Grateful Friday

Today I give thanks for...

What a difference a day can make. This morning I woke a half hour before my alarm feeling rested. My leg was so much improved from just the day before that I decided to postpone the doctor's appointment I made late yesterday afternoon when it seemed no progress was being made. The sun is shining and the air is crisp, yet pleasant. It is a good new day.

steel cut oats with a dollop of peanut butter, a splash of almond milk and a perfectly ripe banana.

Modern Family on Wednesday nights.

T. Bone realizing that it may be wise to share some of the burden that is middle school with his older, wiser, been there done that parents. He came home from football practice last night at 7:20, ate dinner and took out the trash by 8:00 and still had to study for 3 tests today, which he claims he "aced." It never occurred to him to carve out a little time each night of the week to lessen the burden. There is a reason they say: live and learn.

Miss Bit made a new friend this week who called to invite her for a playdate next week. She is beyond excited.

Hubby told me that t. bone was talking up dinner the other night during practice. I made pulled pork and homemade applesauce. There would have been enough for the whole team.

retail therapy...it helps...helped this week.

T. Bone serenading me on his guitar after school today. He played and sang Hey Jude.

Today is the first day of fall. I love autumn for all its abundance and also...acorn squash, auburn and aubergine leaves, allspice, apple crisp, baking breads, battening down the hatches, being present, brisk mornings and nights, chili, color tours, cider - tart and hot, cinnamon, comfort in a crock pot, casseroles, cashmere cardigans, costumes, crafts, cuddles, coziness, Carmel apples, dappled sunshine, daylight saving time, date for anniversary, dens, ease, football - Saturdays and Sundays - festivals, family time, fellowship, flannel and fleece, the fall line-up, flux, fat and furry friends, gourds, ghosts and ghouls and goblins, game nights, hay rides, homecomings, a harvest moon, HOME, Indian corn, Indian summer, It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, Gritch the Witch, jazz on cloudy mornings, jack o' lanterns, leaf littered lawns, mums, mummies, movie nights, Man With A Golden Arm as told by Grandpa, orange and ocher and olive, pumpkins - bars, bread, lattes, seeds and in patches, on porches - plenty, piety, soups, stews, scarecrows, staying warm under afghans or in front of fires, stadium blankets, starry skies, team: sweatshirts, spirit, rivalry - trick or treat, time to reflect, vests, Vince Guaraldi, wool: socks, hats and sweaters, warmth inside and out.

Dinner out tonight with the girls at a yummy bistro. Looking forward to it after a long, hard week, but not sure French food will agree with my tummy on strong antibiotics.