Daily Gratitude 2-8-26

February 8th, 2026

  • “I am glad my sourdough buttermilk pancake recipe is getting refined.” (Heather Houston 2-8-26)
  • “I am grateful I got to the market before the late Super Bowl shoppers filled the store.” (Heather Houston 2-8-26)
  • “I love an appreciate my husband’s Korean sauced wings for Super Bowl eats!” (Heather Houston 2-8-26)
  • “Not a football fan. However, a Seahawk win for Seattle is always good!” (Heather Houston 2-8-26)
  • “I am blessed my husband loves me in a way I experience complete love.” (Heather Houston 2-8-26)

  • I am thankful that the soldier-athletes I coach are making huge improvements in their swimming abilities and form. (Heather Houston 2-8-22)
  • I appreciate my savviness to be proactive on a used car purchase.  I had already had a used car I was interested in being sold out from under me by a customer moving in to view the car before it had completed inspection and placing a deposit on the car.  Big lesson learned!  So, I found that the same dealership had a MINI Cooper coming soon to the lot that interested me.  Hence, I chose to go in person to the lot and ask to test drive the car.  To my relief the salesman agreed and I began the process to purchase ethe car by placing a deposit on it.  Now I juct wait to see how it passes the inspection, etc. (Heather Houston 2-8-22)
  • I am grateful to my partner going with me to the dealership to be supportive, my consigliere and co-test driver.  His advise was so great as this will be my first car purchase…EVER! (Heather Houston 2-8-22)
  • I am grateful to Whibbly’s Burgers.  We were at the dealership for several hours…hungry…tired and famished.  Best burger in town! (Heather Houston 2-8-22)
  • I am blessed to have a partner who is ALL IN!  I love you Neil!💕 (Heather Houston 2-8-22)

Daily Gratitude 2-7-26

February 7th, 2026

  • “I am thankful our Gunners won their game and now sport a 9-point lead in the EPL.” (Heather Houston 2-7-26)
  • “I appreciate my husband being chefy early in the day and creating beautiful carnitas for dinner.” (Heather Houston 2-7-26)
  • “I am blessed to have a husband who loves me so HARD!” (Heather Houston 2-7-26)
  • “I am grateful to have time in the day to get caught up on my many eagle sightings last week.” (Heather Houston 2-7-26)
  • “I appreciate having a roaring fire on cold rainy days.” (Heather Houston 2-7-26)

  • I appreciate Mondays where I am able to get all my tasks completed before the end of the day.  YEAH ME! (Heather Houston 2-7-22)
  • I am thankful to be able to be coaching soldier athlete’s to a qualification to ARMY Trials/Warrior Games. (Heather Houston 2-7-22)
  • I am blessed to have a smooth light commute home from work today. (Heather Houston 2-7-22)
  • I am grateful that my partner recognized I was fatigued when I got home and suggested I take a nap.  Late afternoon naps are glorious! (Heather Houston 2-7-22)
  • I am thankful for the nighttime cuddle time with my partner.  He is the best cuddler. (Heather Houston 2-7-22)

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