Monday grace

So many things to give thanks for:

• living in SF and having the opportunity to go to see films from all over the world
• experiencing the world with a partner
• not feeling rushed to get to the next thing
• having more than I wanted or expected
• being taken care of
• trust that I will always be taken care of

sundays

today I'm grateful for:

• Wendy's traffic update re: The Bay Bridge
• sleep
• spicey chicken
• Reprise - a Norwegian film about dreams and what happens when life takes over
• being alive

sunday smiles fer:

the crowd at rollerderby sf! some of the most interesting people watching i've done in a long time, and so close to my house at kezar stadium.

grey skies, cheering me on to be lazy instead of productive - fuck laundry!

more variety in footwear

wikipedia

new orleans music

are you....

diggin' where i'm flowin' from?
pleasantries acknowledged for:

finding my fuzzy purple (warm) hat - more than a year since it's been m.i.a.
this thanks to my cats, who suddenly got spooked and went crazy, running from the couch window, barrelling down the length of the apartment, knocking over my tree next to my bookshelf and dumping a basket...that's where the hat was.
anyway, i'm happy to have it back. i really like it and i've actually missed it.

yesterday i went hiking. first time with the hiking shoes on. i felt fine. well footed. so i'm definitely happy for that.

the possibility of more work. we'll see. in the works.

wild irises in bloom in point reyes

grounding

I am counting my blessings for:

• Being (momentarily) mistaken for a student while chaperoning the prom last night;
• Portable speakers for my iPod;
• My two rogue cats who haven't escaped and disappeared in a very long while;
• Low-rise bermuda shorts;
• Life as it comes.

Affirmation: I just don't have it in me to come up with one today.
Intent: Save a horse, ride a cowboy.

sunny breezy blessings

so much for creativity...

I'm grateful for:

• feeling the sun warming my neck on this hot sunny day in SF
• my feet and every where they take me
• being in love!
• fresh vegetables - green leafy salads with ripe avocados
• time to be lazy

Another work week under the belt

Appreciation is a learned behavior and must be practiced often, so today I share with you the following in which I truly appreciate:

• Having the realization that you, and only you can make changes in your life.
• Embracing new changes.
• Taking better care of myself.
• My CD player in my car. I don't know how I went so long without one!
• Awesome television writing (just finished the 2nd disc of the 3rd season of Entourage and I am consistently blown away by the writing and acting).

grats today for:

another sunny day

day trippin to pt. reyes station

survivor's finale happening before i leave for S.A.

coffee brewing

early morning quiet - not even any student sounds yet!

Another week gone...summer, here I come!

Today, I am grateful for:

• Bell bottoms coming back in style;
• The color peach;
• Pedicures;
• The breakfast spread in the teachers' lounge this morning;
• My sensuality.

Affirmation: Good luck is the happenstance of hard work.
Intent: Do what is in front of me.

Happy Friday!

Today I appreciated the following:

• my conversation with Kathleen and how she pushes me to go further
• everyone who was patient with me being late
• feeling connected on many levels
• the first couple of Cheetos in the bag
• peace

Glad I'm Here Cause

I have friends who inspire/encourage me to post.
I am released from jury duty.
I get to see lots of live music and even sometimes stop dancing and chat with folks.
The first jam session on my new drum and my first lesson from drummergirl.
Sweet voice mails that I can save and listen to over and over indefinitely.
Letting go of some sweet saved voice mails to make room for new ones. :-)

I love Thursdays

Today I am appreciative of the following in my life:

• Being a friend people can count on.
• Having the perfect outfit for an upcoming Cinco de Mayo party next weekend!
• Continuing to feel strong and beautiful.
• Monday's paycheck.
• Knowing that I will be the only one in the office tomorrow! Hello jeans!
• Great articles in the New Yorker magazine.

favorite new line from a movie...

i've been wanting to share this for days:

it cracked me up.
context doesn't even matter....

begin quote:
i believe there is someone out there for everyone. i mean, even retarded and handicapped people get married. end quote.

xow

on this day of thurs...

i have warm fuzzy thoughts and feelings of deep appreciation for:

• the power of thought

• an afternoon in sunny san rafael with chloe

• tamanu oil (say it sweetness), i think it's working
even though i've been more lax 'bout it.

• gut insticts - very big for me right now - listen, listening

• dancing just because

Thursday's Appreciative Thoughts

soft spring rains that smell of moss & flowers

life long learning

a job that encourages and supports that learning

citizens who care enough to withstand the frustration in order to make their community a better place

my espresso machine!

