Tall red poppies bloom against the brick remains of an old homestead A couple of weeks ago, John and I hiked in Alpine, Utah, to see the poppy gardens near the old Lambert homestead. We knew if we waited, we would miss the peak of the flowers. One minute, flowers are blooming, and the next minute, that particular floral show is over until next year. The Ten Things of Thankful blog hop runs every week, but sometimes I miss the boat and don't get a post composed. I find, though, that those weeks that I do join in, I'm more apt to look for (and find!) the good in life--regardless of whether it was a "good" week or a "bad" week. Just as taking time to hike pays off with a beautiful view, taking the time to share ten things I'm thankful for pays off with a feeling of peace, satisfaction, and gratitude. The past three weeks have been spent at home. It's been so nice to catch up on things here. The air conditioner cools the house again, we've taken ...
I get overwhelmed with long lists, so I try hard to focus on three or four items.
ReplyDeleteI prefer to ignore the long ones. :)
ReplyDeleteReally, I have to organize the list into smaller ones.
I use Google Tasks and I don't think I've ever had a day when I got to check everything off the list. Maybe someday!
ReplyDeleteDivide a long list in 2 or 3 smaller ones or if that's too hard to do, just start on the top and work my way down. I love making lists and crossing off everything I already did. Sometimes I'm sneaky and put something on the list that's already done, just so I can cross something of at the beginning. Silly maybe, but it works for me....
ReplyDeleteMy lists are more timed goal, finish laundry and put clothes away by Thursday - plant flowers and clean yard by mother's day (does that make sense ) then broken done by categories, house, cleaning, shopping -
ReplyDeleteNow hubby always has a to do list for his day off (makes one himself) - and usually it is left on the counter top, if I see it I always add to the list - hug wifey, when you are at the store buy something nice for wifey, tell wifey you love her - things like that LOL
Good to hear you are not on shuffle - :)