I Feel Grateful For That Huge Electric Bill

      I often wake up in the wee hours of the morning and if I can't get back to sleep I get up and get on the computer.  I know, totally wrong thing to do, but I do it.  It is currently 7 degrees outside but since we always have wind it feels like -8, according to my local news website.  I haven't opened the door to see what that feels like but when one of my dogs went out and came back inside the doggy door in just a minute her fur was freezing cold.
     I am grateful for a working heater.  I am even grateful for the enormous electric bill I received for December because it means I was toasty warm through a very cold month.  I am even more grateful that I am hot natured and am comfy with the thermostat set at 67 degrees or that electric bill would have been really, really bad.
     I have been thinking a lot about things I am grateful for this week.  Of course I am grateful for my most important blessings like my kids, grandkids, dogs, sister, nieces, Heavenly Father.  This week it has popped into my head numerous times that I need to say thank you Lord for some other things that make my life better.
     I am seldom out after dark.  I can't see well to drive safely ~ mostly I see glare from the streetlights.  Sunday I had a chance to visit with my grandkids and I left their home a little late.  By the time I got to my house it was dark outside.  I always park in my driveway, then walk along the 50 feet of sidewalk next to my trailer house to get to the back door.  Even in the dark I feel perfectly safe since I have a 6 foot chain link fence surrounding the back yard, and a couple of Dobermans next door that watch me through the fence until I get inside.  I feel safe because of the porch light which lights up most of my back yard. I was grateful when the motion sensor on the porch light turned it on for me so I could see to unlock the door before I got too cold. I was grateful that I just bought a replacement light bulb for the porch light last week.  I had done without a porch light for a while.  You know how I hate to pay retail for anything and when it burned out recently I was waiting for a sale since those big bulbs are pricy.
      I am so extremely grateful for a library card and a wonderful library.  My daughter came for dinner last night and on her way through town she picked up a bag full of library books for me.  I honestly don't know what I would do without a library card.  I read more than anything else, especially when it is too cold to get outside.
     I think on Sundays I will post 7 words.  7 things I found myself grateful for during the week.  Other than the important things -- family most likely -- what do you find yourself feeling grateful for?