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)

Daily Gratitude 1-27-26

January 27th, 2026

  • “I am grateful to not have to workout today…Doctors orders. As my chest is pretty sore.” (Heather Houston 1-27-26)
  • “I am blessed my husband has been on cleaning duties to give me a break while I heal from my puncture wound…LOL!” 🏹 (Heather Houston 1-27-26)
  • “I am thankful to witness a colleague come to a transformative realization about her BEingness in life and sharing that tidbit with me. So powerful!” (Heather Houston 1-27-26)
  • “I am blessed to live in a time when medical care can be advanced enough to help prevent life ending diseases when caught early.” (Heather Houston 1-27-26)
  • “I am thankful my husband plays an audiobook to put me to sleep at night so my mind has little time to wander.” (Heather Houston 1-27-26)

  • “I am blessed to have the time in the morning to get the house in order so when my partner rises in the morning, he as a clean home to start his day in.” (Heather Houston 1-27-22)
  • “I am grateful that a swimming pool has hours that align with the coaching hours for my athletes.” (Heather Houston 1-27-22)
  • “I am thankful the traffic on my commute home today was unusually light.  Seems like I got home in less than an hour today.  WINNING!”🏆 (Heather Houston 1-27-22)
  • I appreciate the simple things in life.  My partner and I settled on loaded baked potatoes for dinner which was simple, easy and fabulous!” (Heather Houston 1-27-22)
  • “I am thankful for the softest sheets in the universe on my bed.  It makes going to bed each night a joy!” (Heather Houston 1-27-22)

Daily Gratitude 1-26-26

January 26th, 2026

  • “I am grateful I had sick leave in order to take off today as ai prepared mentally for my biopsy.” (Heather Houston 1-26-26)
  • “I am thankful to be able to meditate twice today.” (Heather Houston 1-26-26)
  • “ I am thankful my husband drove me to my appointment.”❤️ (Heather Houston 1-26-26)
  • “I am grateful that the medical team was thoughtful and kind as I asked my many confirming questions at my appointment.” (Heather Houston 1-26-26)
  • “I am blessed to have a husband who cares for me and made a lovely pazole for dinner.” (Heather Houston 1-26-26)

  • I appreciate getting nearly 8-hours of sleep to start my day (7-hours & 41-minutes). When I am rested, everything is better in my day and how I experience it.” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)
  • “I am thankful that my food hankerings align with my partner.  He mentioned having loaded hot dogs for dinner and I was all in!” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)
  • “I am grateful my employer allows teleworking from time to time.” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)
  • “I love having an afternoon delight moment with my love before dinner.  HOT!!!” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)
  • “I am blessed to have a dog who loves me enough to try to be a parrot.  He will perch himself on the back of the couch looking over my shoulder to be as close as possible to his #1 playmate.” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)

Daily Gratitude 1-25-26

January 25th, 2026

  • “I am grateful my husband muddled through my sourdough pancakes even though I messed up on the amount of flour.” (Heather Houston 1-25-26)
  • “I am blessed to spend the day relaxing with my love.” ❤️ (Heather Houston 1-25-26)
  • “I appreciate our strategy for achieving the perfect grocery shop. Creating a weekly menu, categorizing the needed items and shopping at the stores which offer the best ingredients.” (Heather Houston 1-25-26)
  • “I am thankful for my husband’s inspiration to create an Agog Pizza tonight.” 🍕(Heather Houston 1-25-26)
  • “I am thankful for our nightly getting ready for sleep routine each night to express our gratitude for the day and set our bodies up for a restful sleep. Go Sleep Hygiene!” Heather Houston 1-25-26)

  • I am thankful for the deep love of my partner.  He surprised me this morning with a commissioned work of digital art.  It is of a sexual context and an image rendition of me, so I will keep it to myself.  However, not in a million years would I have ever thought some would commission a piece of art just for me.  It is beautiful and a fabulous expression of our love.  I love you Neil!”💖 (Heather Houston 1-25-22)
  • “I am blessed to work with Dave Iuli with our field athletes today.  We both have gifts to offer these athletes and we compliment one another’s coaching style.  Thanks Dave!” (Heather Houston 1-25-22)
  • “I am grateful to have swimming athletes who are so coachable.  I asked them to do an interval outside of their normal mode and they both had a break through in their swimming form and pacing.  Excellent job Dustin and Stacey!” (Heather Houston 1-25-22)
  • “I am thankful that my partner and I made our favorite meal for dinner…breaded pan fried fillet of sole.  It is what we affectionately call “crack.”  It is addictive like a drug it is so delectable.” (Heather Houston 1-25-22) 1-25-22 Breaded Pan Fried Fillet of Sole
  • “I appreciate the pre sleep cuddle moments with my love each night as I drift to sleep safe, secure and loved.” (Heather Houston 1-25-22)

