Today!!what were you thankful for..

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thanks Uncle.. actually I got extra warm or garam taseer etc.. had siri paye, mutton/chicken this week..

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If you feel like it pls thank me later, if you want to destress, live longer and happier pls make entries in this thread on a daily basis..

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^^^ as per video above being thankful reduces stress, improves health and lengthens life expectancy. This weekend has been amazing for me. Friday night went for the canoe kayak team bbq, what a bunch of amazing uplifting people, they were funny, interesting and great role models. Jeremy’s big tall athletic dad and Jeremy did all the work and let tiny Andree enjoy her guests, we have a new paddler from Nova Scotia and strong as a beast and yet kind, gentle and friendly, he is doing PHD in Pharmacy and he was very friendly with Harris and could be his mentor.

Saturday during practice was cold as hell and there was ice in the motor boat and Zak rather than being in water keeping an eye on the athletes was chatting with me and a paddler tipped in icy water, when I heard frantic calls I thought it was Harris as he is the youngest, but it was Andrew. I was thankful it wasn’t Harris.

Last night went to pick up Harris from his work andd he bought me two spicy chicken wraps with his own money and that really made me thankful that he has a job at 15.

This morning I made puri and aloo and whole family loved it and that is such an amazing start to my sunday, Mrs made massala Chai.

Last night I called Safy and told him how Evans mom was saying that Safy is an amazing coach and kids loved him..that made me grateful also..I feel so de stressed by being thankful, so you guys can try now.

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for my own special work..

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health..

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business :sadiyah:

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My dishwasher… the kitchen would still be a disaster without it!

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There is only two of you, how many dishes do you use? I started doing them by hand, only takes minutes if you don’t pile them up.

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Couple things… it isn’t just always me, the kid, and the dog. I have a large extended family who likes to visit regularly and I also… you know… have a social life lol which I’m sure some might find hard to believe. Yesterday I had 6 people stop by for dinner. Secondly, because my time is limited, I employ as many time saving measures as possible. I’m the sole breadwinner for my household. When I bought the house I invested in a dishwasher that had half load settings and a built in garbage disposal (so I’m not washing the dishes before I wash the dishes.) Time is money and mine is best spent elsewhere rather than making more work for myself. Third, I work from home 80% of the time and I cook almost every meal I eat so yes there is usually enough to do one load per day. What can I say… I’m just not a peanut butter and jelly sandwich kind of girl.

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Yeah socialisation and extended family and cooking good food will do it for ya every time, I find emptying the dishwasher such a chore that I started doing them by hand. We socialised a lot but stopped now. Buying a good dishwasher was a really smart move. Oh and PB&J is gods gift to humanity. Thats what Harris gets for lunch.

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Ahh see there’s where we differ… I force my eight year old to empty it #slavelabour](http://gupshup.org/gs/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=slavelabour) . My boy doesn’t mind peanut butter (prefers creamy) but likes his jam/ marmalade on toast. My problem is that try as I might, I can’t get him to eat cereal. He’s iffy with porridge and prefers a cooked breakfast (eggs, toast, little chicken sausage thingies we get from Whole Foods, pancakes, waffles, etc.) I have taken to making huge batches of waffles on Sundays and freezing them so they’re ready to go straight into the toaster. Most mornings he requests hardboiled eggs and toast. I think I’m going to have to start boiling the eggs the night before.

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haha!! you are a good mama bear, I relent on house work as LIl Harris trains 20 plus hrs a week plus he has a part time job, I would have a mutinous household if I pushed too much. I couldnt get up today so he ate cereal. Plus unwillingly I stocked freezer with Chimichangas and Burritos. I have additional task of training my wife for her work also. They hired her on my referral without having any experience and knowledge just on personality. Now I have to give her knowledge so house work suffers.

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TBH, nothing.. Boo..

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There is always something to be thankful for, you have to learn to put positive spins on even negative things. Weather turned nasty here, got really cold, snowed, windy as hell and you know what? I put an amazing positive spin on it too.

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lol, I am actually thankful for everything.. but as you said in the heading that mention one specific/special thing.. so nothing really happened as it was a normal smooth day..

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haha!! a smooth day is a big thing to be happy about, notice how goras say, have a great day, have a good afternoon etc. They don’t go I hope you have a great life and live to be a 120 yrs old and have hundred children, we go one day at a time, a few hours at a time. Manage minutes and hours and you end up with an amazing life..lol

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:rotfl:

ye bhi sahi hai :biggthumb:

I think there is a difference in smooth and enjoying day.. I’ll go with later.. ;)

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They way I see it is enjoyment is all in our heads, goras make it a duty to be happy. I look in the mirror in the morning and promise myself to enjoy my day. It might not work everyday but it works most days.

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Ok!! :hehe: then my enjoyment scale is above average I guess, lol.. :omg:

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So do this exercise for me close your eyes and think about all that could have gone wrong and idnt and tell yourself how blessed you are and think about the most beautiful thing in your life and relax and breathe deeply and then post here and tell me how you feel.