Welcome to my insanity

Hi there. I am thankful for (I'm trying to think of a creative way to say that, but I need time):

• Lemons; I love lemon in my water, on food, and lemon scent in my lotion;
• The lack of boredom in my life (no time for that);
• Peacocks - there are peacocks embroidered on my blouse;
• A higher power who does for me what I cannot or will not do for myself; taking away things/people that I should want to let go of, but don't want to give up;
  
• My vitality, feistiness, and hyperactivity.
  

Affirmation: Think it, and you shall hold it in your hand.
Intent: Limit my thoughts to that which I wish to manifest in my life.

the hump

Today I am filled with blessings!

Ok - here's a challenge for all you gratitudinals - who can come up with the most creative way of saying, "today I'm grateful for..." I will be filled to the brim, bursting at my seams with butterflies of all colors fluttering out the top of my head if someone can meet my challenge with gusto!

I broke my French Press this morning after I had filled it with almost all of the coffee in my freezer and freshly boiled water - but, I am grateful that no blood was shed and I hobbled away with a minor burn and coffee grinds all over my favorite pink sweater. Do you realize how potentially dangerous your kitchen can be? Anyway, I'm glad it's over and I have more coffee and I can wash the sweater and it wasn't one of those weird emergencies where someone falls and can't get up. And, I am officially done with French Presses - I don't have the patience to deal with them anymore.

I am grateful for surrogate mothers and all of my friends who share their families with me. There is something unique about being included but not having all that potentially dysfunctional history to deal with. I love other people's dysfunctional history! It's so much easier to deal with than my own!

I love YouTube - it's almost cooler than the internet.

I love my bed. I am grateful for waking up without an alarm, listening to the birds chirping outside my window and watching the light filter in through the blinds for as long as I want.

I am grateful for the color green. It makes me feel like I'm in the middle of a lush tropical jungle, or a dewy morning meadow, or standing in a grove of redwoods smelling the moist ground, or sitting on my couch...

Oh - and I'm begrudgingly grateful for feelings. I could write a book about my feelings about feelings but I'll go to therapy instead.

WEdNesDaY

i'm so grateful that my foot is healing...
i've been on walks, to the gym, jumped up and down (only a few times, but still).
i am no longer worried about how it will feel on my trip, and i feel grateful for that.

patience, as it happens...

knowing ME in the unknowing

no bills in yesterday's mail

veggies and time to cook them

I'm Back and I'm Grateful

For learning a new process: the jury selection process in a criminal trial.

For a great yoga class followed by a FANTASTIC rain drop therapy and some mentoring by my healing friend, cousin, yoga teacher!

Louise Hayes Probable Causes and Affirmations: sometimes they're so right on.

Driving directly home after rdt and not making a pit stop at Walgreen's for cashews (I've been know to do this many a time after yoga class).

Waking up at 7am to a totally quiet and peaceful morning on Park Street.

Having a place to post my gratitude! and a semi-working pc to do posts from. :-)

Affirmation: I move beyond old limitations and allow myself to express freely and creatively!

So....

Things I am grateful for today are:

• I'll echo Amy's sentiment, feeling good. I have a tendency for depression and I really do treasure the times when I'm in a healthy head space.
• Botox at cost.
• Keeping up with my exercise and diet and seeing and feeling the results!
• My post-operative swelling subsiding.
• Being a woman.

si, tooosday

times of not knowing...what will spring?

the time in between

ability to exercise

new curtains

continuing to just follow my gut...

Stretching the possibilities

Today I am grateful for:

• all of the people who contribute to gratitudinals
• my iPod
• my apartment being exactly how I left it (clean)
• coffee
• little dogs who keep me warm
• feeling happy
• feeling carefree - it's amazing how difficult this is sometimes and sometimes I feel guilty about feeling this way when I do, which seems ridiculous. Today I am tossing it all to the wind and I am not going to worry about anything.
• flowers blooming every where!

I'm grateful that I connected with my former meditation teacher Tamara when she was visiting in March and for her continued mantra: "Stretch your possibilities".

I am thankful that wiccans will finally be able to put something on their loved ones headstones.

I am very grateful for plentiful clean water

I appreciate my inclusive collaborative spirit even if it can make democracy hard to swallow sometimes

for learning new things

my imagination - it allows me to dream

Twosday

Today I am grateful for:

• Macadamia nuts;
• This morning's spin class and the way it has set me up to have a wonderfully energetic day;
• Things that make me laugh;
• Paying bills with a couple of keystrokes and a click of a button on my computer;
• My brain.

Affirmation: I am a free spirit.
Intent: Next right thing.

It's a gorgeous day!

I am grateful for:

• Beautiful spring weather.
• Getting loads of puppy love this weekend from Ally (friend's dog I took care of this weekend).
• The Legion of Honor.
• For the love from friends and family.
• Knowing what I want and asking for it!
• Having a older sister and a younger brother.

