I Did It! Thirty Posts in Thirty Days!

Thirty posts in thirty days. I am thankful today for my blog and all of you that read and comment. Now... on to December!

November 29th: Today I Am Thankful for Snow

The snow has piled up. It has made driving difficult. It has kept people from traveling to places they wanted to go. It has slowed down football pla…

November 28th: Today I Am Thankful for Life

I am always pleased when I stumble upon a new poem or new poet. Eleanor Lerman and I have shared similar experiences. We grew up during the same tim…

November 27th: Today I am Thankful for The Kittens

These kittens I brought home in June are hardly kittens any more. In fact,Grayson and Junebug are making a trip to the vet Tuesday "to get tut…

November 26th: Today I Am Thankful for Everything

Today I am thankful for quality time spent with my husband, a nice overnight stay out of town, a safe drive home, cats to greet us, a home that was i…

Thanksgiving Thoughts From the Blog Archives

Good Grief! What happened to Thanksgiving? I love harvest decor and the Thanksgiving holiday. When I see cans of Libby pumpkin, canned milk, and litt…

We Gather Together - Thanksgiving Hymn!

Today I am thankful for Thanksgiving songs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZW73Qzju4A&feature=related

November 23rd: I Am Thankful for Wood

I had never lived in a home with wood heat until I moved into my present home. I have come to love the warmth of wood heat. We have been blessed with…

November 22nd: I Am Thankful For Neruda's Words

Here are some of my favorite words: You can say anything you want, yessir, but it's the words that sing, they soar and descend . . . I…

November 21st:: I Am Thankful for The Psalms

It is only fitting that I begin the week of Thanksgiving with this psalm:  Psalm 100  A Psalm of Thanksgiving Make a joyful noise to the Lord , all the…

November 20th: I Am Thankful for The Sixth Street Theater

It doesn't matter if I go to a melodrama during the summer months, a musical production in the fall, or a comedy in the spring. Every time I go …

November 19th: I Am Thankful for My Supportive Family and Friends

At 6:30 this morning I got online to find out if I had made the score to be considered a National Board Certified Teacher. I was so relieved to see m…

November 18th: I Am Thankful for the Sky

I don't know why we have had amazing skies from the summer through the fall. I don't understand cloud formations enough to know why the sky c…

November 17th: I Am Thankful for Patience

"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end." Margaret Thatcher  A few days ago I received a new laptop computer in …

November 16th: I Am Thankful for Shelby

Of course, I can't forget Shelby as our second canine family member. Shelby has such a different personality than Annie. Shelby is our herding re…

November 15th: Today I Am Thankful For Math

I have a secret that I have not told too many people in recent years. For a long time I didn't really understand math. I haven't had to teac…

November 14th: I Am Thankful for Sleep

"Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay d…

November 13: Today I Am Thankful For Libraries

"Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, …

November 12th: Today I Am Thankful for My Sister

Today I will be spending my day working side by side with my sister on some projects at her house. It is always fun when we have a day we can spend t…

November 11th: I Am Thankful for Veterans

This is a follow-up from yesterday's post. The second part of our Veteran's Day assembly yesterday at school was to dedicate the Honor Wall i…