Wage a Battle Against Embitterment With Schmutzie’s 365 Days of Grace in Small Things

1. Being so busy at work that I don’t have time to write (trying to see the silver lining, mah peepull)
2. Snowflakes that are so big and fat and sparkly that it looks like movie snow
3. A rough night at work making me feel more competent
4. Breaking a streak of insomnia
5. Staying in bed and watching a movie on my laptop

Wage a Battle Against Embitterment With Schmutzie’s 365 Days of Grace in Small Things

1. Campbell’s chicken noodle soup and saltine crackers
2. A kind offer to start my car ten minutes before my shift was over so I could get into a toasty, defrosted heatmobile
3. Yummy new music from iTunes (with thanks to Dad/Mom– I used my birfday money!)
4. A new color of nail polish (if inquiring minds want to know, it’s Avon Cherry Jubilee and I totally fuzzy-with-little-pompoms HEART it)
5. Making it four days without a cigarette, including the trigger-happy and wrought with danger First Smokefree Shift at Work AND car ride there and back; which I did indeed survive both successfully AND unscathed

Wage a Battle Against Embitterment With Schmutzie’s 365 Days of Grace in Small Things

1. Giving all my plants a good spray down in the sink, and the smell reminds me of spring
2. Getting and putting up a grow light for the zebra plant I almost committed plantslaughter against
3. Fuzzy slippers
4. Removing cobwebs from corners
5. Watching my son blow bubbles and my dog try to catch every single one

Wage a Battle Against Embitterment With Schmutzie’s 365 Days of Grace in Small Things

Let’s kick off GisT ’10!

1. All of the well wishes for a fabulous 2010 all over Twitter and Facebook
2. A day I don’t have to leave the house; my agenda lists laying on the couch watching Friends on DVD and writing a couple blog posts
3. The satisfaction of finishing another section of my quilt and leaning back and admiring how the pieces look together
4. Sleeping with Tom the whole night long
5. My son’s new deep voice

Wage a Battle Against Embitterment With Schmutzie’s 365 Days of Grace in Small Things

I was trying to come up with something to write about and realized somehow I abandoned Grace in Small Things. Well, sort of. I didn’t mean to, but I quit writing GiST posts; but I do actively look for small blessings as I go through my day. Life gets better when you’re cruising through and seeking for something to be grateful.

My plan: GiST here today picking up where I left on with number 12, then start over fresh on January 1st. So here we go!

1. Chocolate Raspberry cocoa mix in my morning coffee
2. Feeling Emma (my small, snotty cheerleader bitch of a cat) purr
3. A full, hour-long body massage from my bestest friend
4. Burger King double cheeseburger with ketchup, lettuce, and mayo
5. A Monopoly game with the guys at my shelter