Mumbles … Task

I have a list.  I find I have to make them more often now.  I mark down tasks and errands I want to get done.  Often, I don’t finish a list in one day.  Last night I made a list for today and I got all but one thing done.  Not too bad.  So, now I have three things on my weekly list.  I will get one of them done tomorrow before I see my therapist.  I need some kind of holiday stamps and more love stamps.  That will be easy.  The other two tasks are a bit more time consuming – making my Christmas cards and cleaning the house for our company coming on Sunday for our late Thanksgiving dinner.  And some where in the middle of all that I need to catch up on my blog posts and those that I follow.  I have been fighting some strong fatigue this week and just haven’t been able to get near enough done when I sit down to write at night.  So, my next task is to publish this and move on to more blogs to read.  Have you gotten all your tasks for the day done?

 

Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – task

Happy and Grateful – Day 355

One of my favorite months is upon us. I love the wonder of the holidays.  How it can light up young and old alike.  The weather is (usually) starting to change the world white and frosty.  And the promise of a new year is just around the corner.  This is the final month of my attempt to find the things that make me happy and grateful every day for a year… I have mixed emotions that it will be ending.  Please join me these last few days and post your happiness and gratitude in the comments or on your own blog.  There is always some good in the day no matter how small.

Well I took a little snooze before I could write this…. out like a light after my poem.  But I woke up with my boyfriend this morning (he is not the most quiet person) and I am awake for a while now.  Let’s see if I can accomplish this!

It was a good day, busy but good.  Dad had another blood draw… sometimes he can go 2 to 3 weeks without testing then other times he is at the clinic 2 to 3 times a week, but at least they are keeping an eye on him.  After that I had one more gift to pick up.  I stopped at the Dollar Tree to get gift wrap and food tins for my goodies. Then back across town to see my doctor.

Just about every year I try to make my cookies and candies to share and the first place I shared my treats was at my doctor’s office.  The girls at the front desk are always so nice and as long as they promise to share with the doctor I treat them for the holiday.  I am happy to share and with such wonderful people… the help they give me does not go unnoticed.

After the doctor’s office it was off to the grocery store to purchase nearly the last of the gifts.  I now have only a calendar I ordered to pick up and lottery tickets to get and then I am done!  What a great feeling to be so close to done.  I am grateful for my “organization” this year so I can sit back and enjoy the holiday some.  I have three whole days to wrap presents!  Whoo hoo!

So it is time to drift back to sleep for a little while.  Four hours of sleep was just not enough.  Remember to find your happiness and feel your gratitude.  Have a wonderful night/day!

Happy and Grateful – Day 352

One of my favorite months is upon us. I love the wonder of the holidays.  How it can light up young and old alike.  The weather is (usually) starting to change the world white and frosty.  And the promise of a new year is just around the corner.  This is the final month of my attempt to find the things that make me happy and grateful every day for a year… I have mixed emotions that it will be ending.  Please join me these last few days and post your happiness and gratitude in the comments or on your own blog.  There is always some good in the day no matter how small.

I am going to try to type fast… faster than my pain meds will dissolve and make me sleepy I hope.  Today was a pretty good day.  Got a little shopping done.  Got a little laundry done.  And I finished my last Christmas letter!  I still have a few cards to send out without letters to those I see often, but I hope to finish those tomorrow morning.  So I am grateful I got all that accomplished today in spite of my backache.

Tonight we finished the last little decorating of the tree and putting the garland on the patio railing.  It is not much but it makes it seem a little more cheery.  I am happy to see the decorations sparkle and shine around me.

Ok… speed tying and I am done.  Need to do a scan on my computer and shut it down.  Remember to find your happiness and feel your gratitude.  Have a wonderful night/day!

Happy and Grateful – Day 344

One of my favorite months is upon us. I love the wonder of the holidays.  How it can light up young and old alike.  The weather is (usually) starting to change the world white and frosty.  And the promise of a new year is just around the corner.  This is the final month of my attempt to find the things that make me happy and grateful every day for a year… I have mixed emotions that it will be ending.  Please join me these last few days and post your happiness and gratitude in the comments or on your own blog.  There is always some good in the day no matter how small.

This was a day of more work on my Christmas cards and letters.  I also went to the store for my Dad.  And got dinner for him.  Kind of busy for a Sunday.  But I was glad to make more progress on my letters and grateful another list of things from the store has been gotten for Dad.  Now I don’t have to make that trip tomorrow.

We did get a surprise this afternoon.  Actually it was when we were just getting ready to eat lunch a friend I hadn’t seen for quite a while stopped by to drop off a Christmas card and Save the Date card for her wedding this coming spring.  It made me happy to see her again.

