Staying Thankful Everyday

     It is almost here, the brand new year.  This past year I've been using the letters of the English alphabet to inspire us when it comes to things for which we can be thankful.  With 26 letter and 52 weeks in the year, I went with one letter every two weeks instead of something everyday.
     This year I'm going to go back to posting everyday, or at least I'm going to try to.  For ideas, I'm looking at different lists pertaining to the day in which I'll be posting for every day seems to be national something day.
     I hope you enjoy it and I hope it encourages you to stay thankful everyday.

Letter Z

     The last letter of the alphabet is now making its appearance. Here it is, the letter "Z."  So what begins with this letter for which one can be thankful for?

• Zippers
• Zoos
• Zeros
• Zingers
• Zest
• And lets not forget some Z Z Z Z Z,s

I'm sure you can find more Z's to be thankful than I can.  If you do feel free to add them to the list.

Letter Y

Y you might ask...... should I be thankful for Y.....  Here are a few ideas

• Yams
• Yellow
• Yo-Yos
• You
• Yummy Food
• Yesterday
• Years
• Yes
• Yolks
• Yahoo
• Yarn
• Yipee
• Yodeling

You can add to the list as you think of more.

Letter X

     X marks the spot.  X is also the next letter but what begins with X.

• X-ray
• Xylophone
• Xerox

     Not much begins with X but x has its uses like filling a love letter.....  What uses or things can you come up with for this letter?

Letter W

     The wacky looking letter W is the next on the list of letters to look at when it comes to things for which we may be thankful for.  Here are some.

• Water
• Whales
• Watches
• Walking
• Wells
• Weather
• Women
• Welcomes
• Wisdom
• Wrenches
• Windows
• Walls
• Wash Clothes
• Weirdness
• Water Softeners
• Wiggly Kids
• Worms

What more can you add?

Letter V

Vroom - Here comes the letter V.  There are some things that begin with this letter that we can be thankful for.  Here are some.

• Vultures
• Vets
• Vests
• Valentines
• Vacuums
• Vents
• Vats
• Vehichles
• Volunteers
• Vans
• Velcro
• Vasaline
• Vitals

Can you think of others.

Letter U

     The Letter U is next in line.  What can you think of that begins with U for which you are thankful.  Here are a few ideas to get you thinking

• Underwear
• Umbrellas
• Umpires
• Uniforms
• Ultimate Frisbee
• Universe
• Unicycle
• Uncles
• Uniqueness

     What can you add to this list?

Letter T

     This is the letter T which begins the word Thankfulness.  I hope you are continuing to be thankful.  Here are some things to get you thinking of things you can be thankful for that begin with this great letter.

• Tracy
• Time
• Tacos
• Tents
• Tropics
• Tillers
• Tator Tots
• Tips
• Tests
• Telephones
• Toddlers
• Tables
• Trucks
• Tylonal
• Trees
• Tractors
• Tape
• Toys
• T-shirts
• Tennis shoes
• Tennis
• Table Tennis
• Turkey
• Thanksgiving

     Truly this is another great letter.  What else begins with T that you are thankful for?

Letter S

     The snazzy looking letter on the left will be the next letter for which we can be thankful for.  Here are a few "S" things to get you mind thinking.

• Snow
• Snowmobiles
• Sports
• Sand
• Sundays
• Saturdays
• Spines
• Stars
• Spoons
• Sodas
• Sparks
• Socks
• Shirts
• Shells
• Shoes
• Salads
• Summer
• Silly Kids
• Soccer
 

What can you add to the list.  Let's be thankful.

Letter R

     Let's rev up to the letter R and see what we can come up with that begins with that letter for which we can be thankful for.  Here are some ideas to get you started.

• Roses
• Ribs
• Robins
• Roads
• Rules
• Ribbons
• Rest
• Reason
• Running
• Rings
• Rocks
• Rugs
• Riddles
• Rice
• Rhythm
• Rigs
• Rallies

     What can you add to the list?

Letter Q

     Here is a changeling letter for which to come up with ideas for which to be thankful for.  To get you started I have a few ideas for you.

• Quiche
• Quilts
• Queens
• Quality
• Quiet
• Quarts
• Questions
• Quarters
• Quincy
• Quad Core CPU's
• Quacking

     If you can think of ore feel free to leave a comment

Letter P

     Try this letter - it's the letter "P" and is the first letter in many wonderful things for which one can be thankful for.  Here are a few ideas to get you started.