Daily Gratitude 1-24-26

January 24th, 2026

  • “I am thankful for weekends so we get to sleep in.” (Heather Houston 1-24-26)
  • “I appreciate my husband cleaning the kitchen from last nights cook and making us a yummy breakfast of poached eggs, toast and bacon.” (Heather Houston 1-24-26)
  • “I am grateful the guy who backed up into my car at the bank did not damage my car.” (Heather Houston 1-24-26)
  • “I am blessed to be able to purchase firewood to heat our house and add ambience to our nightly experience. (Heather Houston 1-24-26)
  • “I am grateful that my husband plans ahead in the week to make pizza dough so we have it available to create delicious fusion pizzas. Tonight he had spicy red sauce, pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, pickled jalapeños, fresh mozzarella, hot honey and red chili flakes.” (Heather Houston 1-24-26)

  • I am thankful my rowing athlete was hearty enough to finish his erg workout this morning.” (Heather Houston 1-24-22)
  • “I am grateful to get all my 300+ appointments entered for the whole month of February.” (Heather Houston 1-24-22)
  • “I appreciate the scrumptious meatballs sold at QFC, which helped make dinner super easy and tasty.” (Heather Houston 1-24-22)
  • “I am thankful that I found a bottle of Chianti wine in a wicker basket…🍷Castello Banfi Bell’Agio Straw Flask. I have always wanted to sample this Italy staple.” (Heather Houston 1-24-22)
  • “I am grateful for a partner who cares whether or not I’m rested and scoots me off to bed early each night. Thank you honey!” (Heather Houston 1-24-22)

Daily Gratitude 1-23-26

January 23rd, 2026

  • “I am grateful my husband soaked the cornmeal pot from the previous night’s cook which made cleaning the pot this morning a breeze.” (Heather Houston 1-23-26)
  • “I appreciate my colleagues replying to my time sensitive emails so I could continue to move the work for youth and families forward and in a timely manner.” (Heather Houston 1-23-26)
  • “I appreciate my husband refraining from too much of the “Shame Train” when I shared I didn’t and wasn’t going to workout this morning.” 🙏🏼😆 (Heather Houston 1-23-26)
  • “I feel blessed to be privileged enough to chose what I want for dinner and tonight is NACHO NIGHT!” (Heather Houston 1-23-26)
  • “I am thankful to have a loving husband who makes every reconnection a magical experience.” (Heather Houston 1-23-26)

  • I am thankful to have my partner share his love of football⚽️ with me. I enjoy watching with him so much! Too bad Arsenal didn’t win!” (Heather Houston 1-23-22)
  • I am grateful I kept on top of my “To Do” tasks and got all the laundry completed.” (Heather Houston 1-23-22)
  • I am thankful my partner is so adventurous to make a new cocktail for us to happy hour with…Tequila Old Fashioned.” (Heather Houston 1-23-22)
  • I am thankful the market was not busy and I whizzed in and out in a flash!” (Heather Houston 1-23-22)
  • I appreciate how loving my dog is as he tries to perch on my shoulder like a parrot…all 20# of love.” (Heather Houston 1-23-22)

Daily Gratitude 1-22-26

January 22nd, 2026

  • “I am thankful my body was able to push hard enough on the rowing ergometer to escalate my strain to my WHOOP desired level…10.2!” (Heather Houston 1-22-26)
  • “I am grateful that the defroster in the car was speedy enough to get my love to his dental appointment in time.” (Heather Houston 1-22-26)
  • “I appreciate my supervisor approving my 3-hours of flex time so I can get off early from work on Friday.” (Heather Houston 1-22-26)
  • “I am blessed to have a chef in the house who is leaning into his fusion experience as a chef. He made a western African & southern African pork pap n gravy dish that was out of this world!” (Heather Houston 1-22-26)
  • “I appreciate my husband having a fire and cocktail at the ready when I get home from work to enjoy while holding hands and listening to good tunes! “🎶(Heather Houston 1-22-26)