I need to read some more posts and hope to sleep soon.  I’ve got a lot to do tomorrow so I know I need my sleep.  Try to find your happiness and feel your gratitude.  Have a wonderful night/day!

Happy and Grateful – Day 339 & 340

One of my favorite months is upon us. I love the wonder of the holidays.  How it can light up young and old alike.  The weather is (usually) starting to change the world white and frosty.  And the promise of a new year is just around the corner.  This is the final month of my attempt to find the things that make me happy and grateful every day for a year… I have mixed emotions that it will be ending.  Please join me these last few days and post your happiness and gratitude in the comments or on your own blog.  There is always some good in the day no matter how small.

I have not done so good this month… here I am playing catch up once again.  The fatigue got the best of me last night and if I don’t hurry it might get me tonight too.  So lets jump right into the action.

Yesterday was pretty quiet.  I did a little work on my Christmas cards I am making.  I need to get busy on that project so I can crank them out and then write some letters to go with them.  But I was grateful for the little bit of work I did get done on them.

I did actually order two Christmas gifts online last night too.  It makes me happy that I have started shopping.  I would love to be done a week before hand, but I have never been that organized so I will take what I can.

Today was all about running errands – library, bank, pharmacy and tobacco shop for Dad.  I got a lot accomplished but I feel it too and I’m pretty worn out.  I was grateful to get it all done though.

Tonight was movie night for my boyfriend and I.  I had checked out the movie Logan from the library and it was really good.  I was happy to be able to watch it.  I love my local library and all it offers – books, movies, music.

Ok now to post this… it has been a long day and I am tired.

(and this is the point where I fell asleep last night… ugh!  Let’s wrap this up…)

Remember to find your happiness and feel your gratitude.  Have a wonderful night/day!

Happy and Grateful – Days 336 & 337

One of my favorite months is upon us. I love the wonder of the holidays.  How it can light up young and old alike.  The weather is (usually) starting to change the world white and frosty.  And the promise of a new year is just around the corner.  This is the final month of my attempt to find the things that make me happy and grateful every day for a year… I have mixed emotions that it will be ending.  Please join me these last few days and post your happiness and gratitude in the comments or on your own blog.  There is always some good in the day no matter how small.

Here I am playing catch up once again.  It got tired out very fast last night and I was asleep before I knew it.  But it was the first day “after” my cold where I did not nap at all and I went out to get my Dad dinner.  I did a quick drop off in case the germs were still trying to leave me and find their next victim.  But just that little bit of activity really wore me out.  I was grateful to have the energy to go out though.

It was such a little thing but getting a nice hot shower and getting dressed (aside from the standard cold wardrobe of sweats and a t-shirt) actually was the happy point of the day.  It was like I felt human again… insert laughter here.

Today was another pretty good day.  Still not 100% but I had a little bit more energy, a little less coughing.  What really bothers me is that all the while I have been sick, we have had unseasonably warm weather.  Now as I am starting to get back to “normal” we will see temps falling starting tomorrow.  Oh well, it is December after all.

Today I did a little bit more.  Loaded the dishwasher (that is a lot of bending up and down) and took a quick trip to the store for three things my Dad needed.  It was pretty much in and out but I could tell I had more going on today.  I was grateful that errand is done now so tomorrow is currently free.

I was happy to return home to my comfy recliner and watch a movie with my boyfriend.  It was not an Academy Award winner, but it wasn’t a total waste of time either.  Now he has headed off to sleep and I fumble with words to make this readable.  I am not completely free of the “fog” from the cold either.  And let me tell you the word prompt today really threw me… in what I looked up it appears to be a saying from the UK.  I know I had never heard of it before.

Anyway… it is late and the eyelids are getting heavy.  Please remember to find your happiness and feel your gratitude.  I hope you have a wonderful night/day!

Happy and Grateful – Day 306

November brings a chill in the air and the start of the holiday gatherings of family and friends.  I can’t believe I am down to the last two month of my challenge to find happiness and feel gratitude every day.  I hope you join with me in the comments or your own blog in this challenge.  No matter how small there is always a little good in even the worst day.

Sorry I am once again late in posting.  Last night the fatigue got the best of me and hit me before I could even post my word prompt poem.  But I am rested and refreshed and as awake as I will get.  I have had my coffee and gone through my email for the day… now to take care of some WordPress business.

Yesterday was the end of several days of activity.  It was a busy day in itself.  I had a doctor’s appointment, Dad had one and I dropped off some soup for my daughter.  I was especially grateful to have my appointment with my therapist… it is a difficult week with my Mom’s birthday and the anniversary of my ex-husband’s death.  Visiting with my daughter though I feel better because she will not be alone on Saturday when her dad died,  She will be spending time with her boyfriend.  I know she misses her Dad terribly and unfortunately there is nothing I can do to take away that pain.

