Blue Bins

Today is a happy day. Four weeks ago we forgot to put out the blue bins, with the recycling paper card glass plastic and tins. Today, two collections later, we have caught up with ourselves again.

Last week of August

Great day at Harlow Carr with Ann, lunch at Bolton Abbey tea rooms on the way, meal at the Wheatsheaf Beetham with Kath on my way back.
Lovely evening with P & A on Wednesday.
DP did the ice bucket challenge on Thursday, then we went to Ask for his birthday.
Fun lunchtime at no 125 on Saturday - interesting folk.
Talk about Daily manna by Kath on Sunday.
Ann made apple cake yesterday. Very good.

Bank holiday weekend

Great meal with friends on Friday, good weather for the picnic on Sunday, Lovely day with Ann at Harlow Carr on Monday.

Inspiring Family

Thank you for knowing three generations of an inspiring family. A party celebrating a 50 year birthday, a brother and sister accompanying each other singing and playing clarinet, and a 75 year old in poor health starting a new adventure.

17Aug14

New lino in one bathroom, a new light bulb in the other. Glorious scenery driving to and from Sheffield, AP driving practice. Roast beef at lunch.

Commonwealth Games

Thankful for a cycle ride this morning, watching abseiling in Liverpool, and diving in Edinburgh this evening - watching Tom Daley win gold.

cake

Thankful for home made cake made with home grown blackberries, and also, on a day that Ann was tired from three social engagements, a wash load, and making the cakes, there was mince already cooked yesterday in the fridge for our evening meal.

Dave's talk

David Connolly spoke on Thankfulness this morning, and I was reminded of a time when I was at a very low ebb, possibly depressed, toward the end of my time at university.

I purposed to give thanks, each day, for four things that pertained to that day.

I was not giving thanks for eternal things, like forgiveness or the love of God, or things we take for granted, like water in the tap, but things that had happened that day. A kind word, a chance encounter, or a friendly smile.  In all the time that I kept this discipline, which was hard, as I was quite demoralised at the time, there was never a day when I failed to find four things, that had happened that day, to give thanks to God for.

This blog is my opportunity to express, mainly for my benefit rather than anyone else's, thankfulness to God. Sometimes they will pertain to the day, other times they will be long term or eternal. Sometimes they will be earnest, other time they will be frivolous. The aim is to make one post each day, but that is an aim, not a rod for my back. Although I like to make well crafted blog posts, some of them may be rough and ready.

If you enjoy reading them, that is good, if not, find somebody else's blog to read.

Mike
Sunday 27th July 2014