Thankful Thursday

Posted on by Sandee

It’s Thankful Thursday hosted by Brian of Brian’s Home. He wants us to post what we’re thankful for.

I think it’s a good thing to do each week. Focus on the positive things in our lives.

Make sure you link up to the Blog Hop at Brian’s Home and get the code to put on your blog. Then visit all the participants.

Today I’m thankful for all the wonderful ingredients for happy living:

  • Count your blessings, not your troubles.
  • Live one day at a time.
  • Say “I love you”.
  • Be a giver, not a taker.
  • Seek the good in everyone and everything.
  • Do at least one good deed a day.
  • Smile and the world with smile with you.
  • Don’t live in fear.

What are you thankful for today?

1. Brian’s Home
2. Eastside Cats
3. Messymimi
4. Dash Kitten
5. Animal Shelter Life
6. It’s a Snap!
7. Comfort Spiral
8. Loulou
9. One Spoiled Cat
10. Zoolatry		 11. My GBGV Life
12. My Minds Eye
13. Purrseidon
14. A Shutterbug
15. Friends Furever
16. Comedy Plus
17. 15andmeowing
18. Milo Moments
19. Thankful for Zen
20. Catscue		 21. Tabby Cat Club
22. The LLB Gang
23. Friendship Friday
24. Little Binky
25. bethere2day
26. Canadian Nana
27. Laylas Woof
28. Amber’s Book Review
29. Midweek News

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57 thoughts on “Thankful Thursday”

  1. Memories of Eric and Flynn – I started this blog to show my holiday photos but haven't added to it for so long, but you can see my other holiday photos at https://allatseawithme.blogspot.com My main blog is my cat blog at https://twodevoncats.blogspot.com
    Memories of Eric and Flynn says:

    Those are all very good ingredients for a happy life.

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Some days I’m short on a couple too, but if we keep them in mind we’ll succeed. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Kinga K. – Blogger (loveonthebrainbykinga.wordpress.com) | Fanatic of music, books, travels, fashion, sport (Real Madrid & PSG). 📌📍🗺🌎 My instagram : @19kinga_70, Spotify : @19Kinga70, Lubimyczytać : @19kinga_70 🌹🌨 26 years old 🎂 🌍 Location: Katowice, Będzin/ Siewierz (Poland 🇵🇱) E-mail: kingakblog14@gmail.com
    Kinga K. says:

    The first point is very important ♥

    Reply
  4. My GBGV Life – Minnesota, USA – I am a GBGV, Grand Basset Griffon Vendeén - enjoying my life and sharing my experiences.
    My GBGV Life says:

    All those ingredients are wonderful to live by.

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      We work at these every single day. Especially the last one. 🙂

      Reply
  6. MadSnapper says:

    I am thankful that in our very old age my hubby and I can still drive and walk and do housework and MOVE. we have friends who are not so blessed, friends our age that can’t walk or drive or do housework..

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      I hear you. We are both active too and we know many that are couch potatoes and some could get up and get around, but they won’t. 🙂

      Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Thank you for hosting the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. We need to be thankful every day. 🙂

      Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      If we could make this so for everyone around the world it would be wonderful. Hugs. 🙂

      Reply
  11. A ShutterBug Explores says:

    Such wonderful and wise thankfuls ~ ~ like them all ~ Xo

    Lots of hugs and love from me and Angel ~ Xos

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      You live them as I do, Carol. Love and hugs to you both. 🙂

      Reply
  12. Eugi – Atlanta Ga – A Pushcart Prize nominee in 2025, my poetry appears in twelve anthologies, and my work is published across six platforms, inclusive of WordPress, PoetrySoup, Spillwords, BlueSky, Mastodon, and Tumblr. I am among those who received Socialite of the Year (Honorary Award) for the Year 2025 by Spillwords Press. I’m thrilled in be in the company of such a talented group of kindred souls. Now retired, I enjoyed a dedicated career in the insurance industry for over 40 years being rewarded professionally and personally.
    Eugenia says:

    These are all important for living a peaceful and fulfilling life. Happy Thursday! 💖

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Yes indeed, Eugenia and we need to spread this around the world. Happy Thursday. 🙂

      Reply
      • Eugi – Atlanta Ga – A Pushcart Prize nominee in 2025, my poetry appears in twelve anthologies, and my work is published across six platforms, inclusive of WordPress, PoetrySoup, Spillwords, BlueSky, Mastodon, and Tumblr. I am among those who received Socialite of the Year (Honorary Award) for the Year 2025 by Spillwords Press. I’m thrilled in be in the company of such a talented group of kindred souls. Now retired, I enjoyed a dedicated career in the insurance industry for over 40 years being rewarded professionally and personally.
        Eugenia says:

        ❤️

        Reply
  13. Kathe W. – Married to my best pal, mother of three grown children, retired and wouldn't be able to fit work in now-too busy having fun and learning new things every day.
    Kathe W. says:

    Purrfect thankfuls and your list of ingredients for happy living is also purrfect! Have a very Happy day!

