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.

Gratitude and Joy

Day 89 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Taking Risks

Take the risk, try the food, dazzle yourself and create memories to last a lifetime.