Archive (Page 15) • thank you notes • Buttondown

September 23, 2018

i'm thankful for her sunday afternoon walk, i took miso to a place she hadn't been before, which is a large open field in front of an elementary school down...

September 22, 2018

i'm thankful, after an afternoon shower, for the drops of water jeweling the spiderwebs in the grass across the street.

September 21, 2018

i'm thankful that the weird dream i had last night, in which d and i were in the house that she shared with a roommate when we were first dating, a house i...

September 20, 2018

i'm thankful that though i was feeling very anxious before work yesterday for some reason, i did some freewriting in this vein and that was helpful. i'm...

September 19, 2018

i'm thankful for victoria beckham dancing to "spice up your life" during london fashion week.

September 18, 2018

i'm thankful that i stayed out longer with miso on her second walk of the morning, since it produced results, even though that means i don't have much more...

September 17, 2018

i'm thankful that because i had to work on saturday, i'm off today. i'm thankful for the perverse joy of not having to start the week when other people do,...

September 16, 2018

i'm thankful that yesterday evening after dinner i was outside with miso and after trying to get her to go to the bathroom in the back yard without success,...

September 15, 2018

i’m thankful that though i had to work today it’s over and it’s now officially saturday.

September 14, 2018

i'm thankful that though i forgot to cook bacon for our BLTs during my lunch break yesterday, it was okay and we had pasta instead (i'm thankful for d's...

September 13, 2018

i'm thankful that my work presentation on my project was well-received and i'm happy with the other progress i'm making on my project this week. i'm thankful...

September 12, 2018

i'm thankful that, after leaving the last few episodes hanging for a while because we couldn't take it anymore, we caught up and watched the end of the...

September 11, 2018

i'm thankful that i had a perfectly good day at work yesterday that there was no need to be stressed about it. i'm thankful i wrote a detailed report about...

September 10, 2018

i'm thankful i set my alarm for 6:30 so i would have time to take miso out and feed her and play with her before work, even though the alarm was not...

September 9, 2018

i'm thankful that after it rained all day yesterday, a wave of cool air came in, which made this morning feel like the first flush of fall. i'm thankful that...

September 8, 2018

i'm thankful for this meme tweet for "recommending someone watch 5 vines to really get a feel for you/your tastes" and i'm thankful, having boned up and...

September 7, 2018

i'm thankful that miso climbed the front steps by herself for the first time this morning, since we have had to carry her out every time before that, which i...

September 6, 2018

i'm thankful for the BLTs i made for dinner yesterday. i'm thankful that though i don't love mayo in many contexts, i love it in the context of BLTs. i'm...

September 5, 2018

i'm thankful i didn't send thank you notes yesterday. i'm thankful to recognize that a practice is different from a habit and that both are different from a...

September 2, 2018

i’m thankful for fresh tortilla chips, still warm from the fryer.

September 2, 2018

i’m thankful it doesn’t feel like a sunday.

September 1, 2018

i’m thankful for our new dog.

August 31, 2018

i'm thankful, since i hate to break a chain, even if i'm only barely holding on to it, that i realized earlier this evening that i had forgotten to send a...

August 29, 2018

i'm thankful that though i felt bummed out yesterday because some bugs that i thought shouldn't be bugs anymore arose during a test session for my work...

August 28, 2018

i'm thankful that i finally filled my pill organizers after more than a week of having not done that and having to measure out my pills four times a day. i'm...

August 27, 2018

i’m thankful i only have to work four days this week.

August 26, 2018

i’m thankful for space.

August 26, 2018

i'm thankful that in the five minutes before dinner was ready to come out of the oven, i emptied the dishwasher instead of looking at my phone.

August 24, 2018

i'm thankful for the music of børns, who d loves and introduced me to. i'm thankful for how high his voice goes on the first song she got me into of his,...

August 23, 2018

i'm thankful that yesterday, even though i said i was going to wait for help from the kind engineer today rather than continue to bash my head against it, i...

August 22, 2018

i'm thankful for having broken up with my boyfriend of three years on the 26th of May, the day after our 3rd anniversary. i'm thankful to look back on our...

August 20, 2018

i'm thankful to have slept 10 hours last night. i'm thankful that even though i am still tired, i didn't have to travel internationally, as many of my...

August 19, 2018

i’m thankful for raw oysters.

August 19, 2018

i’m thankful to almost be home.

August 17, 2018

i’m thankful for karaoke.

August 16, 2018

i'm thankful to have escaped from a crowded restaurant full of noise into a quiet empty street at magic hour and am thankful, in that cloud of relief, to...

August 15, 2018

i'm thankful to have heard the phrase "milkshake, kelis" as "milkshake police." i'm thankful that there's no such thing as milkshake police.

August 14, 2018

i’m thankful for how funny it is that even though i packed an enormous suitcase, i somehow forgot to put more than three pairs of underwear in it. i’m...

August 13, 2018

i'm thankful to have gone with d to get her blood drawn (routine—i'm thankful when she told me she had to get her blood drawn, she said "routine" immediately...

August 12, 2018

i’m thankful that deborah wanted to sing.

August 12, 2018

i’m thankful that neither d or i have to travel for work very often.

August 10, 2018

I'm thankful for the power of dawn which erases away yesterday's awes and prepares us for new ones. for the chance we're given everyday to start over and for...

i'm thankful that i am outside in the mornings now for my runs—i'm thankful to have described being thankful for this before, but i'm thankful for it every...

i'm thankful that i can make d laugh so hard that her stomach hurts (i'm thankful that her food poisoning is over, so i felt okay about hurting her stomach...

i'm thankful that d isn't sick anymore. i'm thankful we went grocery shopping yesterday evening after work, which is something that's rare for us (we almost...

i'm thankful for having walked a long way through the city in the heat, and for enjoying the wind that sometimes burst out around a corner, and for seeing...

i’m thankful i don’t have food poisoning.

i'm thankful that though d still has food poisoning, it is not as completely and totally incapacitating and horrible as it was yesterday. i'm thankful for my...

i'm thankful that i forgot to tell you something the other day, which is when d and i were walking to dinner with our friends, ahead of us on the trail i saw...

i'm thankful that yesterday evening d and i walked to town to have dinner with our friends who are getting married. i'm thankful that it was still sunny and...