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Sunday Gratitude – 18.X.2026
Hi everyone! Glad to be back here. I’m still struggling with a lot, and there’s a lot that’s really overwhelming. However, I’m going to give it a shot as far as gratitude here.
Most importantly, probably, is that my son had a surgery on his ear a couple of weeks back, and everything went really, really well. Yes, he had the same surgery back in February on the other ear, and it went really well, but there’s still a good bit of nervousness attached to all these things.
Secondly, I recently took part in the Serbian Orthodox Choral Association’s annual choir festival. Because it was only a week after the surgery, I wasn’t going to go, but then there were people who had signed up who either couldn’t go or couldn’t sing, and I was asked if there might be some way that I could go. I managed to get things arranged, and I went. It was an amazing trip, and I hope to write about it separately. Most of us who went ended up driving, including the people I rode with, but everything went off without a hitch, there were no accidents or incidents with the driving, and the event was a lot of fun. I am very grateful for that, and for getting to see the city and experience the city a little.
If any of you are interested, our choir’s performance can be found here (our group starts at 45:15):
The weather has gotten cooler, and I’m grateful for that (St. Louis at over 90F was quite a shock to the system). This just seems to be one of those patches that is especially rough, so I’d appreciate your prayers for me and my kids.
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Songs of the Season 2025 – “Let It Snow” – Dean Martin & Shirley Jones
Well, it certainly is snowing here!
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Songs of the Season 2025 – “Thanksgiving” – George Winston
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I meant to post yesterday, but was absolutely dead by the end of the day. This is one of my absolute favorites of George Winston’s, and the opening to his album “December” (affiliate link).
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Songs of the Season 2025 – “Perfect Thanksgiving” – The Holderness Family
Here I know that I haven’t posted this before because it was posted just nine hours ago on Youtube. So sweet. I miss those days.
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Songs of the Season 2025 – Over the River and Through the Woods
This is one of the songs I never knew any words to beyond “Over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go…” Well, I knew there had to be more, so if you were wondering as well, this is for you. 🙂
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Sunday Gratitude – 23.XI.2025
I’ve run around all week with a bit of a low-level cold, where the main symptoms are tiredness and a sore throat. These kind of days often seem to blend together.
The decent weather has held out, for the most part, although Tuesday was rainy most of the day. I’m grateful for that, and somewhat sad that it’s supposed to finally be getting colder in the next couple of days. I’m grateful that I got to get a little bit of biking in, and managed to get the little kids out at least for a little bit.
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I’m thankful that it was a quiet week. Yes, a little bit of extra driving, but nothing crazy. I’m grateful, too, for the friends who listen.
Sorry if this seems kind of short; I’m just tired. I am, as always, thankful for all of you. 🙂
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Songs of the Season 2025 – St. Clement’s Carol – Saint Clement’s Choir, Philadelphia
In honor of St. Clement’s Day
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Songs of the Season 2025 – Make Room – Casting Crowns
I’m still working on getting my mind around the fact that Christmas is just over a month away… and in between, Thanksgiving, two birthdays, school stuff, and who knows. And so, I was looking for something to help kind of start making that transition.
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Songs of the Season 2025 – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – The Fab Four
Yes, it’s a Beatles’ tribute band. Would you expect anything less from me? 😉
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Sunday Gratitude – 16.XI.2025
Oh, boy, man was this a week that just flew by!
I’m grateful, certainly, that the snow that we got at the beginning of the week was more of an annoyance than anything else – and that it hasn’t lasted long.
The temperatures are definitely chilly, but for November in Wisconsin, there’s not much to complain about. If I remember correctly, even after the day with snow, maybe Saturday, the temperature hit 60F, which is amazing.
Speaking of enjoying the weather, I rode down to Kenosha and back last Friday. It was a beautiful ride, and though my hands got very cold, between rising temperatures and the thermos full of hot tea I had packed, they warmed up nicely. I’m grateful that I didn’t run into any technical difficulties with the bicycle – I thoroughly enjoy riding the recumbent, but if something were to happen with it mechanically, it has the potential to be a much bigger issue due to the fact it is much harder to transport. I also got a little off-track on the way back because of a detour, but thankfully, that didn’t cause me issues… just an extra mile or so.
I am grateful that I got a little bit of good sleep over the weekend. Besides all the crazy stuff that happened last week, I’ve now got a bit of a lingering sore throat, and even though it’s not completely comfortable to sleep with that, it’s better than not having the chance to sleep. Argh. I certainly have to do better on the sleep stuff.
I’m grateful, too, that with all the stuff I had to get done last week, there weren’t any major crazy things or huge setbacks.
I’m going to sign off here for the night – please know that I’m always grateful for you!
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