My happy moment was a little errand I ran for myself.  I went to Hobby Lobby to look for embossing folders.  I was sad to see there were none in stock that I wanted. but I still managed to find a few things on sale but kept my total under $10.  I love shopping a good sale!

Well I have things to do around the house so I need to put the laptop down.  I hope you find your happiness and feel your gratitude today.  Have a wonderful day/night!

Happy and Grateful – Day 296

The month of October is upon us.  Fall is in full swing with the leaves gathering on the lawn… maybe a pile or two to run through even.  The evenings are getting dark earlier as the days grow shorter.  And a few of us look forward to a good scare with Halloween coming this month.  Everyday has at least some small portion of good in it.  I am looking for that good with this challenge to find my happiness and gratitude every day.  Join in with the challenge by commenting or writing your own blog… let’s find some goodness today.

Fall is really showing her true colors today.  It was windy and cooler today.  Leaves were flying everywhere.  We had to go out in the blustery weather as our microwave reached its demise.  We were able to find a new one at a reasonable price.  I was grateful it didn’t cost us too much.

My happy moment is harder to come by.  Been hurting a little more with the drop in temperatures and no sun again today brings my mood down.  But when we were out getting our new microwave I did see someone I had worked with and miss seeing all the time.  It made me happy to see her again.

Now to post this before I fall asleep… the errands and weather has taken it out of me.  Remember to find your happiness and feel your gratitude.  Have a great night/day!

 

(oops…. I did fall asleep first.  Sorry, this is a little late!)

Happy and Grateful – Day 289

The month of October is upon us.  Fall is in full swing with the leaves gathering on the lawn… maybe a pile or two to run through even.  The evenings are getting dark earlier as the days grow shorter.  And a few of us look forward to a good scare with Halloween coming this month.  Everyday has at least some small portion of good in it.  I am looking for that good with this challenge to find my happiness and gratitude every day.  Join in with the challenge by commenting or writing your own blog… let’s find some goodness today.

A busy day today.  Took my Dad to the clinic this morning.  Then my boyfriend drove me to my doctor’s appointment out-of-town.  We stopped and saw my daughter briefly … and got some coffee while we were there of course.  Then went to the craft store so I could look for something I wanted for a Halloween card.  Didn’t find exactly what I wanted, but something that will work.  Then we finally came home.  I was happy to put my feet up and relax.

Looking through the craft store was fun and sad all in one.  Saw so many things I want but can’t afford.  It is always at the very least worth some inspiration to walk through a craft store because there is always something I see that sparks my creativity.  Today it was some coffee themed items that I can use for a friend or two.  I am always grateful to spend time around inspiration.

Well last night I had far too much trouble sleeping, so tonight I am hoping to get to sleep soon.  I at least didn’t fall asleep in the middle of writing like I was afraid might happen LOL.  Remember to find your happiness and feel your gratitude.  Have a wonderful night/day!

Happy and Grateful – Day 279

The month of October is upon us.  Fall is in full swing with the leaves gathering on the lawn… maybe a pile or two to run through even.  The evenings are getting dark earlier as the days grow shorter.  And a few of us look forward to a good scare with Halloween coming this month.  Everyday has at least some small portion of good in it.  I am looking for that good with this challenge to find my happiness and gratitude every day.  Join in with the challenge by commenting or writing your own blog… let’s find some goodness today.

It was a grey gloomy rainy day.  I am aching with the cooler temperatures.  But we have needed the rain for so long.  I did go out in the rain to meet my daughter for lunch and go to the post office and then get Dad his dinner.  I was grateful I didn’t have to drive through the heaviest of the rain.  This system is supposed to give us quite a bit of rain.  Maybe the grass can green back up before it gets hit by the first frost.

I have had a pretty quiet night.  My boyfriend and I watched a couple of things off our DVR.  Now he is sleeping and I am alone watching a movie I have seem many times before, Overboard.  This is the time of night I really dread.  Being alone and “isolated” especially when I may be tired, the depression flourishes.  So I write.

Tonight I wrote a little to my doctor and think I will start a letter to a friend.  The words help keep me somewhat grounded.  I feel a little less alone.  I feel a little less worthless.  So I keep clicking at the keyboard to mask the emptiness.  I am happy I have the words to get me through.  And I know there are some of you out there who read and relate and that makes it worth it.

I will stop for the night.  Remember to find your happiness and feel your gratitude.  Have a good night/day.