Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[PollyannaMom]

Today's Topic - 3 things you're grateful for beginning with A

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Airplanes - I hate road trips !! Love flying !!!

Annual Pass - always enjoyed when I had one it meant several trips to Disney !!! Of course back then it didn’t cost the price of a house !!

Adventures - this could be by accident or on purpose - whenever I’m driving somewhere new I say we are on an adventure we may or may not get to our destination-yes I use GPS it doesn’t help me I still manage to get lost!!!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Above and beyond, First, and Foremost, Almighty God.

Air to breathe and the blessing of being able to easily do so.

Arms that are healthy and functional are sure another privileged blessing to me from God.

America, my country. All who kindly serve in military and every day here at home ways. I believe God has an infinite host of Angels both here on earth and in Heaven. Each of us have the call and ability to touch another heart.

ABC's. Grace of being able to physically see and otherwise enjoy reading and writing.

All. I pray to be grateful and give Him thanks in all, always, no matter what.

All of dear you

 

[leebee]

@PollyannaMom I SO hear you on the "having your own car" thing. We share our home with DD30, her husband, and his 7yo. We are 4 adults and a kid sharing 3 vehicles. SIL doesn't have a car, and that's OK as if he did, we wouldn't have the space to park it off-street in the winter. Anyhow... it's always a constant juggle for vehicles. DD is a social worker in a rural area so needs her car for daily visits to clients. SIL works in a completely different direction than we do, and needs a vehicle to be able to pick up the 7yo after work. Fortunately, DH and I work at the same location so it's easy for us to carpool, and if we can't there is a free local bus that drops off on campus. While we can make it work, if there's every a day when someone needs to be elsewhere at a certain time, or a car is in the shop or something, we do the car-shuffle, which usually means either I do a lot of driving (schlepping folks around) or I have no access to a vehicle at all. I miss my little Kia Soul and being able to take off whenever I feel like it, without worrying how who is gonna get home from where!

 

[leebee]

@WDWEPCOT I 100% totally agree on all three of your "A" things! DD and I had Annual Passes one year, when it was about $450 for the pass. My BIL was a flight attendant for United at the time so flying in an Airplane was stupidly affordable ($70 rt for both of us from PA to FL), and we had four Disney Adventures that year with my sister and nieces!

A things...
Appalachian Mountains: The northern end of the Appalachians is fairly close to where we live in Maine. We have some nice hiking trails (even for me, the Ultimate Couch Potato) and beautiful scenery thanks to this ancient mountain chain. I could see Cadillac Mountain, in Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, part of the Appys, from the window above my desk when I worked in Bar Harbor. The views from the top of Cadillac are amazing; DH and I had our first date here, to see the sunrise on the summer solstice (June 21) in 1985.

Avocados- Love 'em, straight-up as is, made into guacamole, or used as a spread or ingredient in many things (salad, omelet, etc).

Aircraft- Don't want to limit this to just airplanes, as I am fascinated by space travel and all things NASA... although can you call it an AIRcraft once it leaves our atmosphere, traveling to infinity and beyond, where the is no air? Probably not, but, oh well, I'll give it a shot!

 

[slo]

@TiggerTrigger - I just read your posts about the storms you had. I’m sorry to hear this. I hope and pray your clean up goes quick & smooth and that you get your electricity back very soon. Thanks be to God that you are all ok. God bless!

 

[slo]

Good Saturday Morning!
It’s going to be a beautiful day today

#1 - Alone Time - I’ve been working closely with the public for 36 years and I’m like an uncertified therapist for many of them throughout the years. I have heard every issue in their lives - it shocks me, absolutely shocks me, what people have told me. I’m grateful that people trust me, I’m grateful that I’m easy to talk to and I’m grateful that I’m a good listener, but after the work day is over, I’m very glad for some quiet alone time. One of the reasons I love working on my puzzles, is because it’s quiet alone time.

#2 - Amazon - I’m not the biggest lover of shopping, and Amazon has made it so easy for people like me buy things. There’s been times items get delivered the same day - amazing!

#3 - Air Fryer - It’s the best! I use it to cook so many things.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I agree it blows my mind the things total strangers have told me !! Trust me I don’t have a come chat with be face yet people do frequently!! All I have to do is say Hello !! Next thing I know - I can tell you EVERYTHING about them and their life in detail !! I have the same gift on the phone too !! I’ve learned over the years to embrace it - as I said earlier - you never know what someone is going through ir what they need at the time - maybe they just need to talk !! I can listen !! I hope I help !!! Besides sometimes it’s very entertaining!!

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Appreciation
Astronomy
Armed Forces of the USA

 

[DianaMB333]

Amor! (Love in Spanish).. the love of my family keeps me going every day

Arcoiris (Rainbow in Spanish).. my niece loves them so much..!

Annual passes of course!! I live in Tx but try to go as frequently as possible

 

[mumto3girls]

Airplanes—I don’t fly often, but glad I have the option.
Amazon—almost embarrassed to admit how much I use them.
Apple Watch—never really thought I needed one, but nice not to be tethered to the phone when doing things. The watch tells me if I have a call/text and even vibrates when I am driving and need to turn.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Art - so much fun to create, and so cool to look at

Air - gotta love breathing some fresh air!

