21 Days of Thanksgiving: Day 15

I'm grateful for spending time with Spencer tonight just laughing out loud as he read all the funny autocorrects people get when using the iPhone. It's great to just sit together and laugh at the end of the day. If you haven't read them, you should check it out: www.damnyouautocorrect.com. 

21 Days of Thanksgiving: Day 14

I am grateful to be able to live so close to where I work. In grateful that I get to walk each day instead of having to find parking. I'm grateful for the amount of money we save on gas each week by having this luxury. I'm grateful that I was able to find a place so close to where we both spend a lot of our time. I'm also grateful that we have had steady employment for the past few years and that Spencer will finally start making money next July. 

21 Days of Thanksgiving: Day 13

I am grateful for candles. They bring such a warmth and pleasant aroma for things. I wasn't always that into them, but it's really nice to light them on a cold Milwaukee evening when the temperature dips below 20 degrees. I am also grateful for lazy Sunday afternoons. My weeks are so busy that sometimes it's hard to stop and enjoy things for a bit. I'm grateful we got to just laze around today and enjoy the day. I'm grateful for my husband and his support of me as I complete my degree. I'm grateful that he makes me dinner and offers to do the dishes. I'm grateful that while our house is messy, it's not really dirty. I'm grateful that in another couple of weeks I will be done with my degree and ready to take a more equal part in the household duties.I'm also grateful that I was able to get that degree. It's been both a lot of hard work and a blessing.

21 Days of Gratitude: Day 12

Today I'm grateful for Milwaukee winters. It snowed last night, leaving the landscape blanketed in a beautiful white covering. I'm grateful that our neighbor that moved in last year brought a snow blower with him. I'm grateful that we got to sleep in this morning, make breakfast together, and clean up a little. I'm also grateful that Spencer offered to do the dishes since he knows that I'm busy. I'm grateful that he also shoveled the driveway without any prodding from me. I'm also grateful that I've been getting things done around the house today, and that I have time to work on my school work. I'm grateful that we have so much and have been able to get so much out of our time in Wisconsin. I'm also grateful that my cold is finally going away and that I no longer feel sick.

21 Days of Gratitude: Day 11

Today I'm grateful for my Wisconsin friends. We've been really busy for the past few months (or at least I have) with school and all of the other things going on so we haven't always had the time to get together with friends like we would like to. However, tonight we had a chance to get together and just hang out like we used to. I'm grateful that we had a relaxing night out with them. I'm also grateful that Christmas is just around the corner and that I will get to see my family again. I haven't been home in over a year and half so I'm grateful that I will get to be there this year. I'm also grateful that my formal schooling is coming to a close. I'm grateful that I only have to write two more papers before I graduate and that I've been on top of it enough to get the first one drafted. I'm grateful that we don't have any plans for tomorrow and that Spencer and I can just laze around the house and get things done.

21 Days of Thanksgiving: Day 10

So I'm not sure if this is exactly kosher, but I fell asleep last night in an illness-induced coma before having a chance to publish this post. Thus, I am back dating this post to last night because blogger lets you do cool things like that.

I am grateful for sudafed. And ibuprofen. And tums. And all the other wonderful treatments that modern medicine has given us, even if they can't cure the common cold. I'm grateful for tissues, microwaves, and those bottles of lemon juice you can buy from the store. I'm grateful that my husband has made me dinner for the last couple of nights, gone grocery shopping, and generally let me veg in front of the TV after work because I feel so lousy. I'm grateful that I have about 8 pages of my final paper done, and that I only need about 2 more before I pretty it up and defend it. I'm grateful that I also only have to do one more paper by the 21st before I can officially be considered a "master" of bioethics, and I'm grateful that my employment at MCW means that with the exception of a few loans, my graduate education has almost totally been reimbursed by my employer. I'm also grateful that when my lender sent me a statement earlier this week, they told me that I won't have to start paying things back until March of next year. I'm also grateful for a job that lets me take sick time, though I am not taking advantage of it right now because I've taken so much vacation time recently that if I don't go to work, I won't get my projects done on time. And once again, I'm grateful for my comfortable bed.

21 Days of Thanksgiving: Day 9

I'm grateful to be back in Wisconsin today even though it meant the inevitable return to work. I'm grateful that the weather wasn't too cold, but just on par with Utah. I'm grateful that I was able to get a number of things on my to-do list accomplished like filing for graduation (even though I didn't work on my paper like I was supposed to). I'm grateful for cold medicine, too, because I'm getting a rather large one right now. I'm grateful that tomorrow is Thursday which means there will only be 2 more work days this week. I'm grateful that Spencer made me dinner tonight and that he can even cook at all. I'm grateful that we have enough to eat, a roof over our head, and warm clothes to wear. My morning shower also reminded me how grateful I am for things like hot water as well because we forgot to turn up the water heater when we got home last night and boy was it frigid this morning. Burr! I'm also grateful that I have been able to stick to my goal of posting things I'm grateful for each day. There are only 12 more official days to go, but it's a habit that I will keep up well past this challenge. It's easier to see the good when you actively look for it and easy to get bogged down by the "bad" when you don't. We have so much to be thankful for compared to so much of the rest of the world. May we all be a little more mindful of that each day.