Sunday evening, and here I am, at my computer, writing the Gratitude Journal post. I think this is a habit that may stick. Of course, in order for it to stick tonight, I had to decide that I should not get up and feed the dogs (although it is already past their dinner time) because if I did, I would not come back and write this. They will get fed when I am done. It has been a pretty good week, and an excellent weekend. My best friend came and stayed for the weekend as a little get-away. On Saturday, we smoked ribs and chicken, and another good friend came…

After getting the post up on Sunday evening two weeks in a row, I skipped a week entirely. But here I am, back on Sunday evening. Go me. I accept that I skipped last week. I had a medical procedure done two Fridays ago, and while it was a very minor and common procedure, my particular medical history meant it was more painful for me than it is for a lot of people. I basically did nothing other than read from late Friday afternoon through last Monday. And even with that, by the end of my work day on Tuesday, I was pretty exhausted. So that is my excuse for…

Does managing to write the weekly Gratitude post on Sunday evening two weekends in a row mean my plan of moving the computer to the office (to go with my giant new monitor) is working? Maybe. Maybe. I will be honest, this week it is a little hard to come up with small things to be grateful for, or perhaps I should say new small things to be grateful for. We are over half-way through the year, and I have so far managed not to repeat. And I will not officially repeat tonight, but I will be adding a new feature of “grateful one more time”, because there are things,…