Is it Monday already?

Today I am grateful that I don't have to go to work!

I'm grateful for warm and cozy beds.

I'm grateful my palmistry class is almost over - still need 60 readings. Is that going to happen? I honestly don't know.

I'm grateful for everything I don't know. Can you imagine how crazy we would be if we knew the outcome of everything before it happens?

I'm grateful for my car and for a feeling like I'm on a mini-vacation. A love vacation.

I'm grateful for my friends and my roots.

this, is a public service announcement

CAMPING IN BIG SUR IN AUG?!

ladies of gratitude,
specifically, the CA ones.

looking into getting a camp spot in big sur,
while sharon's there (at esalen)
also, thinking we could do the night baths at esalen during our stay.
http://esalen.org/info/faq/faq3.html#nightbathers

found availability w/e of aug 3-5.
please post a comment or send me an email if you're interested and i should book it.

peace
love
out

knowledge is power...

...it's true.
today i'm grateful that:

i know the truth.
now i choose how to work with it.

an hour on the elliptical machine without foot pain.
and waking up in the morning not sore

comfort in knowing i'm still healing and changing structurally
and the purple toe is fading

peace
love
out

Monday Monday

I am grateful for momentum - and people who light a fire under my ass to get something accomplished that has been transferred forward from too many to-do lists

Sore muscles from a weekend of Spring clean-up in the garden

For fear and challenges which can sometimes paralyze me but once overcome prepare and teach me and make me strong

For crocuses, daffodils, my family of orchids and all those beautiful blooms which bring an unconscious smile to my face

For my beautiful home which I don't often acknowledge (because there is always something to do) but brings me such serenity and comfort - and so many in this world will never have the peace of feeling that.

Monday morning melancholy

I am extremely grateful:

• For the huge sacrifices my husband has made to provide a comfortable life for our family;
• For my newly organized drawer of t-shirts (had to start somewhere);
• That the scary plumbing problem we had last week had such an easy and inexpensive solution;
• For my well-behaved students [which is all of them] sitting on the edge of their seats awaiting my every word with intense interest and curiosity. Manifest, manifest, manifest...;
• For the knowledge that I can't fix anybody else.

Affirmation: I am an eagle.
Intent: Do the next right thing (I'm going to stick with this for awhile).

earth day green grats

i'm grateful for this planet we live on, in all it's beauty/cycles/smells/life

for the rain of yesterday and the sun of today

for really knowing now, what i needed to know regarding an old situation
and for feeling strong enough to deal with it, the way that's best for ME

for free concerts in the park, to celebrate earth day, whether or not i attend

for unlikely trades found on craigslist

Sunny Sunday

I am grateful each and every day for so many things, but today I acknowledge the following:

• Each year the Chamber of Commerce of the city I live and work in has a breakfast to recognize an outstanding teacher from each of the schools within its boundaries, and my principal has chosen me. I am grateful and humbled (and a little bit proud);
• Dental floss;
• Only about 5 more weeks of school - hallelujah!;
• Sun screen with varying SPFs;
• My current favorite song, Hanging by a Moment, by Lifehouse.

Affirmation: I am my own best parent.

Intent: Do the next right thing.

A day doing my favorite thing: Nothing

I really like:

• Hip-Hop with a Reggae flair (I'm not into Hip Hop or Reggae so much on their own, but the combo...);
• Asking for what I need and want directly, with no manipulation or pussy-footing around;
• Champagne mangos, tangy and sweet at the same time, like I'd like to be;
• My pierced belly button;
• My increasing comfort with my 49-year-old body.

Affirmation: Like a magnet, I attract what I desire, and the undesirable is repelled and glides right on by with no effort on my part.
Intent: Do the next right thing.

Fridaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

• Wasabi;
• My friend's daughter Jena for teaching my golden retriever Popeye to jump in the pool;
• Weekend alone to spend sunning myself discreetly;
• Sour, sour candy;
• My comfort with expressing my anger.

Affirmation: I have the power to change the world around me.
Intent: Acceptance, the answer to all of my problems today.

4:20

hmmm, what am i grateful for this moring?

lazy mornings

a fun night out

compression tape

uggs

taqueria cancun

thursday better

i'm grateful for actually feeling better today, surely it has something to do with these things i'm grateful for:

willie nelson at the fillmore...WOW!
i LOVE him, and yes, i know lots of the words to his songs!

hugs from a friend, just when i need them

sleeping in because i don't have work, or an agenda today

finally getting to see my friends' band tonight...and my other friend for corralling me in ;)

a somewhat unexpected message on my machine

better, is better!

Thursday.............

