Thankful Thursday

 

Happy Thursday, friends! I would love for you to join me in today's thankful link party that sweet Rebecca Jo started. She's still around occasionally, so keep checking her blog for updates and in the meantime, give her some love on Instagram. 

I am thankful to be in Colorado this week, helping both of my sisters. One is on vacation, and the other is still dealing with issues from when her house flooded, in case you're not a regular reader here. (We were together on vacation in the Cape Cod when she got word from her neighbor that water was pouring out of her house. A valve in her upstairs master bathroom burst under her sink and flooded the whole house, except for the kitchen. She lost almost all of her furniture and was put into a temporary house until it's all rebuilt.) I've been able to help her move a few things over to her new place, odds and ends type things, and Tuesday night after we ate dinner, we went to a flooring store so that she could start getting an idea of what type of floor she wants put back down when the time comes. I am the same way as she is, because lots of these work crews expect you to have a decision made about things like that fairly quickly, and it would be so hard to do that. So, that night was nice, because she knows what she wants now. 

I'm thankful that everyday my three people have either called me or answered their phones when I've called, which has been often. I've talked to my husband, my mom and my best friend multiple times each day, because it turns out that it's lonely staying by yourself all the time. I've also talked to all of my sons, which I'm grateful for, to be able to check on them and see how their week has been so far. 

I'm thankful for good places to eat and quality time spent with my family here. I've eaten with my nephew once and Lisa and I are eating dinner together every night. We have eaten some really great meals. One night we went to Logan's steakhouse, and Tuesday night we went to a great Mexican restaurant, Los Dos Potrillos. We shared steak fajitas and enjoyed chips, dips and their house margarita. I would have taken a picture, but I was too hungry. 

I'm thankful that I got a really good night of sleep Tuesday night! I slept well the first night I was here, but the other two nights weren't so great. I switched bedrooms and that was the key. I think it's just that I'm in a different place, with different noises. Being alone doesn't help, though I'm not scared to be here by myself. I have my handsome guard dog who has been my new best friend and faithful companion. He follows me everywhere I go—into the shower, into my room when I change clothes, to the garage when I go to the outside fridge...you get my drift.

Isn't Cowboy handsome? 

I'm so thankful I got to see my great nieces and niece! 

These pictures are only two of them: the older two are Kinsley and Kylie (pictured with her pumpkin). Madi and Macy had left with their mommy to take a nap when I took these, so I didn't see them as long as I did the older two, but both sets of girls are twins! K and K are 5 and M and M are 2. Unfortunately, they're all very sick right now. I'm praying and hoping they feel better so that we can do something fun before I have to leave. 

Lastly, I'm thankful for beautiful scenery.

I'm looking forward to exploring a little more today when I go out for some sight seeing and lunch. I'll be back tomorrow with my Friday Favorites post, so I hope you come back! Also, I host a fun monthly link party called Currently, where we share about things we're currently doing. To see October's version, you can click here and you can still participate, if you'd like! I leave the link open all month long. Next month's Currently post will be about what we're currently borrowing, buying, planning, prepping and reading. I hope you'll join us! It's such a fun post, so I hope you go to read October's version. Thanks for reading my blog, friends! Love to all! 

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