Tag Archives: gratitude

Gratitude for laptops…

The PolyBlog
January 7 2015

Gratitude post for day #6…A strange idea, to give thanks for a simple instrument like a laptop, but I am. For Boxing Day, I picked up a new laptop. Primarily it is for me to use in the basement, and around the house. Occasionally, I’ll take it with me to a coffee shop or something. However, for work I have a smaller netbook that will do the job. It just wasn’t up to snuff for the extra work I do on it at home, and there are times I just want to surf and type while watching TV (my PC in the office isn’t quite so portable). Tonight, for instance, I watched an episode of the show Forever while I typed away on some stuff. I’m not completely set up on the laptop yet, still need to add some software and figure out how to easily toggle the touchpad on and off, but it was great. Andrea will likely use it too for school in the fall as she finishes her Masters, my only concern then being battery life for her. Nice large screen though 🙂

Onward in the journey…

Gratitude for snowblowers…

The PolyBlog
January 4 2015

Gratitude post for day #4…Today I had planned to get up a bit late, drive the cub and wife to swimming and go on to grocery shopping. Unfortunately, I completely forgot about having to clear the driveway this morning. Brutal ice and snow, but not yet frozen, so I’m grateful for that at least. However, mostly I was grateful for the snowblower I was using. I bought it about five years ago at the old house where I had a huge driveway and walkway. I could easily get rid of it with the small area I have now, but honestly, it makes life so much easier that I’m reluctant to part with it. I’d love not to have to worry about space for it, but a couple of times a year it is worth its weight in gold. Today was one of those days.

That’s my single item for today! Onward in the journey…

Gratitude for friends and garages

The PolyBlog
January 4 2015

Gratitude post for day #3…Today I am feeling grateful for 2 things. First, that Jacob has friends. That probably sounds like a no-brainer to some people, but it isn’t. Jacob is an introvert, has some sensory issues, and wears glasses and walks differently. And he never really bonded with his daycare friends early on, at least not enough that we wanted to do playdates. Add in that we were so tired the first couple of years (more on that later in the year), and the neighbourhood didn’t produce automatic peers, and the result was that he didn’t have a lot of “friends”. School helped change that, and he has a friend coming over tomorrow. Today, one of Mommy’s friends came over and brought her son Conlin. Jacob was SOOOO excited and loves to have visitors.

I’m also grateful for a garage. I had to scrape the car a couple of times today when I was out and about, and that was the first time this year. It was nice to know that the garage had room in it for the car when I got home.

That’s it for today! Onward in the journey…

Gratitude for laughter, skills, selection and orbits

The PolyBlog
January 2 2015

Today I am feeling grateful for four things. First, Jacob’s laughter. Andrea and I regularly comment that we have to get an updated version of his laughter on video because when he gets going when he is giddy, it is incredibly infectious. Tonight was no exception! Thanks, dude…

Second, Jacob’s new-found computer skills. I think I’m grateful. Double-edged sword. I have joked about Jacob being eventually able to hack my computer, etc, or that he has shown Nana things on her iPad. Well, Jacob has learned how to move the icons around on my phone, so he decided that all “his” apps should be on “his” screen (I have one screen where most of his games were). But “his” list has grown to include some of my games, like backgammon. So he just went into the folders where they were and moved them all over to the other screen. He’s seen me do it, and it’s not rocket science, but I was a bit surprised last night to find some of my favourites suddenly missing!

Third, it’s a bit weird, but I am grateful for living in Canada where there are selections of goods like at Ikea. Way too much time there this afternoon, to get only a handful of things, but the selection was nice.

Fourth, I am grateful for the moon. My blog earlier today for my goals was about the wish to get back into astronomy, and tonight’s moon was awesome. I ended up just doing a bit of naked-eye observing, but it was a clear moonrise today, hanging out there for all to see and enjoy.

That’s it for today! Onward in the journey…