Being grateful - 20120610

I am grateful for forgiveness.

Sometimes you meet ignorant and silly people, and sometimes those people aren't the nicest to you and do horrible things. It's a good thing that you can forgive these people and it's also a good thing if you can teach them a thing or two, in a nice way.

Being grateful - 20120609

I am grateful for gracious losers.

If you know any Filipinos, you know that Manny Pacquiao lost a fight today. I didn't watch it, but apparently he didn't actually lose it. He only lost it because they said he did, but his fighting didn't say so. Way to represent, Ninong!

Being grateful - 20120608

I am grateful for naps on long drives.

We headed up to Blue Mountain for a nice getaway with my side of the family, and we were nervous about the drive up...but the boys slept pretty much the whole way, giving Mr.S and I some time to just talk and stuff, like old times on long drives. :)

Being grateful - 20120607

I am grateful for apple pie a la mode. Regardless of the quality of pie or quality of a la mode. Delicious.

Being grateful - 20120606

I am grateful for survival.

The boys each had shots today. And Mr.S was volunteering so I was tackling this on my own. Heaven help me. And Heaven did!

Being grateful - 20120605

I am grateful for Pinterest.

Okay, back to pinning.

I've decided to finally join Pinterest

The thing that scares me most is not how much I'll be glued to it (although that is a scary thing too!) but how much more work this means for me...because I'm going to want to do every.single.thing I pin.

Now to wait for my invitation.

Being grateful - 20120603

I am grateful for unusual sales.

I like going to sales where you find stuff you wouldn't usually find elsewhere. Like garage sales. Or antique sales. Or hotel sales.

Hotel sales? Yes, they sell hotels there. No they don't. I'm talking about the sale we went to today where they sold items from a closed hotel. My sister lives in the area and told us about it and she had me at "big baking sheets".

We went today and I scored a few of them as well as some heavy duty baking tools. All under $20. Nice.

Too bad I couldn't buy one of the pianos. Or a chandelier.

Being grateful - 20120602

I am grateful for fake glasses. D loves them. I did too.

Being grateful - 20120601

I am grateful for dim sum and umbrellas. With some siblings off work today, the boys and i met up with many, many members of my family for dim sum. We do dim sum well, I think. Our Chinese ancestors would be proud.

Anyway, it was pouring out. As I drove to the restaurant my mind raced all over, worrying about how I was gonna rush the boys in in the heavy rain. As I parked, I remembered how silly worrying was as my brothers ran over to rescue us with umbrellas and muscles in tow.

And we returned the favour, helping my sister and her family in the rain after dim sum. That's just what families do.