My Sunday Six reasons to smile

Hello everyone. I hope that all of you are having a good Sunday. I am in a rush today but I would like to tell you about 6 things that I am thankful for and have made me smile this week.

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1. I am happy that it is February.

I can hardly believe that it is February already. Where did January go? I love February. I love anything to do with hearts, flowers, candy, love, friendship and Valentines.... and...

February has it all.... on top of all of this, Marie Callendar has her bi-annual pie sale in Feb. All of her pies only cost $5.99 this month. I will surely take advantage of that....since I am sure pies are on my diet... well maybe not.... but what the heck... it is February.

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2. I am thankful for medicine

As several of you know I have not been feeling well for the past couple of weeks. I often get tummy aches and have nausea and other ailments from IBS... but... this time the IBS was complicated with an infection. I was pretty miserable. However, I am feeling much better today. My doctor gave me pills for the tummy ache, nausea, diarrhea and an antibiotic for the infection. Hey, I may be a druggie but I surely am glad for these modern medicines that can help me. The only problem that I had was remembering to take them as directed. I wish that I could just get rid of the IBS but until that time, at least medicine helps me cope... and that makes me smile.

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3. My bed makes me smile.

I am so thankful to have a warm, comfortable bed to snuggle up in. I was delighted to be in St. George last weekend to watch Johnny compete in Gymnastics, (He did great....if you didn't see my post about him please look at last week's Sunday Six. He was amazing.) However, since I was sick the whole time, I was glad to get home to my own bed. It seems no bed is as good as your own ...especially when you are sick.

I do not take this comfort for granted. I have been volunteering weekly at our local homeless shelter for the past year and a half. After their dinner is over, the tables are moved away and mats are put out on the cement floor. Each person is given a sheet and a towel. I know that the shelter is better than being out on the streets but I always feel sad that they don't have comfortable beds to sleep in. Having a nice bed to sleep in makes me smile.
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4. I am so glad that I have a sewing room and nice machines.

One of my lovely Brother electronic machines is not feeling well and has to go to the sewing machine hospital. I will miss it terribly while it is gone. I love being able to sew this or that any time I want to. Since my last child moved out I have converted his old bedroom into a sewing room. I can keep my embroidery machine, sewing machine and two sergers out and ready to be used at any time. I used to have to get out and set up a machine on my kitchen table when I wanted to sew or repair a garment. I so enjoy having a room that I can dedicate to my many sewing projects and not have to clean up until the project is finished.

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Today I got a box full of fabric from church that we are asked to make into school bags for children in 3rd world countries. Our ward (our local congregation) was asked to make 200 bags by the end of the month. I hope to get twenty five or more done this week. Since I have my own sewing room I can leave the bags out and drop by and make one as time permits. That makes me smile.
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5. Having a computer and Internet makes me smile.

I have said it many times before but I must say it again... I am so thankful for all of you blog friends. You touch my heart and have expanded my world. You set good examples for me. You make me laugh. You make me cry. You boost my spirits when I am low and you celebrate with me when I am happy, Thank you for being my friends. I really appreciate you more than you probably realize. Having you for friends makes me smile.
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6. Airplanes make me smile.
This week airplanes will bring me and my dear blog friend, Marie together. What a blessing that is to me. We live in a marvelous time when we can travel across the globe in no time at all. I am smiling just thinking about it.


I hope that you too have had much to smile about this past week.
I love hearing from you so please leave me a comment if you have time.
Have a good week to come. Love, Lura