Gratitude and Joy

Day 99 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy -Wisdom Tooth – Two Perspectives

We both were inspired to write about the same event. Enjoy this double perspective on what happened that brought us each gratitude and joy.

Gratitude and Joy

Day 98 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Bunco

When we moved to Arizona, someone asked me if I’d ever played Bunco. That was a new one on me … never heard of it.

Gratitude and Joy, Travel

Day 97 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Vacation Planning

Travel has always filled me with joy and I am struck with the level of gratitude I am feeling now that the world is reopening and I can feed my insatiable wanderlust once again.

Food, Gratitude and Joy

Day 96 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Soups and Stews

By the afternoon, the house smells amazing and both pots are cooling to store until I crave the contents.

Arizona, Gratitude and Joy

Day 95 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – New Neighbors

As our community grows, those of us who’ve been here for a few years watch with amazement as the new homes go up around us.

Gratitude and Joy

Day 94 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Patience

... my patient and fun-loving aunt threw in the towel and declared to my mother, “Judy will never learn to knit!” She was right.

Arizona, Gratitude and Joy

Day 93 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Pool Season Begins

I decided that turning off the heater and blowing up the rafts means pool season has officially begun.

Food, Gratitude and Joy, humor

Day 92 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Whodunit?

... suddenly we learned the floor in the wine cellar had split open during an earthquake and revealed a dead body … obviously murder!

Gratitude and Joy

Day 91 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Lining My Cabinets

Then that feeling of satisfaction hit me. A job well done. A task I’d overblown in my mind was accomplished.

Gratitude and Joy

Day 90 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Pedicures

We prop our heels on the padded cushion and sit back, letting a professional attack our toe-talons, our sandpaper-like heels and our bare-naked toenails.