February 21st, 2026

• “I am grateful McDonalds breakfast is close by when we need breakfast and don’t want to cook.” (Heather Houston 2-21-26)
• “I appreciate being witness to the impressive Olympic performance of Klabo in the 50k race.” (Heather Houston 2-21-26)
• “I am grateful to enjoy a bratwurst for lunch.” Heather Houston 2-21-26)
• “I am thankful a stranger at the store took my shopping cart in the parking lot…saving me extra time.” (Heather Houston 2-21-26)
• “I am blessed my husband loves me so hard.” (Heather Houston 2-21-26)

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• “I appreciate my loving partner for making me a scrumptious breakfast…poached eggs, cherrywood bacon and sourdough toast. YUM! (Heather Houston 2-21-22)
• “I am thankful that Whole Foods had beautiful brats in the meat section to substitute for the sausages we were trying to get at a Pike Place Market butcher.  They were closed due to President’s Day. (Heather Houston 2-21-22)
• “I am grateful for nitrogen infused Guinness beer. Simple and perfect! (Heather Houston 2-21-22)
• “I am thankful for delicious brat dinner made with my honey! (Heather Houston 2-21-22)
• “I am grateful for the excellent cuddle time with my partner at the end of the day. (Heather Houston 2-21-22)

February 20th, 2026

• “I appreciate my sub contractor scheduling an early service call so I could prepare to arrive on time AND allow me the opportunity to end my day early on a FRI-YEAH!” (Heather Houston 2-20-26)
• “I am grateful to the hard work my administrative assistant did on creating a process for new vendor contract submission.” (Heather Houston 2-20-26)
• “I appreciate my husband calling in to get some veal bones saved for me to pick-up on the way home to make my trip quick and easy.” (Heather Houston 2-20-26)
• “I am grateful to my husband’s mad skills on preparing steak. We got to enjoy a beautiful fillet and fries…YUM!”(Heather Houston 2-20-26)
• “I am thankful we get the opportunity to watch Olympic event replays. I remember when I was a kid that if you didn’t plan your day around the live broadcast, you missed out. Much better options today.” (Heather Houston 2-20-26)

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• “I appreciate my partner patiently affording me time to work on my blog to get caught up.” (Heather Houston 2-20-22)
• “I appreciate my partner making the bed.” (Heather Houston 2-20-22)
• “I am grateful for my partner’s love.” (Heather Houston 2-20-22)
• “I am thankful for the movies of the 90s. Just pure entertainment.” (Heather Houston 2-20-22)
• “I am blessed to have a new pillow option for bed to relieve my neck pain.” (Heather Houston 2-20-22)

February 19th, 2026

• “I am grateful that it is mid-winter break for the schools as the traffic is so light on my commute.” (Heather Houston 2-19-26)
• “I am thankful for my Mom sharing her thoughts and feelings for the daily ‘Simple Abundance’ devotion.” (Heather Houston 2-19-26)
• “I appreciate getting a ton of my work tasks completed before the end of the work day.” (Heather Houston 2-19-26)
• “I am thankful for the Malawi Mango Chicken dinner with Coconut Milk Rice my loving husband created.” (Heather Houston 2-19-26)
• “I am blessed to live in a time where I can choose to watch an award winning film from 50 years ago or more…AMAZING!” (Heather Houston 2-19-26)

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• “I appreciate that on our country randomizer today it chose the country of Martinique.  It will be fun to cook a Caribbean chicken dish.” (Heather Houston 2-19-22)
• “I am grateful to have been able to find all the ingredients for our new chicken dinner at one market.” (Heather Houston 2-19-22)
• “I am thankful to be able to be my partner’s sous chef while we create a scrumptious dinner.” (Heather Houston 2-19-22)
• “I am grateful to have figured out a tropical cocktail recipe to enjoy pre-dinner.” (Heather Houston 2-19-22)
• “I appreciate being able to suggest to my partner that we watch “Fight Club”.  He loved it!”💪 (Heather Houston 2-19-22)

February 17th, 2026

• “I am again thankful for a light commute to work.” (Heather Houston 2-17-26)
• “I am thankful it did not snow today.” (Heather Houston 2-17-26)
• “I appreciate being able to make a point in a meeting that usually I get shut down in by my management colleagues.” (Heather Houston 2-17-26)
• “I am blessed that my administrative assistant made Lithuania pancakes for breakfast.” (Heather Houston 2-17-26)
• “I am grateful for the spicy garbanzo bean burrito my husband concocted for our dinner…YUM!” (Heather Houston 2-17-26)

