Thankful Thursday

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 that hubby and I have been married for 19 years. It’s our second time around and this time we got it right. When we got together in the mid 90s we were both in such debt. We had been married to folks that couldn’t/wouldn’t manage money.

I’m thankful that hubby and I paid off all those debts and then purchased our home.

I’m thankful that we finally have vehicles that are dependable after years of praying what we had would get us back and forth to work.

I’m thankful that this month hubby and I are debt free. I’ve been debt free long ago, but for hubby this is the very first time in his adult life. It’s a blessing.

What are you thankful for today?

66 Comments 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 (photos blog)

    Congratulations on being married 19 years!

    • Thank you so very much. I’m a lucky gal. 🙂

  2. Debt free is a good feeling. I’m half way there since I still have a car payment but when that’s paid off it will just be monthly bills.
    Way to go on 19 years.

    • Debt free is a very good thing. We like it. 🙂

  3. Nas Dean – We share a passion for traveling to exotic destinations and here we share our tips, tricks and the destinations we travel to. We also ask other friends to share with us. So look out for interviews with friends on this site too. Living in a small tropical country in the South Pacific gives us an unique opportunity to share our own exotic locations to all you people all over the world as well as gives us an excuse to travel more 🙂
    Nas Dean

    Wow! Awesome on being married for 19 years!

  4. That is awesome, and being debt free is such a relief. Mom got into bad debt years ago. She has been debt free for years now too, and it is a great feeling. Of course, there is the mortgage, but no loans, credit card balances or that kind of thing. Debt or no debt can really change life. Good for you and your hubby.

    • We pay our credit card off each month. I’ve not paid interest on a credit card in years and year. We are happy here. 🙂

    • I had to read this to hubby. He agrees with you. So do I. 🙂

    • I love you Seymour. Always have and always will. I like your dad too. 🙂

    • We love you too, Marg. You’re a peach. Scritches to the kitties and the donkeys. 🙂

  5. Sandee, I thankful everyday for Mary Lou, my wife, my children, my friends of which you are included Sandee and I’m thankful for my Camero which I always wanted. We are debt free thank the Lord. Most of all I’m thankful to God for my life. See ya

    Cruisin Paul

    • We are both very lucky, Paul. We know it too. Good for us. 🙂

    • It was good to come out of the dark time and into the light. 🙂

  6. Wing Commander Basil & The B Team – UK – Well, now there's a question! Furstly and most importantly I'm a cat if mew hadn't already guessed. I got my Wing Commander status in September 2018 but that hasn't slowed me up at all! I tweet, Instacat, FB, Tumble & Pin too and now there's Basil TV on YouTube. All in all I'm a thoroughly Modern Cat; a cat of the 21st century, mew might say. My human & Purrsonal Assistant aka P.A. is Cathrine Garnell, and she writes books including a tale about my fictional alter ego, Basil the Bionic Cat. [See Books Page] I live in a multi-cat household, and mew can meet the rest of The B Team here most days of the week, as they all like a turn on the blog. I like mice, but then don't we all? I also like fresh tuna, chicken and prawns. I LOVE catnip, not in any excess I might add before mew jump to any wild conclusions. Thanks so much for dropping by, as we The B Team, love making new furriends, so do leave us a comment and say hi.
    Wing Commander Basil & The B Team

    Congratulations guys, that is EPICALLY EPIC!!! WOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!! Have a fab day!!

    • It is indeed. We are doing the happy dance for so many reasons. 🙂

  7. Happy Anniversary and congrats on being debt free, those are wonderful thankful things! Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

    • My Golden Life – Upstate South Carolina – I love animals, especially dogs. I enjoy US history, and reading biographies of our former presidents and other historical figures. I love the music of the '60s and '70s since I was growing up in those decades. I love the Beatles and Andy Williams equally.
      My Golden Life

      Congrats on 19 Years and on being debt free!! Hubby and I are almost midway between 25 and 26 years. And with the exception of a small amount on our one account – which hopefully will get paid next week – we are debt free as well.

      • Many do work on getting out of debt. It’s a good thing. I’ve seen so many mismanage their money. So sad. 🙂

    • Thanks for hosting Thankful Thursday. It’s a wonderful thing. 🙂

    • I love you too, honey. I’ve known you for over 40 years, and am so happy we found our way to the alter. Now we’re debt free. 🙂

    • I’m thankful I found you too, Cecilia. You’ve been such a blessing. 🙂

    • Yes it is. We are very happy to be among the ranks of being debt free. 🙂

  8. 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

    It sounds like you got out of debt just to buy a home and go back into debt.

    • We needed somewhere to live, Kismet. We paid our home off in 17.6 years. 🙂

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

    Looks like we’ll pay off our mortgage just about the time that I retire. Wish I could retire right NOW, but patience, grasshopper! Congrats on your wedding anniversary.

    • That’s a good thing. You don’t want debt when you retire. Thank you for weighing in. 🙂

    • The right one is the best part. He’s a trooper and a keeper. 🙂

  10. Dakota/Caren/Cody – Michigan – Freelance writer, pet blogging professional, product influencer, half of the writing team behind Dakota's Den and "Cat Chat With Cody & Caren" Most importantly, I am a "pet mom" to Dakota, (Shetland Sheepdog) and Cody (my silver gray tabby!)
    Dakota/Caren/Cody

    congrats on being debt free!!!! I am wondering what that feels like lol. Congrats on 19 years too!!!! Have a wonderful day!!

    • It’s a most wonderful feeling. It’s been many years for me too, but I’m back. 🙂

    • What a lovely comment, Jen. Thank you so much. You just made my day. 🙂

    • It’s the only way to be if you can. We are so very blessed. 🙂

  11. That’s a whole lot of good reasons to be thankful. Congrats on 19 years together. Mom and Dad will hit 48 years this summer!!!

    Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber

    • Wow 48 years. Way to go. Scritches to all the pups and especially Lightning. 🙂

  12. 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

    Congratulations of 19 years of marriage and on being debt free… Dan and I have been debt-free for more than 40 decades—that is a blessing we are so thankful for each day and we’re oh so thankful for so many years to spend together. Today, he came home from the grocery store with a dozen red roses for me for Mother’s Day–the fourth time he has splurged on such frivolity over the years. Thankful that he did such a beautiful thing for me today! <3 xo

    • Dan is a keeper. What a lovely thing for him to do. We are both truly blessed. 🙂

  13. It is good to be debt free and without the stress of trying to pay off the debt. Good to know that you and hubby have wonderful and beautiful 19 years together. May you and your hubby continue to enjoy many, many more beautiful years to come.

    • Thank you Nancy. We were very happy to find each other. We are hoping for many more years too. 🙂

    • I’ll take all 19, Little Binky. I love you bunches. 🙂

  14. Being debt free is wonderful (not that I would know from personal experience, LOL)! But having a happy marriage is priceless (that I do know from personal experience!!).

    • It is a wonderful feeling indeed. Being happy in your marriage is the best. 🙂

  15. MNL – My primary blogs are cactushaiku.com (poetry) and cactuscatz.com (my calico Pinkie, my cat art & photography, Midnight has passed so only past posts with Midnight). Hope to see you soon.
    MNL

    Being out of debt and having reliable transportation is great to be thankful for. And a wonderful marriage is awesome.

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