Thankful Thursday

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Sometimes I have trouble thinking of things to put on this post.  It's not that I'm not thankful for everything I'm given, but sometimes it's just hard to think of things to post.  So while these may be just everyday things in some respects, I'm still thankful for them.

** The air we breathe and the ability to breathe.  It's not so easy for some people.

** The beauty we see in nature most every day.  I know there are some who would be so grateful just to have their eyes opened to see a tree just one time.

**The music of the birds and just music period.  So many have never heard anything.

**The voice of my grandson on video chat saying "Gigi, I want to show you something." and then running off with the phone and taking me who knows where.

I know that I am so blessed and I love God for blessing me in so many ways, big and small.

So what are you thankful for?

Cathy

Wednesday Hodgepodge

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1. How will you celebrate Easter this year?
Mostly at home, except hubby and I will go to church for him to record his sermon for podcast and the plan is he's going to do a live feed sermon on FB for our church people.  That's if he can get everything figured out the way he wants.

2. Is it easier for you to receive grace offered or extend grace to another? Explain.
I think it's easier to extend grace to another.  I think it's hard for me to receive grace because I usually don't think I deserve it.  That being said, I think it's just as important to receive it as to extend it to another.  I'm working on this in myself.

3. Do you say grace before meals? If so do you have a standard dinnertime grace or is it more 'off the cuff' ? Do you say grace when dining out? Do you have a favorite grace? Any special memory associated with 'saying grace'?
Most of the time I do say grace before meals and it's mostly off the cuff.  Yes, we do say prayer when dining out. No, not really, but if eating out or even getting food from a drive through, I do like to pray a blessing on the ones who prepared and served us the food.  I'm thankful as a child we were taught to pray, not only at the table, but also before bed and anytime else is great too!

4. What are some challenges you think the next generation will face? (Generation Alpha-born between 2011 and 2025)
I really have no idea.  I think each generation has things they deal with that the generation before them didn't.  But I don't know what's next.

5. Share a favorite quote or lyric featuring the word faith.
I know you said, faith, but I'm using faithfulness.    Probably one of my all time favorite hymns is "Great Is Thy Faithfulness."  I just love the truth in the words, plus it is one of my most favorite to play on the piano, so they hear it quite often during offertory at our church.  I believe His faithfulness to us is so important even more so than our faith.  I think my faith grows when I see His faithfulness to me in so many ways in my life.

Here are the words.

Great is Thy faithfulness
O God my Father
There is no shadow of turning with Thee
Thou changest not
Thy compassions they fail not
As Thou hast been
Thou forever will be

Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning new mercies I see
And all I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness
Lord unto me

Pardon for sin
And a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer
And to guide
Strength for today
and bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside

Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Lord every morning new mercies I see
And all I have needed Thy hands hath
provided
Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Lord unto me
So faithful too me

6.  Insert your own random thought here.

Thanks so much for visiting.

Cathy

A Sentence A Day - March 2020

My March one day at a time.

1- Sunday.  We went to both services today and had a quiet afternoon at home...best kind of Sunday.

2 - Monday. Lucy got groomed tonight and I got a haircut and it cracks me up that it costs $72 for the dog and $17 for me.  lol

3 - Tuesday.  Bible Study started tonight...Finding God Faithful by Kelly Minter on the life of Joseph.

4 - Wednesday.  Had to be at the Sleep Clinic at 8pm and then they wired me up again but this time I also used a sleep apnea machine so they could figure out the pressure that was needed to keep my passages open so I won't stop breathing.

5 - Thursday.  Released from the clinic around 6:00am - got some sleep but came home and took a quick nap and then cleaned up and headed into work at 10:00am.

6 - Friday.  Received a call and the doctor had already contacted the company where I'm getting my machine and placed the order...this wasn't expected to happen for 7-10 days...don't know how long it will be until I get it though.

7 - Saturday.  Was a beautiful sunshiny day - still a little cold though - spent some time with both sisters and then had all evening with hubby at home.

8 - Sunday.  Good church services, lunch out at our local Mexican restaurant and even a nap and an almost 1 mile walk with the dog - I've got to build up my walking stamina again.

9 - Monday.  Back to work Monday and picked up groceries afterward and then an evening at home with the hubby and another walk with the dog although it was a shorter one than planned.

10 - Tuesday.  Work and Ladies Bible Study made for a really good day.

11 - Wednesday.  Actually had a night at home and hubby made sweet and sour meatballs and rice and I did 3 loads of laundry.