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• “I appreciate me sticking up for myself when my supervisor inadvertently uploaded a file to SharePoint and wiped out 2-3 hours of my work completed the previous day. (Heather Houston 2-17-22)
• “I am thankful I was able to put aside my frustration with my supervisor and move forward in my work day, productively. (Heather Houston 2-17-22)
• “I am grateful my partner is a selfless sounding board for my frustrations and challenges. (Heather Houston 2-17-22)
• “I am thankful to have been selected for an interview with the Wounded Warriors Project as the Adaptive Sports Director position. (Heather Houston 2-17-22)
• “I am blessed to have had all my professional experiences to make me an asset to any organization as I am versatile and have many soft/hard skills to draw upon. (Heather Houston 2-17-22)

February 16th, 2026

• “I appreciate I make time at the beginning of my work day to get in a walk outdoors.” (Heather Houston 2-16-26)
• “I am thankful that there was little to no traffic today due to President’s Day. However, I have no president!” (Heather Houston 2-16-26)
• “I am grateful to use NotebookLM to help me save time in writing a letter of recommendation for an employee.” (Heather Houston 2-16-26)
• “I am blessed to have such a loving husband!” ❤️(Heather Houston 2-16-26)
• “I appreciate my innovative husband’s chefness in creating a delicious shrimp pizza.”(Heather Houston 2-16-26)

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• “I am thankful to have trusted my instincts to not fill my RSC tires.  They felt full and I need to get them checked by a professional since the have an automatic inflation monitoring system. (Heather Houston 2-16-22)
• “I am grateful I didn’t end my work day with a flat tire, since my warning light is alerting me of a low tire. (Heather Houston 2-16-22)
• “I appreciate my creativity to create new cocktails for my partner and I to enjoy…Mela d’Alba (Apple Brandy Old Fashioned).🥃 (Heather Houston 2-16-22)
• “I am grateful I am in generally good health. Of course, I could always do better.  Thank you family gene pool! (Heather Houston 2-16-22)
• “I appreciate having an indoor secure parking garage space.  It makes me feel safer when I leave at 5:00AM for work. (Heather Houston 2-16-22)

February 14th, 2026

• “I am grateful to be able to make my love a lovely Valentine’s Day breakfast of orange-cranberry scones, coffee, pog, hashbrowns, bacon eggs and English muffin.” (Heather Houston 2-14-26)
• “I am thankful to have the time to sit and enjoy watching the Olympics with my husband.” Heather Houston 2-14-26)
• “I appreciate the champagne suggestion at Total Wine. We enjoyed a pink champagne for cocktail hour.” 🍾🥂 (Heather Houston 2-14-26)
• “I am blessed that my chef husband created a Malawi Mango chicken dish for dinner with porridge that was so delicious.” (Heather Houston 2-14-26)
• “I am grateful to have a husband who loves me and loves the love I give.” ❤️ (Heather Houston 2-14-26)

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• I am thankful I have a love in my life to call my Valentine!💟 (Heather Houston 2-14-22)
• I am grateful to have the extra income to afford to buy my Valentine a dozen red roses.🌹 (Heather Houston 2-14-22)
• I appreciate that their was a sale on fillets at the market, buy one get one free, so I could create the possibility of a fun Valentines Day dinner for my loving partner. (Heather Houston 2-14-22)
• I am blessed to have a partner who enjoys cooking as part of his creative expression as I needed his help to pull off yummy fillets for our Valentine’s dinner.  Thank you honey!!! (Heather Houston 2-14-22)
• I am grateful that our favorite wine was in stock so we could enjoy it with our scrumptious dinner.  It is so good, the wine will make you swear like a sailor.  Really, it is that good!🍷 (Heather Houston 2-14-22)

February 13th, 2026

• “I appreciate the opportunity each morning to profess my love to my husband. I have been writing him a morning love note for nearly 8 years.” ❤️ (Heather Houston 2-13-26)
• “I am grateful I spotted another eagle sighting on my commute to work.” 🦅 (Heather Houston 2-13-26)
• “I appreciate being able to get off work 2.5-hours early today and start the weekend early.” (Heather Houston 2-13-26)
• “I am thankful I was able to treat my husband to oysters on the half shell to celebrate my love, appreciation and adoration for him.” 🍊🍊🍊 (Heather Houston 2-13-26)
• “I am blessed that my husband secured our ‘Hard Married’ trademark. This is ours forever! I love you Neil!” 💗 (Heather Houston 2-13-26)