Two out of my four nieces, plus a bonus "honorary niece", all have names starting with A

 

[Tink-osophy]

AAAAAA

I don't normally read your posts before writing mine, but, for some reason, I found myself browsing them first today.

And, I also really appreciate Alone Time, @slo . Just pockets here and there. It's like that feeling when you turn off the radio in your car and you feel the peace more than you did before you turned the radio on. IYKWIM.

Airfryer. I only got it recently and I'm using it way more than I anticipated. It's brilliant. Quesadillas in it last night.

Aroma. Honeysuckle flowers; fresh orange juice; peaches; and popcorn on Main Street.

Animals. Since spending more time in the countryside, I appreciate animals even more. They don't care whether you impress them (are the antidote to social media?! ) they just want your love, attention...and snacks!!

Angel Delight. It's a dessert mix (you add milk) and has been around for decades. I remember making frozen lollies with the banana one to snack on when I was studying.

 

[Tink-osophy]

P.S. For the transport topic, I should have added the old Magical Express. It was such a fantastic way to start a Disney vacation.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Thank you for all of the wonderful replies. It really does help when you're faced with things like this. Yesterday was a really busy day, but I'm a planner by nature and I went into plan mode when I couldn't sleep. With disasters, it's hard to know if you're making the right decisions, so I can only hope that my research and plans were the right calls. At least the limb is cleared, my husband's truck is at the autobody shop, a plan for my vehicle has been discussed with both the shop and insurance, we have info on rental car coverage should we need it (or the process if the truck is totaled), we have an appointment with our adjuster, we have a contractor recommended by a trusted friend that's working up a quote, I've started seeing if FEMA is an option for some of this, and we have air conditioning. So, that leads me to...

Air conditioning- It's about 90 degrees outside right now with a heat index of 96. I really feel for all of those people around us who are still without power and sitting in the heat, especially the ones who may be waiting weeks for restoration. I know what it's like and it's AWFUL. We were without power for about 3 weeks after Hurricane Ike in 2008. I was 8 months pregnant with DD15 and it was no less than 95 degrees each and every single day. Our daycare was destroyed by the storm, so I had no place to send DD17 either. Work wasn't too happy, but I wasn't the only one. Gas was scarce, due to stations being without power...so we couldn't even sit in the running car like we did the other night. I loved having to go to my Med Center area doctor because it meant A/C and access to an area that MIGHT have operable gas pumps with fuel.

ARLO- I have a bunch of these little security cameras. They gave me peace of mind in the early days of allowing the girls to stay home alone. They give me peace of mind about the house any time we go out of town. Even yesterday, when the girls started texting me that we MIGHT have power because a few of their friends got it back, I was able to access the camera app to determine if power had been restored (we had a late lunch after a busy day of getting all of the balls rolling to fix things). In another weather disaster, those cameras were set off by some torrential rain and ultimately alerted me to the fact that our part of town was flooding (this area has so many weather issues). Oh...it even was helpful letting me know any time our escape artist puppy found her way out of her crate.

Automobiles- While I think we're all pretty thankful for them, you don't realize just how grateful you are for working ones when something bad happens. In fact, I'm also grateful when those autos do their job protecting in the very worst situations. I have horrible luck with vehicles, so I'm incredibly grateful when I've got an automobile that's fully functioning. My last vehicle was so bad, VW bought it back from me. As much as I hated being in loaners (same thing with rentals when I've been in collisions), it's a huge relief to have a working auto get things done. I was also in a bad accident about 11 years ago where I learned to be thankful for autos designed to keep their occupants safe in crashes. I was at a full stop, rear ended by someone estimated to be going over 75MPH, and the interior of my SUV looked perfect. Not even a bit of glass broken or cracked. It got me thinking about DH's truck and how it handled that massive limb. It's UGLY on the outside, but the interior of the cab doesn't look too bad.

Edit- I should also thank AAA! I've needed three tows within the last month and two batteries within the last year.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Have you getting a generator not judging just asking? Are they not worth the trouble or are they just too expensive again not judging just asking to get a really big one in order to make it work because the tiny one to me wouldn’t do much just my thoughts I was just curious
Very rare for us to go period without power unless we would get a bad ice storm and there was talk after one about getting a generator and I said no

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Afternoond are an A gratitude too Love appreciation and AAA too. I just also thought of Anaheim (Disneyland) and how could I forget my favorite Sprouts brand original applesauce!

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Art & Artist - someone mentioned artwork good one!! Especially the artwork from your kids !!! Priceless !!!

 

[bluecastle]

Animation, especially Disney/Pixar

Another vote for amazon: even before the pandemic, I was not a fan of shopping in stores, so I really appreciate it.

The Arts: I can’t imagine my life without them and I am a fierce proponent of them always being taught in schools!

 

[newski_mom]

1. Angels
2. Airplanes - going to jump on with others on this. I love flying to my vacation spots / weekend getaways!
3. apples - I have one everyday for lunch. I'm not great at eating fruits and vegetables, so I take one of those everyday in my lunch, so I have at least that!