Humble Blessingz

2010-01-18T09:37:00.003-05:00

1. Pharmacists that listen to you
2. Pharmacies that give you gift cards when they mess up
3. Good customer service
4. Friends who make you read good books
5. Twitter friends that want to know you

2009-12-12T08:08:00.001-05:00

1. apples
2. yogurt
3. eggs
4. flour
5. cider

Apple Cider Pancakes

2009-12-11T22:09:00.002-05:00

1. Help in the Kitchen
2. a Clean wide-open Foyer
3. great soundtrack in "my sister's keeper"
4. friends who trust me
5. red table linens

2009-09-07T18:17:00.003-04:00

I am thankful for..
1. my children know how to cook
2. meatless meals
3. goat cheese
4. apple pancakes
5. the bird asleep on the edge of the bird bath, out back. :)

I am Thankful for..

2009-08-27T11:33:00.001-04:00

1. a nice camera
2. Books on Cassette
3. Standard Deviants Educational Videos
4. Sleep
5. Patient Family

2009-08-26T11:31:00.000-04:00

1. Libraries
2. Recipe CookBook Writers that print tested recipes
3. Full Fat StonyField Cream Top "Chocolate Underground" Vanilla over Chocolate
4. The Crock Pot
5. Meyer Lemons

2009-08-19T21:50:00.002-04:00

I'm grateful for:

1. a clean kitchen.
2. La Tur cheese.
3. Help around the house!
4. Empty laundry hampers.
5. Kitty Kisses

2009-08-10T16:07:00.001-04:00

1. I seem to have remembered how to blog, again.
2. Girlie makes some yummy scrambled eggs
3.Tentatively scheduled a movie, for tomorrow afternoon, with Girlie and a friend
4. Dinner, tonight, is mostly made up of leftovers
5. The menu, for the week, is planned

2009-08-09T21:37:00.003-04:00

I am Thankful..
1. I talked with my step-mom on the phone today.
2. I heard my brother's voice, in the background.
3. I made a new friend.
4. I watched 2 baseball games this weekend.
5. I don't have a headache, right now. :)

2009-08-07T11:42:00.002-04:00

1. I woke up with no headache.
2. I talked to all three, of my children, before noon.
3. Mary is getting married today.
4. I'm blogging, again.
5. I finished the blog roll, so far..

2009-08-05T18:51:00.002-04:00

1. Taurine to rid immediate headache, brought on by HM Egg Rolls
2. Bottled Thai Sweet Chili sauce, without preservatives and HFCS
3. Desktop Battery Chargers, for cell phone batteries
4. Friends, who care
5. Help with dinner, in the kitchen

2009-08-05T00:53:00.002-04:00

I am thankful for..
1. a more peaceful Tuesday
2. ice box lemon pie, in graham crust
3. grocery shopping is done
4. being able to update video drivers on TheBoys computer
5. Surviving Matt's 18th birthday do-over :)

2009-08-01T22:10:00.002-04:00

I am thankful for..

1. Home Fried Yukon Gold Potatoes
2. All the children "home" for the weekend
3. Movies "in"
4. Hand written letters
5. Motivating Blog Challenges

2009-07-31T20:59:00.002-04:00

1. Dinner out, with all the kids.
2. Bananas in Strawberry Glaze
3. Practical Sister Jokes
4. Toe nails painted neon pink
5. Genealogy Forums that extend your family history

2009-07-29T21:14:00.001-04:00

1. Sudafed
2. Kleenex Tissue
3. Turkey sandwiches
4. Dr. Pepper
5. Marianne Willaimson

I am Thankful for..

2009-04-13T22:31:00.002-04:00

1. sleep
2. help with dinner
3. writing ideas spawned by reading
4. orange bell peppers clearanced 3/$1
5. new recipe that became a new Kitchen Miracle

2009-04-12T13:37:00.003-04:00

1. Invitations from New Friends
2. Sitting around, late, talking
3. getting caught up on unfinished tasks
4. Flowers on the porch and back patio
5. Blooming Sage and Rosemary

2009-04-05T13:52:00.002-04:00

1. Satellite Broadcasts on tv
2. Conference in podcast
3. My Family that walked, across the country, to Utah, in the 1850's
4. The Missionaries that started my families emigration "To Zion."
5. My Family member's, who found Family History, so important, that I can read their stories..

