Gratitude in my attitude!

It's a new morning and with it another chance at hopefulness and resolve.

I remembered a year old gift card to Target yesterday and coupled with a Christmas gift card I received this year I was off to the big red bullseye yesterday to get some much needed groceries 🎯 stocked up on food for cats and humans and am feeling much more agreeable today.

I think I'm one day closer to getting paid for work- or should be. Just to set the record straight- I'm not in dire straits because I don't work...in fact I work every day...but the nature of some of this work dictates I don't get paid until someone decides the work is done. And sometimes this can drag on- not through any fault of my own. So I've got to start creating other avenues of revenue and digging myself out of this hole I've found myself in. But I digress...it's a day of gratitude!

1. There is now food!

2. I am in pretty good health right now!

3. I have a roof over my head-right now anyways!

4. I have the skills to pay the bills and the brains to figure it out.

5. There are good people and animals in my world 💜

6. I get to do what I love more often than others- I am blessed!

And right now I'm going to go work out and feel thankful for my body that moves and works and isn't hurting very much today. Hope everyones has much to be grateful for too!

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