Weather Day Gratitude

It's a weather day. Weather several days, at that. Sleet then snow then rain repeat repeat, power outages, the frozen ground a sheet of ice under all the helter-skelter precipitation.

Even Phil, who couldn't help himself and had to go out across the bay in his tiny inflatable boat in a short break in the weather yesterday, is saying that it's not a good day to be out and about. And our kettle quit working yesterday and my immersion blender died this morning (just as I'd been so appreciating and loving on it!), so I'm motivated to see if they can be replaced locally!

Meanwhile, I'm appreciating the challenge to focus on Bliss, and to make lemonade from life's lemons. Honestly, I haven't been all good. But coming here is like a toll on the bell to remind me that I don't need to feel helpless in the face of the weather, either outside or within my own head! I'm grateful that our power is mostly on. I'm grateful to be warm, and to be able to heat water for tea even without the kettle. I'm grateful that the dehydrator is humming with the first batch of goodies I'm planning on sharing as holiday gifts. Grateful to have people to give them to.

To Phil, I'm sorry that I've been difficult lately. Parallel to my breadcrumb trail of pills, I'll aim to build a trail of reminders to try to do better.