THANKFUL THURSDAY/ AUGUST.

Oops! It's September and it's not thursday...I've been away and just getting back into routines so please excuse the lateness. Once again here is what I have been thankful for this month.

one. Family time! Always thankful for this but I've been lucky enough to have a lot this month.
two. Travel.
three. Shift work, working out pretty well for me right now.
four. Hospitality.
five. Free time...
six. ...and appreciation of routine that comes with it.
seven. Food! So many tasty meals this month.
eight. Opportunities to soak up the last of this season.
nine. Seasons.

THANKFUL THURSDAY/ JULY.

Cutting it a bit close but here we are, what I've been thankful for this month...

one. My home.
two. Travel plans for the rest summer and some of autumn.
three. Seasons.
four. Excuses to celebrate! There have been quite a few this month and I am not complaining.

five. Great new films and cinema trips.
six. Pancakes.. all breakfast food in fact, I love it.
seven. This blog. Even if I don't manage to post very frequently, I like having my little space to share.

eight. Sisters and seeing them more.
nine. Sillyness. 

xx

THANKFUL THURSDAY/ JUNE.

How is it the end of another month already? A bit of a rambley one this month so I apologise in advance...

one. The SUN! It made a proper appearance this month and I have been so thankful to have a few days of summer and a break from work.
two. The ballet. I managed to squeeze in a trip to see Northern Ballet's mixed programme last week. It was so great and inspired me more to take it up again....
three. ...it also made me equally grateful for parents who valued taking me to see dance, theatre and musicals from a young age.
four. Church. I don't say enough how grateful I am to be part of a group of people who truly love Jesus and try to live out what the Bible says.
five. Music, in particular a few 8tacks playlists from my little sister, she has excellent taste and it saves me having to do it! 
six. Facetime. 
seven. Wild flowers. They are surprisingly everywhere which makes me so happy, especially living in a city.
eight. Getting back into the kitchen.
nine. A God that is constant in all my inconsistency.

...and here is a bonus picture from earlier this month. No reason to share this but I think it's pretty.
Hope you've had a wonderful June
xx

THANKFUL THURSDAY/ MAY.

It's that time again...cutting it close as there are only a few days left of May! A few things I've been thankful for this month.

one. Best friend time, especially before two months on different sides of the world
two. The sky, always changing and always beautiful
three. My Dad. It was his birthday this month and he is incredible, so thankful for him
four. TV shows (Grey's Anatomy, New Girl and Breaking Bad right now)
five. Laughter
six. Rearranging and organising my house, makes be overly happy!
seven. Purpose 
eight. Making a dint in this list, progress
nine. Tasty gifts from Italy can't wait to eat them

THANKFUL THURSDAY/ APRIL.

one. Holidays! Two full weeks off work

two. Spring and blossom and green finally appearing on the trees

three. Music

four. My camera, I have been really grateful to have the chance to get used to using it this month

five. Easter

six. Reminiscing with friends 

seven. The sun and at times it actually being warm enough to not wear a coat or tights!...debatable but I went for it

eight. Reading

nine. Family time

THANKFUL THURSDAY/ MARCH.

I have been posting Thankful Thursday for 6months now! I thought about stopping but it feels really important to be actively thankful and to keep reminding myself of good things from the past month. 

one. Lighter mornings, making getting up for work a lot easier

two. Learning, mistakes and forgiveness

three. Celebrations big and small

four. Reading

five. Eating out, yum!

six. A holiday that's just around the corner...

seven. Honesty

eight. Enjoying my job

nine. Laughter

PS. As it's Mother's Day on Sunday, my best friends Lucy and Nate asked me to guest post over on their blog a few days ago. Just a little bit about my incredible Mum and what she has taught me if you fancy checking it out! I'll be sharing more on Sunday.

Happy Thursday!
xx

THANKFUL THURSDAY/ FEBRUARY.

Oops! Still thankful even if it's Friday.

A few things I've been feeling grateful for this month..

one. The sun, the days are getting longer slowly but surely

two. Peanut butter, I've been missing out all these years!

three. Birthdays and sleepovers

four. Cooking new recipes

five. My house

six. Time off to pay some visits that were much overdue

seven. Prayer 

eight. Community

nine. Trains, great time for reading 

xx

THANKFUL THURSDAY/ JANUARY.

A few things I'm thankful for so far this month.

one my mum. She's the best and tomorrow is her birthday!
two new starts, this year is going to be packed full of so many great things

three sleep, extra thankful I can fall asleep easily as these past few weeks have been busy four Leeds, I really love this city
five friends who come to stay at a moments notice and make my house feel more like home 
six my landlord fixing all the things I have no idea how to
seven my hot water bottle
eight sisters
nine love film helping me to finally see some films that I've been meaning to watch for ages

THANKFUL THURSDAY/ DECEMBER.

one my bed. I've been working nights this week and it is the BEST getting to snuggle up after a long shift

two making it to the cinema more regularly, I love it!

three Christmas lights, cooking, traditions, songs, buying gifts. Getting into the full swing of things well and truly 

four a week off work last week meaning  friends could visit that I haven't seen in a too long 

five a new coat with the warmest hood I've been wearing even when it's not raining or snowing
six finally getting the last pieces of furniture for the house, yes to no boxes on the floor
seven this advent series and the encouragement of a friend following it alongside me
eight living close enough for impromptue visits from friends
nine a housemate who walks half and hour with me each way to buy a real Christmas tree and hangs out my washing!

THANKFUL THURSDAY/ NOVEMBER.

one new socks

two my new house. Not fully moved in but so happy to have found somewhere to make mine
three health! I've been a bit unwell these past few days and it's massively made me appreciate how infrequently this happens
four films (and having time to watch them!)

five trains
six new tv series
seven my big brother
eight my walk to work. I feel like I haven't had a chance to get out of the house apart from my walk to and from work so being able to be outside it has been greatly appreciated 
nine thoughtful loving friends (and my near constant stream of letters and parcels!)

x

THANKFUL THURSDAY.

I've decided to start a regular post as a way of remembering the ways in which I am thankful. This is partly inspired by some friends of mine and by similar posts on other blogs. Lauren, I promise I'm not copying your posts - we obviously think too similarly, ha! 

It's easy to focus on the things haven't gone to plan and forget about all the good things that are happening to me everyday. This has been especially true these past few weeks but I hope that by making myself stop to acknowledging and appreciate things to be thankful for, I will be quicker to appreciate, more grateful and slower to complain. 

I don't intend this to be a fancy or exciting list but more of an exercise to help me to actively consider each week how blessed I am and something to look back on if I forget.

one the most welcoming and generous friends 

two my job

three fresh air

four slippers

five mobile phones, laptops, letters - so many ways to keep in touch

six freedom

seven books and having time to read them

eight new tv series starting again

nine unending grace and forgiveness

I hope you feel encouraged to appreciate the little (and big) things going on with you right now

x