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                 Jokamartell 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Karen 
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                       Posted - Nov 01 2025 :  6:27:25 PM
                        
                        
                      
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                       Hi sisters!! :)
  I wanted to offer up a challenge to each of you. Spend the month of November focusing on gratefulness.  Journal/list one thing that you are thankful or grateful for each day.  You may share if you want, but it’s not required.  I have a few smaller journals/notebooks that I will track my gratitude in.  Wanna join me? | 
                     
                    
                        Karen :)
  To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha | 
                     
                   
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                 debbieklann 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Debbie 
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                       Posted - Nov 01 2025 :  6:35:28 PM
                        
                        
                      
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                      |  I will! What a great/fun idea:) | 
                     
                    
                        Debbie Klann Farmgirl Sister #770 2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year January 2020 FGOTM "Well behaved women seldom make history"... Laurel Thatcher Ulrich | 
                     
                    
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                 levisgrammy 
                Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho 
                      
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                Denise 
                  
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                       Posted - Nov 01 2025 :  6:38:54 PM
                        
                        
                      
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                      |  I'm in. I have a gratefulness journal so do I need to start a new one or can I just continue in this one? | 
                     
                    
                        Denise~~
  Sister #43
   "I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
  "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path" Psalm 119:105
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                 Blessed in Colorado 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Debbie Fischer 
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                       Posted - Nov 01 2025 :  6:40:54 PM
                        
                        
                      
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                      |  I would like to do it as well. | 
                     
                    
                        Big Hugs, Debbie Farmgirl if the Month for: September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025. “My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.”  Lord Bryon When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                 PrairiePearl 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                     
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                Jeanette 
                Nanton 
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                       Posted - Nov 02 2025 :  07:30:45 AM
                        
                        
                      
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                      |  I would love to join you!  Thank-you for the inspiration and request to do so :0) | 
                     
                    
                        Jeanette  Farmgirl Sister #8699          ~Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. ~ Corrie Ten Boom
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                 Bellepic 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                     
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                Christine 
                Santa Ana 
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                       Posted - Nov 02 2025 :  09:04:44 AM
                        
                        
                      
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                       Ooo! I am grateful for this challenge! 
  I'm not sure I will revisit a journal, so I'm going to drop my first two here... 
  Nov 1- Backyard BBQ/graduation celebration-- Fallon played 2 hours with 8 friends from preschool while we recruited their parents to join us for climbing-camping adventures in the spring.  I remember worrying in those preschool days that parenthood would be one giant lonely slog and veteran parents tried to assure me that we would find a tribe.  I'm glad they were right.  
  Nov 2- 15K "Dinodash" 15K bike event-- There are so many ways this could have gone sideways.  1 mile in, Fallon's bike launched over a big pinecone, miraculously she recovered her balance, and we pulled over for a calm down water break and to debate the merits of turning around.  By mile 9 she was weaving in between pinecones, menacing rocks, and manhole covers, giggling, "You can't fool me!"  Similar to Nov 1, somehow we managed to bump into 11 family friends in the space of this short event and isn't even in our home school district.  I'm grateful for being in a season where we are surrounded by friends and seeing our kid adopt a growth mindset.  
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                        Farmgirl#8680 www.steamstead.blogspot.com Oct 2025 FGOTM | 
                     
                    
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                 debbieklann 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Debbie 
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                       Posted - Nov 02 2025 :  10:39:49 AM
                        
                        
                      
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                      |  Love this, Chris! | 
                     
                    
                        Debbie Klann Farmgirl Sister #770 2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year January 2020 FGOTM "Well behaved women seldom make history"... Laurel Thatcher Ulrich | 
                     
                    
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                 Jokamartell 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Karen 
                Kennewick 
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                       Posted - Nov 02 2025 :  4:42:51 PM
                        
                        
                      
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                       You can do a journal but you certainly don’t have to do one!! :) Denise, that’s up to you!! :) Thank you Chris for sharing!! :) It’s tough to be a parent! Your tribe will ebb and flow with Fallon’s activities and grade level. So glad you ran into so many people you knew!! | 
                     
                    
                        Karen :)
  To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha | 
                     
                    
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                 Jokamartell 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Karen 
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                       Posted - Nov 02 2025 :  4:45:14 PM
                        
                        
                      
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                      |  Thanks for joining me, sisters!! :) I find that being thankful for things in my life helps me to see the good things around me!! :) | 
                     
                    
                        Karen :)
  To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha | 
                     
                    
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                 nndairy 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Heather 
                Wapakoneta 
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                       Posted - Nov 03 2025 :  10:50:10 AM
                        
                        
                      
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                      |  I don't write it in a journal, but every evening when I'm out back feeding the calves their milk I take a minute to give thanks.  For things I have, good things that happened, etc.  Helps me remember what's important and let go of the things that aren't. | 
                     
                    
                        ~Heather  “I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington | 
                     
                    
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                 Blessed in Colorado 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Debbie Fischer 
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                       Posted - Nov 03 2025 :  11:37:04 AM
                        
                        
                      
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                       I do keep a journal and have for over 40 years. So in my old age when I forget something from years ago I can look back and remember. I use the same journal to write what I am truly grateful. And over the years there have been so many things I was grateful for. Today,  I am thankful and grateful for every Wildflower in Our Bouquet. Each Wildflower brings so much joy and happiness to my day and I am so grateful to each of you.
 
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                        Big Hugs, Debbie Farmgirl if the Month for: September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025. “My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.”  Lord Bryon When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                 debbieklann 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Debbie 
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                       Posted - Nov 03 2025 :  11:46:21 AM
                        
                        
                      
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                      |  That’s a great way to finish the day, Heather :) | 
                     
                    
                        Debbie Klann Farmgirl Sister #770 2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year January 2020 FGOTM "Well behaved women seldom make history"... Laurel Thatcher Ulrich | 
                     
                    
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                 AussieChick 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                    
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                Cindy 
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                       Posted - Nov 03 2025 :  4:28:38 PM
                        
                        
                      
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                      |  Awesome idea, Karen! There is always something to be grateful for, even in the midst of chaos. | 
                     
                    
                        Farmgirl #6058 Farmgirl Sister of the Year 2021
  "The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have". | 
                     
                    
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