Good Day!

It's getting late and I still need to fold laundry, so this is going to be a very fast post.  I do have much to be grateful for today. . .

1.  I am grateful that my neighbor let me use her microwave to heat up my leftovers.  I was thinking we'd have leftovers before 4H because they are so fast and easy.  Then, I remembered that our microwave decided it didn't want to work anymore on Sunday.  I called my neighbor and she was more than happy to let us use hers.  Zoey and I even got in a good conversation with her while waiting for our rice and gravy to heat up.

2.  I am grateful for craigslist.  After having to use my neighbor's microwave, I decided to look on craigslist to see if anyone was selling a microwave.  There was one about 1/2 hour away for $25.  Then I found one that was less than 10 miles away for $10.  We are now the proud owners of a very used microwave.  But hopefully it will last for a while.

3.  I am grateful for patient 4H leaders.  Jo's been having a hard time with confidence.  They played some fun games tonight.  One was cow herding and one was trying to drop a penny into a bucket from a spoon taped to your hat.  Jo actually was able to get her penny in one time and she was so proud.  Zoey, Owen and I left, but Nathan said that both Jo and Shorty did great at herding cows.  Especially for the first time.  I think both games helped boost Jo's confidence. 

4.  I am grateful to live in a small town where people remember me.  I had to pick up a prescription today for my neighbor and the tech remembered me from before and didn't give me any hassle about picking up a prescription for someone else.

5.  I am grateful for the summer reading program.  My kids all love it, I have time to socialize, and it gets us all reading together and alone.

6.  I am still grateful for my floor downstairs.  It's nice when my laundry basket is overflowing to not worry about clothes touching the floor.

Tonight, right before I left to go to town, I realized that the sky was very dark and it was thundering and lightening.  It looked ready to dump good.  At first, I was just thinking about having to drive in the rain, but then I realized that I still had my chairs outside.  I had been trying to keep them dry until they get all painted so I didn't have to wait for the wood to get dry.  I knew I had at least 3 loads to get everything in the basement.  As I went outside, I felt a few raindrops.  I picked up my first load and took it downstairs, praying that the rain would hold off.  It took 4 loads to get it all in and I felt little raindrops each time.  I got the sanding sponges and scrapers in, then went and got in my car to go to town.  I wasn't even a block down the street when the sky opened up and it downpoured.  I was very grateful that the rain was held back until I got everything inside.