Life is GOOD over here July 29th

Posted by: Meg Whitton

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Things to be grateful for on Thursday July 29

1.  That I didn't swear when I left my microphone on this morning and argued with Josh and Kyle.  I enjoy being employed.
2.  On that note.....I am grateful for employment
3.  Outdoor sports and the bleachers I get to sit in whilst I lounge and cheer them on
4.  Free pizza
5.  One more "work" day before I get to go camping in Tobermory!!!!!!!!!!



Things to be grateful for on Wednesday July 28

Um, I had a horseshoe up my @ss this am and I am grateful five times over for this...

1.  The officer looked at her watch, saw it was 5:23am, and told me not to be such an idiot.
2. The officer  looked at her watch, saw it was 5:23am, and told me not to be such an idiot.
3. The officer  looked at her watch, saw it was 5:23am, and told me not to be such an idiot.
4. The officer  looked at her watch, saw it was 5:23am, and told me not to be such an idiot.
5. The officer  looked at her watch, saw it was 5:23am, and told me not to be such an idiot.

I am going to give blood today as a way of Paying It Forward.  231 Bayview Drive Barrie.  7:30am - 1pm.  http://www.bloodservices.ca/

Things to be grateful for on Tuesday July 27

1.  When people let you in front of them in the grocery line because you only have 1 thing:)
2. To have parents that come up and visit......and keep themselves busy until you finish your afternoon nap, bring the ENTIRE MEAL cooked from up home up the 400, including the beer and wine and then leave you the extra booze:)
3. I enjoy the ability we have to record studio phone calls and then listen to the best drunk ones over and over again off the air.....just so you know....We play them at our Xmas party;)
4. The day you get mail and it's a new magazine, an actual letter and NO BILLS!
5.  I haven't shovelled my driveway in 4 months:)




Things to be grateful for on Monday July 26

1.  The smell when you drive by a lake
2. Drinking coffee on a deck with friends who have been all over the world and came back to see you and share what they saw
3. Getting in a pickup truck barefoot in your bathing suit
4. floating down a river in an innertube with a floating cooler
5. Sunday morning drive through the Kawarthas with coffee
6.  Not having to get on the 400 on a Sunday:)



Things to be thankful for on Friday July 23

1. The 400 is OPEN today!  (wasn't yesterday, and that BLEW)
2. Roadside Ontario Corn!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It's corn season!
3. Floss
4. being able to get a full night's sleep.  zzzzzzzzz
5. Friday!!!!!!! and getting invited to a cottage!!!!  Things to be thankful for on Thursday July 22

1.  Got LOCAL blueberries from Barrie Hill Farms at the Superstore!  $1.97 a pint!
2. Plant prices have been obliterated because it's late in the season.   Get those perennials now!
3.  Fresh vegetables are coming up!  Green onions, peas and beans!
4.  swimming in a lake!  So many people don't get to do this!
5.  When someone else makes the coffee


Things to be thankful for on Wednesday July 21

 1. Raid.  Murder in a can. 
2.  Midnight thunderstorms and sunny days
3. customer service reps who know the answers to your questions and who have a sense of humour.  *Hallelujah*
4.  That Roop is coming back tomorrow
5. mint chocolate chip ice cream.  waffle cone.

Things to be thankful for on Tuesday July 20th

1.       It’s not even half way through summer yet!

2.      Being able to live somewhere where I don’t necessarily have to lock all my doors and windows and fear for my safety

3.      Youtube and ehow.com……it is seriously amazing how much I’ve learned from these sites….for eg…..how to anchor a clothesline pole……turns out this job requires concrete;)

4.      Facebook…..for entirely different reasons….I can’t explain the voyeuristic pleasure I get from seeing what people I haven’t seen in 15 years are doing with their lives…

5.       BBQ lighters….they have taken the fear of explosion out of lighting the BBQ….sweet!

 

Things to be thankful for on Monday July 19th

6.      Being able to be on the 400 N on Sunday night and not have to be stuck in the 400 S traffic!

7.       The invention of the snooze button

8.      Watching very small animals try to catch things that don’t exist

9.      Being so full that you have to take a break  before dessert, but then still eating dessert

10.   That absolutely no part of my job requires hard physical labour…mmmm…this chair is comfy...

 

 

Things to be thankful for on Friday July ???

1.       The smell after you JUST cut your lawn & experiencing it in a lawnchair with a beer

2.      Going to the mail and getting a cheque of ANY KIND….refund, rebate, government…..who cares?

3.      Seeing a cop come up behind you with his lights flashing, pulling over, but he keeps going

4.      The first sip of coffee

5.       Even better if someone BRINGS you that coffee….oh happy day…


Things to be thankful for on Thursday July???

1.       Getting to Squish all those beetles that eat my plants…..ha ha ha suckers

2.      When you’re at a bonfire and the next day you put on the same hoodie and it smells like camping!

3.      Seeing a gross, creepy water snake but NOT being in the water…..sssssss….

4.      Being at a fancy restaurant where they serve ‘pomme frites’.  Let’s be honest, those are totally French fries but you don’t have to admit you’d rather have French fries than vegetables with your  filet mignon

5.       Filet mignon

 

Things to be thankful for on Wednesday July????

1.        Being the first car on a straight road with no cops in sight

2.      Your favourite song on the radio

3.      Living where you can see the stars in the sky!

4.      Wireless, highspeed internet…..oh so glorious….

5.       Um, this is gross but I don’t care…when you get a sunburn and you can peel off your skin….eeeew…..but so satisfying…..


Things to be thankful for on.....Tuesday JULY ????

1. Meredith coming to visit
2.  Banana and chocolate chip pancakes!
3. Road trips!
4. being able to go for an morning run before it's stinking hot
5. running by the water!



Things to be thankful for on...Monday July ????

1.  Not knowing the date cause I'm on holidays
2. Thunderstorms (sans Tornado thank you very much)
3. Josh's pool
4. being on a laptop with a bailey's and coffee (ya, I'm on holidays but this takes 13 seconds)
5. the smell of a fresh cut lawn!


Things to be grateful for on Friday, JULY 9th 1.  The RAIN!!!!

2. Having a beer and buttertart on the patio

3.  at noon.

4.  on a thursday.

5.  BBQ RIBS!!!!!!!!!!  We came 5th....but I swear to you those ribs were DELICIOUS.

Thursday JULY 8th, things I’m grateful for....

1.       The delicious anticipation of HOLIDAYS!

2.      Having a vehicle in (mostly) good working order

3.      My BIKE!

4.
     
Being able to leave my car barefoot to go meet friends.  Wooo Summer!

5.      Having friends who not only are willing to help fix my car, but actually kinda like it!


Wednesday July 7, I am grateful for...

1. popsicles
2. air conditioning
3. getting free tickets at work
4.  being able to stick my feet in Georgian Bay during the intermission of that free show;)
5.  coping out of biking on THE day they saw A BEAR!!!  "Mother of God Pedal Faster!"


Tuesday JULY 6, I am grateful for....

1.  being able to buy Tomatoes that were GROWN IN CANADA
2.  My friend Ange coming over to visit
3.  Ange bringing vodka for delicious summertime ceasars (I pickle my own green beans.  They are delicious!)
4.  This year's green beans began to flower today!
5.  ice cubes

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