• Pop
• Pizza
• Pretzels
• Pipes
• Popcorn
• Pickles
• Plumbs
• People
• Pepper
• Pumpkins
• Pills
• Paste
• Padding
• Pillows
• Parks
• Papas
• Petunias
• Parties
• Penguins
• Plants
• Pain
• Ponds
• Perfection

     As you can see - P has many things.  What can you add to the list?

Letter "O"

     Here's a nice round letter to be thankful for - the letter"O." Along with this letter comes things like.....

• Owls
• Oranges
• Oatmeal
• Oil
• Ovens
• Opometrists
• Opals
• Oddballs
• Open
• Odes
• Odors
• Ores & Oars
• On & Off
• Others

What else can you add to this list beginning with the letter "O" that you're thankful for?

Letter "N"

     The letter "N" starts the second half of the alphabet and is the letter for the next two weeks for which we can be thankful for.  Here are a few ideas.

• Noses
• Naps
• Necks
• Needles
• Numbers
• Navy
• Nets
• Names
• Nothing
• Noodles
• No

What can you add to the letter N?

Letter M

     Here's another letter, the letter "M." I like this letter because it is the first letter in my name.  Here's some other things.

• Me / Myself
• Milk
• Movies
• Money
• Moon
• Mashed Potatoes
• Moms
• Marshmellows
• Mints
• Memories
• Medications
• Music
• Minnesota
• McDonalds
• Metal
• Machines
• Messiah
• Monsters
• Men

     What more could you add to this marvelous letter?  Feel free to add it in the comments.

Letter L

     Okay, so I had fun picking the next letter, the letter "L"  Don't worry, the Lion won't bite, he's only a picture but he does begin with the letter L and here are some more things that start with that letter for which we can be thankful.

• Laura - My daughter
• Love
• Laughter
• Lists
• Lollipops
• Legs
• Listening Ears
• Lillies
• Lemons
• Limes
• Lord of Lords
• Language
• Light
• Logs

     I'm sure you could come up with plenty more.  Feel free to comment with them

Letter K

     Here's a new letter for you, the letter "K".  What begins with this letter that you're thankful for.  Here's a few ideas....

• Kids
• Kissing
• Kites
• King of Kings
• Knowledge
• Kitchens
• Kickball
• Kittens
• Knitting
• Knives
• Kettles
• Kindness
• Kiwi
• Knots
• Knees

     So what can you add to the list?

Letter J

     The tenth letter of the alphabet is the letter for the next two weeks and it is the letter "J."  Here are some ideas that start with this letter for which we may be thankful for.

• Jason - My middle son
• Jams and Jellies
• Justice
• Jump ropes
• Jelly beans
• James - My dad's name
• Judi - I have a mom too
• Jobs
• Jogging
• Jets
• Jubilee
• Jesus Christ - Creator / Savior

     I only mentioned a few names bit O know man more than begin with J.  Can you think of other names or things that begin with this letter for which you are thankful?  Feel free to add them in the comments

The Letter I

     The next letter of the alphabet for which we may find things to be thankful for is the letter I.  Here are some ideas.

• Icecream
• Ice cubes
• Icing
• Ideas
• ICR
• Ink
• Igloos
• Insects
• Ivy

     What else can you add to the list?  Feel free to comment.

The Letter H

     It's time for another letter and this time that letter is the letter "H." Here are some ideas for things we can be thankful for that begin with that great letter.

• House
• Homes
• Horses
• Heroes
• Hide outs
• Hair
• Help
• Hinges
• Heaven
• Hotdogs
• Hymns
• Happiness
• Hats
• Hens
• Hedges
• Hope
• Holidays

     I'm sure if you think about it you can add to the list.  Feel free to comment

The Letter G

     So the colors are not the best but it is the letter G.  What are you thankful for that begins with this wonderful letter?  Here are a few ideas.

• God
• Gas
• Groceries
• Girls
• Grapes
• Glasses
• Glue
• Gum
• Green Grass
• Games
• Guns
• Goats
• Gone
• Growth
• Grills
• Goals
• Gardens
• Garages
• Grand Parents
• Gourds

     Well, this is just a short list of what a person can be thankful for that begins with "G." Feel free to comment with what you're thankful for that begins with this great letter.

The Letter "F"

Here we go again - this time with the letter F. So what are you thankful for that begins with this wonderful letter?  Here's some ideas.

