What about Rheema?: November 2017

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

November Thankful Day 30

I made it every day for 30 days. Some items I found something new every day, some items I didn't. But what I do know is that I shared a lot of wonderful memories. I had a tough time choosing what to be thankful for on my last day. Not that I didn't have anything, but it was a toss up between being thankful for times of trial because they make you stronger, or memories. I decided I would choose.....

30. November 30- I am thankful for memories. As we age our mind tend to forget. I mean come on how many of us have walked from one room into the other to do something and totally forgot what we went to do? As I wrote each one of these posts, looking for pictures, they each one triggered a memory of a time, place, sometimes a scent, or sound.....some brought tears for my/our loss, but many brought smiles.

29. November 29- I am thankful for nature

28. November 28- I am thankful for my sense of humor

Come on you have to admit that you have to have a sense of humor when one of the neighbors erects a pirate ship on their pond. Complete with crows nest, sales and jolly roger.

27. November 27- I am thankful for baking

My cookies from when I participated in Carol at Just Let Me Quilts virtual cookie exchange.

26. November 26- I am thankful for Kindness

25. November 25- I am thankful for Cell phones, and the ability to call long distance

24. November 24 - I am thankful for Quilt designers that share QAL, SAL, and mystery quilts. Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt

23. November 23- I am thankful for Jeff

This is Jeff holding Finn the day he was born.

Jeff playing with Cayden. This was the first time that Cayden met Jeff, and he was fascinated by him, and we laughed and laughed at how he instantly took to him.

22. November 22- I am thankful for chickens

21. November 21- I am thankful for Family

20. November 20- I am thankful for my Heritage

19. November 19- I am thankful for flowers

I love columbine. For some reason my pink ones didn't come back but I have loads of purples.

18. November 18- I am thankful for blogging and the friends I have made

17. November 17- I am thankful for quilting

I had made this Christmas table runner, at least cut the parts out and they hung on my bulletin board for a couple of years. I finally grabbed it and finished it.

16. November 16- I am thankful for Calder's Dairy and Egg nogg

15. November 15- I am thankful for my options to worship

14. November 14- I am thankful for my Kindle and all the books that I have the opportunity to read, and the local library. I can listen to my Kindle while sewing. I have read over 140 books so far this year.

13. November 13. I am thankful for Lucy the cat.

12. November 12--I am thankful for Bobbin

Bobbin helping me while pressing my fabric

11. November 11 I am thankful for my tenacious character to get things done.

When Jeff was busy working pushing snow I had him walk me through a crash, no not that kind of crash, course on how to use the plow.

I don't do too bad when I do it.

10. November 10--I am thankful for fall.

9. November 9 I am thankful for saved items. Maybe I should call them hoarded items.

This is a gate to a chain link fence. I have two of them one for each of my roses, and they love climbing it.

8. November 8--I am thankful for music.

7. November 7-- I am thankful for the Boy Scout organization.

6. November 6--I am thankful that I can shop online.

5. November 5--I am thankful that I could get new doors in my home to add more light.

4. November 4. I am thankful for coffee.

3. November 3. I am thankful for the roof over my head. I love falling asleep to the rain on the standing seam steel roof which is over 150 years old.

2. November 2. I am thankful for the fact my feet hit the floor every morning, whether I want to get out of bed or not.

1. November 1. I am thankful for every morning I wake up--too many people don't get to see the light of another day. Thinks about it how would you act if you knew that today was your last day on Earth? Today is a gift. Tomorrow is not promised.

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

November Thankful Day 29

I love being outside. This November has been unseasonably warm. Friday, November 24, 2017 we were at 52 degrees. I worked outside, even though it was windy, and bit chill.

29. November 29- I am thankful for nature. Being outside in the yard. The birds, bugs, mountains, rivers, lakes, all refresh my soul.

Mt Shasta when we traveled a couple of years ago.

A Giant Redwood.

A geyser at Yellowstone

The frogs which insist on living in my swimming pool.

The Luna moth on the garage.

The ginormous sidewalk bug Finn and I saw one day.

All of it. Jeff at first could not understand when I said I missed nature, until the end how much nature refreshed my soul. Being in the mountains, and the trees. Each of these wondrous creations is more than I can even begin to explain. Maybe that is why we chose to get married at the falls in the middle of winter.

28. November 28- My sense of humor.

The parking meters in front of the courthouse. Mon-Fri 8 AM-5 PM Sundays and holidays excluded....now the last time I checked there was a day in there called Saturday....which we all look forward to each week. So pay the meter on Saturday? Or be a scofflaw and don't pay it?

Obviously my grandson's have inherited my sense of humor.

They insisted we had to stop so they could have their picture taken with the pink elephant that was wearing glasses.