2009-04-04T02:01:00.002-04:00

1. I was "able to walk," The Flower Town Festival, from one end, to the other and wander, too, through craft booths
2. My back didn't hurt, so bad, to require, any additional medication, for pain, at the end of The Festival
3. Inspiration to craft with flip flops
4. Gooey Nutella with Fresh Strawberries, in a yummy crepe
5. Civil children the entire day

2009-04-03T23:46:00.002-04:00

1. Electric blanket, as a heating pad, for my hips, to reduce pain.
2. Dollar Tree treasures that can be made into nice gifts
3. Girlfriend talk, in a vehicle, in the rain
4. Learning more about food storage
5. Authors who aren't afraid to "be real" in text

2009-03-30T18:46:00.002-04:00

1. Sonic Strawberry milkshakes are bribe material, for teen going into Lowe's garden department, without complaint. "I better pay up.." :)
2. Marianne Williamson
3. Dianthus keeps on keepin on, even when you mow over it!
4. Buy 3, get one free, greeting card coupons, when I need several..
5. Being able top plant flowers

2009-03-30T02:57:00.001-04:00

1. Planting SnapDragons for the front porch
2. Hanging a new wind chime
3. Full bird feeders
4. Clean bird bath
5. Basil, Rosemary and peppers planted

2009-03-29T14:53:00.000-04:00

1. Prescription Eye Drops
2. Help in the patio-garden organize/clean project
3. Someone who moves clothes into the dryer, without being asked
4. Accomplishing tasks set out for this weekend
5. HM Tacos

2009-03-23T23:18:00.000-04:00

1. Friends who try
2. Friends who tell you that you are important to them
3. Watching a DVD on the telephone
4. Reading a new book with simple perspectives of change
5. Going to bed a little earlier, for 5am wake-up

2009-03-22T23:19:00.002-04:00

1. People who notice you, across a room, and are sure to make you feel welcomed
2. Friends who call to check up on you, with no real agenda
3. Pretty cards to write simple thank you in..
4. Katie's persistence to help Matt
5. Feeling included in a crowd that I didn't feel I fit into

2009-03-20T22:01:00.000-04:00

1. Having something quick to throw together, for dinner, when I found the crockpot never plugged in at 6pm.
2. strawberries are on sale at BiLo
3. fresh lemonade
4. fresh fruit with breakfast.. bananas, strawberries, melons
5. Back-rest all day and in no pain, at the moment

2009-03-13T23:56:00.002-04:00

1. The way a book feels in my hands
2. Weeds with pretty flowers
3. How even "bad" enchiladas are delicious
4. Condiments made from scratch
5. Being called "mommy" by a teenager

2009-03-08T16:05:00.002-04:00

1. I survived "outdoor girl" mode yesterday
2. the house is almost clean
3. banana muffins may make me never make banana bread, again
4. loving my own HM pasta salad
5. gaining insight from my Mary Heart/Martha World book

2009-03-05T19:35:00.002-05:00

1. another Kitchen Miracle
2. Taurine. I can't say enough about this amino acid. Something started an almost immediate headache.. when I was eating, tonight. I remember the hours of agony, in my past.. that taking 1,000 mg of Taurine can wipe out, almost right away.
3. a clean kitchen
4. a more cheerful boy, coming out of seminary, the last couple of days
5. being able to fall asleep and nap, after returning from early morning seminary

2009-03-04T20:04:00.000-05:00

1. Closing the distance gap, by reading on the phone
2. Delicious meals with first-time recipes
3. Enough leftovers to change the menu
4. Crock pot meals that morph into different recipes
5. Flea Market veggies last longer than I had planned

2009-03-03T21:05:00.002-05:00

1. Children who love your HM noodles that you liked, but thought they'd hate
2. Blogger's who post health related "aha's"
3. Hanahan Super BiLo opens at 6am!
4. 1,000 mg of Taurine wipes out a food related migraine
5. Jane Austen's memoirs

2009-03-02T20:35:00.002-05:00

1. My menu, for this week is finally done. Ugh.
2. Microwave defrost technology (I hate that I use it, though.)
3. Freezer foods when I'm hungry
4. kitty kisses
5. Recipezaar's ingredient search, to find recipes for what I have, on hand.

