then... bzzzzzz....

Word processing. I grew up at a time when we had typewriters, period. If you made a mistake, too bad, so sad. Liquid White-Out was like a miracle, followed up by the White-Out tape. I tried out an old typewriter the other day, just for kicks. Man, you really had to hit those keys hard, and remember carriage return? Now I have a laptop, barely have to touch the keys, can make instantaneously corrections... I love using Word!

Christmas lights where, if one bulb burns out, the rest stay lit. When I was a kid, if a string of lights went out you had to find a new bulb and try it in the string, socket by socket, until you replaced the burned out bulb and the string lit up again. Such a chore, especially when you were SOOOOO excited to be decorating the tree! Also, now-a-days, the tree stays beautifully lit, even when one bulb burns out!

I'm telling ya... it's the little things, some days, that make all the difference!

I’m pretty sure we are! (I will be 73 this year) When VCRs came out, one of the first tapes I bought was The Wizard of Oz!

 

[bluecastle]

Being retired, a 3 day weekend doesn’t mean as much as it used to. But I still like the feeling of having extra time for projects.
I also enjoy not having any appointments! (between my DH and myself, we are definitely dealing with more medical appointments)
Whatever the reason for the 3 day weekend, I enjoy looking up the history of the day or reading more about the subject. I enjoy searching for quotes by whoever we are celebrating. (especially Lincoln)

 

[citruscurtis]

Fishing in the Oregon Cascade range allowed sleeping in Monday as we had our legal limit sunset Sunday

New York living allowed to travel farther west and north to explore my literature teacher education or billy Joel in Manhattan

As a teacher it was the to work hard Saturday and Sunday...then a Monday breakfast and movie

 

[PollyannaMom]

Today's Topic (Tues, 2/18) - 3 things you're grateful for beginning with the letter M

 

[slo]

Good Tuesday Morning!

#1 - My Mom - I’m always grateful for my mom

#2 - Mornings - I’m a morning person. I’m grateful to have woken up in the morning. I’m grateful that DH had woken up. I’m grateful to have a new day

#3 - Mickey Mouse - I’m grateful to be seeing him very soon

 

[WDWEPCOT]

M&M

Money not crass but try living without it or hardly any it’s not fun trust me I grew up poor

Movies - next best thing to books

 

[citruscurtis]

Moving traffic on the interstate... the sound it makes an hour before sunrise...a gentle ocean surf sound and that the world is alive again for another day. A mile away and no sounds in the morning community ... soothing listening from my outdoor recliner

Mangoes... they have to sit for 5-7 days in the fruit bowl before ripening .. been my salvation now that I can no longer eat citrus...oh if I could be a mango now in this sunrise recliner

Okay.. the community is awake

Movie sound tracks... purchased about 10 albums while in the army.. I view 3-4 movies a week at the base theater ...20 years ago I had my funeral planned around movie sound tracks ... but I have moved from my Oregon community...so that ceremony is not happening.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

My brother - He's an M name

Movies - It's always nice to escape into a good visually presented story for 2-3 hours.

Mutts - As much as I love certain pure bred dogs, as a former shelter volunteer, I will always have a soft spot for mutts.

 

[citruscurtis]

No question!

WYF kind of sky?

M&M

Money not crass but try living without it or hardly any it’s not fun trust me I grew up poor

Movies - next best thing to books

Money.. fortunately when we left our poverty in California and moved to Oregon.. children were the mainstay of strawberry and green beans harvesting and we were so poor that our strawberry supervisor allowed us as to be the only children in her pie cherry orchard...per inflation and cost of living adjustment.. that was the highest hourly pay on my life time and it was not a hourly pay