Day 152 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful for messing up recipes, I mean like going totally off-grid, and still having the food come out great.
2. I'm grateful for friends willing to pitch in and help... in all areas... for all kinds of things.
3. I'm grateful for Crystal Geyser flavored sparkling mineral water.

Day 151 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful when friends share photos.
2. I'm grateful for Easter with beautiful weather (where I am, anyway).
3. I'm grateful for people who try to help others in less fortunate and/or traumatic situations.

Day 150 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful for friends.
2. I'm grateful for wonderful weather.
3. I'm grateful for having enough money to pay my bills.

Day 149 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful for the food processor I got... I made coleslaw for the first time.  It's like a month's worth of coleslaw.  Ha!
2. I'm grateful for sunny days!
3. I'm grateful for the birds who fly under the outside stairs (right outside my window) and entertain me with their antics.

Day 148 Gratefuls

1. Today I'm grateful for the new (well, last year) lawnmower.
2. I'm grateful for wonderful weather.
3. I'm grateful for the skinny drawer cabinets that make sorting awesome.

Day 147 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful for friends.  
2. I'm grateful for live chat options instead of waiting on phone hold for an hour.
3. I'm grateful for recycling centers.

Day 146 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful for throwing a bunch of random spices into my meal today and actually having it turn out heavenly.
2. I'm grateful for the fact that I unashamedly read young adult novels and enjoy them.
3. I'm grateful for the sound of rain.

Day 145 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful I was able to find a store open on Sunday that carried Golden Seal in bulk
2. I'm grateful for finding a working Kitchen Aid food processor at an estate sale for $1 (made my own hummus for the first time)
3. I'm grateful for all the organic, fresh food at Whole Foods 

Day 144 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful for finally coming up with an idea for ring #3 (hope to work on it tomorrow).
2. I'm grateful for the price of Romaine lettuce... I eat it constantly.
3. I'm grateful that my destash items almost always find new homes.

Day 143 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful that Costco had half barrels for under $10 (even if they are plastic).
2. I'm grateful for a really yummy dinner (and good company... and good tv).
3. I'm grateful for fun mail instead of stressful mail.

Day 142 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful that not only does the string for my weedeater come in bulk packaging so I can wind it myself (much cheaper!) but the hand wound stuff seems to feed infinitely better than the small pre-packaged rolls. 
2. I'm grateful for the documentary "In Defense of Food".
3. I'm grateful for friends who stop by to pick up one thing they're borrowing and end up staying an hour and helping out with chores.

Day 141 Gratefuls

1. I'm very grateful for the beautiful weather we had today.
2. I'm grateful for FB making it easy and convenient to buy and sell things within local neighborhoods.
3. I'm grateful for friends with trucks who waste their whole day helping me.

Day 140 Gratefuls

1. Grateful for a friend who is always there for me when I need help.
2. Grateful that another complex ring worked out (almost... I still have to set the stones).
3. Grateful for Calistoga flavored mineral waters. 

Day 139 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful for mid-term exams that take 20 minutes (well, the in-class part took 20 minutes) and then we get let go.
2. I'm grateful for when I get to talk to my kids on the phone.  I miss them.
3. I'm grateful for bluetooth keyboards.  Just got one for my Kindle.  Yay! 

Day 138 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful that I finished my mid-term, such as it is.  I don't think classes that rely heavily on memorization are a good fit for me.
2. I'm grateful for avocados.  They are life savers when I'm hungry and there's nothing else healthy to eat (I really need to plan better).
3. I'm grateful that I finally got my YouTube video to load.  I thought
   maybe it was something I was doing wrong, but in the end I think it
   just took forever 'cause our internet kept going out.  Very windy here
   today.

Day 137 Gratefuls

1. Today I'm grateful for good food, good company, and good entertainment.
2. I'm grateful for finding my notebook a few days before the midterm.
3. I'm grateful for dryers.... I had my towels and sheets hanging on the line outside and it started to rain.  :-)

Day 136 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful that the rain let up twice today... once for me to take the garbage can to the bottom of the hill and once for me to go back and bring the garbage can back up the hill.
2. I'm grateful for leftover rice.  So many ways to re-do it for a quick meal.
3. I'm grateful my soldering today was a success.

Day 135 Gratefuls

1. Today I'm grateful for some success in the workroom.
2. I'm grateful for a stocked pantry.
3. I'm grateful when my son feels like calling me because he has a few extra minutes between classes.

Day 134 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful for getting along with family members.
2. I'm grateful for my Dymo postage label printer... really love it!
3. I'm grateful for flat rate priority shipping.... I can send some pretty heavy stuff to my kids.

Day 133 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful that I got SOMETHING accomplished in the workroom today.  Work has been going slowly for a couple weeks (months), but progress is still progress.
2. I'm grateful for the several days of rain that made my job today easier (putting fertilizer stakes into the ground around all the fruit trees).
3. I'm grateful for essential oil diffusers.  Wow, I really love them!

Day 132 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful for tule fog when it's fun but not dangerous to drive in.
2. I'm grateful for a great ending for the Downton Abbey series.
3. I'm grateful for people who really do their jobs well (sometimes a rare thing).

Day 131 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful I was able to figure out etching sterling.  It's not a perfect skill yet but at least I have a starting point.
2. I'm grateful that rather than putting it off and letting it weigh on me, I took care of something today that I'd WANTED to procrastinate on.
3. I'm grateful when I think there's nothing to eat and then I suddenly remember something I bought and had forgotten all about.  Yay!

Day 130 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful I have a safe place to be on a stormy night.
2. I'm grateful for so many places you can buy used books for really low cost.
3. I'm grateful for texting.

Day 129 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful for friends with pick-up trucks... that makes transporting large objects much easier than the alternatives.
2. I'm grateful for how is looks here after a rain with everything green, flowery, lush and fresh smelling.
3. I'm grateful for having enough money to pay my bills.

Day 128 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful for nutri-bullet... that lets me make smoothies really fast with all kinds of awesome things like nuts and frozen fruit.
2. I'm grateful for hardwood floors, even fake ones.  I like them so much better than carpeting.
3. I'm extremely grateful for my friend who spends her whole day helping me do my first burn.

Day 127 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful when strangers admire my jewelry (then I get to give them one of my business cards too).
2. I'm grateful for my nutri-bullet, that makes excellent smoothies.
3. I'm grateful for casual chats with friends.

Day 126 Gratefuls

1. Today I'm grateful that I had long conversations with both my kids (yes, again, they both called on the same day).
2. I'm grateful for butter lettuce... which I thought I hated... but I just discovered they make great "wraps" for things like tacos and whatnot.
3. I'm grateful for the local library having two interesting books on CD... a Neil Gaiman and a Dean Koontz.  I'll never get them both listened to before the due date, I'm sure, but maybe I can listen while walking or working in the orchard.

Day 125 Gratefuls

1. I'm grateful I look up the answers ahead of time for my anthropology class; I'm not an audio-learning person and trying catch the questions during the videos is near impossible for me.
2. I'm grateful for fun jewelry dreams rather than the normal stress dreams.
3. I'm grateful for cocoa powder which easily turns into chocolate syrup when need be.