Today I am grateful for:

• Living in the Bay Area where fresh fruit and vegetables are abundant.
• Having a mother who taught me the importance of fruits and veggies and because of her, my love for them.
• Compliments from friends and strangers.
• Sharing in the excitement of a good friend who just found he's having a baby boy!!!!! Saw the ultrasounds and he's adorable!!!
• Supportive family and friends.

Life's unpredictable

I am grateful for:

• Gut feelings and the ability to trust them;
• Fruit and nut power bagels lightly toasted with maple walnut cream cheese from Einstein's;
• Stretch, low rise jeans;
• The life-teachers who have been placed in my path (even the ones I didn't like);
• Healthy anger.

Affirmation: I see through the eyes of my soul. My eyes are perfect.
Intent: Openmindedness (is that one word or two?)

Lifecycles

I often cry at the thought of not having any children...other times I am grateful for the freedom that provides. Today I have such a mixture of emotions not only b/c of the VA Tech carnage but because a dear friend lost her nephew in a car accident Monday night. I cannot imagine the pain, but it hurts so to just be on the periphery of such pain. The world is crazy these days and the life of a parent is so full of worry and angst - neverending because they remain your children forever.

I am thankful for birth control; for those willing to take on the responsibility and challenge of raising another human being; for those conscientious enough to really consider the ramifications of such a decision prior to the heat of the moment; for lifelines developed over time among friends and family; for the beauty of the web of life in both its signature birth and inevitable death.

Life IS beautiful

I am grateful for many things today, but here are but a few:

• That I was given the opportunity, thanks to my parents and a higher being, to experience life on this gorgeous, precious, vulnerable plant Earth.
• Windy nights that lend to fresh air mornings which fill my lungs on my a.m. walks.
• Advil, only thing that helps my cramps and headaches.
• Continuing feeling sexy (it's got to be a record!).
• Funny mass emails, I immediately delete stupid and "chain" ones.

Morning girl

Just let me state for the record, I am amazed that I feel so much better than I did last week, and the few weeks before that. I guess it has something to do with meeting Peter - of course it does - but I am incredibly grateful that my mood has changed and my tummy is feeling better, whatever the reason. That sucked.

I'm grateful as always for chicken soup in the morning. Yes, I'm still eating it. It's delicious and nutritious!

I'm grateful for Peppermint tea.

I'm grateful for feeling rested and saying hello to my favorite mattress all night long!

I'm grateful we have a reserved table at the Fillmore tonight thanks to Wendy and her foot!

Breathe

First, an ancient Chinese proverb: Man who walk through airport turnstile sideways is going to Bangkok.

:-)

I am grateful:

• To my dear friend Aimee for all her support;
• For voice mail and caller ID;
• For debit cards and ATMs;
• For the morning sunlight streaming in this window I am sitting by;
• That I am not into Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Prada, and all those others I can't even spell, and that I don't care for diamonds either.

Affirmation: I am a strong woman with a soft heart.
Intent: Provide for my needs.

It's Tuesday!

And I'm grateful for:

• meeting Peter
• exercise because it allows me to see that if I stick with it, I make progress and get stronger
• having friends that I love
• vegetables
• the burrito I ate for lunch

surface

what am i grateful for this morning?

going to work whatever time i want
moisturizing shampoo
water
coffee
that i'm far away from virginia tech

A day late, a day on time

I am grateful for:

• Keeping motivated to get up and go for my morning walk each day.
• Feeling my body getting stronger and healthier.
• Having a clear goal, making the decision to achieve it and thus far sticking to it.
• Having a paycheck every two weeks.
• Living in a city that attracts wonderful exhibits at our beautiful museums.
• The excitement of a friend's newly found possible "soul mate."

Taco Tuesday

I am grateful:

• To have watched a driver other than myself drive over that poorly placed traffic cone this morning - I laughed my ass off. Grateful for belly laughs too;
  
• That I can bounce up two steps at a time when coming into this building without getting winded;
• For my sense of humor;
• For the unexpected cool front we are enjoying these last few days;
• Sunshine.

Affirmation: I am supported by the universe and all of the angels the powers that be have put in my path.
Intent: Visualize.

Today I'm grateful for:

a completely different reality from what I'm used to
a beautiful sunny day
salami and provolone
music
love

all that i have....

i'm grateful for all that i DO have

i'm grateful for connecting with an old friend from many moons ago - found her on the internet (looked her up b/c it was her birthday) (gotta love google) and emailed her, now we are in communication and it's nice

i'm thankful for my trip being paid for, and now all i have to do is get excited and GO!

i'm happy for healthy elimination - oprah and dr. oz would be proud ;)

i'm grateful that i didn't pay full price for a horrible movie yesterday that most people really seem to like....hmmmmm

lastly, i'm grateful that i'm not crazy enough to run the boston marathon, in this crazy weather they are having, or not!

