{"id":161,"date":"2015-09-01T14:41:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T13:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/?p=161"},"modified":"2015-09-07T14:43:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T13:43:41","slug":"gratitude-august-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"GRATITUDE &#8211; August 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1 &#8211; I am grateful for the lovely raspberries I just picked from my garden<br \/>\n(sorry, no pic, already gone!)<\/p>\n<p>2 &#8211; I am grateful I have found a good new arrangement for my hanging baskets<\/p>\n<p>3 &#8211; I am grateful for my steam cooker &#8211; cooks fast and cheaply\u00a0 (and does not nuke food like microwaves)<\/p>\n<p>4 &#8211; I am grateful I managed to get round to all my appointments on time today and without rushing!<\/p>\n<p>5 &#8211; I am grateful for the free\/replacement lavender plants I received today<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lavender_plants1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-165\" src=\"http:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lavender_plants1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"lavender_plants\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lavender_plants1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lavender_plants1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6 &#8211; I am grateful for DVLA&#8217;s road tax reminder: it reminded me about the MOT I had booked for today!!<\/p>\n<p>7 &#8211; I am grateful for perfect weather at the park today<\/p>\n<p>8 &#8211; I am grateful for the lovely berry plants I found at Aldi yesterday<\/p>\n<p>9 &#8211; I am grateful for the blackberries I picked today<\/p>\n<p>10 &#8211; I am grateful the neighbours&#8217; cats only overturned but did not kill my lavender plants (I hope)<\/p>\n<p>11 &#8211; I am grateful for promptly receiving my new USB pendrive purchase today<\/p>\n<p>12 &#8211; I am grateful for brief, productive meetings<\/p>\n<p>13 &#8211; I am grateful for all the good wishes, flowers and presents I received on my birthday<\/p>\n<p>14 &#8211; I am grateful for waterproof clothing<\/p>\n<p>15 &#8211; I am grateful for the great scent of lemongrass essential oil<\/p>\n<p>16 &#8211; I am grateful less than one hour of pruning resulted in a neat-looking hedge in our front garden<\/p>\n<p>17 &#8211; I am grateful for water and its power to remove headaches<\/p>\n<p>18 &#8211; I am grateful for managing to do my shopping in 5 minutes today<\/p>\n<p>19 &#8211; I am grateful for slippery elm&#8217;s soothing effect on sore throats<\/p>\n<p>20 &#8211; I am grateful for holidays<\/p>\n<p>21 &#8211; I am grateful for clear roads and getting to our destination with plenty of spare time<\/p>\n<p>22 &#8211; I am grateful it didn&#8217;t start raining hard until we were safely tucked into the car<\/p>\n<p>23 &#8211; I am grateful for precious time with family<\/p>\n<p>24 &#8211; I am grateful that Jessica Ennis-Hill achieved the heptathlon gold in Beijing<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/buff.ly\/1Lsbfbx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/buff.ly\/1Lsbfbx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jess_Ennis_Aug2015.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-167\" src=\"http:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jess_Ennis_Aug2015-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Jess_Ennis_Aug2015\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jess_Ennis_Aug2015-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jess_Ennis_Aug2015-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jess_Ennis_Aug2015.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>25 &#8211; I am grateful that Bolt successfully leveraged his experience to win 100m gold<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/buff.ly\/1EewLkq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/buff.ly\/1EewLkq<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Bolt_3000.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-166\" src=\"http:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Bolt_3000-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Bolt_3000\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Bolt_3000-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Bolt_3000-1024x615.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Bolt_3000.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>26 &#8211; I am grateful for great entertainment at <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/paliodisandonato?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=672927269476212\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_58cl\">\u202a#\u200e<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">paliodisandonato\u202c<\/span><\/a> <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/paliodicividale?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=672927269476212\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_58cl\">\u202a#\u200e<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">paliodicividale\u202c<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/buff.ly\/1h8aM3Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/buff.ly\/1h8aM3Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>27 &#8211; I am grateful for catching up with long-time friends<\/p>\n<p>28 &#8211; I am grateful for doing my tai chi practice in the scent of American grapes<\/p>\n<p>29 &#8211; I am grateful for meeting up with so many branches of my family<\/p>\n<p>30 &#8211; I am grateful for hot, sunny weather<\/p>\n<p>31 &#8211; I am grateful for sweet and juicy chilled watermelon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/watermelon.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-169\" src=\"http:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/watermelon-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"watermelon\" width=\"244\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 &#8211; I am grateful for the lovely raspberries I just picked from my garden (sorry, no pic, already gone!) 2 &#8211; I am grateful I have found a good new arrangement for my hanging baskets 3 &#8211; I am &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/?p=161\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}