Things I am thankful for this week:
- that I was home on Wednesday because our refrigerator, which has been on its last leg for months, finally died. The freezer part became refrigerator temperature and the refrigerator a less than acceptable temperature for anything that could spoil easily. So I spent a good portion of the day moving things from the freezer to the freezer section of the fridge in the garage.
- that we have a refrigerator in the garage
- that I was able to get into church on Wednesday evening when the office was (relatively) quiet and make copies for the mailing that needed to go out (535 copies)
- that, even though I had neglected to check on our OBCM stationery supplies, we had enough with a few to spare
- that the copier decided to jam continually on Thursday afternoon (at the end of a very weary day). This needs an explanation (because I am not usually grateful when bad things happen--and quite frankly was not at the time, either): Pastor Dave was not in the office most of the day on Thursday and so I was not able to have him proof the bulletin before I ran it off. Since I am doing that project in the busy front office where I am frequently interrupted, it is important to have someone else (with knowledge of what should be in there) read it carefully, because there is always something to change. Because he wasn't there I proofed it myself and thought I was being careful, but I was very tired. As a result I did miss something very important. Because the copier jammed Pastor Dave was able to proof and catch the error on Friday morning before I ran the final copies.
- that the copier ran perfectly on Friday morning and I was able to print the corrected bulletin with no problem (although I had to take them home with me to stuff as I ran out of time during the day).
- that Dad made it through two days without one of his key medications and one day without another (his usual nurse was away and neither the substitute nurse nor I noticed until he was out)
- that Dad's meds were delivered on Friday before Deneen left so that she was able to replenish his supply
- that Shawn was able to be home when the refrigerator was delivered
- that my husband granted my desire to have a certain refrigerator, even though it was $300 more than the one he thought was adequate. Now I have a bigger refrigerator (20 cubic) with the freezer on the bottom--I love it!
- that the new refrigerator fit perfectly in the space we had (although I now have to find a new place to store my mops--they fit nicely between the old refrigerator and the wall)
- that the refrigerator was delivered on a Friday so that I have Saturday to move everything from the garage to the new fridge
- that God blessed our Ladies' Prayer Breakfast this morning. I really did NOT feel like rolling out of bed at 5:45 this morning. I did not have a scripture planned but God did and six ladies sat around a table and sang, discussed the Scripture I had chosen (Psalm 69), discussed what our enemies are as, unlike David, a physical person is not trying to kill us; but we all have enemies in our own desires. Each of the ladies shared a praise and we laughed and thanked God and prayed.
- for Dieter Jacob who volunteered to bring breakfast for us and took great joy in serving us. What a treat! I have never had bagels with cream cheese, smoked salmon and capers--it was good!
- for the chocolate muffin also
- that my hubby still accompanied me to the breakfast and assisted Dieter, that he didn't have to think about the menu or shop
- for the beautiful fall colors--finally!
- that God's mercies are new every morning
1 comment:
Great post! You sure are busy. Put me to shame with being able to think of ALL those things to be thankful for! Thanks for sharing, and I am glad you got your "dream frig"!
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