The definite highlight of last week was going out with my daughter on Friday for a movie, dinner, and shopping. Amber has swim team practice every night and week-ends are almost always busy. Practice was held early Friday morning instead of Friday evening, so we took the opportunity to have a fun late afternoon/evening out together. We went to see "In Time," ate at Panera, and shopped all evening at Kohl's. We had such a wonderful time! We talked and laughed and just enjoyed each other's company. I kept thinking the whole time how grateful I am that my daughter and I are still so close when she's almost 15.
141. I am so thankful for my teenage daughter and our close relationship. I can't even think about her leaving for college without starting to get misty-eyed.
142. Hot showers on cold mornings. Every morning I feel blessed to have the luxury of very hot, running water... and I try to never forget that it is indeed a luxury.
143. Movie theater popcorn.
144. Even though I sometimes wish that we had a wood-burning fireplace, I am very grateful for our gas fireplace that we can just turn on.
145. I am so thankful for our dog, Hershey. She is always willing to jump in the car to take our daughter to very-early-morning swim team practice and she is almost always right by my side when we are at home. She's usually napping, but she's there!
146. I am so grateful that, so far, my mother's congestive heart failure is able to be managed with medication and attention to her diet.
147. The new caramel sundae at Burger King. I was so disappointed when McDonald's stopped serving caramel sundaes quite a while back...and now they're at Burger King!
148. The stores are starting to put out Christmas decorations!
149. My large-capacity gas-powered clothes dryer.
150. My large-capacity electric powered clothes washer.
151. Wireless internet service in our home.
152. I am thankful for my middle son's interest in playing the electric guitar and the fact that he learned to play "Joy to the World" just for me.
153. A new cake-pop maker that I purchased on the delightful shopping trip with my daughter. I can't wait to make cake pops for Christmas.
154. My reading glasses - even though they make me feel a little old.
155. Longaberger baskets - even though my husband and I don't buy them anymore, I treasure the ones we purchased in the early years of our marriage and I love the way they look in our home.
156. Yummy, yummy pumpkin caramel latte scented soap from Bath and Body Works.
157. My very pretty planning pages from Mom's Toolbelt. I love organizing my customized planner with the pretty pages from this subscription website.
158. Singing Christmas carols at church...soon.
154. My reading glasses - even though they make me feel a little old.
155. Longaberger baskets - even though my husband and I don't buy them anymore, I treasure the ones we purchased in the early years of our marriage and I love the way they look in our home.
156. Yummy, yummy pumpkin caramel latte scented soap from Bath and Body Works.
157. My very pretty planning pages from Mom's Toolbelt. I love organizing my customized planner with the pretty pages from this subscription website.
158. Singing Christmas carols at church...soon.
159. Highlighters.
160. Post-it notes. What did I ever do without them?
To read more lists of thankfulness, visit the lovely blog, A Holy Experience, for Multitudes on Monday.
To read more lists of thankfulness, visit the lovely blog, A Holy Experience, for Multitudes on Monday.
Thank you to digitalart at Free Digital Photos for the picture of the popcorn and movie ticket.
