Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[PollyannaMom]

This weekend is the unofficial start of summer here in New England, so let's do...

Today's Topic (Sun, 5/26) - 3 classic summertime things you're grateful for

 

[leebee]

Classic summertime things:

A good, old-fashioned family pot-luck cookout. Be it burgers and dogs, chicken, or steak, let's throw some meat on the grill and do it up! Bring on the potato salad, corn, pasta salad, baked beans, green salad, blueberry pie, and marshmallows to toast. WAY too much food, but so many good memories and fun. BRING IT ON!!

Sitting out on the deck, under the soft glow of the christmas lights (yes, I leave them up all year just so I can do this), listening to the night sounds, enjoying an adult beverage (possibly around the fire pit) on a warm summer night.

Sitting/walking at the beach for sunrise/sunset. So peaceful, so beautiful.

Day-tripping, sometimes with a destination, sometimes not. For about 6 weeks in the summer, although still working full-time, responsibilities are few and as long as I keep up with what needs to be dealt with, my time is my own. Depending on their schedules, DH or DD will day trip with me: Off to the beach, out to Bar Harbor, or a car drive thru the wilds of Maine to see where we end up. I love poking thru shops in small towns, finding local breweries or cafes, seeing waterfalls and lakes and just exploring. Summer is the time to do it: Weather's good so roads are usually clear, no unexpected snow to run into, and it stays light later in the day so I don't have to drive as much/as far after dark. Love a good day trip!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Warmer weather along with longer, and brighter days bring me extra joy and fill me with extra thanks to God.

God willing by the end of this summer I will be fully recovered.

Good memories of church camp kids.

 

[slo]

Good Sunday Morning!

#1 - Floating in our pool - one of my most favorite things to do.

#2 - Farmer’s Markets - we enjoy going to local farmer’s markets.

#3 - Hanging out with our neighbors - we love to cook out and hang out together, lots of laughs throughout the years.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Classic Summer Things :

Drive-in movies - we used to do these all the time as a teen and young adult so much fun !! It was like a big block party

Camping - cooking by fire / float trips / playing horseshoes and the games all night

Going to the Pool or Sun Bathing with your friends - we had several public pools or some river beaches or your backyard with the hose !! No one I knew had a pool well nothing bigger than a kiddie pool but we still enjoyed it !! As hot and humid as it is we were grateful for it !!

Bonus - Shopping - Garage Sales / Flea Markets / Estate Sales - always more sales in the Summer

 

[DawnM]

3 things I have because of luck/fortune.

1. I was born into privilege and I do acknowledge that. My family has enough to live comfortably, send me to college, etc....I didn't do anything to earn that.

2. I was adopted at birth into a family that afforded me a very unique opportunity, I was adopted by parents who took me overseas at age 9 months and I was raised overseas and did extensive traveling throughout my childhood.

3. I was given the opportunity to have a parent who pushed me academically into finishing college and grad school. I am not sure I would have had that drive without my father's drive pushing me.

And, something I have said on this forum a few times. My dad paid for my college education. After I graduated, I asked him if I could pay him back. He said, "YES! You can pay me back by paying for your own children's education/college someday."

I am doing exactly that. Right now I have two in college and my check pretty much goes to fund their college and some additional funds I am putting into retirement. We live on DH's salary.

 

[bluecastle]

3 summer things:

1. I love the fresh fruit that is in season, especially watermelon!

2. I like that it stays light outside later, especially when we have our DGD visiting.

3. Now that I’m retired this is true most days, but when I was teaching I was always so grateful to not have to set my alarm!

Just a quick note since we have been focusing on music a lot lately, I am feeling sad about the passing of Richard Sherman. I am so grateful for all the wonderful songs the brothers wrote over the years. Songs of optimism that are so appreciated by me now. There’s A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow!

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Baseball
4th of July
Beaches

 

[mumto3girls]

1. Summer vacation—we still typically take a family vacation in the summer.
2. Earring dinner on the deck. Feels more special than eating inside.
3. Fresh locally grown produce—even better if I grew it.

 

[mumto3girls]

You read my mind mum.

I will also add apple car play. Never had that before until I bought my new car and it opened a whole new world to me.