12 - Thursday.  Picked up my cpap machine after work and set it up to sleep with for the first time and actually didn’t do too bad sleeping.

13 - Friday.  Took my sister to the doctor and then took her back home and later found out she can now have no visitors and can only leave for absolutely necessary doctor appointments as they are now on lock down as are all assisted living places in Ohio.

14 - Saturday.  Stayed home all day and actually enjoyed it a lot.

15 - Sunday.  Church and chicken for lunch and a good video chat with Kerri and a short nap equals a really good day.

16 - Monday.  Had a doctor's appointment and then went to work and a quick run in the grocery (so many shelves empty) and then home for the night.

17 - Tuesday.  We had Bible Study tonight and made the decision to cancel for 2 weeks to give this virus thing a chance to pass hopefully.

18 - Wednesday.  Still going to work, but we are constantly sanitizing everything and my poor hands are a bit of a mess, as I'm sure everyone else's is too.

19 - Thursday.  Came home after work and we had pasta for supper and then we watched some TV and I crocheted on hubby's blanket (after a long hiatus from working on it).

20 - Friday. Ordered pizza and picked it up on the way home and just spent the evening inside, watching some TV.

21 - Saturday.  Read a book to my grandson on Marco Polo, his mommy let him view it and evidently he loved it and hopefully she saved it, so he can listen when he wants.

22 - Sunday.  Fairly quiet day and then hubby and I drove south to the next town and I got a Starbucks and then we got some White Castle Sliders and sat in Target parking lot eating and looking at the sky which was pretty neat.

23 - Monday.  We both worked today then at home we just pieced around and fixed our own dinners and I started a new child's hat while watching some TV.

24 - Tuesday. Saw my first one of these this year.

25 - Wednesday.  Hubby made a pork loin in the slow cooker...can I just say delicious dinner.

26 - Thursday.  The birds were really singing today and I so enjoy listening to them praise God.

27 - Friday.  Not a lot going on except working and going home.

28 - Saturday.  Lucy and I took a couple of walks and we took a quick trip into Walmart and picked up some lunch at a drive-thru and ate it sitting in a parking lot with the windows down.

29 - Sunday.  Sunday is nap day and reading a book day and watching TV with hubby day.

30 - Monday.  First time I've done an office visit with my oncologist on FaceTime...interesting.

31 - Tuesday.  Had a long video chat with Colton...we played triceratops and elephant fighting and he "grilled" me a hotdog and corn and he hid me a couple times (I think to keep his mom from taking the phone)...so much fun!

Life is strange right now, but it's still good because it's all in God's hands.  Thanks for visiting.

Cathy

Thankful Thursday

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I'm thankful :

**   to be alive and well

**   that my family are all alive and well

**   that our church family are doing well also

**   to be able to keep working and so far everyone is virus free at work too

**   Amazon -- ordered 5 new Little Golden books to read to my grandson on video.  He really seems to enjoy it.  Recorded one of them last night for him.  I really love doing this.

**   walks with my puppy which helps me to be out in the fresh air some.

**   pink blooming trees, which let me know spring really is here.

**   beautiful blue skies today...we've had a lot of grey days, but at least the grey days make me more thankful for blue sky days

I hope all of you are doing well today.  Thanks for visiting!

Cathy

Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. Has spring sprung in your part of the world? How can you tell? Did March come in like a lion where you live? Going out like a lamb or something more ferocious?

Yes, spring has sprung here in southern Ohio.  I can tell because I saw my first dandelions this past weekend.  Actually, I think we've had a very mild winter and spring is just slowly rolling in.

2. The last thing that caused you to spring to your feet?
Well, at this stage of life I don't do a lot of springing.  lol  But probably it would be at work when I receive a 911 emergency call.

3. Do you have a spring clean to-do list? What's one chore on the list you've already managed to accomplish? What spring clean chore do you most dread?
I don't really have a list, but I do have many things I hope to get accomplished.  Since I'm still working full time during all this pandemic I'm doing well just to keep up with the normal chores.  Probably what I dread the most is just doing a deep cleaning of everything in the house, wiping down walls and ceilings and washing windows, etc.

4. Tell us something you've learned about yourself or the wider world as a result of social distancing/the virus crisis.
That I really do enjoy being in my home and I don't need to run around near as much as we always have.

5. Something you love that's the color pink?
A beautiful pink sky.

  

6. Insert your own random thought here.
Lord, help me to do this today.

Thank you for visiting here today.

Cathy