Hi everyone. How have you been? I’m participating in Ten Things of Thankful with a gratitude post once again. It’s been a while. I however have quite a few thankfuls to share, I think, so let’s go.
1. I’m grateful for homemade pizza. My spouse, mother-in-law and I made it together at my in-laws’ house (my father-in-law wasn’t there) last Saturday after the CP conference.
2. I’m grateful for a side-by-side bike ride on Sunday. I was assigned an extremely tall staff member for my one-on-one and, for those not aware, I am short myself. This makes walking with him quite a challenge, as we haven’t yet figured out a way for him to guide me that doesn’t cause me pain. However, I came up with the idea of biking instead.
3. I am grateful for the fact that my attempt at making overnight oats on Monday turned out to be a success! Last time I made them, I added way too much milk.
4. I am grateful because, on Tuesday, I was able to cook köfte for my fellow residents and staff. It took me quite some time, but that’s not a problem.
5. I am grateful for French fries on Wednesday. Oh, I’m making more than half of this list about food, but okay.
6. I am grateful for an opportunity to go swimming yesterday. I had gone swimming twice last week, once with my own home’s residents and once with a small group. I hadn’t expected to be able to join the small group this week again and swimming for my home was canceled because most residents were on the annual trip. However, I was able to join the small group anyway.
7. I am grateful for a trip to the institution museum this afternoon. It’s a really small museum, but it was interesting to learn about the history of the institution. Plus, we got free mini pancakes! Oh wait, that’s another food-related thankful…
8. I’m grateful for a day without rain today. We had rain most of the week and, though I could go on walks everyday inbetween showers, I couldn’t go out nearly as much as I’d have liked. Today though was a rain-free day and we even had a bit of sunshine.
9. I am grateful for an appointment with the nurse practitioner who works at my local GP practice re my decreasing mobility. I’ll have a physical therapy appt soon too but I’d really like to know what’s causing my mobility impairment (CP or something else) and whether a decrease in mobility is to be expected or what can be done about it.
10. Last but not least, I am so grateful I seem to be slowly crawling out of the pit of depression I was in.
A Multitude of Musings 
So glad to see you here at the TToT again! I read your post in the late afternoon, and I have worked up an appetite for dinner. LOL. I actually had planned on homemade pizza for tonight, so we must be on the same wavelength!
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Ah yes, we must have been. I wrote my post late in the evening, in fact, but food is one of my not-so-guilty pleasures.
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Food is an important part of life, one of the things we need, but also very enjoyable.
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So true indeed. Thanks so much for stopping by.
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What a great list! It sounds like you have had a good week.
The bike ride sounds like a great idea and fun too, all of the food sounds fantastic and hooray for no rain! I am glad things are feeling more positive. x
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Thanks so much. Yes, the bike ride was good indeed.
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Pizza and french fries… I should not have read your post before dinner. Ha, ha! Seriously, good gratitude list Astrid. Glad to hear you are starting to feel a bit better.
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Ah yes, sorry. Thanks for your kind comment though.
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You’re welcome.
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Wow, you’ve been busy! The bike ride sounds great and it’s nice you got to go swimming too.
Yay to a day without rain! It’s been the same over here in the UK, but as I write this the sunshine has actually come out! It’s quite a rarity.
I’m glad that the depression has loosened its grip a little. I know how tough it can be.
I hope this week is kind to you. 🙂
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Thanks so much. I’m so glad I’ve been busy indeed. I think that’s been helping me crawl out of my depression too.
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I’m so glad you joined the Ten Things, it’s been a while and it’s great to have you again.
It’s perfectly good to make several thankful things about food, we’re all interested in good food, after all.
It’s a joy to hear your depression is lessening and lightening. I’ve been in that pit and it is just no fun.
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Oh, I’m so sorry you’ve been there too, that sucks. Hope you are as well as possible mental health-wise now. Thanks for your kind comment.
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Great idea for the bicycle. I love french fries. Sometimes, that’s all I want if I am on an outing. Skip all the other stuff and just some good fries.
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Awesome! Thanks for stopping by. I’ll think of you the next time I have French fries.
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Always good to have you join us on the weekend.
While I’m not too much of a foodie, I do enjoy learning any new things, so I looked up köfte in your 4th Grat.
the internet can be so much fun
Always enjoy reading others TToT it’s a glimpse into another person’s world that I would otherwise never encounter. And by doing this, hearing about the good with the not-so-good, can only enhance my own life.
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Thanks for your kind words. I’m not sure whether köfte is called the same in English, or even that I spelled it right in Dutch LOL. It’s a Greek (or Turkish, although don’t tell those from Greece that it can be Turkish too, of course) meatball dish. I am not a foodie myself at all either. In fact, I cooked it from a package from a series called something like Knorr world dishes.
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