  • “I am thankful to have gotten all my weekend chores done even though my energy was low.  I just recommitted myself to get organized and live into non-clutter and order.” (Heather Houston 1-22-22)
  • “I truly adore my morning cup of coffee on the weekend as it is with the man I love deeply.” (Heather Houston 1-22-22)
  • “I appreciate the QFC clerk in the self-checkout area for remembering me each time I visit and wishing me a great day.  He is really and excellent human.” (Heather Houston 1-22-22)
  • “I am blessed to have the deep love and attention from the love of my life.  He loves me hard and authentically.  Being able to feel safe and vulnerable with him allows the deepening of our connection. I love him!”💗 (Heather Houston 1-22-22)
  • “I am grateful for another vacation via cuisine with my partner.  We used a country randomizer which selected Singapore.  Since we are committed to having chicken from all over the world, we found a recipe to make tonight, Singapore Chicken.  It was exceptional and so fun to cook together with the Electric Light Orchestra blasting away.” (Heather Houston 1-22-22)
Singapore Chicken

Daily Gratitude 1-21-26

January 21st, 2026

  • “I am grateful to watch “The Ocean” on Netflix which is narrated by Barrack Obama. Needing this positive energy right now in these uncertain times.” (Heather Houston 1-21-26)
  • “I appreciate having a bit of fudge on hand in the house to fill my need for something sweet. Neil has a brilliant idea to take a square and cut it into smaller portions to enjoy throughout the day. BRILLIANT!” (Heather Houston 1-21-26)
  • “I am thankful there was little to no traffic this morning on my commute.” (Heather Houston 1-21-26)
  • “My lovely husband crafted a dish from our World Tour of Chicken to enjoy for dinner tonight…Singapore Chicken. Thank you my love!” ❤️(Heather Houston 1-21-26)
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  • “I appreciate my commitment to pursuing student loan forgiveness by calling and waiting on hold for 3 hours to get the answers to begin the process.  The forgiveness of my loans would be a fiscal abundance to be free of that has been on my back for over 25 years.” (Heather Houston 1-21-22)
  • “I am grateful to being successful at inputting over 120 appointments for my athletes so they would be afforded training time without other conflicts.” (Heather Houston 1-21-22)
  • “I am thankful the federal student loan consolidation process toward loan forgiveness was a quick 15-minute process.” (Heather Houston 1-21-22)
  • “I appreciate my partner’s patience with me as I texted him numerous questions during my grocery shopping.  I was poopy tired and needed his input to decipher the Asian characters in the Uwajimaya Market in order to get the makings for Pork Lo Mein for dinner.” (Heather Houston 1-21-22)
  • “I am blessed to be able to travel the world with my partner via our cooking.  Tonight we made Pork Lo Mein and it was YUMMY!” (Heather Houston 1-21-22)

Daily Gratitude 1-20-26

January 20th, 2026

  • “I am thankful my love gets up at the crack of dawn with me to make me breakfast for after my rowing workout. His care with making sure I am fed before work is priceless. Thank you my love!”❤️ (Heather Houston 1-20-26)
  • “I am grateful we have a meeting at work today where they are bringing in box lunches. I was in a hurry this morning and neglected to make my lunch before leaving for work.” (Heather Houston 1-20-26)
  • “I appreciate that tonight is Gringo Taco night and my love has made fresh Pico de gallo…YUM!” (Heather Houston 1-20-26)
  • “I am blessed to have such a wonderful husband who creates yummy meals.” (Heather Houston 1-20-26)
  • “I am thankful I have a warm home as I see the temperature beginning to fall to freezing tonight.” (Heather Houston 1-20-26)

  • “I am thankful to be working with a group of swimming athletes who are committed to improving.” (Heather Houston 1-20-22)
  • “I am thankful for my Spotify subscription to veg out to music on my commute home after a frustrating day at work.” (Heather Houston 1-20-22)
  • “I am grateful to have a partner that listens to me without judgement as I melt down with frustration at learning my employer had renewed my contract at a wage that didn’t even meet the basic Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA).  at a lowly 2.5% per year, my wage increase equated to .5% for the next 5 years.  UGH!  Time to find a new job!” (Heather Houston 1-20-22)
  • “I am blessed to have a partner who shows me his love by giving me time to relax on the couch while he creates a delectable fillet and roasted potato dinner.” (Heather Houston 1-20-22)
  • “I appreciate being wrapped up in the arms of my love at night, making me feel safe, supported and loved before I drift to sleep.  A great way to bookend the day together.”💖 (Heather Houston 1-20-22)