This
week I am especially thankful for:
1) A day off with the family. The fourth of July this year was really a great day here. For the first time in about 7 years, Gordie had the day off (yay for salary this time). We were able to take it easy in the morning. We cleaned up the garage (what is done so far) so the van would fit and got rid of an annoying "shrub" that had grown itself too close the air conditioner. Then I went to Wal-mart WITHOUT ANY CHILDREN and stopped at Dillons (as there are things I needed from each) and went to two other stores to find a cable for our "original x-box. We hooked up said x-box (which we just had sitting around) and the kids were (and continue to be) ecstatic. Good family fun there. (Now if only we could find Star Wars Legos, we would be set :) Then the hubby grilled for dinner (LOTS of yummy stuff there) and then we finished the day enjoying the city fireworks from the top of the garage (with the youngest three in bed).
1) A day off with the family. The fourth of July this year was really a great day here. For the first time in about 7 years, Gordie had the day off (yay for salary this time). We were able to take it easy in the morning. We cleaned up the garage (what is done so far) so the van would fit and got rid of an annoying "shrub" that had grown itself too close the air conditioner. Then I went to Wal-mart WITHOUT ANY CHILDREN and stopped at Dillons (as there are things I needed from each) and went to two other stores to find a cable for our "original x-box. We hooked up said x-box (which we just had sitting around) and the kids were (and continue to be) ecstatic. Good family fun there. (Now if only we could find Star Wars Legos, we would be set :) Then the hubby grilled for dinner (LOTS of yummy stuff there) and then we finished the day enjoying the city fireworks from the top of the garage (with the youngest three in bed).
2) My washer and dryer. I do A LOT of laundry (2 regular "house loads" every other day or so and diapers ever other day as well, plus sheets or blankets fairly regularly). We have front-loaders that are high efficiency (using much less water) and they are nice and make me happy. A friend of mine is constantly needing to fix her washer or dryer which I'm grateful has not been much of a problem for us (yet at least - I think we have had these about 3 years now) and I was also thinking how nice it is to be able to throw in a load whenever I need to. (Since kids make LOTS of messes!)
3) A fiction book I am enjoying. I have read lots of fiction but then took a break from it for a while as I was trying to read lots of other books I though were "important." But in an attempt to "de-stress" (not distress :) I picked up a fiction book and I have been enjoying it (sometimes it is difficult to find something that holds my interest or does not feel like a waste of time).
"O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures for ever." - Psalm 107:1
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