1,000 gifts---January

Started listed my 1,000 gifts following reading the book by that title by Ann Voskamp.

1.       Watching Conner play in the 1^st snow of the season.

2.       A hot fire in the wood burner

3.       24 chickens dashing to get out of the coop 1^st, after being in all night.

4.       Freshly lit candle

5.       Doggie kisses from Katie

6.       The smell of a cold winter day

7.       Naptime!

8.       Opening up a bag of cut up green peppers and be reminding of spring

9.       A stressed out moment and Conner coming up to me and asking if I can take him on a honeymoon!  Instant smile!

10.   Amish bread pulled from the freezer for instant breakfast

11.   Leftovers

12.   50 degrees on a day in January

13.   Grace

14.   Beautiful hills of southern Ohio

15.   Church

16.   Friendship

17.   A child’s hand

18.   Full moons

19.   Popcorn

20.   Cast iron skillets

21.   Sweepers

22.   Old photos

23.   Fuzzy socks

24.   Eggs picked fresh from the coop and fried in bacon grease for breakfast

25.   Freshly ground wheat

26.   Fresh loaf of homemade bread

27.   A vet that can get you in on a last minute notice

28.   Snowflakes on my nose

29.   Mittens

30.   The cat knocking over and breaking our old lamp and finally being able to buy one that I like.

31.   Your Father’s Kitchen and the volunteers that showed up today to do God’s work!

32.   No wind today

33.   A day of rest

34.   The Waltons

35.   Long baths

36.   Food to eat

37.   Roof over our heads

38.   Watching Conner run through water puddles

39.   Blue skies

40.   Good helpers

41.   Homemade bath salts

42.   Playdates

43.   82 degree house for free

44.   Job promotion, but still able to stay home to do it!

45.   Found energy

46.   Daffodils sprouting

47.   Finding tractor muck boots for Conner at TSC

48.   Girl time

49.   Ice pine trees

50.   Electricity

51.   A hug from a friend

52.   Salvation

53.   Brakes on a car

54.   Fast thinking

55.   Pillow fights

56.   Catching the hawks before they get my chickens

57.   Good news

58.   Sunshine

59.   Map quest

60.   Safety through fog

61.   Laughter

62.   Novocain

63.   Job flexibility

64.    A child’s smile

65.   Bandaids

66.   My mom’s strawberry cake

67.   A clean house

68.   Ice skating and not falling

69.   Card games

70.   Fellowship

71.   Support for our fundraiser

72.   Conner running the vacuum

73.   Cereal for supper

74.   Laundry blowing in the breeze

75.   One of my chickens finally laying her 1^st egg, green! Waited 8 months for that one!

grinding wheat for the 1st time!