Gratitude List #3

I have decided to make a slightly random favorites list for today.

1.  Favorite tool:  The drill Derek gave me

2.  Favorite place to shop for lots of bargains:  Deseret Industries in Springville

A painting project I picked up at D.I.

3.  Favorite wild animal that I see out my window:  The wild turkeys.  I have a LOT of pictures!

4.  Second Favorite wild animal:  a tie between baby deer and the giant bucks.

5.  Favorite chef:  Derek (Since I don't love cooking he does a lot and he is fabulous!)

6.  Favorite drink:  lemonade

7.  Favorite shake:  Oreo

8.  Favorite place to visit:  Michigan where my Tia's family is.  Yay grandkids!

9.  Second favorite place I went this year:  Hmmmm.  Maybe Telluride, CO

My chef and main travel companion!

10.  My favorite non turkey bird that I see:  Blue Jay

Photo by Ryan Sanderson
Not taken in Utah:-)

I hope that you have fabulous things to be thankful for too!  I love having a Thanksgiving Day / Month to help me remember to focus on the many things I have to be grateful for!

Gratitude List #2

Dan sometimes watches television from this high perch!

I am thankful that there are good shows to watch while I fold laundry, or when Derek and I are too tired to do much else, or when we just want a good adventure or laugh.   This list is not very all inclusive.  I don't keep a list of what I watch and my memory isn't perfect!  Some shows others would put on their favorites list I would put on my "never watch again" list and I'm sure that the opposite would be true and you will not like all of what I have on my favorites list!  There is beauty in the fact that we are all different!

Favorite Television Shows I've Watched This Year

No Demo Reno -- HGTV -- I like a good home makeover with good people in it.

Making Good -- BYUTV -- This one makes me want to find lots of ways to help people.

High Potential -- The main character is super duper seemingly impossibly intelligent

Home Town --  I had already watched them all and so I watched them all again!

Alex Rider -- I really liked the theme song -- and the show.

Percy Jackson 

Modern Family (It is awkward and it makes me laugh)

Restoring Galveston -- HGTV (A young couple restoring old homes in Galveston)

Homegrown -- Magnolia Network (a nice lady helps people create fabulous garden / yards)

Fixer to Fabulous -- HGTV -- Good home makeovers with nice people again.

The Last Airbender

The Chosen (I am team Jesus!)

Madame Secretary

Tracker

Star Trek Strange New Worlds (The ones I've seen so far)

Favorite Movies Watched in 2024

Enola Holmes Movies (Netflix)

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. -- I like the characters in this one.

Happiness For Beginners

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society

The Family Plan (from last year but I watched it this year again!)

Irish Wish

Twisters

I was on a Tom Cruise movie kick and saw quite a few of his again

The Boys in The Boat (I loved the book more but the movie was good)

I'm sure there are a few Hallmark type mysteries or shows that I liked and am not coming up with,

Gratitude List #1

Photo by Alex Block on Unsplash
This looks like a great place to visit!

I am really thankful for good books and magazines to read.  I learn a lot from them, and sometimes just get a nice visit to another place and time with a few laughs along the way!  Magazines give me short inspiring stories, crafts I can do, gift ideas, and more.
Favorite Books That I Read or Listened to in 2024

The Stories We Tell by Joanna Gaines

Better Than Happy by Jody Moore

Carried by Michelle Schmidt

Breath:  The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

Love Does by Bob Goff

Glucose Revolution by Jessie Inchauspe

Soulful Simplicity by Courtney Carver

Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Thanks Bryce!)

Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Create Anyway by Ashlee Gadd

Virgil Wander by Leif Enger

Choosing Real by Bekah Pogue

The Law of Love by Steve Young

Living the Law of Love by Steve Young

The Gratitude Diaries by Janice Kaplan

All of the Enola Holmes audiobooks by Janice Kaplan

Favorite Magazines

Birds & Blooms (I'm all about the beautiful pictures!)

Magnolia (I like the articles, and the words they pick for each season)

Bella Grace

In Her Garden:  Inspiration for making things grow

The Cozy Issue of Bella Grace

Green Craft (These four magazines are all from Stampington & Company and I don't have subscriptions to any of them.  I just try to find them on sale).