Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[leebee]

Hey, @slo, hope everything went well today.

 

[slo]

Hey, @slo, hope everything went well today.

Thank you for asking
It went smooth. She’s home now and resting. She’ll be in an immobilizer for 6 weeks. The shoulder was worse than originally thought, so it’s good she decided to have the surgery.

 

[marcyb342]

My mom
My sister
My loving boyfriend

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Prayers dear Slo

Dear Leebee for most of my like Kraft Mac and Cheese was my very favorite food. Several years ago the cheese was made different and that changed. I don't heavier foods anymore but Kraft mac and cheese will always have a place in my heart. It was often a comfort standby as well through a not always safe or positive childhood. I do eat Kraft singles daily today which are orange.

My current car is white. God willing one day I will be able to drive it again.

 

[bluecastle]

Yellow: autumn leaves, especially when they are lit by the sunset

Orange: the decorations in MK this time of year, especially the pumpkin ones

White: this is a tie between the sports cream I use every night on my back and the whipped cream that I have started to add to my iced coffee. It is lower in sugar than I thought and makes me feel lie I am really treating myself. And don’t worry, I never get them confused.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Yellow - my puzzle trays (there are different colors, but yellow happens to be on top / in view right now)

Orange - my current slippers:


White - a fleece blanket from a special event in my family

 

[PollyannaMom]

Today's Topic (Thu, 10/31) - 3 things you're grateful for about Halloween

(or Thursdays in general if you don't celebrate the holiday)

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I enjoy seeing the kids all dressed up in their outfits as my kids are grown and I won’t be getting grandkids so I enjoy seeing the kids and it’s a thing here to tell jokes for your candy so I funny the jokes

I enjoy seeing everyone’s yard deco - scary or cute it’s all really nice

Most of all I like getting the candy out if my house so I’ll stop eating it !!! Very grateful it will be gone tonight - come 8:30 PM one lucky kid is getting whatever I have left to take home to their house !!!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I don't celebrate traditional Halloween so will go the Thursday route, thanks dear PollyannaMom.

These days Thursdays are general when Vivian my PT comes. I am blessed to have her helping me recover.

In years past, Thursdays were special to me for church choir rehearsals. I was truly blessed by my faith belief that God had me be part of His choir family at the time I was.

I just learned/was reminded thanks to Google that my beloved late grandfather was born on a Thursday way back in 1917.

Wishing all of you a safe and happy day.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

@slo Hoping for a speedy recovery!

School Dress Up - I love that the high school allows them to dress up for Halloween. DD15 wore a fuzzy sheep onesie to school today and her friend is Little Bo Peep. For school softball, they broke up into groups for judging. So, she'll be Dave from Alvin and the Chipmunks later on today.

Costco Candy - Costco had a massive bag of good chocolate for $20. Candy is so expensive that I'll take whatever sales we can get. Kroger's coupon was only 25% off this year, but it worked well for the cheaper candy. This way I can give out handfuls vs. a few pieces.

Memories - From Halloween's past for me, to when the kids were younger, to that year we went to WDW for MNSSHP and we all dressed up and trick or treated in MK. Love it.

Side Note- We finally are getting rain...which my decorations HATE. Every year, it's like they are a little rain dance. So, no illuminated display tonight, but I'm grateful for the rain I semi-credit them with bringing.

 

[slo]

Happy Halloween Friends

#1 - Memories of Halloweens Past - Great memories of visiting our parents to show them the girls in their costumes, and also going trick or treating with the neighbors and their kids. Awesome memories!

#2 - Spending Current Halloweens With Neighbors (same ones as mentioned above) - Chili, Hotdogs and Mac & Cheese tonight. Also, if their youngest is home, she’ll go trick or treating and give me all her plain Hershey bars.

#3 - Wearing My Halloween Vest - it’s fun, it’s ugly and I love it!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Halloween traditions - for example: There was a period when DH and I were a young couple that we could both take Halloween off work, and we used to go to two movies, starting at like 10:00 in the morning, then be home early to hand out candy to the trick-or treaters. I'm grateful for simple, invented traditions like that.

The Halloween crafts I used to do with DS and the kids I babysat for when they were little. (I might still have a tiny handprint ghost on the corner of one of my cabinet doors. )

Great weather here for families going out tonight!! - I hope we get lots of kids and see a lot of clever costumes!

 

[1420Elexismc]

All the Almond Joys I get because nobody in the family likes them
The decorations
We get the family together for pizza before the kids go out trick or treating

 

[bluecastle]

Our neighborhood is great at Halloween! So many people decorate their houses and families come from other neighborhoods to trick or treat here!

Memories of all the costumes my DD has worn. We really never went for the ghoulish stuff like some of her friends. My favorite is still the one I “made” for her in preschool. A red sweatshirt and sweatpants and a white outline of a stop sign on the sweatshirt. Simple and warm! (Although this year with a predicted 80 degree high today, not so comfortable)

I love giving out candy, talking with the kids and families, and seeing all the costumes they come up with. It’s a fun night! And this year, as a bonus thing to be grateful for, my DGD is sleeping over!! (We will have to save our traditional scary movie viewings until tomorrow night)