Marvelous Monday

I am grateful:

• To be the strong, powerful woman that I am - mentally, physically, spiritually;
• That when I turn the handle, hot water comes out of the faucet like magic;
• For minty, tinted lip gloss from Bath & Body;
• For long-term sobriety;
• To have gotten a decent parking space today, and that no one saw me run over that traffic cone :-).

Affirmation: My body is the home I live in - I am not my body.
Intent: Visualize what I want to attract into my life.

today is sunday,

i'm grateful:
that i have a client coming over soon, to break the monotony of a completely lonely weekend
that i made a choice to follow my gut today, though many would not approve, it doesn't matter
for having a clean bathtub that i will soak in later
for the internet, turning me on to new things, like the recipe i'll probably try tonight
that tomorrow is a new day, and i have something to do with myself

Today I am grateful for:

• Attention just when I need it most;


• Sunday afternoons with nothing in particular that I need to get done;


• Old Navy - cute clothes cheap;


• Raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and bananas;


• A relatively high self-esteem.

Affirmation: Be open to the gifts within the situation, and allow yourself to feel peace.

Intent: Experience peace.

WOW!

Wow is all I can say today. I am grateful for my serendipitous meeting with Peter - he seems too good to be true, I hope he's not.

I'm grateful I haven't started giving up myself at the prospect of letting someone into my love life - I am making a conscious effort to be myself no matter the cost. I know, it's very early but it feels BIG. I don't want to overthink or put too much energy into it, so I am grateful for the time we've spent and who knows what will happen next.

I'm grateful to be in my own space.

I'm grateful for having friends who understand where I am coming from even when I'm not so good at telling them while I'm in the midst of feeling sad.

I'm grateful for my latest batch of chicken soup. I finally tried the fabled "chicken in a pot" method and I think I like it better - it has been delicious: with barley, mushrooms, greens and organic chicken. Although, the other day I saw a recipe for roast chicken where they laid strips of bacon across the breast while it was cooking - that may be next on my agenda.

Hitting the Ground Running

I am grateful for:

• Organic chunky peanut butter that you don't have to stir and bananas on a whole grain wrap (try it!);
• The cute little things my 9-year-old Zach-man says. Example: I'm getting ready and he comes into my bathroom to use the throne because he has to go #2. He's sitting there awhile and finally tells me he's constipated, "Probably from eating that cheese". A short time later I realize he has been successful in his mission and I made a comment to that effect. He explained that you just make your face red, and it comes out. Awwww!;
• Our beautiful jacuzzi and swimming pool;
• Manatees;
• Having the courage to do things that I am scared shit to do.

So. . . as I mentioned yesterday, I am going to be out that way later this summer for a couple of weeks to take a series of workshops at Esalen. I have added a couple of days at the beginning and a day and a half at the end of the trip to allow time to do other things. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in hooking up because I would love to meet you all. What do you think?

I'm greatful it is time to say so long to my the seals at my beach...there's just a few hanger's on left...mostly babies who don't have the strength to head North quite yet.

The herring have begun to make their way upstream; I think our "upstream" can never compare in hardship so I'm thankful for that and that the dams we face are usually of our own making.

That it is Friday the 13th; always been a good day for me...I must be spawned by the devil!

That even when things are really bad, I look to address them and make them better instead of thinking that ignoring them will make them go away

That things are not really bad right now so maybe I don't need to give stupid stuff more substance than it deserves in order to self indulge my inheirited misery...its a nice thing to remember!

To my friends: following your own passions is the only way to satisfy and meet your own needs.

Yippee Do Dah Friday!

First I would like to say, I love to read all of the posting! It's the first personal thing I do in the office and it really sets a positive mood for me for the day. And for that I am thankful and grateful to you and your gratitude.

It would be awesome to get to meet you Sharon when you come out for your trip! I would truly be grateful for the opportunity.

Today I am grateful for:

• An adventurous Thursday night out, which included wine flights, art, laughter and music!
• Perfect Friday weather (the sun is shining and it's not windy, yet!).
• Having time to do personal things in the office (did anyone say taxes?!?!?!).
• Being the kind of person in which people feel comfortable telling me things they wouldn't necessarily tell others for fear of judgement.
• Healing really well. My swelling since my little modification has significantly gone down and I can see a difference and am pleased thus far!

positivity

here's the latest x-ray. the two white things you see on the second toe foot bone are my very expensive titanium screws...and no, they will not sound an airport alarm! if you look at the second toe *the one next to the big toe* you can see at the top that there is some bone missing. they removed bone (which still has my toe feeling rubbery) to straighten my little soldier out.
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hey ladies of gratitude,
so nice to hear of all the POSITIVITY...a perfect day?!
rockstar sharon donning her rockstar peace! ;)
sexy cleavagy going out jen...
...movin' and shakin' (but jen, don't shake it too hard, or you'll blind people ;)

i too, am deciding not to walk into the fear door, but rather turn around at it's arches and walk the other way. fear has driven me for too long, and homey ain't gonna play that no' mo'

today i'm grateful for:

• leaving my doctors' office feeling good. good about my progress, good about my foot, good about not having to go back for three months! wooohoooo. i mean, they're nice and all, but i'd rather not go there regularly.

