I am grateful to feel like someone cares,

--to have a mowed front lawn.

Today I'm very grateful ~

to read such encouraging progress!

So grateful today for:
Beautiful, weather at last after a week of spotty rain showers.
Being able to get together yesterday with long time friends. Long lasting friendships with people who have known you throughout your life and have shared all the celebrations and tragedies are priceless.

I am grateful to be excited about using my new tools and metal detector--

--to be able to read posts here every day to keep me on track.

Today I am grateful Roxie keeps me thinking of what is positive in my life.
I am grateful that the sun came out today..
I am grateful I have been keeping dishes done this week.
I am grateful I am willing to start taking steps to be more open to others.

I am grateful to have some of my wishes fulfilled by my son,

--to the others on these boards who keep this site alive with progress, processing and sharing.

Today I am grateful that I am learning to have a nicer environment.
I am grateful that I have this group of wonderful people and that we understand and care about what is going on with each other
I am grateful the sun was out all day today and I got some things done inside house and in yard.

Grateful Barb posted to remind me,

--that I have my cats to love me, and to be loved.

Roxie: I have learned to practice Tillie's trick when I post. After i finish writing, I highlight the text and copy. Sometimes the code box is glitchy and won't accept the correct combination of letters and numbers. So I just paste what I wrote in a new text box. The coding on this site is still easier to decipher and more reliable than many others.
I'm glad you will get your hard cast off tomorrow. I hope the doctor will see that it is healing well.

I am grateful today:
1. that the brunt of yesterday's storms bypassed us.
2. that I am no longer in denial about the extent and repercussions of my hoarding
3. for my grape hyacinth and tulips blooming

I am confused because I posted but it hasn't shown up even though I "refreshed" a couple of times.

--that my friends here have a weekly chat that helps us stay together and feel supported.

Today I am grateful I slept enough last night and feel so much better today.
Grateful the sun is shining for now.
Grateful my living room is so clean and cute now, as well as my dining room.
Grateful I can do maintenance in kitchen and bathroom, and they will both be usable.
Grateful for this website and Tillie continuing to be our go to support person

So grateful that even in my old age and in my condition (and house condition) I can get so excited about new (to me) things.

--that I have a working dishwasher now to help keep dishes clean while I am one-handed.

Today I am grateful to be willing to search for things to be grateful for.
I am grateful I have a reason to look for what I am grateful---this website and Roxies consistent posts of gratitude even after surgery.
I am grateful I have health insurance.
Grateful heel injury made me realize importance of making appt. with doctor for bone scan, osteoporosis treatment. Tried before but was on hold forever so just gave up.
Grateful I have everything I need.
Grateful I am learning a new way to live.

I have gratitude for online boards from which I can learn so much

--for the wonders of nature.

Today I am grateful my living room and dining room are clean and organized again.
I am grateful for all the bad weather that kept me in here working
I am grateful that I feel more peaceful in clean areas
I am grateful for the posts that make me feel connected with you and what you are going through

Oops . . . I did it again. Posted that on the wrong thread. Well, since I'm on this thread (which I read daily) . . .

I, too, am thankful for all my friends on this site.

I'm glad I'm becoming able to laugh at myself when I make mistakes.

I'm grateful that there is more and more help out there for people like me with clutter/hoarding issues.

Tillie: Sorry it's so cold there. Thanks for the reminder . . . I need to add chewing gum to my grocery list. : )

Diane: I'm probably not as good with tools as you are, but I'm trying to learn. I have some good outdoor yard tools that run on batteries, and I noticed yesterday that two of my battery packs are finally dying. I was happy to find a sale on replacement batteries (whew), so I will be ordering those today and will recycle the old ones. One is for that tool I spent so much time a couple of weeks ago trying to reassemble!

Roxie: Glad you are able to be in touch with your son!

Some of my thoughts: Sometimes, my old ways of doing things are what got me in trouble today (got me to the point of having too much stuff). Sometimes, though, I had old ways of doing things that were working well for me, and for one reason or another I stopped doing them. For example, oddly enough, there was a time in my life (ok, call me crazy) when I actually looked forward to getting bills in the mail. (I was very young then.) I handled them promptly, properly documented everything in my check register (back in those days when everyone wrote checks), kept up well with my bank statements (and balanced them down to the penny), and so forth. Let's just say that, ahem, that's not exactly been my MO the last few years. Well, today I got a glimpse of the "old me" (the more useful parts of "the old me"). I got some mail out of my PO box, chunked the junk mail, and used some of the extra time while I was sitting in the car waiting for an early morning meeting to actually open the bills, put some notes on the envelopes that help me organize them, and then actually sent two checks off in the mail before I got back home. That felt good. I also took steps to submit that maintenance request I didn't turn in yesterday.

Some goals for the rest of today: I plan to go to the Laundromat and to take an old printer to a shop near the Laundromat for recycling. (I've had the printer around for a long time with some vague fantasies that it will somehow revive, so this is a big step for me.) I also plan to shop for groceries, do some more unpacking/unloading from my little trip I made yesterday, work more on bills, get some things set up to get some business mail sent to me via email versus in paper form, add to my gratitude list, spend a little time working in my BIT book, and spend at least 15 more minutes working on my bedroom (cleaning, dejunking, etc.). I also plan to take allergy meds and stay hydrated.

Thinking about all of you and sending hugs to all. Happy day.

I am grateful to have a place to write down gratitudes though I say them every night privately.

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I am grateful for:
1. the gentle soaking rain I woke to----not the thunderstorms and wind that were predicted
2. the beautiful non-flowering trees newly resplendent with little green leaflets
3. my sister who took time yesterday to get in touch with me even while busily preparing to leave on vacation
4. my friends on these message boards
5. the insight provided by books like Buried Treasures and The Hoarder in You.

Grateful to have things I can sell

Grateful I can scratch worst itches under cast,

I am grateful to reach 65th birthday

I am grateful the sun came out today
I am grateful that I have a fire going in the stove and I am finally warm.
I am grateful I have every thing I need and don't have to shop

I AM GRATEFUL TO SEE OTHERS ALSO POST HERE

Today I am grateful for chat
I am grateful I have a cleaner kitchen and am resting.
I am grateful for bad weather so will focus getting things done inside to make it nice again in here.

Grateful

Today I am grateful the sun is out and the wind is calm.
I am grateful to have my friends on this site.
I am very grateful Roxie is OK and that Tillie is happy.
I enough am grateful I have enough of everything, including food.
I am grateful I have time to do all the things I enjoy doing around here.
I am grateful some of my projects turn out great.
I am grateful I have an old trailer, garage and deck so I can mess around and won't wreck anything.
Most of all I am grateful for Tillie and all that she gives to us as we try to make our way to a better life.

I am grateful...

Roxie can still post here so we know how she's doing. (((hugs)))

That I am still here and able to enjoy another Spring. Such a magical time of year.

That I have this message board where I can talk and be heard and understood.

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Grateful

for being acknowledged