This year August has been a really tough month for me (two dead hamsters is the very worst thing that happened but a lot of other stuff has been rough too this month) – usually August is filled with happiness and joy and so very many celebrations – it is birthday month for me, my daughter and my son.
I’ve been thinking of ways to cheer myself up this 29th day of August so that I can go into September with a great attitude so I decided that counting my blessings would be a good thing 
1. We all still had our birthdays – being alive is a blessing every day that we have it!
2. I got a great price for my airline tickets to the Conference in October that is going to be in San Francisco – $217 round trip from Houston Texas to San Francisco seems like a really great price to me!
3. I have awesomely wonderful friends online! I want to mention two in particular – both very talented and gifted artists and truly nice people that I am SO glad I know and can say they are my friends.
Kristen Fox has the most wonderful Celtic designs I’ve seen – the Celtic Dragonflies are marvelous in particular but then I’m quite partial to Celtic and dragonflies! Kristen also paints in watercolors and they are marvelous too! Most people love her Cool Celtic Dragonfly in blues best but I really love the Hot Celtic Dragonfly – I have one of her yellow t-shirts with the Hot Celtic Dragonfly – it is gorgeous! I get compliments on it every time I wear it everywhere I go! I love her watercolor turtle too! I haven’t bought one of them yet … I did get her turtle illustration for my family though on t-shirts! My daughter REALLY loves hers!
JGoode has the most adorable penguins I’ve found online anywhere – among a gazillion of other illustrations and designs! She is a REALLY nice person as well as the most talented catoonists I know!
4. I have a wondeful 2005 Honda Civic that I love to drive!
5. I have a great job that I enjoy very much with terrific co-workers that I like very much and an awesome boss that is great at explaining why he wants soomething done the way he wants it done as well as telling me what he wants done.
6. I have three great doggies in my life that love the Grandma VERY much! Only one lives with me but all three believe they own me!
7. I have a wonderful daughter who lives about six blocks away from me right now that takes great care of my grandson and is a terrific Mom.
8. I have the most wonderful, awesome grandson anyone anywhere could ever have! And he looks terrific in his football uniform – I got to see him in it tonight!
9. I have lots of customers with great taste that buy my art
10. I have a new Gallery for people to buy Fine Art Prints / Posters of my paintings which is very exciting – everything looks so great framed!
WOW – just off the top of my head … I feel so much better now after counting just ten of my even so many blessings I didn’t count yet!
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