I am on vacation so some of Tuesday 4 is at the bottom of this post.
1. What about your upbringing are you most grateful for? Besides God, family is the most important and we take care of each other. I am close to my siblings. We support each other and celebrate what is going on with our kids and grandkids. We saw that as kids when we hung out with cousins. The tradition goes on. We don't all have the same view, but our family love is the focus. Be kind and treat people fairly is something our parents taught us. Man looks at the outside, but God looks at the heart. Oh, and I can't forget the things I learned as a child in Sunday School.
2. What are two or three things that bring you comfort? My faith is number one. God is my peace. He is my hope in knowing where I go when I leave. Peace knowing where my parents are and that I will see them again. My family loving each other. Knowing that when we leave this place, our family will follow. A long time ago, I would have thought of material things like a soft bed, or comfy chair. But as I have gotten older, spiritual blessings are way more important.
3. Something beautiful you saw today? (or yesterday depending on when it is you're answering this question) I see beauty in different ways. Seeing the some come up and peaking though the tall hotels. I am on vacation in Las Vegas. Hearing the laughter of my 2 youngest grands while I take them to the kid's activity room and as they play air hockey or the Halloween scavenger hunt. Beauty in the smile of a friend, or the face of my husband as he makes homemade albondiga soup. Beauty in the art I make while Bible journaling.
4. Have you ever used a typewriter? Tell us a memory associated with that. Back in Jr high 1968, I took a typing course and I cheated. Yes, I could not type without looking at the keyboard. So, I struggled through college and had to pay someone to type for me. I got a degree in the social bio field, but I wanted to start my family which took a while. I decided to stay at my part time job with the postal service with good health benefits. After 10 years of throwing mail, I got hurt and got retrained in 1987 and worked on a computer. I can type pretty well now without looking. I have been on my computers since 1992. From big desktops to laptops, I can take with me on vacation.
5. Something you are grateful for today. I invited an online friend over to share our Bible journaling and her crafting planner. We talked for a few hours. We got a caramel apple desert in the lobby. I made her lunch, and the time went by so quickly. We meet each other at a Glamping crafting camp last July. Here we are with our crafting backpacks.
Caramel sauce, Marshmallows, Oreo cookies crumbles, MnM's and candy corn.
Donations for his support the Childrens' Miracle Network.
Thankful that my husband made dinner. Thankful that we have this timeshare we share with our son and that we can invite friends and family over. Thankful that we have our own room next to theirs and can enjoy our own time together. Thankful for cellphones and my older grands can send us pictures.
Jazzy is on the right and her friend Hope on the left.
They have been friends since kinder and are now in 8th.
Eddie is in the middle and is Scooby Doobie Do. He and
his friends are 9th graders and are all honor students.
My granddaughter calls them nerds. They all like video games.
Eddie made the freshmen basketball team this year.
It is the first year that the grands have not all been together at our church event.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
I missed my Tuesday 4 and it was on pets.
This will also be my Thankful Thursday post.
We will be getting back home from vacation on Thursday.
We decided not to be gone the whole week. Our dog is missing us.
We are thankful for her too! our daughter and grands are staying with her.
She mostly barks when the neighbor dog does.
She is a good watchdog and barks at anyone that comes near the door.
She is very loving to the people she loves.
