Gratitude Log 26-30/11/25

A few days to catch up on here!

Wednesday (26th)was a quiet day - there was some prepping going on for Thanksgiving and I was just grateful for more time interacting with the grandsons.

Thursday (27th) was Thanksgiving and we had a lovely day.  We travelled to our host’s sister’s house which is near Burlington and we were made to feel so welcome. There were 16 adults in total and 5 children.  We were wined and dined and had a really nice time. 

Friday (28th) I’m grateful that we were able to take our son and DIL out for a meal while our hosts babysat the grandsons. It was good to have time for adult chat.

Saturday (29th) I was grateful to get out for a walk and visit a craft fair in town.  It was cold but stayed dry although we’d had snow overnight.

Today I’m grateful to get some laundry done so we won’t have too much dirty washing when we travel home tomorrow.  It’s been a good trip and saying goodbye to the family tonight will be hard.

Gratitude Log 22 - 25/11/25

Well I’m catching up on a few days here:

Saturday I was grateful for safe travels to our son’s house in Vermont. Our flight from Heathrow left a little late but we arrived in Boston almost on time. The bus to Lebanon was fine and Michael was waiting to take us on the last leg of the journey.  We had a quick chat with our hosts Paul and Crystal (DIL’s parents) but were soon ready for bed!

Saturday was quite a lazy day catching up with the family and enjoying hugs with the grandkids and getting over jet lag.

On Sunday I was grateful to spend time at a museum with my DIL and grandsons. (The Echo museum in Burlington)

Yesterday I was able to look after the grandsons while my son and DIL were at work and in the evening we took our hosts out for dinner.

We had the boys again this morning and tonight we’re having dinner at their house.

It’s cold here but not much snow yet. I’m glad for warm clothing though.

I tried to add some photos but I need to work out some settings issues on my iPad.

Friday's Fave Five - 21/11/25

Well I'm going with the snowflake picture this week - we had rain that turned to snow on Tuesday but it was too wet for it to settle but it has been so cold since then.  Winter is coming!

But it's Friday so time to look back on the week and remember the good things.  Susanne reminds us to do this each week and provides a link up here.

1)  Well I'm actually preparing this post on Thursday evening as we will be travelling all day tomorrow so grateful for blogging tools that allow me to get ahead of myself.

2)  A warm home - as mentioned this week the weather has turned really cold so I'm glad we can turn the heating up and stay warm.

3)  Thankful for celebrating Granddaughter Ella's 5th birthday on Monday.  We went for dinner and of course there was cake!

4)  A knit and natter meet up on Wednesday evening.  There was suggestion of calling it off as it was so cold but I pointed out that if we cancelled every time it was cold outside we might not meet up again until Spring!

5)  Thankful that I think we're all set for our trip to Vermont.  Cases are packed, check-in is done, all the last minute shopping got done.  We're off in the morning. (Friday).  Also thankful for a new iPad this week so I may manage a blog or two while we're away.  But I'll probably be too busy enjoying being with the Grandsons and family.

Have a good weekend all.

Gratitude Log - 20/11/25

Today I'm grateful that we can afford to keep our house warm - it's very cold outside!