Every Thursday, I share three good things from today, in the past week, and/or in the week or weeks to come, to focus on what is good. I encourage you to share in the comments your three good things too, if you want. I was introduced to thinking on three good things for the week by Deb Nance of the blog Readerbuzz who lists hers every Sunday on her blog.

I didn’t draft my regular Three Good Things Thursday earlier in the week, then I worked this past Thursday and Friday. And yesterday I just didn’t feel like writing a blog post, so here we are.

With it being near the end of the month July and the beginning of the month of August, I thought I’d look back at three good things from last month and hopefully three good things from this coming month.

3 Good Things From July

1. I survived the heat, as I was able to keep our house relatively cool during the heat waves we had during the month, thanks to three strategically-placed air conditioners in our small one-story house. We live in northcentral Pennsylvania so we don’t usually hit 100, but we had some days in the 90s and a few days and nights that were very humid. I would prefer temperatures in the 70s all the time.
2. I had a three-day weekend to start and end the month.
3. I also had therapy to start and end the month, with progress being made during the month relatively, despite, while not my personal world but, “the world” in general falling apart or further declining. I’m still attempting to “cultivate my garden” as was, and is, my goal when I first began this blog back in January.

3 Good Things For August

1. First and foremost, today is my mother’s 81st birthday. She is now the same age, as my father who turned 81 in January. Despite some medical issues for both of them (I won’t go into details because, as with “these kinds of things,” it’s easy to get bogged down in the details), they still live at home, with my sister, who lives a few miles away. I’m about 60 miles away and while my wife’s work schedule doesn’t allow me to go over today, I am going to see them both later in the week as…
2. the month begins with five days off in a row. I won’t be able to get over to see them and my sister and her family until later in the week, but it will be good, whatever time I get to visit with them all.
3. And the month ends with four days off in a row into Labor Day to end summer.