Happy Thanksgiving!!

Wishing everyone a very happy Thanksgiving! Hope you have plenty to eat and people to share it with you.

And believe it or not we've made it to the very last letter of the alphabet--Z!

This has been fun and good for me to keep focused on just how much I have to be thankful for. Z is another difficult letter.....so here goes.........

Zippers

Zoo

Zero--a very important number you know.

Zephania 3:17--go look it up!

and the ZZZZZ's I caught last night!

By the way, although the alphabet is done and we reached the countdown destination, I plan to continue to post something that I'm thankful for each day on a brand new blog: My Attitude of Gratitude blog starting tomorrow. I'll post a link on my side bar soon.

Tomorrow is the BIG day!!!

And today's letter is Y!

I'm thankful for:

Yellow, such a bright cheerful color

Yesterdays, somethings need to be left behind

Yearnings, somethings need to be anticipated

YES, a positive, uplifting, affirming word

Yield, daily I'm learning to yield my will to God's will

Yahweh, the personal name for God;
so glad to have a personal relationship with an Awesome God!

Have a great Wednesday!

2 Days left---Letter X

I bet you all thought I'd be stumped on this letter!!!

Well, I'm not, but the list is short even though the post is not. LOL

I'm thankful for X-Rays; in particular I'm thankful that the X-Rays made during my husband's Angiogram yesterday revealed NO BLOCKAGES!!!

He's had a really tough year or so of heath problems, especially heart problems. As a matter of fact, he's had 3 Angiograms over the last year. The first resulted in a Triple Bypass with complications. Many of you read about that last December. He never really felt better, so this fall we've changed Cardiologists and resumed tests and found that one of the bypasses had failed. Stents were used to repair that. Then he began feeling better for a few days. Suddenly, about a week ago, the pain returned. But this time there are no blockages. Doc says maybe jsut the stress of all of this. The stress of all this has been really difficult for me as well to add to an already full plate of responsibility. But God is faithful and He provides just what I need for each day. He'll provide strength for today's tasks as well.

The cardiologist must have known I needed to see the X-Ray pictures for myself, because he showed me pictures taken from the last Angiogram and the one done yesterday. It was pretty neat to see the dye going through his arteries. I could see where the blood couldn't get through and then I could see where the stents were and how they opened up the artery to allow the blood to flow freely again.

The other X word I am thankful for is simply the letter X. In thinking about it there are many different uses for this letter in different settings.

It can serve as a warning or indication that something is not good for us like on poisonous substances or movies that are not appropriate.

It can draw attention to something we need to see; sort of a marker such as sign on the X's or X marks the destination of a map.

It can be a variable in a mathmatical equation. We often use X's where we are either intentionally leaving out information and want to keep some placeholders there or maybe when we don't know what should be in the spot.


There are actually several meanings. Click here for more info on the uses of X.

Have a great Tuesday everyong!!

The letter W & only 3 days left til T'day

3 more days......I'm thankful for W words....let's see.....

Water

Watermelon

Wheels

Wishes

Word of God

4 days 'til Thanksgiving & letter V

I overslept, so this has to be quick....

Voices

Victory in Jesus!!!

Valuables

Maybe you can think of more!

5 days & Letter U

Oh, my what starts with U?

I know.......I'm thankful for......

Underwear

and

Understanding

and

Undeserved grace from an almighty God!!

6 days until Thanksgiving Day--Letter T

It has been so good for my soul to think about some specific things to be thankful for each and everyday this month. Some days (most) my list was made very quickly, but it still served to put my mind in an attitude of gratitude.

So today's letter is T, and I'll start my list with TODAY! I am thankful for another day to live and serve my creator.

Tomatoes

Turkey

Tinsel

Tools

Tortilla Chips & Salsa (missed that one yesterday)

Time (time is a great healer!)

Teachers

Truth

Testimonies

Trinity

Now, as you ponder the T words you are thankful for, it doesn't count as a T word if you just put THE in front of it.

Happy Friday!

1 Week Left & The Letter S

One week from today is Thanksgiving Day! Always fun to spend time with my kids and friends. We love to scour the ads after stuffing ourselves on lots of yummy food. My daughter-in-law and I plan our attack on the stores for Black Friday. Christmas wish lists are all due from my kids on Thanksgiving and we all search the ads for the best deals. Sometimes we play some games. This year we have a new Wii, so I'm sure we'll have some Wii playing going on.

Now on to the things that begin with S that I am thankful for:

Second Son, Stephen tops the list

Sam

Sister and sister-in-laws

Silver

Sales

Strength

Solutions

Saviour

Wishing everyone a great Thursday!!

Yikes! Only 8 days 'til Thanksgiving!

I am so NOT ready for Thanksgiving. Have cleaning, shopping, baking, cooking, cleaning some more, and school papers to write, and doctors to visit, and work.....oh my what a busy week ahead!!

BUT I am so very thankful for some R words today:

Let's start with my oldest son, RUSTY!

Refrigerator, roads, rest, relaxation, refreshments, re-do's on exams, restaurants, and recliners are all good.

But my Righteous REDEEMER is the very best!!

Hope you all have a great day!

