Hi all, happy Friday! I’m joining Ten Things of Thankful (#TToT) today with a gratitude post. Let’s get started.
1. I am so grateful my benefits arrived. Oh well, I spent a significant amount of money already on crafting supplies and my yearly premium subscription to Day One, a diary app. I have once again resolved not to make unnecessary expenses for at least a week. I am however grateful that, even if I do end up spending some money, I won’t go broke anytime within the foreseeable future.
2. I am grateful my staff try to find me things I need or want for free or at a heavily discounted price. For example, one staff was able to get a music pillow for just €1. Another staff gave me some cookie cutters and ziploc bags she didn’t use and her daughter’s old duvet cover. Oh, it feels off to say this right after I’ve told you about my spending my benefits money on crafting supplies.
3. I am grateful to retain my creative mojo. I have really been loving doing some crafts lately, particularly polymer clay and some jewelry-making too.
4. I am grateful that my creative juices flowing means I have something else to talk about online besides my disabilities and health conditions. I am truly loving perseverating on polymer clay in particular.
5. I am grateful for organized storage shelves. Okay, I think I decluttered them a month or so ago already, but with my new crafting supplies, I had to do it again. I’m really satisfied with the space I created without even too much throwing out.
6. I am grateful for pasta salad. My day activities staff and I made this for lunch on Tuesday and there was still some left on Wednesday.
7. I am grateful I haven’t gained any weight in the past week despite not walking as much and despite the pasta salad and other treats. In fact, I lost 200 grams.
8. I am grateful for a nice fill-in community psychiatric nurse. My regular CPN will be on vacation when I was originally next supposed to see her in two weeks, so the other one will fill in. She joined me and my regular CPN for our appointment on Wednesday and she seems nice.
9. I am grateful for a nice new student staff. She is already older, so it’s easier for me to trust her than the young interns.
10. I am grateful my husband is now fully vaccinated. He got his second shot yesterday and he seems to be doing okay.
What are you grateful for?
A Multitude of Musings 
That was a very good list and I hope your weekend is fabulous too!
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Thanks. I hope your weekend will be wonderful as well.
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Wonderful list, i hope crafting continues to bring you much joy.
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Thank you. 🙂 I really hope so too.
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Lots of lovely things to be grateful for. I’ve been enjoying pasta salads a lot lately, my favourite is tuna pasta salad!
Fab to hear that you are enjoying crafting. I do too, it’s a nice way to relax and shut off isn’t it?!
Have a lovely rest of the weekend. x 🙂
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Yes, tuna pasta salad is delicious. I had that on Tuesday. Oh and crafting indeed is such a great way to unwind. Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful rest of the weekend.
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Great list, Astrid! Craft supplies are so much fun to get! They hold so much potential! I have wanted to work with polymer clay but have never tried it. Glad you like your new student staff and the fill in nurse; I’m sure that’s very comforting for you. Have a terrific week!
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Thanks so much. Yes, crafting supplies are really awesome indeed.
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Finding enjoyment through creating something is worth the effort. A budding young artist in her teens once gave me a miniature black lab made from polymer clay that looked just like the black lab we owned at the time. Now 40 years later she is a very talented woman who has created so many different artist works. Her tiny little lab still sits on a shelf in our home.
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Aw, that’s so lovely! Thank you for sharing.
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A most excellent TToT list!
Especially #3 and #4… that so makes all the difference, no matter what one given day may bring.
Have an excellent week ahead.
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Thank you so much. I agree, my creative mojo really helps me through the day.
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What a great list! So much to be grateful for! 🙂
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So true indeed. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
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