2009-02-27T23:42:00.002-05:00

1. No tooth pain
2. Extended Friendship
3. Stable Electricity, Finally
4. New Book to read
5. a 5 year old that pets me *giggle*

2009-02-25T21:55:00.002-05:00

1. a very Compassionate Dentist!
2. anesthestia
3. modern technology advances in root canals. This was amazingly different.
4. Listening to a personal premonition
5. A very patient man, who loves me.

2009-02-24T19:06:00.001-05:00

1. Buttermilk Pancakes with Chocolate Chips
2. Friends, who include you
3. Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Sammiches
4. Baggy Sweatpants
5. TV Series on DVD

2009-02-23T23:24:00.002-05:00

1. Spiritual Enlightenment
2. Time sacrifices of others
3. Friends, who care enough to tease me
4. Simple Suppers - Freezer Eating
5. Being Loved

2009-02-22T09:06:00.002-05:00

1. Good Recipes, that make great leftovers, that mold into new meals..
2. New Twitter Followers after being lost and admitting stupid brain fog, in twitter party #typeamom
3. Finishing another really good book and looking forward to blogging it
4. Accomplishing an update for the main blog of blogz
5. Big Cats that love to fake being lap cats.. on their thought.. their time.. their kill-you, with the awkward walking on you.. :)

2009-02-20T16:13:00.002-05:00

1. I finally remembered to post this before I shut down
2. Casseroles that mold well into soup, with V8 and some spices
3. Sick kids on the mend
4. Twitter faces have voices
5. No early morning wake-up tomorrow

2009-02-17T19:41:00.002-05:00

1. Kitchen Miracles - Bread Pudding
2. Quieter "Home" Days
3. Finding an extra container of cinnamon that "I know I have.."
4. too many choices for leftovers, in the fridge
5. The rich taste of the best French Toast I've ever made.

2009-02-15T21:07:00.002-05:00

1. Fresh Fried Corn Tortilla Strings
2. Help in the Kitchen
3. Church people who care about my children
4. Cough medicine in pill form for whiney non-feel goody teen
5. 9 jars of HM Cream of Mushroom soup in the freezer

2009-02-14T18:39:00.002-05:00

1. Cinnamon Rolls Someone Else Baked
2. Baby cheeks filled withed banana pudding ("bite!")
3. Fun Coincidences
4. Yummy Cole Slaw
5. Being home and being able to take off my shoes

2009-02-13T22:20:00.001-05:00

1. wOwers let me upload to flickr, while it hijacked modem :)
2. chocolate chip muffins
3. home made salad dressing that everyone loved
4. food processor for grating cheese
5. meet-up tomorrow for Q

2009-02-12T22:59:00.002-05:00

1. a new doctor
2. new sleep options
3. a great day, out, with the kids
4. accomplishing goals in the 101
5. a full refrigerator

2009-02-11T22:15:00.002-05:00

1. Photography Meet Ups
2. Logan's Peppercorn Ranch Dressing as a Warm Sauce
3. HgB 14.1!!!
4. Great scale photo, at the doctor, with full pockets, too! :)
5. Found a new doctor to try to see

2009-02-09T20:57:00.003-05:00

1. Blogger Help Sites
2. Organized Blogz
3. IM Hugz
4. Teens that can cook
5. Bloggers who share menus

2009-02-08T20:44:00.003-05:00

1. Silly friends that make you giggle
2. Reading books, aloud, over the phone
3. Free Long Distance
4. Good soup, someone else made, in a restaurant
5. Cooks that try to remake restaurant recipes and publish copykat's

2009-02-07T17:46:00.001-05:00

1. Debt Reduction
2. No demerol needed today
3. People who offer the kids rides
4. Oatmeal on a cold afternoon
5. Organized blogs

2009-02-05T22:14:00.002-05:00

1. Demerol for intolerable pain
2. An old friend commented in my blog after he googled himself :)
3. Inside jokes on Twitter. NEVER!
4. Long Phone Calls Mobile to Mobile
5. New faces in FB that send invites

2009-02-03T18:29:00.002-05:00

1. Modern Medicine Pharmaceutical pain medications.
2. Children who know how to follow directions.
3. Someone else made dinner.
4. Friends, who call, understanding I can't really talk, right now.
5. Internetz - for brain staring, and somewhat accomplishing things.

