Would it be wrong to start my thankful Thursday post this week by saying I’m thankful spring is almost here and winter almost over?
I mean I’m realistic as I know our frost-free day is a long way off and we have had snow in May. However, warm spring breezes are coming. We had a few (too early) of those last week teasing us into thinking about spring plantings. Thankfully, I at least have my seed catalogs to curl up with on this snowy day.
A Few Thankful Things From Last Week/Weekend
I was thankful to get J outside to enjoy the snow with me for a bit. He probably would never admit it (teenagers) but I think he had fun. He even made me a free form snow penguin after I was telling him about seeing an ad for a mold for one. 
That snow (and the cute little penguin) are long gone and I was okay with that since a wonderful almost 70 degree day replaced it. The outside time did come with a price (a bribe of Wendy’s for dinner) and I was grateful that they got our order right! We have two picky eaters in this family and sometimes fast food drive thru windows are a bit challenging. 
Can’t recall the exact day but G and I had a bit of a spat right at dinner time. Normally, I probably could’ve shrugged it off but with all the extra stress from J’s situation I took it pretty hard. Let’s just say I was angry. Angry enough to leave the house and go for a drive. Like mother like son? I returned to find G also had gone for a drive. He came home and apologized to me. So, while it wasn’t an ideal evening, I am very thankful to have a son who is capable of admitting his mistakes and apologizing for them.
This Week So Far
Mentioned in yesterday’s post about my bargain flowers. Very excited and happy to have some bright flowers to brighten up this dull, snowy day. And that I bought two bouquets. One for the kitchen and a smaller one for the bedroom. 
I think I’d have fresh flowers in every room if I had the time and budget for it. Maybe one day I’ll finally achieve enough of a cut flower garden at home to do that. I just love fresh flowers, don’t you? 
On a different note, I am thankful for the new drinking glasses I found at Target. Plastic but logo free! We have glass glasses but the boys were always grabbing the plastic logo ones. I like that these look nice but are ultimately unbreakable (and dishwasher safe!) 
A Bit More in the Kitchen
Yesterday’s dinner was a bust. Neither quick nor delicious, Gordon Ramsay! I’ll take the blame for overcooking the chicken but turns out none of us are likely to book a trip to Morocco any time soon. The flavor profile was not for us. Couscous wasn’t awful but not good enough to round out our meal. And I forgot that poor G doesn’t like lemon in food unless maybe it’s a dessert.
All that to say I was thankful we had other options for dinner last night. Bowl of cereal for me (Even after spending so long making the dish, lots of chopping of veggies, I couldn’t do it), pretzels from QT for my husband and J. G went out with his friends later. At least now we know, we don’t like that flavor profile (I should have thought it out as I tasted the spice while fixing dinner and kind of thought it yucky but wanted to try it cooked.).
Rounding Out The Final Few Thankful Items for This Week
Thankful a friend let me know about receiving a digital order we’d both placed prior to Christmas (a download of a band concert) so I contacted the gentleman and figured out the problem, getting our order as well. It was supposed to take 4-6 weeks so we hadn’t thought much of it until recently.
Happy J was in a rare good mood last night.
And after a rather roller coaster week of emotions, I’m thankful to settle down, block it all out, and watch my guilty pleasure reality tv show, Joe Millionaire, later tonight.
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What’s on your thankful list this week?