P.S. Today is the anniversary of Sam finding his way into my house. Click Here to read about that special day and here for another neat Sam story.

9 Days! The letter Q!

So only 9 more days until Thanksgiving!

Today's letter is Q. Now that's a touch letter, but I am really thankful for the word I came up with...............

QUIET!

10 Days & Letter P

Let's think of some P words to be thankful for. This should be easy!

How about

People

Pets

Plans

Purpose

Peace

Physicians

Presents

AND the Presence of the Lord!


Have a great week All!

OH my, only 11 days 'til thanksgiving!

Oh where oh where has the time gone!!!!!


Today's letter for being thankful is O!

Oreos

Ointment for healing our Boo-boos

Others--So glad we have other people in our lives

Organization

Order

The omniscience and Onmipresence of our Lord

Outdoors

operations (so we get well)

Oxygen

And I thought O would be difficult! We have so very much to be thankful for!

Only 12 more Days until Thanksgiving!

And the letter N words to be thankful for:

Nieces

Nephews

Nurses

Newborns

Never-ending Love of Christ

Newness of each New day

Nancy, my sil

Do you have your Thanksgiving Holiday all planned yet? My DIL and I look forward to Black Friday. It's our favorite thing to do together. It's become tradition now. We have a great time being crazy together in the mob of shoppers.

13 Days Until T'day!

AND I'm thankful for M words today!

Messiah

Mema

Memories

Money

Munchies

Movies

and ME!!

Have a Marvelous Day!

2 Weeks Til Thanksgiving!

It's been fun to think about so many blessings in my life so far this month. So today's letter is L!

LISTS

LIFE

LOVE

LOVED ONES

LORD

LEGS

LISTENERS

LECTURES

LEMONS

LESSONS

Have a wonderful day!

16 days & K words

Thankful today for:

King of Kings

Kingdom of God

Kindness

my Knight heritage

Kirsten, my dil

Karo Syrup

And I just started a new blog for posting some recipes--Karen's County Cookbook. My friend, Kim of Homesteader's Heart is hosting a Tried and True Thanksgiving Recipes this week on her Cooking Blog. Check it out.

17 days on the countdown & J words

Thankful for these J Words today!

Jesus

Jonathan

Job

Justification from my sins

Journey

Joy

Can you think of more J's to be thankful for?

Thankful for I Words--18 days left

So I'm up to the letter I in my 26 days until Thanksgiving countdown. Gee, I should have started at Z and counted backward. But that would have required even more thinking. As it is, I think my countdown is a day behind. I think Thanksgiving Day will be DAY 1 instead of day 0. Oh well, my point in doing this is to help me focus on all the wonderful blessings God has given us and to
BE THANKFUL!

So my I thankful list goes like this:

Ice

Ice Cream

Icing

Imagination

Can you think of more I words to be thankful for?

19 days until Thanksgiving

And the Thankful letter of the Day is H.

Heaven, of course.

Husband

Hershey's

Holy Spirit

Hope

Health

See what you can think of to be thankful for today!!

20 Days 'til Thanksgiving Day!

Today I'm thankful for these "G" words:

GOD

Garry

gifts

grapes

girlfriends

And my aunt Gladys who went to heaven this morning on her 85th birthday. I saw her about a month ago at her younger brother's funeral (my uncle). When I hugged her goodbye, she said, "Well, I'm next." I told her to wait awhile, but she seemed very ready to leave this earth for a better place.

21 days and the letter F

So 21 days until Thanksgiving and time to be thankful for words beginning with F.

Fingers

Friday

Forgiveness

Friends

French Fries

22 Days & Counting

Thankful today for E's--

Everlasting Life

Elastic

Erasers

23 Days and Counting!

Only 23 more days until Thanksgiving!! Oh that I could learn to focus on Thanksgiving EVERY day.

"Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." I Thess 1:18


So today I'm thankful for some D words---------

Daughter-in law and future daughter-in law

Daddy

Doggies

Del Laptop

But today I'm thankful for a specific Doctor--Dr. Khan, a cardiologist.

24 Days Til Thanksgiving!

Today's letter is C and there are bunches of C words to be thankful for in not particular order:

CHOCOLATE

Caffeine

Cookies

Caring Christian Comrades

Cardiologists

Cross of Christ

Cats

Calculators

Cars

Christmas

Maybe you have some things to add to the list. It is by no means complete.

Thankful for B's

25 days til Thanksgiving!

I'm thankful for my

BOYS

the BIBLE
and the BEAUTY that God has created!

Happy November!

ONLY 26 days until Thanksgiving!!!

I want to express thanks for something in my life everyday until then. Just to make it a challenge, I think I'll do it alphabetically!

So today I'm thankful for:

America: It's got its problems, but there's no where else I'd rather live.
Apples: An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

Accounting: It's my profession and even though I'm a bit sick of accounting books, I really do love the profession!

Ancestors: So thankful for those who came before me.

Animals: They make life so much fun and we learn a lot from them too.

Automobiles: We are so very dependent on them.

When you just stop and think, there are lots of things to be thankful for.

"It is good to give thanks to the LORD,And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;" Psalm 92:1

Click here to find more verses about giving thanks.

It's your turn now--leave a comment about what you are thankful for that begins with the letter "A"