• getting to wear whatever shoes i want in three weeks - and knowing me, i'll cheat and do it sooner.

• my massage clients who not only provide me with income, but also give me so much love, and help me realize how much love, nurturing and hope resides within me.

• that leroy has settled down - finally - from his outing almost a week ago. he's no longer hanging out by the front door meowing his cute little black head off - which, by the way, was driving me bonkers.

• all the people that have left my life, for whatever reason/s. they have taught me valueable lessons, some which came faster than others, and i recognize that without each of these losses, that my lesson/s might not have been learned. thanks!

Happy Friday-Why am I so grateful? Here's why:

• I am so excited! Last night I made my airline reservations from here (Ft. Laud.) to San Jose for July 27th, which is two days before I am due at Esalen for 12 days of workshops. I am grateful to have a job with 10 weeks of vacation each summer (more than 13 weeks total annually);
• I really like this green tank top I am wearing - has a peace sign and is decorated with Austrian crystals. Rockstar reincarnate;
  
• Friday night spin class - great music, fun people, and a fabulous workout. Can't wait;
• Fridays;
• My ability to relate to others.

Affirmation: My feelings are neither wrong nor bad.
Intent: Effortlessness breath.

Miraculous Thursday

Today I am grateful for:

• "Laugh Love f**k & drink liquor, make the damn revolution come quicker" - a song Jen & I heard at an art show and our new motto. I wish I knew who sang it.
• Not following my fear, doing something that others might think stupid and having it turn out better than I could imagine.
• meeting the Indian George Clooney
• having a perfect day
• making the connection that red wine makes my stomach feel weird

New Attitude...

Today I'm grateful for:

• Really good sex dreams, boy they really serve a purpose when you aren't having actual sex.
• My dream sex partner, I'm obsessed with Paolo Nutini.
• Feeling sexy (a very infrequent state for me).
• Feeling well enough not to go to my therapist (really didn't feel I got much out of it, so if I do need one I will inquire with both Amy and Sharon).
• Thursday evening plans to hit the town.
• Having lovely cleavage.

creating abundance

first, i'd like to say, that if i had i therapist, i'm sure i'd be grateful!
i like the theme.
i know the work is hard, and i am inspired and moved by the committment and movement on each path....
thanks girls for being one of my muses ;)

today i'm grateful for:

*all the work rolling in
*again to christine for making part of that happen, and the chance to get to work for a green co.
*my massage clients who keep calling, emailing, and making appointments
*tamanu oil, which i heard about to reduce scarring, but then i found out it helps with wrinkles too...i joked with the woman in the store (not oddly), someone i know from years ago, that despite its $20/oz, i was gonna start bathing in it daily
*a sound sleep, you know the really really deep kind
*running through the jungle retreat in peru, BAREFOOTED in my dream - b/c we know that dreams reflect our reality, and i'm on my way...now, to put tamanu oil on the scar and wrap up the wounded soldier so she can heal in just under 6 weeks!

Thursday's List

Today I am sooooo grateful for:

• My therapist - he is an intuitive genius;
• Big hair rock-n-roll;
• Toned muscles and sharp mind;
• That I no longer act out (too much) with my eating disorder;
• Wendy, my other gifted, yet free of charge, therapist (I adore you Wendy!).

Affirmation: Enjoy the ride.
Intent: Live life to the fullest.

Today I am grateful for my therapist, who helps me see that what I am doing is difficult and important for my future. Sometimes I loose sight of that. And I'm grateful for Amy's wisdom that this path has not yet been paved so it's understandable when moments of doubt creep in.

I am grateful for a new understanding and empathy for people who feel like shit all the time because their body doesn't let them function the way they want to. My stomach issue has me feeling fatigued and unable to function as I was a few weeks ago and it's a real drag.

I am grateful that I can exercise and that it makes me feel good and that I'm getting stronger despite the things I mentioned above.

I am grateful for the courage I have today to not eat away my emotions. I look forward to a day when this is not a struggle. Food is a hard substance to master and it can't be cut out like other vices can. Funny how a stomach bug can force you to deal with your issues and stop sabotaging - or at least notice when you are doing it.

