 One of my New Year's resolutions is to continue to do what I have been doing to lose some more weight and to stay healthy. I'll still be eating a lot of vegetables and trying to exercise more. I love to eat salad and vegetables. Then I can continue to eat chocolate and other dessert items. I also do things like shovel snow and mow my own lawn for some exercise. In some ways, it's nice to have a small yard and driveway.
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 I'm so thankful for my current life, including my family, friends, and pets. I'm also thankful for my current job and for the many accrued vacation days that I had this last summer, so I could write and have published another book of poetry: Paw Learning Mazes. I'm also thankful for the many learning processes that I've used in my life and for being able to help others to learn how to write, read, study, and think logically.  I love the Easter eggs on the cover design of Holidays Amaze. I also like the bright yellow color. The poem about an Easter egg hunt for Sunday School children in this book is interesting in the way the children reference parts of the bible. There's a nice narrative poem "Sticking Together on Easter" on pages 21-28 of Holidays Amaze; the children and adults in this poem are doing an outdoor Easter egg hunt near a pond. Here's one of the stanzas from page 22 of Holidays Amaze:
The youngest child showed a picture on his sock: Jesus was helping Peter to water-walk; the child then pulled from his bag a book to show the hands of Jesus working miracles aglow: many acts of feeding, healing, and helping, such as saving the scared Peter from drowning.  My cats are very helpful with different Christmas items, especially on Christmas Day. This photo was taken more than four years ago. The cat on the right side of the tree is now in heaven. The one on the left side is less than ten years old and very healthy. He sometimes even acts like a kitten. These two cats used to act like a brother and a sister. At Christmas time, I love to meet with my pets, family members, and their pets.
 I'm so thankful for Paw Dream Mazes now being available online and for my many author events. There are so many mazes in my life and in the lives of my pets. When I'm driving to work, I usually can choose between driving on the highway, driving near a lot of red lights, or driving near a lot of trees. I often pause to think about the different ways to drive, walk, or run. I also love to go shopping, so I can look at and think about different possible food items. Especially for Thanksgiving, the food items are a lot of fun to look at, and I'm thankful that I'm able to choose from different items while seated at a table with family members.
 I took the photo in this posting at the beginning of January 2020. The stained glass window in the photo is entitled "Easter Morning," was created by Louis Comfort Tiffany, and is in the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. I very much enjoyed this trip and am sooooooo thankful to have visited the Museum of the Bible. I am even more thankful to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for giving me eternal life through his sacrifice. I love being a Christian and knowing about God's love being available through eternity.
 Especially around Thanksgiving, I am thankful for so much. I'm very thankful for my family, friends, pets, and my own life. I also have a lot of essential items that enhance my life.
Last week, my very old stove started to mess up with beeping sounds about needing the timer to be set for the oven. Even though having to buy a new stove right before Thanksgiving can be viewed in a negative way, I have begun thinking about the many working appliances that I have. I also am able to use the old stove while waiting for a new one to be delivered. I just turn off its electricity when it is not in use. I am very thankful for the many wonderful parts of my life.
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