2009-02-02T15:19:00.004-05:00

1. Having a Truly Compassionate Dentist
2. Nitrous Oxide
3. Snack type meals.. a little of this and that and then some more
4. Sleep Debt Reduction
5. Gray's Anatomy Soundtracks

2009-01-28T21:37:00.002-05:00

1. Mobile to Mobile cellular communication
2. Friends who accept you as you are
3. Nachos
4. Archer Farms Pomegranate Fruit Leather
5. A phone call from my eldest.. :)

2009-01-27T18:21:00.002-05:00

1. Pool towels someone else washes.
2. Swimsuits that swallow you, so you look better IN them.
3. Semi-adult children who love to paint my toe nails.
4. Turbi-twist
5. 5 year old cheek kisses, followed by, "Can I have a smoothie?"

2009-01-25T10:37:00.000-05:00

1. WiFi on vacation
2. Goofing at IHOP with Girlie
3. Free Food (comp'd meal)
4. Writing on the Beach
5. a Bath Tub!!!

2009-01-23T16:58:00.003-05:00

1. Blogging from my PHONE! I'm such a geek.
2. Lip Gloss from Sally
3. Prescription drug insurance
4. Vacation Mode: ON
5. Tybee Island Beach and lunch in Savannah, tomorrow! :D

Test post from phone

2009-01-23T16:55:00.001-05:00

1. Test
2. From
3. Phone
4. For
5. Vacation posting

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2009-01-22T20:59:00.002-05:00

1. A fantastic dentist, that truly cares about helping me out of pain.
2. Pharmacy Prescription Coupons
3. Cust Svc people who ask you how you are and really want to know.
4. Kids that love my green beans
5. The Boy got his permit on the first try!

2009-01-21T20:03:00.002-05:00

1. Someone else who cleans the kitchen after dinner.
2. Taurine allowing me to eat some foods that give me headaches.
3. Friends who make me feel I can just be me, and its okay.
4. Acceptance of my weaknesses.
5. Heather wants to go to Florida!!

2009-01-20T22:16:00.000-05:00

1. Snow Flurries
2. The White Petunias, Blooming, in the pot of dead flowers, on my front porch.
3. New Recipes that rock!
4. Blogger's that post the "books on their nightstand."
5. 3 hours of Girlfriend talk, on the phone

2009-01-19T08:14:00.000-05:00

1. Sleep
2. Yummy Muffins
3. Snow in tomorrow's forecast
4. I was finally able to see The Five People you Meet in Heaven, the movie, on tv.
5. Many new kitchen miracles

2009-01-18T18:28:00.000-05:00

1. Seminary 5 day weekend!
2. Ready prepared cooked meats. (Semi-real food.)
3. Kitchen Miracles - Mashed Potatoes
4. Blogger's who teach Blogger Platform Hacks
5. New Fluffy White Socks

2009-01-17T19:55:00.000-05:00

1. People, who are not too proud to say "I'm sorry."
2. Amazing template/theme designers.
3. Sandwich snacks at 3am.
4. Central Heat.
5. FileZilla is Free.

2009-01-16T15:10:00.000-05:00

1. Oregano, Flat Leaf Parsley, Chives, and Rosemary can survive an overnight freeze.
2. Rx Transfer to Rite Aid Coupon paid my two co-pays and a new pair of sunglasses.
3. Other people's respectful children who hug you, with a thank you, for buying lunch.
4. Moe's food does not give me any headaches.
5. My picky toothless cat IS eating the Science Diet Wet Salmon Food.

2009-01-15T21:23:00.000-05:00

1. Geeky Friends Who Understand ME!
2. Instant Messaging
3. An Electric Blanket
4. Leftovers that morph into a different meal
5. Walmart Cole Slaw. Really. Its really good. I wish I could make it, like this. Willing to Bribe for the recipe. I add a ton of ground black pepper, to it, but its just GOOD.

Food on My Brain

2009-01-14T11:27:00.001-05:00

The five things that I am grateful for, today, may seem simple, to you.. they are.. that's what I enjoy about them, the most.

Sweet Naval Oranges in January
Fluffy New Socks
A Clean Kitchen
Cat "bump head" kisses
Fresh Bread

Did you write down your five, today?