No Apple car play for me yet, but I am sure I will love it when I next get a new(er) vehicle.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Summer:
Fresh fruits
Beach days
Fireflies when I was a kid

 

[cayennews]

Greatful for Summertime...
1. Pool/outdoor hang out time.
2. The fact that it stays light out until about 9pm.
3. Fresh fruits

 

[Allison Joy]

3 classic summertime things you're grateful for
1. Ice cream
2. Swimming
3. Picnics

 

[PollyannaMom]

It's Memorial Day

Today's Topics (Mon, 5/27) ~

If you have specific service members in your family or that you want to write about, please do!

If you don't, just pick 3 things - one red, one white, and one blue, that you're grateful for.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Good Morning to all

My absolute gratitude to all who have served and anyone currently serving. God Bless You all. As I get older, Patriotism, has come to mean more to me. Grandma Dolores and my late friend Shirley were both very Patriotic and helped instill in me for me what that means.

Dad's car is red and my own is white. How blessed we are to have safe vehicles.

Blue boxes of cocoa I so enjoy and the blue label on Aquafina water that helps keep dad and I hydrated.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I’m grateful for all Veterans and for their service !

I’m grateful that I work for a charity that services wounded veterans and the Donors that keep the charity going

I’m grateful for all the volunteers who donate their time to help our Veterans !!!

 

[newski_mom]

Today's Topic (Fri, 5/24) - 3 things you're grateful for beginning with B

Catching up so:

1. I'll have to go with lots of others - Beaches for sure. That's one of the reasons I love cruising so much!

2. Baseball - I love watching my team play - we even watched them last night from the ship at the sports bar since they were ESPN game of the week (The STL Cardinals)!

3. Babies - there are so many right now on DH's side of the family. It makes our Sunday evenings when we get together so much fun!

Inspired by all the Beatles answers, and:

Today's Topic (Sat, 5/25) - 3 music-related things you're grateful for

1. My radio station - Joy FM
2. I love the piano bar when we are on cruises. The one we just got off of had a great guy. Some of them change the lyrics so much, but I love it when they just play and sing the song pretty much as is, so people can sing along.
3. HS marching bands - I love to see them perform!

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This weekend is the unofficial start of summer here in New England, so let's do...

Today's Topic (Sun, 5/26) - 3 classic summertime things you're grateful for

1. Swimming pools!
2. Summer camps for kids!
3. BBQs!

It's Memorial Day

Today's Topics (Mon, 5/27) ~

If you have specific service members in your family or that you want to write about, please do!

If you don't, just pick 3 things - one red, one white, and one blue, that you're grateful for.

1. Red - clifford the big red dog - DS had a stuffed clifford that he really attached to when he was a toddler! I'll always love clifford!

2. White - Paper - I'm still a paper and pen person for a lot of my little notes to myself. There's something about checking things off of lists and then discarding the paper when everything is off of it (or copied to a new list like I do often)!

3. Blue - my favorite color - we have a blue house and I love it!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Grateful for the servicemen I was able to know in my family because they did make it home - my Dad and FIL, great-grandfather, BIL and DH's uncle.

Red, White, & Blue:
Candied apples,
I second paper
and my blue RAV4.

 

[Allison Joy]

(Mon, 5/27) ~ If you have specific service members in your family or that you want to write about, please do!

1. The only one who is "officially" celebrated today would be my uncle, who was killed in action in the Korean War.
2. My dad was an Air Force veteran, but served during peace time, between the Korean and Vietnam wars. He knew Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden. Worden was my dad's "Radar Officer in Charge." My dad also debriefed Worden on some of his flights.
3. I had other uncles who also served, mostly between Korea and Vietnam, I think.

 

[bluecastle]

Memorial Day, to me, is a very solemn holiday. I remember hearing my parents’ stories of families who put stars in their windows during WW2. A blue star meant someone was serving and a gold star was for a family member who had been lost. There were families with multiple stars in their windows and that fact just stuck with me over the years. There have been wars I was against in my lifetime, but I always considered it important to honor those who served. So, I guess I am grateful to all who served, to the families who worry/worried at home and especially those who have lost loved ones, and to all those who work for peaceful solutions to our world’s conflicts.