End of February Faves

 

I can't begin to tell you how happy I am that tomorrow is the beginning of March! Glory Hallelujah.  February is my least favorite month and I, for one, am thankful it's the last day.

Being thankful for things, whether big or small, extravagant or mundane, is important to God, because all things come from Him. I'm thankful that Susanne continues to host this weekly meme so we can be intentional and list the things that made us smile, say Thanks, and that might have been our favorite things all week. 

Uncle Cliff

• ROAD TRIP:  Saturday morning was finally a dry, sunny, warmer day (low 30s) so it was an easy drive west to visit my Uncle Cliff. He lives with his wife Anna and Anna's daughter, Patti, lives above them and now that she's retired, she kind of watches over them. The house is about 40 min  west of where I live. Cliff is now 89 yrs old and doing very well. He had a health scare a few years ago but came out on top. He is in pretty good physical shape (just needs a cane) and mentally is still pretty sharp although there are some things he has trouble recalling. All in all, he's doing well. He's the youngest of 3 boys. My dad was the middle son. My uncle Cliff was always my fave uncle growing up and we had a  wonderful chat recalling many fun times at grandma's place on the lake in the Adirondack mountains. Uncle Cliff is the only remaining relative on dad's side of the family in that generation. I'm so thankful I got to spend all morning with my uncle. 

baking/cooking/wine tools drawer

our everyday cutlery 
and Dave's heart med/supplements/allergy tabs

extra cutlery/cooking items

• ORGANIZING: This past week, I was thankful to have time to really clean all the kitchen drawers in our house (we have 8 in our kitchen with 1 of them being in the microwave cupboard).  I had found some pretty, subtle shelf liner  paper at the dollar store so bought a roll. I love it so much I'm going back to get more to do a couple more drawers. I had enough to do all but 2). I love getting things re-organized.  I told my husband, now let's keep it this way! 😜

three bags of former teaching clothes/camping clothes
jewelry and books

• DONATIONS! I'm so thankful I could donate three bags of my clothing I used to wear to work, camps, or hikes.  Some of these items were from the 1990s! I also donated some old jewelry I no longer wear and some old piano music books. Since we have a dress code for teachers here in NYS, I had a lot of nice blouses, skirts, sweaters, tunics, dresses, pants that either are outdated or I'm just never going to wear again. It felt good to purge my closet and drawers and make room for some of my more current clothing. My daughters have informed me that people their age  love going vintage and that the 90s clothing is now considered vintage! go figure.  So I'm thankful someone will get some good use of these items. The thrift store was thrilled to get them. 

ice is finally melting on the pond

• OUTSIDE WALKS!  I was very thankful this week that we had days of sunshine, warmer temps (one day got up to 46!) and good outdoor walking conditions. These photos are from the park in the south part of our town, The Crossings. Although most of the trails heading south in the park were either not plowed or a coat of ice and slush, the ones on the north side, by the pond, were mainly bare. I did a good power walk for 1.2 miles one day and another day I managed to get in 1.6 miles. It felt good and I kept saying to my self "Thank You God for Spring coming."

• COFFEE and CONVERSATION:  I've had some amazing coffee this week along with conversations with close friends, a phone chat with oldest daughter, evening conversation with my husband, texts with my sister J, and I visited my youngest daughter at her apartment yesterday morning for a long overdue chat. I'm thankful for good coffee, and time with friends and family. 

I hope you enjoy a relaxing weekend and find some things to be thankful for.