Daily Gratitude 2-6-26

February 6th, 2026

  • “I appreciate I have learned to listen to my inner voice and take a rest day from my workouts when my soul needs another focus.” (Heather Houston 2-6-26)
  • “I am thankful for such a loving and kind husband!” ❤️(Heather Houston 2-6-26)
  • “I am grateful for having access to all the music of my life to enjoy and reminisce.” (Heather Houston 2-6-26)
  • “I am grateful the Arsenal ⚽ game tomorrow is not at 5AM!” (Heather Houston 2-6-26)
  • “I am blessed to recognize when I am tired and asking for what I need…’I’m tired and need to go to bed.'” (Heather Houston 2-6-26)

  • “I appreciate my partner urging me to join him in the park to soak up on some of the sunshine.  It is amazing how a little sun can create a shift in your mood.” (Heather Houston 2-6-22)
  • “I am blessed to have employment during this time when the economy is struggling.” (Heather Houston 2-6-22)
  • “I am grateful that my family has included me in the “Family” group text. It keeps me connected to my extended family even when they are several states away.” (Heather Houston 2-6-22)
  • “I appreciate my dog always being excited to see…each and every time.” (Heather Houston 2-6-22)
  • “I am thankful for pizza.  The easiest way to enjoy a meal with little to no effort.” (Heather Houston 2-6-22)

Daily Gratitude 2-5-26

February 5th, 2026

  • “So grateful my Aunt Sue has a great neuro-surgery team who is direct and straight and direct with the best options for her care.” (Heather Houston 2-5-26)
  • “Blessed to have a husband who makes me one of my favorite breakfasts this morning…Eggs In A Basket.” (Heather Houston 2-5-26)
  • “I appreciate being so productive today at work and go a lot of my many “To Dos” completed.” (Heather Houston 2-5-26)
  • “I am thankful QFC had the barrel-aged feta cheese to add to our Greek Salad for dinner.” (Heather Houston 2-5-26)
  • “I am blessed to be on engagement #3 with my husband…EPIC!” (Heather Houston 2-5-26)

  • “I appreciate my partner making a new chicken dish from New Zealand, Herb & Miso Chicken With Creamy Polenta.” (Heather Houston 2-5-22)
    2-5-22 Herb & Miso Chicken With Creamy Polenta
  • “I am thankful I was able to get the launder done.” (Heather Houston 2-5-22)
  • “I am thankful my sewing machine was repaired and still going strong.” (Heather Houston 2-5-22)
  • “I am grateful for my sewing skills to repair my partner’s jeans so he had more than 1 pair of pants to wear.” (Heather Houston 2-5-22)
  • “I am blessed to have a warm safe home to live within.” (Heather Houston 2-5-22)

Daily Gratitude 2-4-22

February 4th, 2022

  • “Grateful for acetaminophen to ease the pain of my biopsy site.” (Heather Houston 2-4-26)
  • “I am thankful it is HUMP DAY!” (Heather Houston 2-4-26)
  • “I appreciate our manager meeting did not run overtime as I need the gifted time back to get a few tasks completed.” (Heather Houston 2-4-26)
  • “I am blessed for a beautiful meal prepared by my loving husband…BBQ RIBS!” (Heather Houston 2-4-26)
  • “I am blessed that my mother’s health is improving.”❤️(Heather Houston 2-4-26)

  • “I am thankful for workdays…especially on Fridays…when I get all my work “To Do’s” completed before the weekend.” (Heather Houston 2-4-22)
  • “I appreciate finding a everyday red wine blend,”Four In Hand”, which was so lovely, I think I need to get a case.” (Heather Houston 2-4-22)
  • “I am thankful to be able to cook alongside my partner as we create and epic rib eye steak dinner!” (Heather Houston 2-4-22)
    2-4-22 Ribeye Steak Dinner
  • “I am thankful the 4th season of “Yellowstone” is turning out as good as the prior seasons!” (Heather Houston 2-4-22)
  • “I am grateful to my partner for calling me on my shit.  I was espousing my attachment to my life circumstances.  Oh wooo is me!  Laying bed later, I realize that I was attached to being a victim of my life.  Instead, he urged me to practice acceptance of my life…good and bad.  Very hard pill to swallow when you actually confront it newly.  I am committed to practice acceptance of all part of me and my life.  I’m sure this will be a life long journey.” (Heather Houston 2-4-22)

Daily Gratitude 2-3-26

February 3rd, 2026

  • “I am grateful the bruising and healing is improving on my biopsy site.” (Heather Houston 2-3-26)
  • “I am blessed to be witness to a beautiful pink fog enveloping Seattle this morning on my commute to work.” (Heather Houston 2-3-26)
  • ” I am thankful my coworker has a healthy sense of humor. Most people live too hard.” (Heather Houston 2-3-26)
  • “I appreciate my husband’s adventurous chefiness in making a pistachio pesto for our pizza…EPIC!” (Heather Houston 2-3-26)
  • “I am blessed to have a warm cozy bed to end my day in.” (Heather Houston 2-3-26)

