Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[WDWEPCOT]

Beach - I’m grateful for a sandy beach - I just purchased a new towel that repels sand just for the beach !!

I’m grateful for those cute little chairs so I can sit in the water on the beach !!

Palm Trees -just plain adorable - they mean sand and warm fun places

Forgot - seashells

I love Summer - fresh grass / everything green / birds signing / baby animals - schools out - vacation time - long sunny days -bbq / sitting around with friends on the weekends - I could go on and on

My ideal home is a beach house - yes I’m well aware of hurricanes having been in a few ! But I still love being by the beach and seeing the ocean

 

[slo]

Happy Hump Day

Summer is my favorite season

#1 - I’m grateful for my pool and my float time in my pool - I will cherish every moment, because our pool is 19 years old and we decided that when it dies, we will not replace it.

#2 - I’m grateful for summer evenings when we sit outside as a family and play cards - we light our decorative fire pit and will sit out there until bedtime (or until mosquitoes chase us in) - I love it!

#3 - I’m grateful for warm/hot temperatures - after sitting outside watching DD19s games since February, I’m tired of being cold - I hate being cold. I welcome the 90 degree day with open arms - LOL!

#4 - bonus one today - I’m grateful for our upcoming WDW trip soon - I can hardly wait to spend 6 days with my DD19 - I miss her so much and we are going to have a blast!

 

[Tink-osophy]

We are here...11 hour drive. Saratoga Springs. Heading to 'Ohana. View plus the food I ordered!
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Love. Love. LOVE!

Have the best time. And post as many photos as you feel inspired to share, please. I really enjoy balcony POV pictures and you've got a great view.

(I wish I was there, too! )

Relax. Enjoy. Explore. Rest. Laugh. Ride. Indulge. Relish. ...

 

[Tink-osophy]

Catching up...

Beverages: Cool, filtered water. Drinking yogurt. Chilled cranberry juice with a big ice cube of coconut water.

ST: Starry skies (I love that feeling of sheer space you get from that perspective). Strawberries. Stripey tees.

Summery, beachy:

Looking outwards the horizon.

The sound of waves lapping the shore.

The feel of sand under my feet (not at home, just at the beach! ).

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Tink-osophy - just hop in a plane - I’ll give up the sofa chair and we can share the pull out bed I’m hanging at the Contemporary Beach if you care to join me - I purchased two sand free towels !!!

 

[Tink-osophy]

Tink-osophy - just hop in a plane - I’ll give up the sofa chair and we can share the pull out bed I’m hanging at the Contemporary Beach if you care to join me - I purchased two sand free towels !!!

Wait... you're at WDW, too?!

I wish I could hop over! Be lovely to be there and to meet you.

ETA: I've just been reading the last couple of pages to catch up and, now, I'm thinking you might be wishing you are there, like me, but I'm not sure...

 

[mumto3girls]

Summer Things:

1. Sitting in a beach chair, pulled right up to the edge so that when the waves come in they touch your feet/legs while reading a great book. Every 15 minutes or so you have to move your chair a bit because as the tide changes you are getting too wet or not wet enough. LOL
2. Walking on the beach in the evening—totally different vibe. People are flying kites, taking pics and walking.
3. My garden—my flower baskets are amazing, I get use out of my tower of herbs almost every day and some years my tomatoes are good.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Wait... you're at WDW, too?!

I wish I could hop over! Be lovely to be there and to meet you.

ETA: I've just been reading the last couple of pages to catch up and, now, I'm thinking you might be wishing you are there, like me, but I'm not sure...

I’m dreaming I’m there at the Beach
Trust me if I could I would be at Bay Lake at the beach by the CR with a drink in my hands watching the water I wouldn’t go to EPCOT until later tonight to have dinner at Italy grabbing a margarita on the way - then hop over to France for desert and grab a slushy drink for the evening show - but I almost forgot - I’d ride Spaceship Earth & Soarin Then go to dinner !!! Slowly stroll out with the crowds stopping to shop on my way so the line for the monorail is not huge !
Perfect Disney day !!
Repeat next day except go to Disney Springs and Earl of Sandwich

 

[Tink-osophy]

I’m dreaming I’m there at the Beach
Trust me if I could I would be at Bay Lake at the beach by the CR with a drink in my hands watching the water I wouldn’t go to EPCOT until later tonight to have dinner at Italy grabbing a margarita on the way - then hop over to France for desert and grab a slushy drink for the evening show - but I almost forgot - I’d ride Spaceship Earth & Soarin Then go to dinner !!! Slowly stroll out with the crowds stopping to shop on my way so the line for the monorail is not huge !
Perfect Disney day !!
Repeat next day except go to Disney Springs and Earl of Sandwich

Perfect!

Now, I'm thinking about my ideal Disney day or two!

 

[newski_mom]

I love the sound of the ocean when you can hear it from your room (or wherever you're staying)!
I love laying under an umbrella while sitting on the beach!
I love sunny sea says on cruise ships!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Happy Wednesday from me, too

I am a huge fan of quiet beaches. I have shared before that when I lived up north, strolling along the sandy shore of a small local beach truly gifted me with such peace and knowledge God was with extra besude me. I would also love to spend time perhaps a long weekend in a beach house. I've seen through HGTV mostly but also in books, some touristy type veach communities with boardwalks that sound like so much fun to explore.

Summer warmer weather will be such a blessing especially after a long and cold, for here, winter.

New seasons are always grace of renewed hope and promise, new beginning.

Father's Day in June to celebrate with my dad extra and in another way, God, my Heavenly Father.

 

[mumto3girls]

Perfect!

Now, I'm thinking about my ideal Disney day or two!

That’s a great topic for a thread—each person’s ideal Disney Day. I’d need to give that a lot of thought.

 

[OHmomof2]

1. swaying palm trees
2. sand between my toes
3. the sound of rolling waves

Living in the northeast region, I need to get these yearly…it’s good for my soul!

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Jeez all this ocean talk makes me want to book a cruise
Of course it doesn’t take much to make me want to book a cruise

I wonder how Bobbi’s cruise is going ????

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Mumto3girls, I was thinking the same thing! Perhaps each of our ideal Disney Days can be a future share from each of us.

Bobbiwoz and Eksmama extra prayer and hug that you are safely enjoying your trips!

 

[nw6675]

@Tink-osophy
@WDWEPCOT

 

[WDWEPCOT]

For Me ??? Why thank you yummy !!!

 

[WDWEPCOT]

My goodness I need a nap after I gobbled all that !!! back to my sofa chair !!! Rest up for EPCOT!!

 

[fla4fun]

Beachy things . . .

Beaches and Cream at WDW, where I am consuming a No Way Jose

Waves-I love to watch them and listen to them

Tacky souvenir shops-great for browsing and they have unique items

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Love the Jose at Beaches !!! Great pick enjoy -
I’m lounging on the beach ( in my delusional dreams )