Thankful catch up

* Fresh seafood cooked to perfection

* Family gatherings

* Carol singing nights and the nativity story told

* Plastic plates in a house with no dishwasher

* Still balmy Christmas days

* Neighbourhood Christmas light displays

* BBQ nights

* Goodies placed out for Santa

* Hampers delivered secretly for a family in need

* Cousins hanging out in harmony

* Older Cousins enjoying some freedom to choose

* Thoughtful gifts received with gratitude

* Photo books made to celebrate past holidays

* The excitement of unwrapping a ticket to the cricket

* The excitement of then finding out all your best buddies are going too.

* The days between Christmas and New Year

* Slow lazy days that demand nothing

* Two weeks of very inexpensive vacation swimming lessons for the kids

* Hanging at the pools every day with my sisters and their kids

* Birthday lunches with those same sisters

* Celebrating two birthdays in two days....Happy Birthday sis

* Secret squirrel birthday gift buying

* Seeing a family movie on my birthday

* Texts and messages from lots of family and friends with birthday wishes

* Cup of tea catch ups with my dad

* New books to lay on the couch with

* Holidays booked- little adventure awaits us

*Op shops that are full of treasures to be discovered

* A New party dress found at those treasure shops 

 

* Quiet New years eve's hanging together

* Not feeling the pressure to stay up way to late to watch the clock tick over

 #927 A brand new year with brand new opportunities

I was hoping to make the 1000 before the end of 2014...just short....oh well there will be plenty of more things coming my way to be thankful for so I will just keep counting and recording them here.

My list grows