27. November 27-Baking

I can get the boys to eat zucchini with my chocolate chip zucchini bread.
26. November 26- I am thankful for Kindness-- whether you do a random act of kindness or someone extends you a kindness recognize it. They seem to happen less and less.
25. November 25- Cell phones, and the ability to call long distance
24. November 24 Quilt designers that share QAL, SAL, and mystery quilts. I am working on the Bonnie Hunter On Ringo Lake mystery quilt.

23. November 23- I am thankful for Jeff

Jeff and Gabe wading in the river. Jeff was awestruck by how clean and clear the rivers were in Oregon, and Northern California.

22. November 22- I am thankful for chickens

21. November 21- I am thankful for Family
20. November 20- I am thankful for my Heritage

19. November 19- I am thankful for flowers

18. November 18- I am thankful for blogging and the friends I have made

17. November 17- I am thankful for quilting

16. November 16- I am thankful for Calder's Dairy and Egg nogg
Update I have only had 2 glasses. May need to up my game.
15. November 15- I am thankful for my options to worship

14. November 14- I am thankful for my Kindle and all the books that I have the opportunity to read, and the local library. I can listen to my Kindle while sewing. I have read over 140 books so far this year.

13. November 13. I am thankful for Lucy the cat.

12. November 12--I am thankful for Bobbin

I was lying on the floor trying to get a picture of her.

We see how well that went.

Notice everything is a blur?

11. November 11 I am thankful for my tenacious character to get things done.

10. November 10--I am thankful for fall.

9. November 9 I am thankful for saved items. Maybe I should call them hoarded items.

This is a saved item. Jeff found it in the corner of a barn all seized up and all the japanning missing. He got it freed up, sanded it down, and painted it, put new decals on it, and made it gorgeous.

8. November 8--I am thankful for music.

I will admit that this music speaks to a primitive part of my soul. Could be that my family surname is Grant?

7. November 7-- I am thankful for the Boy Scout organization.

6. November 6--I am thankful that I can shop online.

I bought these recently to finish up a quilt that I have been working on.

5. November 5--I am thankful that I could get new doors in my home to add more light.

4. November 4. I am thankful for coffee.

3. November 3. I am thankful for the roof over my head. I love falling asleep to the rain on the standing seam steel roof which is over 150 years old.

2. November 2. I am thankful for the fact my feet hit the floor every morning, whether I want to get out of bed or not.

1. November 1. I am thankful for every morning I wake up--too many people don't get to see the light of another day. Thinks about it how would you act if you knew that today was your last day on Earth? Today is a gift. Tomorrow is not promised.

Monday, November 27, 2017

November Thankful Day 28

There is an old Yiddish saying "Man plans, God laughs". The Bible mentions laughter in many different contexts. Ecclesiastes 3:4 A Time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance. Not to be irreverent but I am sure ready for some dancing lately.

28. November 28 - I am thankful that I have a sense of humor and I am always on the lookout for life's absurdities, but I also laugh at myself--if you need a laugh read my post "Down in the Sumps".
I have been driving past this field the past several weeks and this makes me chuckle.

There is a party barge in the middle of a field. This is looking good because just a few days before it was surrounded by tall weeds.

27. November 27- Baking

These are Jeff's family cookies. I have the recipe, Sam and I are going to try our hand at it. Jeff was very serious about his cookie making.

So much so that Samantha made him this apron. We are going to miss our cookie Nazi.
26. November 26- Kindness
25. November 25- Cell phones, and the ability to call long distance
24. November 24 Quilt designers that share QAL, SAL, and mystery quilts. Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt

23. November 23- I am thankful for Jeff

22. November 22- I am thankful for chickens
21. November 21- I am thankful for Family
20. November 20- I am thankful for my Heritage

19. November 19- I am thankful for flowers

These are the roses that Jeff bought me this year for Valentine's day. One day I was speaking to my daughters how I would never again receive roses from him, and how sad it made me. Our first time we met he gave me a dozen yellow roses. My daughters got together and bought me a beautiful red rose and we planted it in the whiskey barrel on the porch.

18. November 18- I am thankful for blogging and the friends I have made

17. November 17- I am thankful for quilting. OK maybe not quilting but everyone needs a patriotic chicken pincushion. Right?

With words of encouragement. Love deeply, forgive quickly, dream big, be happy.
16. November 16- I am thankful for Calder's Dairy and Egg nogg

15. November 15- I am thankful for my options to worship

14. November 14- I am thankful for my Kindle and all the books that I have the opportunity to read, and the local library. I can listen to my Kindle while sewing. I have read over 140 books so far this year.

While not a Kindle book I am currently reading this one as part of a Bible Study at church. It is strange because I am in a class with a group of married people older than myself, and there are times I have a very difficult time because of my loss, which I haven't shared with them yet.