It’s been forever since I last shared a gratitude list. Since yesterday was Thanksgiving in the United States, I felt it’d be about time again that I post one. Here goes. As usual, I’m linking up with #TToT.
1. An extra afternoon at day activities. In fact, I started writingg this post while there. As of last week, I go to day activities each Tuesday and Friday for the whole day (and Monday and Wednesday mornings). I am loving it.
2. Horseback riding. I had to shift my riding lessons to another day to be able to go to day activities for the whole day on Friday. The only day off I now still have is Thursday. The riding instructor didn’t have a volunteer then to help me, but my support worker offered to help me. Yesterday was the first time I went riding on a Thursday. It was great!
3. A long walk with my support coordinator. Normally, we walk to the ferry at the end of my road and back. This is about 2.5km total. On Wednesday, I asked her to walk in the other direction. We walked all the way to the next village and back. This totals over 3km.
4. Chinese takeaway. On Sunday, my father-in-law came to our house to watch soccer and other men’s programs (that I secretly do like) with my husband. Usually, he “cooks” for us on these days and this time, it was Chinese. I loved it. I did suffer bowel cramps and bloating for several days after it, but who cares?
5. French fries for lunch. To continue on the food track, we had French fries for lunch at day activities on Wednesday. The reason was they still had some money that needed to be spent by the end of the year. The staff were initially worried that we wouldn’t have a full meal, but we definitely did! It was so tasty! I was a little scared that my husband would be angry because of my weight gain, but he wasn’t.
6. My new stuffed bear. I already got it two weeks ago, but am still so grateful for it. My mother-in-law won it at an event she went to for the animal shelter she works for. I’m calling it Little Bear, because my husband has a big bear too. That one is a little damaged and the littles not-so-secretly want another one, so that we have both little and big bear for ourselves.
7. Swimming. I went swimming with day activities again on Tuesday. This time, I swam a record 52 pool lengths.
8. Getting my hair done. On Friday, the support coordinator at my day activities group braided my hair. I didn’t even know I had long enough hair for that, but apparently I do. On Tuesday, a staff at another group made an even more beautiful braid.
9. New books to read. Last week, I moved all my eBooks and Bookshare books from my computer to my iPhone, because I could no longer read them on my computer. I have since been greatly enjoying reading. I haven’t bought any new books as of yet, but I did download several books off Bookshare.
10. My mood still being pretty good. I can’t say it’s great, but it’s not bad either.
What have you been thankful for in the past week?
A Multitude of Musings 
Horseback riding and swimming and walking, it sounds like you are keeping so busy, between that and reading. We are thankful for this time of year.
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I can swim, but I’m not what I would call a swimmer. 52 laps sounds like a LOT! Good job!
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this is the kind of TToT I really enjoy, not merely ten items of things that made you feel grateful, but ten little, quick stories*
and this, the idea that here, on bloghops like the TToT, we share little stories of our lives and days with others.
very cool
*the young(er) people like to use the term ‘flash fiction’ for stories under 1,000 words, I prefer the term ‘little, quick stories’
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Chinese Takeaway and french fries sound wonderful. And you surely got lots of exercise done and had a good time. Have a wonderful week!
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I, too, like the combination of French fries and Chinese.
Each thankfulness piece is a short, short story (some call them “post card” stories as they would fit on the back of postcard.) A micro-burst of a thankfulness tale.
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Your TTOT was such an enjoyable read. You got a lot of exercise during the week. It is difficult for me to even imagine someone doing 52 laps. Congratulations.
It sounds like you have a “beary” caring mother-in-law to give you the bear that she won.
Wishing you a wonderful week ahead.
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