I am grateful that I have time to wallow in my emotions and not have any schedule or obligations to pretty myself up for.

Wednesday's Blessings...

I am grateful for:

• Live music in small venues.
• Weekends.
• Being able to live comfortably. A roof over my head, clothes on my back and food in my tummy, especially when I think of those without.
• My common sense.
• Being well, in body and mind.

hoy

today i'm grateful for:

less swelling on my toe and foot...progress!
sunshine peeking in after the rain overnight
meeting soon for potential work collaboration with christine
and interesting day of energetic exchange yesterday
"light" ice cream

• I've said this before, but I love my iPod and iTunes;
• The teacher who helped me clean out the disgusting teachers' lounge refrigerator this morning - can you say Feng Shui?
• Clip-on sunglasses;
• Paper towels that are perforated to allow for smaller pieces;
• The willingness to get up with the alarm without hitting the snooze and going to the gym this morning.

Affirmation: I can have what I want.
Intent: Smile and laugh.

Basking in the noon-day sun

Today I'm grateful for:

not having gas in my stomach...yet
shrinking one bra size! Yippee!
Burpees and the fact that I am improving
my ever changing moods
it's nice outside

I'm Back!

Today I am grateful:

• To have a job to return to after my vacation;
• My 6 a.m. spin class - really rocks my world and sets me up for a fabulous day;
• Routines (what an anal-retentive like myself really thrives on);
• That I finally found acceptable new Alg 2 and Geometry texts for next year;
• My energy.

Intent: Wear my gratitude like a flowing cloak.
Affirmation: I am a grateful spirit.

Monday gratitude

I'm grateful for another warm sunny day.

I'm grateful for strangers who comment on my blogs and say insightful and interesting things.

I'm grateful for silence.

I grateful for taking it in.

I'm grateful for sex.

a new week

today i'm grateful for:

the diva cup, once mastered, it's awesome (www.divacup.com)

learning how to make an effective fruit fly trap

the web for showing me things that i could never imagine, and some things i could ;)

my outing yesterday to a well made, beautiful movie (the namesake) in a renovated theatre

trust in myself and the process, even if this is not evident to those around me
i have an amazing ability to manifest things in my life...sometime needing reminding of this fact

Today I'm giving thanks for meeting new friends who I like a lot. And I'm grateful for their abilities to allow life to unfold.

I'm talking to my innards to let them know how much I appreciate them and that they don't have to raise a big fuss to get some attention! I got the picture.

I'm grateful for the gentle warm sun streaming into my windows.

I'm grateful for having the Presidio a short walk away.

I'm grateful for comedians!

happy easter

i'm grateful for:

the singer family for inviting me into their home and sedar

a signed contract with subletters

good music that moves my soul

all the wonderful people in my life

artists of all kinds

saturday

today i'm grateful for:

bleeding!

potential subletter coming to see the place and possibly make a deal

sleeping in -even if that only means till 8:30

interesting dreams

writing in my journal again

coffee that's making the "i'm almost readY" sound ;)

have a grateful day!

leroy is safe and sound and napping at home!

i'm SO grateful for the safe return of leroy - my cat who was missing for 6 or more hours today

thanks to curtis for finding and retrieving him

i'm grateful for all of the people in my life who are honest with me - even if it's hard - especially, maybe, when it's hard

i'm grateful for my full belly of healthy food and my renewed committment to eat well

and lastly today, i'm grateful for all of the cleaning i got done - sitting idling in despair over leroy wasn't working, so i put myself to work scrubbing the kitchen floor

oh yeah, i'm also grateful that i'm honing my fruit fly killing abilities ;)

Mo' Better Friday

This time last year I was in Antigua, Guatemala. I had stayed up all night on Holy Thursday, watching people all over the city creating Alfombras through out the night for the Good Friday processions.



The people work all night creating the alfombras and the processions trample them in the early morning. It is an amazing thing to witness. It completely took my mind off the Easter anniversary of my dad's death.


I am so grateful I got to be in such an amazing place with beautiful and generous people during Semana Santa!

Today I am also grateful that my eyes are back to normal - no more puffiness or flaking.

I'm grateful that my stomach is starting to feel better!

I'm grateful for all of the wonderful things to do in the Bay Area. Someone recently said to me, "If you can't have fun here, there's a problem." I am grateful for the plenty in my city by the Bay.

And I'm grateful for quiet times.

Good Friday, literally!

Today I am grateful for:

• Being able to express my difference of opinion without insulting/vilifying/shaming/generalizing people with other beliefs (I admit I have stanch republican friends).
• Kindness of strangers.
• Participating in successes of others.
• Chocolate.
• Holidays to spend with family.

