Well, I'm grateful I started this thread because in noting the date, I realized I have a bill due today! My calendar system has been a bit off lately.

I'm also grateful for all of my beautiful houseplants that hung in there over the winter and now are ready for longer days and warmer weather. A few need to be repotted, and a few cuttings will get planted this week.

I just met a young couple with a new baby. He's my husbands coworker. I'm so grateful my tenants left a new couch, a nice recliner, which we gave to them. I had no idea they had "no" furniture.

I'm grateful for all the chores my DH does... from the stuff I think about like cleaning kitty boxes, to the stuff I never think about: did the generator do its test run? He winds the clocks, does the laundry, the grocery shopping, the dishes, vacuuming, and so much more. He spoils me so, I know it and I love it all.

Thank you, darling.

Annie, does he leave anything for you to do and does he have a brother you can send my way?? I am thankful for my super handyman who spent hours at my home yesterday and put a dent in the long list of repairs I need to have done.

Annie, I am spoiled as well. While I happily do all the housework, I never have to lift a finger to maintain my cars or the yard. SO woke up this morning and started tinkering with my Corolla, then went off to get the supplies to change to oil, and will likely wash it before I go to work tonight. I HATE doing anything car related, and I never have to ask him to do it. If any of my cars are acting wonky or making funny noises, I mention it and he is ON it. Love that I dont have to deal with it.

I am super grateful that our weather is finally getting warmer and soon I can go outside for my walks instead of doing them indoors!

satine, I'm the cook in the house and make all the big meals. I do the dusting and clean the bathrooms...he vacuums, mops and cleans the kitchen. I pay the bills and do anything computer related as he's not computer friendly. I'm also the one who deals with the electronic interfaces, like setting the clock on the security system, the DVR, etc. But he is the mechanic in the house and cares for the cars and all the equipment that makes the house run...like changing air filters on the heating system and adding stuff to the water softener, etc. He takes care of 85% of the outside by himself, but I'm the one who does the fussy trimming and pruning and together we get the wood done (2 cord a year we scrounge, split and stack).

Sorry, he was an only child. :)

You all with helpful spouses do, indeed, have lots to be grateful for.

My gratitude is more Divine today because when walking Carmelita, I saw that the extension for the downspout pipe had detached. That usually happens when it is very windy which it was the other day. I had a very hard time getting it back together. I gave up at one point and was trying to think who I could ask to help me. Then I thought to try it one more time and this time was successful. I have to do everything around my house and for my car. Of course, there are things I have to have hired out, but I do what I can. I'm not complaining by any stretch. I am very grateful to be able to do as much as I do!! :)

That's wonderful news, Marilyn. I'm happy for you both.

I'm grateful to be a home again, after being snowed out for a month, even though we have quite a mess to clean up. While we will have to throw out quite a bit of food (due to seven day power outage), the tri-tips, chicken and salmon that was at the bottom of the freezer stayed frozen during the outage and for that I am grateful.

Cutting and clearing the downed trees and burning the resulting debris will be a lot of work, but I am looking at it as great exercise that will get me outside in the fresh air and sunshine. We were going to do some thinning of trees this spring and nature decided for us which ones will come out.

Marilyn, I'm so thankful to hear this great news about Jody. Monday March 11 (yesterday) I had surgery on my left kidney to remove all of the stones. They were blasted with the newest laser blaster and pulverized to a powder. Surgery was successful and I was home around noon and doing fine. In two weeks, March 25, I will have surgery on the right kidney and then I should be stone free. So thankful to God for pulling me through the surgery.

Annie, I hope that I didn't offend you with my post. I certainly didn't mean to infer that you don't do your fair share and I apologize if it came across that way.