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• I am thankful that the car I am considering purchasing passed the cylinder compression test with 200 psi on all four cylinders. (Heather Houston 2-13-22)
• I am grateful that BECU was willing to give me an auto loan so I could purchase my first car…EVER!🚗 (Heather Houston 2-13-22)
• I am blessed that I got my deliverables completed at work for my monthly report. (Heather Houston 2-13-22)
• I am grateful that my swimmer’s showed up to the pool excited to work hard. (Heather Houston 2-13-22)
• I am thankful to have a gas fireplace so that with a flip of the switch, the living room warms up. (Heather Houston 2-13-22)

February 12th, 2026

• “I appreciate my administrative assistant felt comfortable enough to be vulnerable with me today in keeping me in the loop on her interest to applying to an internal position within our foundation at HQ.” (Heather Houston 1-12-26)
• “I am thankful that I am tech saavy and was able to figure out how to use the following apps: NotebookLM, Google Gemini and Trello.” (Heather Houston 1-12-26)
• “I am blessed there was hardly any traffic today on my commute home…WINNING!” 🏆(Heather Houston 1-12-26)
• “I am grateful my husband strategizes how to maximize our time together and he had our dinner (Pizza) all ready to go so practically when I walked in the door, he was putting it into the oven. HE is a magician!” ❤️ (Heather Houston 1-12-26)
• “I appreciate watching TV series for pure entertainment at the end of the day…Bridgerton!” (Heather Houston 1-12-26)

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• I appreciate the random country selector that helps us determine which country we will cook from on our world chicken journey. (Heather Houston 2-12-22)
• I am grateful that this winter has been mild and not super icy when I drive to work at 4:00AM. (Heather Houston 2-12-22)
• I am thankful for the weekends to get caught up on sleep and rest. (Heather Houston 2-12-22)
• I am blessed to have good eyesight…Thank you Lasix!😁 (Heather Houston 2-12-22)
• I filled with joy that I have a loving partner who I love so hard!💕 (Heather Houston 2-12-22)

February 11th, 2026

• “I appreciate my husband fixing my faux pas when I emptied the dishwasher. I thought it was clean and instead they were all dirty. He went through the kitchen and collected all the dishes with a smile and gently kissed my forehead and said, ‘I love you!'” (Heather Houston 2-11-26)
• “I feel blessed to live in a place where eagle sightings are a regular occurrence.” (Heather Houston 2-11-26)
• “I appreciate that even with the celebration parade in downtown Seattle today, traffic to and from work was a breeze.” (Heather Houston 2-11-26)
• “I am thankful that my Rx were ready at the pharmacy when I arrived…in and out!” (Heather Houston 2-11-26)
• “I am thankful my husband made the flag of Italy pasta with a pesto (green), alfredo (white) and spicy marinara (red) sauces…YUM!” (Heather Houston 2-11-26)

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• I appreciate a peaceful morning getting ready for work. (Heather Houston 2-11-22)
• I am grateful that my commute was without any agro-drivers. (Heather Houston 2-11-22)
• I am thankful for the time my partner and I make after work to enjoy a cocktail together and share our day. (Heather Houston 2-11-22)
• I appreciate watching mindless movies on a Friday night to unwind the week. (Heather Houston 2-11-22)
• I am blessed to have an incredibly loving partner to build a life with. (Heather Houston 2-11-22)

February 10th, 2026

• “I am thankful I have learned to listen to my body and rest when I need it. Today was one of those days.” (Heather Houston 2-10-26)
• “I appreciate my supervisor acknowledging the disrespect and mistreatment by a colleague and offering suggestions on how to deal with this issue moving forward.” (Heather Houston 2-10-26)
• “I am blessed to have a wonderful administrative assistant. She honored me today with public acknowledgement around her thankfulness of me as her manager at our staff meeting. Iwas moved touched and inspired by her acknowledgment.” (Heather Houston 2-10-26)
• “I am thankful my husband made a fabulous chicken shawarma meal tonight. It was a food orgasm!” (Heather Houston 2-10-26)
• “I am blessed to have such a kind conscientious husband. I have been in pain the last few weeks as I recover from my biopsy. Apparently, I was uncomfortable in my sleep…whining and crying. He woke me to give me Tylenyol to help ease the pain. Thank you honey!” ❤️ (Heather Houston 2-10-26)

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• I appreciate getting a coffee and the barista asking how my morning is going and is actually interested and listening. (Heather Houston 2-10-22)
• I am grateful that my internet connection did not drop at work as I heard many other departments lost all connectivity.  This makes it hard to keep caught up. (Heather Houston 2-10-22)
• I am thankful for the weekend forecast of sunny weather. (Heather Houston 2-10-22)
• I am grateful to have a home that feels like a sanctuary. (Heather Houston 2-10-22)
• I am blessed to have indoor plumbing.  I can’t imagine having to tramp out in the cold to a dump toilet all the time. (Heather Houston 2-10-22)