So… this turned out to be a bit of a rough week. I made an unwise decision over the weekend (it was a good book that I hadn’t read before, but I should not have decided to finish it instead of sleeping… and, yes, I do know better by now…) which created a domino effect with my sleep cycle for the first half of the week.
I did, however, manage to get some of the mountain of dishes done on Monday evening and the laundry done on Tuesday evening and more dishes Wednesday. (I figure as long as I wash a few more dishes than I use every day, then eventually the pile will be gone and my kitchen will be clean… it’s just gonna take me a while to get there.) Then yesterday morning, Wednesday, the main road on my route to work was closed because of a horrible crash and so I had to drive the long way around which made me half an hour later than I already was going to be. (Yes, I did call and let the admin. assistant know.) Plus, I didn’t get any of the photo sorting done that I wanted to over the last five days, hence the placeholder below, and my fishtank really needs cleaned…
In spite of all that, though, I still have things to be thankful for. Things like:
The Day Lilies are out in strength right now
- grace
- beauty – I found it this week in clouds, in flowers, in caring friends
- people that are patient with me
- laundry machines
- that aforementioned laundry machines are only one flight of stairs away
- spaghetti sauce I had frozen, so I didn’t have to think up a meal when I was tired
- renewed contact with friends from long ago and far away
Did you have a rough week too? Have you found anything to be thankful for in spite of it that you wouldn’t mind sharing?
A Road on My Journey 
Hey Ruth. Don’t worry about the stressful week, we all have them. I too have been SOOO blessed by our EduVenture class reuniting. Especially by Heather’s, that was something that just killed me inside for years now. 😦 Praise God for his redeeming grace. 🙂
I am also thank full that we now have Broccoli to eat from the garden and not just swiss chard. 🙂 SOON we will have tomatoes, Ryan thinks we will have cherry tomatoes by July 4th. I am also thankful for our beehive that we recently got. I look forward to eat our own honey and having my own beeswax for things that I make.
We are really looking forward to you coming to visit. Maybe 4th of July weekend? It’s a longer one which would be nice to have more time together. 🙂 Let us know soon. Blessings to you today and be a blessing to those around you.
Love,
Siobhan (Hannah)
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Thankful list:
– Thankful for computers and technology, even if they don’t work properly all the time. When they do work, keeping in touch is so much easier.
– Thankful there are several different restaurants to chose from when we want to go out to dinner. We even have ‘take-out’ somewhat. ….(Dad has to drive to the bottom of the hill and buy it from the stand there, then bring it home.) 🙂
– Thankful for fans, even a small wind blowing makes the hot/ humid better.
– Thankful for our children that they are all following the Lord Jesus Christ, and have a vital relationship with Him.
– So very thankful for the husband God has given me for the last 38 years! Life has been an adventure and continues to amaze me.
[As I was typing this the power went out, then on, then off, eventually back on – but I had lost the internet connection.]
Love you!
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Hey Roo! I miss you and hearing you share all of this with me in person. 🙂 I’m thankful for some things this week too: free Redbox movies that we got over the weekend, long walks in the summer breeze, reminders of grace, good health, the little tomatoes growing in my garden.
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Today, a special thankful item…a surprise visit from a close friend from PNG! Just a couple hours, but how fun! 🙂
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