Marty guessed correctly.
It’s harvest time here in Iowa — Mark and the boys were out combining Soybeans on Sunday afternoon. For at least a little while, the boys were allowed to play IN the grain truck, and came home with shoes full of beans. They were conscientious about checking the shoes, but I think they missed the myriad pockets on Will’s cargo pants.
While doing something from my cranky list (laundry…), I found something that made me smile.
Anyone know what those are and where they might have come from?
(I am sad to say that even while smiling over this, I was forced to endure more cranky-inducing experiences such as the fact that (a) the memory card for Mark’s camera needs to be replaced and (b) the wireless network here at the shop is really flaky in the mornings, making it hard to actually upload the danged picture that made me smile. Here’s hoping for less crankiness as the morning goes on. Caffeine would probably help the situation).
Suzanne
I’ve had a very cranky week. I’m goign to take a minute and embrace the crankiness in the hopes that releasing it to the universe helps it to go away permanently. At least until next month.
Thanks that are making my cranky
1. Spammers (ironically, someone found my blog yesterday by searching for that tax refound subject line from yesterday. I hope they were looking to find out if it was true or not, and went away knowing that it is NOT.)
2. Politicians.
3. The Economy.
4. People who do things purely out of spite.
5. Quilts with issues
6. Sales people who don’t call me back. Hello? I want to BUY something from you. Duh.
7. Laundry
8. 9 year old boys who roll around on the floor wrestling when they are supposed to be getting ready for bed (or school, or football, or…)
9. 9 year old boys who, in the course of rolling around on the floor, somehow (?) punch each other. One of whom got punched in the mouth and bled like a stuck pig from said mouth.
Things that are making me NOT cranky, aka Things I’m Grateful For
1. Customers
2. Boy who won 1st place in the local Fire Prevention Week poster contest (for his grade). T-shirt and $10 bill were the prize.
3. Two boys who were invited to join the TAG (talented and gifted) program. Only 5 from their grade “made it” — out of 37 kids.
4. That we are young and not needing to retire and use our investments any time soon.
5. That the U.S. presidential election is nearly over.
6. That I’m done with the quilts that were giving me headaches
7. The sun is shining and I’ve been much warmer this week than last
On this bright sunny Thursday (well, it’s sunny in Iowa…) what is making YOU grateful?
Suzanne
