This week I am thankful...
...for new lino in our kitchen and our bathroom. It looks fantastic! I wasn't exactly sure if I loved it when we picked it out, but it suits our house perfectly.
...for soft tissues, hot lemon cold relief and this amazing effervescent vitaminy cold-fighting stuff we discovered at the local pharmacy.
...that I have a cold this week instead of next, when I have to do those long evening parent-teacher interviews. I hope I can shed it before then.
...for the financial ability to take our kids out for supper two nights in a row because we didn't have the use of our stove while the lino-installer guy was here.
...for #1's volleyball coach and team and all that goes along with it. His season is now finished - all except for the pizza lunch wind-up - and he's a little sad about it. He loved being part of a team.
...for #2's Cub leader and troop and for #3's Beaver leader and troop. Tuesday was the investiture. It was just the cutest thing ever, especially the little Beavers. They were told that they were passing from Kit Beavers to Eager Beavers. One of them (there's always at least one know-it-all) shouted out during that part of the ceremony, "A kit is a baby beaver!"
...for colleagues who, even after more years of teaching experience than I have, still are harried during this glorious season of report cards, making me feel a little better that I feel so harried.
...for Diet Coke and light popcorn.
...for my mom's Christmas china, sitting in my china cabinet, awaiting the holiday season.
...for my American friends, especially my American blog friends, as the celebrate the season of gratitude. Happy Thanksgiving, friends!
I hope you all have a wonderful week. I may not have time for Thankful Thursday next week, as it's one of my long days, but believe me, I'll be grateful when all of my interviews are over and done with, shortly after 8:00 Thursday evening.
