Day 22 - I knew this would happen. I just couldn't keep my eyes open last night and didn't get to blog. Dale says I am turning into a morning person! Oh please, not that!! Last night was our date night again. I realized as we sat eating that I was thankful for the table and chairs we were sitting at. For those of you who don't know, we don't have a table and chairs to eat on at our house. Well, we did, but it is now my craft table. You see, our apartment is very small and there really wasn't room for a table and chair set, but we did have a little one that no one was using from our move from a house to an apartment, so we had it scrunched into the living room. It was ok, but we didn't use it much for eating. Too tight a fit. Then, last year we bought a portable dishwasher with some Christmas money and had no room in the living room for it. So, the table got moved to our bedroom and the dishwasher took its place. In the spring we (and I mean, the kids and Dale and I) cleaned out the spare bedroom, put our table in there and my computer, but that still didn't free up the living room for an eating table, therefore we don't have one. So, last night as I sat at the restaurant table, I was very thankful for it. I could look across and "gaze lovingly" into the eyes of my sweetie and didn't have to do a balancing act on my lap. It is all very nice and I enjoy it for once-a-week. We get along very nicely without a table, but sometimes it is hard to eat that way and I long for a table. I got a little bed tray table at a garage sale for $1 last summer and the grandkids use it when they come. Little bodies can so easily sit on the floor!
"The B-I-B-L-E. Yes, that's the book for me. I stand alone on the word of God, the B-I-B-L-E."
Day 23 - Today I am thankful I am as old as I am. Not that getting older is so wonderful, but I realized as I watched a couple walking in the snow, struggling with their 3 under 5 (I'll bet) children all dressed in snowsuits, boots, etc., that I am glad I am over that part of my life. I dearly love my children and I loved them as youngsters, but every winter I would say over and over again - "I hate winter and boots and snowsuits, etc., etc.!" Now, when we have to go somewhere I only have to worry about what I am wearing and keeping myself upright on a snow sidewalk. I don't know how these people do it - to have their children in the late 40's and even 50's, as I would really hate to be running after kids right now. Even teenagers - no thank you! Anyway, I am glad I can say that, even with all the aches and pains we have as we get older and the stuff we complain about. But, I really am thankful I am the age I am.
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