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Friday, April 30, 2010

The Gratitude Project Day 14

For the Gratitude Project, I'm posting three things I'm truly grateful for, no matter how silly or small every day for 30 days.

Day Fourteen: 1. fanfic 2. 529,600 minutes spent in chat with some amazing people. 3. The adventure stories.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

The Gratitude Project Day 13

For the Gratitude Project, I'm posting three things I'm truly grateful for, no matter how silly or small every day for 30 days.

Day Thirteen: 1. A nice glass of wine. 2. ice cream. 3. the time I had with Rainy.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The Gratitude Project Day 12

For the Gratitude Project, I'm posting three things I'm truly grateful for, no matter how silly or small every day for 30 days.

Day Twelve: 1. HGTV 2. The Food Network 3. hockey playoffs

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The Gratitude Project Day 11

For the Gratitude Project, I'm posting three things I'm truly grateful for, no matter how silly or small every day for 30 days.

Day Eleven: 1. Fresh strawberries. 2. Family pictures. 3. My local grocery store which rocks!

Monday, April 26, 2010

The Gratitude Project Day 10

For the Gratitude Project, I'm posting three things I'm truly grateful for, no matter how silly or small every day for 30 days.

Day Ten: 1. That the gas stations here are not quite as high as the $3.45/gallon in Hawaii; 2. That I'm going to get to do some hiking in Acadia National Park next month. 3. coupons.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

The Gratitude Project Day 9

For the Gratitude Project, I'm posting three things I'm truly grateful for, no matter how silly or small every day for 30 days.

Day Nine: 1. Travel. 2. Quiet time. 3. Learning to be okay with dust bunnies.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

The Gratitude Project Day 8

For the Gratitude Project, I'm posting three things I'm truly grateful for, no matter how silly or small every day for 30 days.

Day eight: 1. A successful outcome to overtime; 2. Milk on sale; 3. Rain to clean and freshen and help the flowers grow.

Friday, April 23, 2010

The Gratitude Project Day 7

For the Gratitude Project, I'm posting three things I'm truly grateful for, no matter how silly or small every day for 30 days.

Day Seven: 1. Having a good lunch with a good friend. 2. The pug head tilt (especially when mentioning food). 3. The plays of William Shakespeare.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

The Gratitude Project Day 6

For the Gratitude Project, I'm posting three things I'm truly grateful for, no matter how silly or small every day for 30 days.

Day Six: 1. The city of Chicago's blue recycle bins and green rooftops; 2. Puglet's "Green Pug Recycles" video; 3. The view of Earthrise over the moon taken on the Apollo 8 mission.

Happy Earth Day!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

The Gratitude Project Day 5

For the Gratitude Project, I'm posting three things I'm truly grateful for, no matter how silly or small every day for 30 days.

Day Five: 1. root beer floats. 2. warm clothes fresh from the dryer. 3. my blue Rav4 beastie.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The Gratitude Project Day 4

For the Gratitude Project, I'm posting three things I'm truly grateful for, no matter how silly or small every day for 30 days.

Day Four: 1. Dark chocolate; 2. being able to walk to the lake; 3. my family.

Monday, April 19, 2010

The Gratitude Project Day 3

For the Gratitude Project, I'm posting three things I'm truly grateful for, no matter how silly or small every day for 30 days.

Day Three: 1. being able to listen to the birds singing outside, even in the big city. 2. The buds-turning-into-tiny-leaves on the trees across the street. 3. Seeing a cute little white fluff-ball-wanna-be (would-be-if-it-hadn't-been-sheered) walking today and getting startled just a little bit by the overhead El train.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

The Gratitude Project Day 2

For the Gratitude Project, I'm posting three things I'm truly grateful for, no matter how silly or small every day for 30 days.

Day Two: 1. A great neighborhood in which to walk; 2. yummy salmon; 3. my books.

And perhaps today, for a special reason, I will add another: whipped cream. Here's to you, Penny!

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Gratitude Project

When I checked in this afternoon and looked at the sidebar of the recent blog posts, I knew that something had happened that had reverberated throughout the dog blogs. Dear Penny had gone to the Rainbow Bridge. And while I had never met Penny and had not followed her blog for too long, I always associated her with her beloved whipped cream. Even at a very sad time, the thought of Penny and her whipped creamed face made me smile. And just in case I was feeling too sad, my friend Mary Anne Kirwan had posted a status update at Facebook that spoke to me. It's the Gratitude Project. I had heard of it quite a while ago, but her reminder had me quickly Googling it. And here's what it said:

In January 2009 we set out on a creative adventure, vowing to look for and record the everyday blessing in our lives. We were hopeful that the experts would be right..that focusing on the good things that surround us would make us happier, reduce our level of stress, and allow us to cope better when difficulties arose. Those of us who participated found those benefits and many more we didn't expect. We learned about one another, and more importantly, we learned about ourselves. And in the process, we made great friends and created an album of our blessings we are sure to treasure for years to come.

So why not in this very sad time among the dog blogs remember our blessings, remember the good things in life, remember that even though there is sadness, there is also joy. I decided to follow the lead of my friend Kir and for 30 days list three things for which I am grateful. Won't you join me?

Day One: 1. A beautiful blue sky sunshine day. 2. Great online friends and getting to meet some in person. 3. My soft comfy blue microfiber down alternative blankie on the couch.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

How Dogs Are Affected




Even animals are affected by the way we humans are treating the environment!