Great Way to Start the Day

How we start the day has a huge impact on how the rest of the day and evening are going to go.

Beginning with gratitude for a new day of life gets a person off to a good start.

Appreciating a bed, warm covers, pillows, pjs, and breakfast add to a feeling of deep gratitude.

Lucky for me, two gorgeous roses and some amber colored flowers from a birthday bouquet sit on the bathroom counter so they are among the first things seen while brushing teeth.

Here in Massachusetts today, there is lots of talk about a nor'easter hitting this weekend.

The eastern coast seems to be where the big storm may hit the worst. 

Here, up in the hills, we might be spared, except for some rain and blustery wind.

In any event, the positive outlook on the day, garnered even before getting out of bed, is something to treasure and keep, until it's time, once again, storm or no storm,  to get ready for bed.

Catch-Up Day

 

After an extremely busy couple of  days, it's so wonderful to be able to spend an entire a day at home.

There's never time to finish everything on a "to do" list.  

However, many things that do get done, makes a person feel happy.

Even on days at home, there's a pressure to not waste time.

It's great to look around and see things that are loved for a number of reasons.

It's also a blessing to eat meals and appreciate every little smidgeon of tasty food.

Days at home, even though home is no longer a big house but a small apartment, are balm for the soul.

They fill our hearts with gratitude and make us feel very blessed to be alive.

Chocolates, Flowers, and Wine

A glorious birthday celebration, planned in loving detail by my daughter,  continues to fill my heart with love and deep gratitude.

Today, we are sharing a few special gifts among the many received.

A dear niece, Amy, gave me Cote des Rose wine from France.

The unique aspect of this gift is the bottom of the bottle is a in the shape of a rose!

There was also a box of chocolates from Chocolate Springs gourmet chocolate shop.

These are very unique!

Amy's sister, Sarah, gave me a lovely bouquet of autumn flowers.

Please stop by my blog again as more wonderful aspects of a well celebrated birthday are humbly shown in the days ahead.

A Rainy Sunday

It's raining to beat the band here.

Wonder how that expression originated.

Does anyone know?

Soon, it will be take off time to go to Mass. 

Here's hoping you have a lovely day, no matter what the weather is where you are.

The photo at the top of this post is of miniature flower arrangements in a brass and glass case. 

None are more than two inches tall!

Have a good one!

Happy Saturday

When working a full time job, Saturdays were glorious days of freedom to do whatever one wanted.

Those years are over now but Saturdays are still special.

Sometimes they are used to take a mini-trip to another town.

On "at home" Saturdays, it's good to get caught up on around the apartment tasks.

These may be kind of boring but are necessary.

Today is an "at home" kind of day.

While tossing rugs into the drier, deep gratitude flashed into my mind.  

It's so convenient and wonderful to have a new washing machine and drier on a ground level floor.

It brought back memories of hauling dirty clothes baskets down old stairs and washing and drying in a 1935 basement. Gone forever are those days!

Looking around the living room at silk flowers in different vases also brought gratitude to mind.

Because there is no storage space in this apartment, a gorgeous, huge bouquet of fall flowers had to be donated to Goodwill after autumn last year.

Luckily, at a church yard sale this past summer, a whole batch of "new" and beautifully colored autumn flowers came home.

They were very, very inexpensive and look so pretty in different kinds of vases.

Because crystal always strikes a happy chord, a couple of the bouquets are in crystal, see through vases. 

When autumn is over, back to a thrift store this year's batch of flowers will go. 

Happy Saturday, dear readers. May your day be filled with things you love to do and places you want to go.