Part of feeling grateful for the things I have is taking care of these things and maintaining them to the best of my ability. I will demonstrate this new acknowledgment of my gratefulness by cleaning my house - at least starting to clean my house. I will start today by vacuuming and mopping the kitchen and living room floors. I will have a lot of cleaning to do in the next few weeks in preparation for my mother-in-law's visit (June 18th), but today, just a little maintenance is needed. My daughter's favorite blanket is completely covered in pet hair everyday since it is the shedding season. Both the cat and the dog (and mom) are shedding their hair at an alarming rate while the weather is heating up. We are all prepping for a hot summer.
So, today I'm grateful for my sweet, little house. It is not my dream house, but we do own it and it provides shelter and a respite from the rest of the world. It is a pleasure to curl up in the living room with a raging fire and a nice movie on a cold, windy winter night. And in the summer we have a lovely vegetable garden in the back where we grow tomatoes, squash and large, happy sunflowers. I'm still hoping for another great haul of pumpkins, since each year our efforts are thwarted by the squash bugs, but we do try. The front yard will have lovely, fragrant flowers: day lillies, marigolds, gerbera daisys and peonys.
Thank you, little blue house, for keeping us safe, warm and relaxed. For giving us a place to rest our heads each night and a place to plan and dream for our future.
~Green
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