Showing posts with label one thousand gifts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label one thousand gifts. Show all posts

09 February, 2018

Thursday Thanks




  • A good start to the school year.
  • Memorable holiday fun.
  • Quiet holidays are as good as busy ones!  
  • Grandparents are great babysitters.
  • Finding news of a customer that had disappeared on us, finding & visiting him.  What a relief!  
  • Good days at work.  
  • Making new friends.
780/1000

01 February, 2018

Thursday Thanks



  • A foal born safely at our place.
  • The amazing chance to see foal born.
  • Beaut weather to enjoy some real summer fun.
  • Amazing beaches right at our door.
  • Long lazy summer days to just hang out without schedules.
  • Fresh food from other people's gardens.  
  • Garden goals that are going well.  
  • Stuart having some holiday time too.
  • Learning & challenging myself with new things.
  • Good days at work.
  • Fun with family at different times through the holidays.
773/1000

28 December, 2017

Thursday Thanks



  • A lovely Christmas.
  • Terrific time with family & friends who are family, just not related!  lol  
  • Lots of fun preparing for Christmas.  
  • Stress free & fun times.  
  • The laziest Boxing Day ever!  Was terrific!
  • Lunch with friends.  
  • Beaut weather for a perfect summer holiday season.

762/1000

14 December, 2017

Thursday Thanks





  • Fabulous Holiday
  • A boy that settled in to the holiday easily after all.
  • Meeting my new nephew & the boys cousin.
  • Love & bonding with baby.
  • Spoiling baby.
  • Great experiences with the boys.  
  • Watching the excitement & awe on the boys faces.  
755/1000

23 November, 2017

Thursday Thanks



  • Garden finishes.
  • Garden goals.
  • Settled boys.
  • A friend for the big boy.
  • A holiday on the horizon!
  • Helpful call centre staff from a couple of different companies! 
  • Call centre staff that really know their business.
  • All is good on Fell Farm.
748/1000

27 October, 2017

Thursday Thanks




  • Lovely sunny weekends!
  • Boys getting creative.
  • Me being creative in a different than usual way.
  • Boys being active outside!
  • Me being active outside!  
  • Impending summer days & all that it brings.
740/1000

12 October, 2017

Thursday Thanks



  • School Holidays!  Yay!
  • Nice balance of holidays & extra work time.  
  • Learning new knitting techniques, even if I don't like them.
  • Running into friends in random places.  Some people are just meant to be in your lives aren't they?  
  • Family members that take care of one another at the drop of a hat.  
  • Grandparents who babysit the boys.  

734/1000

28 September, 2017

Thursday Thanks





  • A bit of extra work again.  
  • Busy days.
  • Great customers.
  • Fun days at work with my colleague.  
  • Lovely lunch out with like minded knitters.
  • Chickens & eggs they continue to give.
  • A bargain that is just meant!
  • A boy that seems to be taking well to learning piano.

728/1000

21 September, 2017

Thursday Thanks



  • A boy that is finally grasping times tables.  The work we are doing with him is paying off.  Yay!
  • A littler boy that is learning to read & it's just crazy that this little kid can!  
  • Being able to do parent help in the little guy's class.  
  • Watching the faces of the little ones in class that glow when told they did well.  
  • Seeing my boys try so hard & taking on the extra work we do at home without too much complaint.  
  • Finding cool shows to watch.  No violence or bad language is refreshing!  
720/1000

14 September, 2017

Thursday Thanks


  • Some extra hours at work.
  • Birthday celebrations at home.
  • Nice customers that become friends out of work too!
  • Father's Day.
714/1000

24 August, 2017

Thursday Thanks



  • Getting better!
  • Some extra hours at work.
  • Good work days.
  • A boy that is getting to sleep better.
  • A new tactic for us to help him.
  • Reading Enid Blyton books to my own boys now!  Woohoo!
  • Fresh eggs that make a great egg & bacon pie for our tea.
710/1000

10 August, 2017

Thursday Thanks



  • Signs of spring.
  • Art in nature.
  • My chickens.
  • The eggs which my chickens give me.
  • Easy ideas for gifting to children.
  • BJ's effort in a bit of extra tutoring at home (with me!) .  It is helping & he is encouraged by that.
  • DJ's progress with his reading.
  • Stuart that does the reading with DJ.  
  • Great days at work.
  • Lovely customers that appreciate your helping them.
  • Not being too old to learn new things!

703/1000

13 July, 2017

Thursday Thanks



  • A 6 year old.
  • An enjoyable party for the 6 year old & his friends.
  • The fun I get from doing the party!  lol  
  • Getting through the last week of school.
  • Boys that are better again.
  • A boy who got an award at school for "Respect".  Can't ask for better than that.  

692/1000

29 June, 2017

Thursday Thanks




  • The safe arrival of my new nephew!  
  • A very happy & excited new mum & dad already thriving on parenthood.
  • A bit more extra work.
  • Busy days at work.
  • More eggs from my chickens.
  • Fun party planning.
686/1000

22 June, 2017

Thursday Thanks



  • Gifts of handed down clothing for the boys.
  • More extra work.
  • Good work days.
  • Nice customers.  
  • A boy that is willing to have extra help from mum & dad to learn more stuff.
680/1000

15 June, 2017

Thursday Thanks



  • A 9 year old boy.
  • A compromise on a "party" that was a success.
  • Lots of interesting history to see that made the "party" perfect.
  • Extra hours at work.
  • Good work days.
675/1000

18 May, 2017

Thursday Thanks





  • 25th Wedding Anniversary.
  • Getting & feeling better.
  • A husband that is there "in sickness & in health".  lol
  • Special day for Mother's Day.
670/1000

05 May, 2017

Thursday Thanks



  • Birthday celebrations.
  • Marshmallows!  lol
  • Good days at work.
  • Lovely customers.
  • Chickens.
  • Egg laying chook!  
  • Great neighbours.
  • Fun times with neighbour children.  Creating memories for them all I hope!
  • OK start to term 2.  
  • Good planning in advance for BJ's birthday to alleviate pressure & worry.  

666/1000

27 April, 2017

Thursday Thanks




  • Lots of family time lately.
  • A lovely Easter break.  
  • Wellness for a friend who was able to join us at Easter.
  • Friends that are as good as family members.
  • Catching up with cousins.
  • Enjoyable holidays.
  • Birthday parties.
  • Non busy days.
  • Rainy days to enjoy & rest.  
  • Play time with newer friends that help to get to know each other better.
  • Being able to take some time to just think of my little family unit.  
  • ANZAC remembrance ceremonies.
656/1000

30 March, 2017

Thursday Thanks




  • Care packages - love to do this.
  • Gifts of food.
  • Cooking using food from the garden still, but not for much longer...  
  • Great progress for the swimmer.
  • Great new piano teacher for the pianist.
  • An enthusiastic pianist.  
644/1000