When I stop to think about how blessed I am, with family and friends, it almost takes my breath away! Just to recap — Last Saturday I had a call from my friend Gen in New York, and we had a lovely phone visit. She is the one who ended up pointing me in the right direction to get some medical answers.
Then that afternoon my long-time friend Lynne stopped to visit and we spent the afternoon together. A few days later my former neighbor Ginny called and we met for supper at Bob Evans. Friday my friend Diane called and was stopping over with a plethora of goodies that she had been collecting for me – mostly Snoopy items. Sunday after church I met Mary at Eat n Park for breakfast and we spent a lovely hour and a half catching up.
Add to that spending the evening with my sister at the ‘Heroes’ presentation, and a phone call from Kelly who was checking in. Then the two visits in a row from Autmn and Cameron (even though it meant a night of no sleep!). I feel like I’ve been floating on clouds of love and blessings! And there’s also the txts and emails and calls in between!
But now, back to the regularly scheduled Word Garden! Diane came over yesterday morning to bring me a ‘treat’ bag – a lot of it Snoopy. We had hot tea and scones and enjoyed catching up. She wore her Snoopy Camp shirt which of course added to the fun.
I weed-whacked and cut the grass while it was still cool enough, and that should do it for a few days. I took a second shower then did some inside chores, like ironing and changing sheets and laundry. I drove over to park at Kathy’s and we got to St. Clair Park about 5:30pm. There was lots of shade and places to sit so we enjoyed visiting and reading the program booklet while waiting for the ceremony. They had posters taped to the fence by the entrance which we could take with us. We will have to take a ride around Greensburg to find Dad’s banner once they get them all put up.
As each Hometown Hero’s name was called, the family stood briefly. There were 43 new banners this year. After the ceremony the Westmoreland Symphony performed, and my favorite part was a salute to the troops. Those songs were all familiar to us.
We left there about 8pm and went out to Chick-Fil-A to grab supper. It was fun to not have to go home and eat cereal!
Stephanie and her daughter Natalie helped with teaching this morning. We only had Max and Gracie. They listened very well to the lesson, and Stephanie had several crafts and games for them to do. They especially liked the balloon game – keeping ‘Zacchaeus’ off the ground!
Even though it was late, Max brought me a birthday card. Snoopy, of course! I told him it was OK – because I’d be 74 all year! When you open the card it plays the Snoopy dance.
When I left church I met Mary at Eat n Park and we had breakfast. We are trying to formulate a plan to move forward with more helpers and teachers. The company and the breakfast were wonderful!
It’s very hot – 87* – so I am opting to stay inside, at least for now. If it cools off a bit I may trim back the day lilies by the walk.
My blessings are numerous! 🙂
PEANUTS Thought for the day:
TOMORROW July 8th is:
Be a Kid Again Day; National Balloon Day; International Town Criers Day; Math 2.0 Day; National Blueberry Day; National Chocolate With Almonds Day; National Freezer Pop Day; National Ice Cream Sundae Day; National Love Your Skin Day; National Video Game Day; National Raspberry Day.
Yesterday’s fake day was National Tall Building Day. Chase will for sure celebrate Video Game day. I’ll do the ice cream. God bless!
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