Thankful Thursday 10-25-13

Hello lovelies! I'm sorry this is a day late! Jonno (my best friend), Trevor, and I have been having tons of fun together since Jonno arrived from the UK last Sunday. I hate how fast the week has gone, though!

So here are my gratitudes this week!


- My best friend being here and making this one of the most enjoyable weeks I've ever had in my life. I SO wish he could stay here longer!

- Having a venti pumpkin spice latte on a SUPER chilly evening in Toronto.

- Snuggling under cozy blankets on cold nights when the furnace is pumping.

- My new laptop.

- The people in my life who dearly love me. They make me feel so amazing and radiant.

- Finding my rainbow moonstone ring that I lost back in July! Thanks for discovering it, dear hubby!

- Completing crochet projects, and at the same time learning new techniques that I'd previously been too lazy challenged to try.

- Finishing my costume for Hallowe'en!

What are your gratitudes this week, goddesses?

Love and light,
Mary

Thankful Thursday 10-10-13

Sorry this is a little late, goddesses! But better late than never, right? Haha!

- Soft kitten paws hugging my legs.

- A home that's steadily getting nicer looking by the day as I deep-clean and declutter!

- Walking into Michaels and seeing all the holiday stuff up and smelling wondrous cinnamon and bayberry wafting through the store.

- Pumpkin spice Timbits. That is all.

- Having such a nice nature walk with my MIL yesterday.

- Getting happy mail yesterday!

I won this beautiful Yemaya candle from A Witch By Any Other Name on Day 3 of the Samhain's Sirens festivities! Isn't it beautiful?

And I won this Hard Candy cosmetics package a while back and it arrived along with my Yemaya candle! Woohoo!! I can't wait to wear the nail polishes!

- A bit silly, I know, but I got a pearl pink Nintendo 3DS! FutureShop had a one-day special to trade in two games and get the pink 3DS for $26. Woohoo! You guys probably know by now how much I love pink!

- The pleasant, cleansing feeling of donating items I'm no longer needing or attached to.

- Fulfilling wishes on a group on Swap-Bot =)

- The smell of dry leaves during the day and burning leaves in the evening. I heart this!!



Love and light,
Mary

Thankful Thursday 10-3-13

Hello lovelies! Here are my gratitudes for this week!


- Learning more at my dear friends' pool. Putting my face and head underwater was something that scared the crap out of me for my entire life, and I did it! I practiced for much of the time we were there. I think this will go a LONG way in me learning to swim.

- The pool taking away the dull, constant pain in my left sacroiliac joint.

- Trevor's schedule changing so that he's off on Tuesdays. It's nice to have him home during the week! His work is slowly teaching him how to become assistant manager :)

- Finding gorgeous autumn decorations on clearance at Canadian Tire. All their Christmas stuff is up already, eek!!

- Being completely and unconditionally loved and treated like a goddess.

- One of our fluffy tabby foster kittens LOVES to get up on my shoulder and chest and rub her little face on mine. It's the sweetest thing and I love it so much! Maybe not SO much when she does it when I'm trying to eat, but still!

- 16 sleeps until my best friend arrives!!!! I can barely contain my excitement any more! EEEEEE!

- Buying super-fun crochet books. I don't usually purchase crafting books for myself, but I can't wait until Stitch 'n Bitch Crochet and Twinkie-Chan's Crochet Goodies for Fashion Foodies get here!

- My stretch marks are fading. I guess that means I'm doing something right! ;)

- It's October, my most favourite month of the year.



What are you thankful for this week? Share your list here! :)


Love and light,
Mary

Thankful Thursday 9-26-13

- Getting my FIRST callback for an interview, and the position is at Trevor's work! I'm nervous as heck, but really, really excited.

- Beating insomnia, at least for one night, and getting a full night's sleep!

- Getting to enjoy the Thornhill Festival last weekend, despite the gloominess and rain, and putting on warm pjs and making chili when we got home.

- Beautiful fall colours gracing neighbourhood trees.

- Finding the first piece for my Hallowe'en outfit/FrostCon cosplay at Value Village. Wooohoo!

- Finding AWESOME tie-dye pants at Value Village! I'd been wanting these pants from Hip Mountain Mama, and the ones I found are similar in colour and are just so darn pretty! They're also the most comfortable things in the world.

- Hearing from my dear Alora yesterday and setting up yet another weekend of fun. Because I was busy last weekend, I didn't get to spend time with the girls, and I've sorely missed it. I'm so excited to see them again and get up to our usual shenanigans.

- Getting a commission from my dear friend Catherine, who is a writer. I get to draw one of her characters, which is something I love to do.

- Having dinner with Trevor and my MIL, Elisa, last night. We used to meet up at the mall every week to have dinner together, then we'd putter around the shops and walk home. I've really missed it, so this was wonderful. We had Thai, I got some autumn decorations for my altar, bought a pumpkin spice latte, and we walked home as the sun set and popped by the Italian bakery to buy a lovely apple cheese strudel. It was such a nice evening!


