Thankful Thursday!

Finding something to be glad about, to be grateful for, opens our mind to the idea that happiness can be found in any circumstance. - Lisa Cypers Kamen

I hope that your week has been a bit more sunny than mine.  With that being said, I hope that your week has been just as awesome as mine has been.

The five things that I am grateful for this week are...

American Teaching Style -  I don't think I have ever realized how awesome the American teaching style is until I was taken away from it. WOW! I say taken away like I was kidnapped and forced to live and go to school in some strange place.  Obviously that isn't the truth at all.  The teaching style over here isn't bad.  It just isn't entertaining.  Someone said to me over the summer that it is difficult to teach a teacher.  I didn't necessarily understand what she meant at the time.  But, now I do. During class, I can think of 500 different ways I would teach class.  I know that isn't nice.  I may have only taught a few short months but I would like to think I was entertaining for the middle school students and high school students.  I not only wish that they were entertained but that they learned something and, most importantly, enjoyed their learning experience.

YouTube - I like that I can get a quick gist of anything I need to know from this website! Then there is the idea that you can quickly hear any song that you have stuck in your head!  Or you can see the preview for next week's Grey's Anatomy!  Just imagine the possibilities! They are endless!

Daisy Hair Clips - Listen.  I don't care what anyone says no one has a bad hair day if they are able to clip little bursts of brightness in her hair.  I adore all hair accessories but nothing makes me smile like putting some flowers in my hair.

My Christian Marriage Course -  I finally got into that course for the Fall '06 semester.  It is one of the courses that I have learned the most from in all of my almost ten years of post high school education. Not only does it help in my "romantic" relationships (because I've been packed with them in the last six years) but it also helps with friendships too.  However, I feel as though it has come in handy an extra bit this week.  I am grateful that I did take that course even though I didn't enjoy the timing of it at that moment in my life.

My Patience -  I am an incredibly patient person.  Not only am I grateful for this but you are too.  You probably haven't realized it yet because I have not lost my patience with you.  I have lost my patience many times this week.  Many people were on the wrong side of that but all is forgiven (pft... it wasn't my fault anyway).  Well, there wasn't much to forgive because I regained my patience before I completely lost my patience!


So what about you?  What are you grateful for?