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irisblue

(34,265 posts)
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 12:49 PM Sep 6

Things I am grateful for on 6 September 2024, in no particular order

Safe to drink cold & hot running water & flush toilets.

Cats are well, they got enough food & litter for a few weeks at least.

I got food in the fridge. The fridge & water tank are running b/c I had enough money & was clear enough to remember to pay the bills. The cell phone bill is paid as well.

My dear friend did well after her salvage lung cancer surgery.
Another friends' post knee surgery is going well, we are in that age group where "organ recitals" of health are becoming part of our life as very old friends.

My vacuum cleaner is working really well today.

Todays non gratitude statement is that I am sugar craving, I realize it is a transfer of obsession/addiction, bur boy is it annoying.

Another gratitude is that DU exists, that Earl, Elad and you all here on this journey.

I am clean and sober woman today
I am a richly blessed woman

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Things I am grateful for on 6 September 2024, in no particular order (Original Post) irisblue Sep 6 OP
Not sure about that vacuum cleaner part😁 surfered Sep 6 #1
My sister is coming over this weekend, I got to. irisblue Sep 6 #4
I love your approach, irisblue RainCaster Sep 6 #2
I lived in a yurt type tent ina commune for a short time, a long long time ago. irisblue Sep 6 #6
I and many of us are truly grateful that irisblue is among us, elleng Sep 6 #3
How kind of you ellen, how kind irisblue Sep 6 #5
I am grateful for you and your post of gratitude, irisblue Clouds Passing Sep 7 #7

irisblue

(34,265 posts)
4. My sister is coming over this weekend, I got to.
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 01:02 PM
Sep 6

She & I cleaned out the apartments in the complex where we lived in HS years, she went on to build a business. As a sister, she has 'opinions'.

I will leave the fingerprints on the door jambs to 'give' her something to do & fuss over.

This is a soft form of sister battle tactics in real life.
😉

RainCaster

(11,545 posts)
2. I love your approach, irisblue
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 12:55 PM
Sep 6

To this I will add:
Dogs are healthy
Internet is working well
Truck is in working order
Fridge is full of great leftovers

irisblue

(34,265 posts)
6. I lived in a yurt type tent ina commune for a short time, a long long time ago.
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 01:04 PM
Sep 6

I am very very very urban it seems

Clouds Passing

(2,268 posts)
7. I am grateful for you and your post of gratitude, irisblue
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 09:49 AM
Sep 7

I am grateful for my sobriety. I am grateful for my family, my pets are happy and healthy. I have a home, cool in the summer warm in the winter. I’m grateful my refrigerator works and there’s food in it. I am grateful that I can walk. I am grateful that I am not too much pain.

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