Love and light,
Mary

Thankful Thursday 9-12-13

- Finding swim separates on clearance for $3 and $5!
- Finally... maybe... possibly... having learnt to actually swim. Or at least getting there more quickly.
- Trevor applying for assistant manager at his store and getting uber-appreciation from his uppers! :)
- Finishing projects that have been sitting in the dust for ages. Yep yep.
- Britcoms. Love them so much!
- Seeing my little savings jar for Anime North slowly filling up.
- 37 sleeps until my best friend arrives from the UK! I'm so bloody excited!!! Ahhhh!!!
- Feeling so, so much better since my med increase. I know that I can't rely on any medication 100%, but it is providing me with intense relief from the feelings I could no longer fight with CBT.
- With the help of a neighbour, we were able to capture two friendly kittens from outdoors and bring them in here. Thanks to our cat rescue, these two sweet boys will be getting neutered and having their first shots tomorrow, then they will soon be adopted.
- Getting my resume edited again and getting it out there to three more companies, including the one where Trevor works.



What has you grateful this week, lovelies?



Love and light,
Mary

Thankful Thursday 9-5-13

Hello lovelies! Wow, I can't believe the 30 Day Blog Challenge is over now. I've given myself a pat on the back for completing it and learning the whole way through! :) How about you? Did you participate? Will you participate in October?

It's that time of week again, so here are my great gratitudes!


- The Pumpkin Spice Latte is back! HIP-HIP HOORAY!!

- We got OODLES of patterned fleece from my husband's uncle's fabric company. Some of it we'll use to make cat blankets and toys, and I'm going to make cozy pyjama pants and a throw blanket! I do love fleece!

- Healing sleep. Lots and lots of it.

- It's almost the weekend again; soon time to have more fun with my girlies!

- A chilly, inspiring night tonight.

- My best friend got his official holiday set up and will be staying with us from October 20th to November 1st. I'm so excited! SO grateful for this one, lovelies.

- Lots of snuggles with my kitties.

- The possibility of rain over the weekend. I love the rain!

- Belgian chocolate coffee creamer. Oohhhh yes.

- More money dropped into my Anime North 2014 savings jar! :)



Love and light,
Mary

Thankful Thursday

Good evening, goddesses! It's that time of week again. Here are my gratitudes...


- Getting a little job cleaning a family friend's house. Some income's better than no income!
- Being well enough in my mental health to start seeing joy again.
- Being well enough in my anxiety to do more things on my own, including taking a taxi.
- Getting to swim with my friends again on the weekend. My body had been craving water immersion for a couple weeks, so when I got in that pool, I felt a joy like no other. It was like every cell of my body was singing!
- Receiving an unexpected little package from my biomom. It contained a lovely card showing the beauty of Bedford County, and some craft bits 'n bobs, and two delicately crocheted bookmarks for Elisa and me. It made my day!
- The weather heating back up as an end-of-summer hurrah.
- That my best friend will be flying over from England in 2-3 months' time!!! SO stoked!
- Having fun at the CNE, eating crazy food, laughing into the wind, and getting licked by a Holstein heifer.
- It's almost a long weekend for Trevor, so I get more of him! More late nights :)
- I'm finally starting to accept myself as I am. No more hate. Just pure love and encouragement.


What are you thankful for this week?


Love and light,
Mary

Thankful Weekend 8-23-13

Hello lovelies! I'm late posting this, but better late than never with gratitudes! :)




- I'm thankful that the adoption of one of our dear foster kittens, Luthor, went beautifully today and that I was there to see him off. I miss him, but knowing he's in his forever home makes it all worth it.

- I'm thankful that my Cipralex increase seems to finally be taking effect. It's great to feel happy!

- I'm thankful for getting projects done in a timely manner for once!

- I'm thankful for getting a small, sporadic housecleaning job that I start next week.

- I'm thankful for hot tea late at night when I'm creating.

- I'm thankful that the weather has heated back up to proper summer temperatures! I do LOVE fall, but stay in your own designated months, dangit!

- The sound of crickets singing and whirring in the warm night.

- No matter what, our cats love us unconditionally and seeing that pure love in their eyes makes a bad day better.

- Getting inspired.

- Cadbury chocolate. Ohhhh yes.




Love and light,
Mary

Thankful Thursday 8-15-13

Hello lovelies! It's almost the weekend again. I'm joining in on Thankful Thursday postings, which will help me take a step back and think about that I'm grateful for this week even when I'm swimming in this stupid ocean of depression.




- Cooler, less humid days. I don't do well in high humidity coupled with super-hot melty days, even though I LOVE LOVE LOVE summertime. I can go outside and not feel like I'm going to immediately pass out.
- Feeling like my creativity and energy are slowly returning.
- Hazelnut creamer in my coffee, reminding me of the autumn that is to come.
- My beloved and his undying support in anything I try or do.
- Trev and I are going on a lovely schooner cruise around Toronto's harbourfront this weekend. We really enjoy spending time alone with each other, and this looks like a lot of fun. I've been wanting to do a harbour cruise for ages!
- My swimming lessons with my ladies are going really well. I'm still afraid of the water, but much less so than I was. I hope for even more improvement next time!
- Feeling bittersweet that my youngest sister is entering her senior year of high school today, but grateful that she's become such a remarkable, beautiful young woman.
- My cats for loving me unconditionally, just looking up at me with adoring eyes and happily greeting me when I wake up in the morning.
- One of our foster kittens discovered my iPod and dragged it around when I wasn't in the room, nearly severing one of the earbud cords. Amazingly the earbuds still work perfectly fine after I wrapped cute washi tape around the damaged part.
- I'm very thankful that our newer foster kittens' medication regimen is almost over. They've been on three different meds, administered twice a day, and you can't exactly explain to an animal that what you're doing is helping them, not hurting them!


I'll be catching up with the 30 Day Blog Challenge later on today, so stay tuned for that, my friends.