What are YOU grateful for?

This is just a random post.

I was blessed last week with winning an Xbox 360 with Kinnect from my work for doing the most sales during the month of October (yay me!) I was told that I succeeded in getting 2-3 weeks of work for our company during the slowest month of the year!

Very unlike me - and yet, like me all at once; I'll explain - tonight, we went to Costco and I got a new game for the Xbox. It was $5 off, which was somewhat frugally minded of me. (Hence my previous statement!)

Well, in addition to that, I was thinking about how much Robert and I have been blessed this past year: we made it through a really tough year, we got a second honeymoon to Hawaii nearly free, we went camping, we were given a new armoire and some cute canvas storage bins, we were provided for in times of need, I am making more money working part-time than I ever did full-time, and the list goes on and on.

I've been thinking of things daily that I'm thankful for. A local church has this on their readerboard this week: "What if you woke up tomorrow with only the things you thanked God for yesterday?"

So far, here is my list:

Nov. 1st: I'm thankful for my jobless existence from October 2010 to August 2011. It taught us a lot, and showed me that I really shouldn't be doing a job I don't like and am not valued at. It also showed me that we got by just fine with willingness to submit to the Lord and sacrifice!

Nov. 2nd: I'm thankful for the opportunities to fellowship with other women, if only over coffee for a few hours at a cozy coffee house.

Nov. 3rd: I'm thankful for the conviction of my heart to open my home in hospitality to others. Despite cruel words, mean statements and my worried thoughts about how my house and home are perceived to others, I still do it, and I'm happy to!

Nov. 4th: This one is a tough one. I was driving around for 2 hours after work, running errands, doing more hunting for vendors for my home business, etc. I caught myself having a terrible attitude, thinking things like, "I just want to go HOME! I'm hungry and tired, and I don't want to do this!" It was so bad. I stopped and prayed, thanking God that I had a nice SUV to run errands in, that I had to deposit my paycheck and stand in a long line at the credit union, that I was hungry, and that I had a husband who was waiting for me - because it reminded me that I'm blessed to have that SUV, I'm earning a good paycheck and contributing to my family's income, I had food to come home to, and a husband who loves me. ALL VERY IMPORTANT THINGS!

Nov. 5th: Today, I am very thankful for little luxuries like a game system. We didn't have this stuff growing up. I'm not used to it. I didn't even know how to turn it on when I first got it! We had a Super NES - 3 years after they came out. That was as close as it came to a nice gaming system. While I don't NEED it, God has blessed me with it for some reason! Maybe it's just a way for us to spend more time with our friends, or for us to allow the youth at church to come and play while we fellowship over food or a Bible Study - I don't know. We'll see what God has planned! I'm having fun with it in the meantime, especially with the Kinnect!

What are YOU grateful for? Please, comment below! Just hit "Post a comment."