Thankful Thursdays

Last year I started Things I Love Thursdays and then (as with so many other things!) never really kept it going. The idea however, has not stopped rattling around in my head, but I want to change it to Thankful Thursdays instead. I want to keep this regular, not only to remind me to be always thankful, but also as part of my One Little Word challenge for this year. How can I be negative when I have so much to be thankful for?

So without further ado, here's what I'm thankful for this week:

Okay, this may look a little strange - I'm thankful for Woolies?!? Well, yes! You see, today was the Grand Opening for Woolworths in my village and it has been long awaited. There is a Coles up the road in the next village (along with Aldi), but I've always preferred shopping at Woolies. Why? Well, I find the prices are (somewhat) cheaper than Coles and the store layout/experience is much nicer. Besides, they have self-checkout and I love that! LOL

It's not the biggest of Woolies, but it carries most of what I usually buy so I can't complain. Besides, it's all new and shiny and who doesn't like new and shiny?!? LOL

I'm also thankful for the freebies I got today, being Grand Opening day. A lovely single pink rose, a reuseable shopping bag and best of all, a pack of fresh hot cross buns! Mmmm...

So thanks (heh heh) for putting up with my waffle about Woolies, and yes, I probably do need to get a life! LOL

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Credits: Just wanted to add a credit line for the Thankful Thursdays graphic. I adapted a label from Summertime digi kit by Crystal Wilkerson. Fonts are Wendy Medium and Heineken.

TILT - Things I Love Thursday

Welcome to the second installment of TILT - Things I Love Thursday.

I went out to lunch with Gus this week and to my delight, I discovered that my local Deli is now stocking Byron Bay Coffee Company's Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans! Woo hoo! These are the most delicious chocolate covered coffee beans I've ever tasted. AND they come in dark chocolate - heaven!!

So today, I'm thankful for the simple pleasures in life - like finding my local deli selling one of my favourite treats. :D

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Elements used: Jen Martakis DSD 2009 Digi template from 2Peas; Farrah's Designer Scraps Give A Little papers (recoloured), flower and sequins. This is my first digi layout completely done in Photoshop - whoo hoo!!

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TILT - Things I Love Thursday

A recent blog post by Shimelle contained a link to a scrapbooker by the name of Joy Madison. I quite like her scrapbooking style and I'm really taken with her heartfelt and very honest blog posts.

Last Thursday she restarted her weekly posts, TILT - Things I Love Thursday. She invited others to participate too and I've put my hand up. It sounds like a wonderful thing to do and I might even incorporate some things I'm grateful for as well as things I love. TILT is going to be great therapy for me as I really do need to be reminded of the things I love and am grateful for rather than continually dwelling on the things I hate or things that annoy/frustrate me.

If you want to participate too - pop on over to Joy's blog, let her know and she'll add you to the list!

So, for my first TILT post*, here is what I love:

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Of course, it's my hubby - Gus!!

I've known Gus now for 11 years and we've been married for 9 of those 11 years. He is a gentle, caring man who loves me unconditionally - which makes it easier for him to put up with my ever changing moods! He has taught me to be optimistic rather than pessimistic; to think logically and practically instead of emotionally (although I definitely need heaps more practice with this one!); to see things from a different point of view; and reminds me to remain grounded when life gets too overwhelming.

Today I love my awesome hubby.

(PS. That's not to say that I don't love him every other day!! I do! LOL)

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* Just for clarification, none of these TILT posts will be in any preferential order. They'll be in order of whatever I can think up on the day! LOL