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      We are both into all of this, Kathe. Good for us. Happy day to you, Russell and Lucy the cat. 🙂

      Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Wish we could give this to everyone in the world. Peace at last. 🙂

      Reply
  17. Bette A. Stevens – Central Maine, USA – "I'm a writer inspired by nature and human nature!" ~ Bette A. Stevens Bette A. Stevens is a retired teacher, a wife, mother of two and grandmother of five. Stevens lives in Central Maine with her husband on their 37-acre farmstead where she enjoys writing, gardening, walking and reveling in the beauty of nature. She advocates for children and childhood literacy and for monarch butterflies, an endangered species. Stevens’s children’s activity book, THE TANGRAM ZOO and WORD PUZZLES TOO! was first published in 1997 by Windswept House Publishing, Mt. Desert, ME; a second edition was self-published by the author in 2012. AMAZING MATILDA , Stevens's second children's book, self-published in 2012, won a 2013 Purple Dragonfly Book Award (Honorable Mention for Excellence in Children's Literature - Ages 6 and older category) and placed #9 on The 2013 Gittle List TOP 10for Self-published Children’s Picture Books. Stevens has written articles for ECHOES, The Northern Maine Journal of Rural Culture based in Caribou, Maine. In 2013, the author published her first book for the YA/Adult audience: PURE TRASH, a short story of a boy growing up in rural New England in a family whose poverty and alcoholism mark him as a target for bullying by young and old alike. This short story is a prequel to Stevens's debut novel, DOG BONE SOUP, A Boomer’s Journey released in January of 2015.
    Bette A. Stevens says:

    Thankful to you for sharing your ingredients for Happy Living, Sandee! 💞 xo

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      I’m happy about that, my friend. Scritches to the pups. 🙂

      Reply
  19. Lisa
    Lisa says:

    Those are excellent points to follow for living a happy life. When I stop and really think about it, I have many things every day in which to be thankful! 💜

    Reply
  22. Tails Around the Ranch – Denver, CO – The inspiration behind this blog was one knuckleheaded Standard Poodle named Sam but is now inspired by a House Pony-Wilson. I'm Monika, the upright. Living in the Denver metro area, we post about dogs, rescue and nature. So grab your favorite beverage and be prepared to howl along with our adventures. And don't forget to bark your 'pup-tacular' comment; we'd love to hear from you.
    Tails Around the Ranch says:

    Such a great list! Bravo. And we’re especially grateful for you.

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      I’m thankful for you too and especially handsome Norman. 🙂

      Reply
      • Tails Around the Ranch – Denver, CO – The inspiration behind this blog was one knuckleheaded Standard Poodle named Sam but is now inspired by a House Pony-Wilson. I'm Monika, the upright. Living in the Denver metro area, we post about dogs, rescue and nature. So grab your favorite beverage and be prepared to howl along with our adventures. And don't forget to bark your 'pup-tacular' comment; we'd love to hear from you.
        Tails Around the Ranch says:

        Aww, you’re too sweet. You just made his bum wiggle like a hula dancer. 😉

        Reply
  23. Patricia
    Patricia says:

    I am thankful for friends who are always willing to give their time and talents to help me anytime I ask…and so often I don’t even have to ask!

    Reply
  24. Kismet – New River, Arizona. – I'm a 16 year old Indian Ringneck parrot curmudgeon in New River, Arizona in the wild west country. If you're a sunflower seed, you're dinner.
    Kismet says:

    When it comes to punisment, I am a giver not a taker.

    Reply
  25. Eastside Cats Blog – Metro Detroit, Michigan USA – Follow my three cat families and other cat antics at https://eastsidecats.blogspot.com/
    Eastside Cats Blog says:

    Today, I traveled with a friend to buy plants to add to my garden, and it was a glorious day.

    Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      How fun. Spring planting is a good thing. Happy weekend. 🙂

      Reply
    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Yes they are and we need to spread them around the world. 🙂

      Reply

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