  • “I appreciate being able to have some time post work to catch up on my abundance reading.  I am trying to BE in this space. (Heather Houston 2-3-22)
  • “I am thankful my partner researched some used car options for me to test drive.” (Heather Houston 2-3-22)
  • “I am thankful we chose fast food as an option as the used car dealership was dragging out and I was famished.  However, could the McDonald’s drive through be any slower…GEEZ!” (Heather Houston 2-3-22)
  • “I am grateful my partner guided me to leave a deal once the terms began changing.” (Heather Houston 2-3-22)
  • “I am blessed to have a partner and dog who patiently waited for me to leave a sour deal at a used car dealership and arrive home just in time to warm up and head to bed.  Thank you Neil and Kiva!!” 💕 (Heather Houston 2-3-22)

Daily Gratitude 2-2-26

February 2nd, 2026

  • “I am thankful for being able to catch up on creating and editing minutes from last week’s meetings.” (Heather Houston 2-2-26)
  • “I am grateful to be able to complete an easy row workout so I can help my lymph system regulate for my body to heal.” (Heather Houston 2-2-26)
  • “I am blessed to have a job during these uncertain times.” (Heather Houston 2-2-26)
  • “I am grateful to be married to my best friend in the whole world!” 🌎(Heather Houston 2-2-26)

  • “I appreciate my partner initiating a used car search for us by finding a local seller.” (Heather Houston 2-2-22)
  • “I am thankful the seller of the used car let us take the car without a deposit to get it mechanically checked.” (Heather Houston 2-2-22)
  • “I am grateful that the mechanics who checked the used car I was interested in were extremely frank with the uncertain status of the used car so I wouldn’t buy a lemon🍋. They even wrote up the indicators for the seller so she new what to do before selling the car in the future.” (Heather Houston 2-2-22)
  • “I am thankful my partner is gently pushing me through my first car buying experience with patience and care.” (Heather Houston 2-2-22)
  • “I am blesses to come home after a long day to a warm home with a happy dog and loving partner.”💓 (Heather Houston 2-2-22)

Daily Gratitude 2-1-26

February 1st, 2026

  • “I am thankful my husband reminded me to begin the days with alternating hot and cold packs on my biopsy site. Amazing how this helps the circulation and lymph system clear the bruising.” (Heather Houston 2-1-26)
    • “I am grateful we got our Costco shopping done earlier in the day so we could relax the balance of our Sunday together.” (Heather Houston 2-1-26)
  • “I appreciate my husband helping break up the proteins we purchased into meal sizes so we could freeze them for future use.” (Heather Houston 2-1-26)
  • “I am blessed to live in a time with readily access to food items from around the word. Affording us an opportunity to create delicious exotic meals. It is my little way of traveling without leaving my kitchen.” (Heather Houston 2-1-26)
  • “I am thankful my husband’s imagination in the kitchen tonight made a yummy pizza for dinner. He used his famous ‘green sauce’ as a base and it came out fantastic.” (Heather Houston 2-1-26)

  • “I am grateful for the laughter between myself and my swimmers as I egged them on to start their workout in the freezing pool water🥶. I’m a sadistic coach.” (Heather Houston 2-1-22)
  • “I appreciate my partner listening to me as I vent stress of my uncertainty and ongoing “To Do” list. He is so patient with me.”♥️ (Heather Houston 2-1-22)
  • “I am thankful for a light dinner of bao dumplings and beer.” (Heather Houston 2-1-22)
  • “I appreciate the movie alignment with my partner as we watched Gandhi…again. Just love this flick!” (Heather Houston 2-1-22)
  • “I am blessed to have drifted off to sleep so quickly last night as I was wiped out.” (Heather Houston 2-1-22)

Daily Gratitude 1-31-22

January 31st, 2022

  • “I appreciate my husband committed to feeding Genevieve or sourdough starter so I could use a portion of her to make buttermilk sourdough pancakes for breakfast.” (Heather Houston 1-31-26)
  • “I am thankful Arsenal beat Leeds in today in the EPL. Go Gunners!” ⚽️(Heather Houston 1-31-26)
  • “I am blessed to have a family who connects with me in meaningful ways.” (Heather Houston 1-31-26)
  • “I appreciate the green sauce my husband made for our steak dinner tonight…scrumptious!” (Heather Houston 1-31-26)
  • “I am thankful my husband has a similar sense of humor and gets me.” (Heather Houston 1-31-26)

  • “I am thankful I got all my monthly reports submitted…on time.” (Heather Houston 1-31-22)
  • “I appreciate the banter my swim athlete had with me at practice. It added to our relatedness as coach and athlete.” (Heather Houston 1-31-22)
  • “I am thankful for the young soldier who waited to hold the door open for me at the gym. Very polite gentleman.” (Heather Houston 1-31-22)
  • “I am thankful for a partner who will hear me bitch and complain about a frustrating work scenario. He supports me through thick and thin.” (Heather Houston 1-31-22)
  • “I am grateful to my partner for helping me review, test drive and potentially purchase my first car ever. Daunting experience, but with him in my corner, I feel confident.” (Heather Houston 1-31-22)