• Friends
• Family
• Facebook
• Food
• Fish
• Flowers
• Fresh Air
• Final Exams
• Frost
• Forests
• Fruit
• Fun
• Fans
• Fiddles
• Flour
• Fins
• Flippers
• Figs
• Friers
• French Fries
• French Toast
• Fords
• Fiords
• Floors
• Florida
• Farms
• Friday
• Fur
• Fire
• Fences
• Fire extinguishers
• Fireworks
• Fire Fighters
• Feathers
• Flying

     Okay, now that you have something to think about, what can you add that begins with F that you are thankful for - feel free to comment.

What If

One of my Facebook Friends posted this and I thought I'd pass it on.

The Letter E

What is it that begins with the letter E that you are thankful for?  Here's a few ideas

• Ears
• Eyes
• Emily
• Evergreens
• Eric
• Eating
• Ends
• Eggs
• Elbows
• Eagles
• Elephants
• Everything
• Emmanuel
• Earth

 Feel free to add things that begin with "E" that you're thankful for as well under comments.

Travel In The Snow

     On Tuesday of this past week I was scheduled to see an urologist in Grand Forks which is a little over 2 1/2 hours away.  As it turned out, the night before we finally got snow - over 4 inches which is more than I think we have had all winter so far.  As a result much of the driving was on Icy roads and at times I was going 30 MPH or slower - I was quite stressed.  As for the visit, I feel it was a waste of time but I'm thankful - thankful for the safety on the road, spending over 8 hours with my wife without kids, and a chance to do some shopping on the way home to stock up on some needed items.

     Dear Lord, Thank you

The Letter D

What is it that begins with the letter D that you are thankful for?  Here's a few ideas

• Donuts
• Dishes
• Diaries
• Dairies
• Daisies
• Desks
• Dad
• Drums
• Drills
• Daylight
• David
• Dilbert (comic strip)
• Dogs
• Doctors
• Dollars
• Dentures
• Dishes
• Doors
• Digging
• Dirt
• Dew
• Dinner
• Dessert
• Danielle
 

Feel free to add things that begin with "D" that you're thankful for as well under comments.

The Letter C

     What is it that begins with the letter C that you are thankful for?  Here's a few ideas

• Cookies
• Cake
• Candy
• Cousins
• Chocolate
• Cans
• CD,s
• Cats
• Cars
• Clifford - he's big and red
• Cows
• Clothes
• Calenders
• Clocks
• Cross
• Cribs
• Corn
• Cushions
• Candles
• Christ
• Christians
• Christmas
• Crocodiles
• Caps
• Campers
• Camp
• Chips
• Communities
• Church
• Cinnimon
• Chairs
• Containers
• Camels
• Carmel Rolls
• Carots
• Carpet
• Children
• Curtains
• Candels
• Computers
• Color
• Crayons
 

Okay - as you can see we found a lot more things starting with c than a or b so what are you thankful for that begins with the letter "C"  Feel free to post it.

Thankful Heart

I came across this song the other day while looking for something else - enjoy

The Letter B

     What is it that begins with the letter B that you are thankful for?  Here's a few ideas

• Boys - I hope so I'm one
• Brian - one of my brothers
• Brothers - I have two
• Books - we have several hundred
• Bible - greatest book ever
• Balloons - colorful entertainment
• Bread - homemade with jamb
• Bananas - for pie?
• Beauty - something to look at
• Breakfast - to get things going
• Baskets - to carry things around
• Beds - can I crawl in mine?
• Blankets - to keep one warm
• Bath tubs - scrub a dub, dub
• Beads - to string together
• Babies - to cuddle
• Balls - throw that one around
• Barbie's - to play dolls with

      Please feel free to comment on things you're thankful for that begin with the letter "B"

The Letter A

What is it that begins with the letter A that you are thankful for?  Here's a few ideas

• Aaron - my oldest son
• Apples - they're great for pies
• Air - could we breath without it?
• Air Mattress - keeps me off the ground
• Animals - many ways to enjoy
• America - a great country
• Airplanes -gets one from here to there
• Algebra - challenging
• Angels -watching over me
• Amazon.com - variety and low prices
• AIG - Answers in Genesis for answers
• Alero - my car
• Apologetics web sights and blogs
• AA Batteries - they're a handy size

     Please feel free to comment on things you're thankful for that begin with the letter "A"