Flexibility & Friends

I am thankful for the flexibility my job, my family, my pets and my friends allow me in scheduling this would be hectic thing called life

I am especially grateful for my friends who have become the healthy family I would not have know could exist otherwise

the sun...ever so fruitful in the SW and missing for a week in the NE

for all the people who give of themselves and their time & committment to try to make the world a better place; I do hope there are more of us than I fear...

Spring, my favorite time of the year; it is so full of hope & promise.

Check out the eagle cam on nature.org - the chick will be born soon!
-Casey

better late than nevah....

hamburgers and beer

chloe

stuff to do

composting (i'm just one person, but noticing how much less i take my garbage out and i like contributing)

hope and faith (not that terrible cancelled tv show ;)

Thursday.............

I am grateful:

• That tomorrow is Friday.
• For weekends to recharge.
• My apartment and comfy bed to sleep in.
• Wine.
• Knowing that this PMS will pass.

oh my achin' stomach

Today I am thankful for:

• retail therapy - although yesterday I was thinking about how I want to be less of a consumer
• permission to change my mind - although I still want to be less of a consumer
• time
• the internet
• all of the choices available to me
• not having to kill and pluck my own chicken when I want chicken soup - but it might be interesting to try that sometime in a place where they still do those things
• having close friends who have lost their parents and their knack for calling at the right times

It's been too long!

I'm back in the office! And actually grateful for it!

I am also grateful for...

• Good friends, who will wake up very early on a Saturday morning to give me a ride.
  
• Being in excellent health and healing remarkably well.
• The opportunity for self improvement.
• Make-up. Comes in so handy to cover flaws!
• Easter plans with my family.

Grateful Morning

I'm thankful for:

• the inspiration I get from other people's creativity
• starting to feel better in my tummy
• my warm, comfy bed with the crisp white springtime sheets
• loving my body the way it is now
• my ability to think critically

mid week thanks

today i'm grateful for:

• starting to move through the muck (i'm so glad things change!)
• an invitation to a sedar from lovely, yet unlikely people (sarah and josh, friends of todd)
• a fun, filling dinner with ellen, paul, floyd, sue and amy
• trying a new restaurant tonight (peruvian food)
• a potential work project that i'll find out about next week and christine for throwing it my way!

I am grateful for:

• Guests from out of town, which forces us to clean up this cluttered house;


• My brand new beautiful blue, high-efficiency washer and dryer;


• Zach and his friends for cleaning up the clutter in the yard yesterday;


• Gary, for picking out the perfect new bedroom set for the guestroom;


• My ability to discard or re-home things that I no longer need, use, or want.

Affirmation: With practice, loving assertiveness becomes easier.

Intent: Handle conflict with honesty and love.

Today I am grateful for:

• My therapist;
• That my nightmare last night was just that - a bad dream;
• Spring Break!;
• Bedding I needed to buy for my guest room was on sale;
• My doggies and kitties.

Affirmation: Everything will get done.

Intent: Perseverance.

Tuesday

I forgot to do my gratitudinals last night - too absorbed in Casino Royale which was awesome and I'm not even a James Bond fan!

Maybe I'll do it twice today. I'm grateful for:

• running water/plumbing - for some reason I was thinking about how grateful I am that I don't have to fetch water to drink/bathe/etc.
• having a nice home where I feel safe
• Netflix - another great idea by the people who come up with great ideas and actually DO something about them! I am working on that - running out of time.
• Chicken soup - the only thing that doens't make me feel sick
• reconnecting with one of my long lost college roommates - our voice instructor has throat cancer and just had a tracheotomy so my prayers go out to Horace Boyer. We loved him so much! What an irony...

somtimes...

some days are easier to be greateful.
somedays gratitude seems far away.

today i'm grateful for:

* plans to keep my busy and engaged
* family who cares about me
* one month of free yoga
* free day at the museum
* building a campfire turning into dinner

april two

the sun is shining, and i'm grateful for:

• potential subletters for my vacation weeks to take care of lola and leroy (and pay for part of my trip!)
• the fillmore for taking care of disabled people by offering them seats
• continued healing, despite setback days
• freeing myself from my massage job
• more time to figure it all out (?! ;)

I wish to express my gratitude for:

• The emails from my dear friend Jim;


• Jen and SFSweetness - don't know you, but I love reading your blogs;


• Free internet access at this hotel;


• That I will be sleeping in my own bed tonight;


• My ability to admit that I don't know. There's a great deal of freedom in not knowing.

Affirmation: I will rid myself of clutter!

Intent: Roll with it.

Today I'm grateful for:

• camp fires and friends who recreate their living room in the woods
• feeling tired after lots of fun
• food that doesn't make me feel sick
• Sunday night TV
• not having to work tomorrow