Daily Gratitude 1-30-26

January 30th, 2026

  • “Grateful for my husband encouraging me to stay home from work to further recover from my biopsy. Just completely worn out. Thanks babe!”❤️ (Heather Houston 1-30-26)
  • “I appreciate my supervisor’s response when I notified him I needed to take a sick day. ‘I’m glad you’re taking time to rest and heal. Please don’t worry about any of the meetings, and no apologies necessary. We should build a culture where we start with the value of taking care of ourselves and each other, and everything else will get done.’l (Heather Houston 1-30-26)
  • “I am so very thankful my biopsy histology results came back negative for cancer. I’m so relieved!” (Heather Houston 1-30-26)
  • “I appreciate celebrating the news of no cancer with a dram of Laphroaig Quarter Cask Single Malt Scotch with my love.” (Heather Houston 1-30-26)
  • “Thankful for a husband always in my corner loving me HARD!” (Heather Houston 1-30-26)

  • “I am thankful to sleep in with my partner on a lazy Sunday.” (Heather Houston 1-30-22)
  • “I am blessed to have a partner as goofy as myself.  He woke up and said “I’m hungry, let’s have French Dips for breakfast.”  BRILLIANT!!!” (Heather Houston 1-30-22)
  • “I appreciate our walks to the store together with our dog Kiva.  I feel so European to walk to the market and shop for the dinner meal.” (Heather Houston 1-30-22)
  • “I am thankful that I found my reusable shopping bag as I dropped it at a crosswalk on the way to the market.  Remarkably, it was there when we walked back.” (Heather Houston 1-30-22)
  • “I am grateful for my partner indulging me on my desire to make a chicken dish from another random country.  Today was Mussakhan from Jordan.  It was absolutely beautiful!” (Heather Houston 1-30-22)
    Mussakhan

Daily Gratitude 1-29-26

January 29th, 2026

  • “I appreciate my husband showing me his love all week caring for me. Thank you my love!”❤️ (Heather Houston 1-29-26)
  • “I am grateful we have had mild weather this far into Winter.” (Heather Houston 1-29-26)
  • “I am blessed to be from tough stock as this week has been more tiring than usual as my body recovers.” (Heather Houston 1-29-26)
  • “Thankful to come home reconnect with my husband, share a martini, eat Indonesian Fried Chicken and watch the Netflix series, ‘Victoria.’ Sometimes a slow jog to the finish line of the day is needed to unwind.” Heather Houston 1-29-26)
  • “I am grateful I can nearly fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. Using up the entire day!” (Heather Houston 1-29-26)

  • “I am always grateful for sleep-in Saturdays!” (Heather Houston 1-29-22)
  • “I am thankful my commute to work was safe and smooth sailing even with the freezing fog.” (Heather Houston 1-29-22)
  • “I appreciate that I was able to do my grocery shopping on the prior day which allows me more quality time with my love!”💞 (Heather Houston 1-29-22)
  • “I am grateful for the opportunity to use our tri-tip roast leftovers to make French dips for dinner.  Extremely delicious!” (Heather Houston 1-29-22)
    French Dip
  • “I appreciate watching a movie at home that I might not have ever seen, but it turned out to be quite good…”Phantom Thread”.” (Heather Houston 1-29-22)
    Phantom Thread

Daily Gratitude 1-28-26

January 28th, 2026

  • “I am thankful my husband cleaned the kitchen and made me a breakfast to help ease me into the day as I recover.” (Heather Houston 1-28-26)
  • “I appreciate that traffic was light on my commute to work” (Heather Houston 1-28-26)
  • “I am grateful for my crafty genes from my family. I made a hair accessory for a youth/client who is indigenous and transsexual. Helping her feel seen as she sees herself.” (Heather Houston 1-28-26)
  • “I am blessed to have husband who expresses himself as a chef.”❤️ (Heather Houston 1-28-26)
  • “I am thankful my sleep hygiene is a habit as getting enough sleep at this juncture is paramount.”!(Heather Houston 1-28-26)

  • “I appreciate it is Friday…T.G.I.F.!” (Heather Houston 1-28-22)
  • “I am thankful I got all my work tasks done early in the day, leaving me time to work on writing workouts for my athletes.” (Heather Houston 1-28-22)
  • “I appreciate my swimming athlete trusting me with managing her service dog while she completed my assigned swim workout.” (Heather Houston 1-28-22)
  • “I am blessed to be able to make a tri-tip roast with my partner.  I made him Garlic Red Potato Mash…so yummy!” (Heather Houston 1-28-22)
    1-28-22 Tri-Tip Roast and Garlic Red Potato Mash
  • “I am grateful for the few minutes of lull time when I first get into bed and I am attacked with love and licks by my dog, Kiva.” (Heather Houston 1-28-22)