today i am thankful...
1. that i finally got to take a bath in our tub. yay! last night after remi and shawn went to bed i decided that i should probably test the tub out. it was wonderful! i started out reading a book but then just decided to enjoy being in the warm water and i fell asleep. mmmm!!! i love that warm peaceful bliss of napping in a tub. it's been too long!
2. when the primary kids get excited about my singing time lessons. at church i'm the music leader for the kids (ages 4-11) in our congregation. i quickly learned that it's a bit of a gamble whether the kids will get excited about the lesson. some things that i've thought would be incredibly fun bomb big time. other things that i thought would be boring turn out to be wonderfully fun. and just because i've put a lot of time into preparing some sort of game doesn't mean anything - it could end up being lame or fun. who knows! with me having a hard time figuring out what will work and what won't, i get really excited when something turns out and the kids really participate and sing heartily. i'm getting better at it, but it doesn't happen every week. someday...!
3. for the internet. we live out in the country and live in a bit of a neighborhood (7 houses) but we are by far the youngest family. there's one other family that has kids, but they're late elementary school age. we're also quite a bit younger in age from the rest of the adults (most are my parents age or older) and i'm the only one who's home during the day. good thing i have so many projects lined up because it can get lonely out here. it'd be really nice to have a friend nearby, but i suppose that's the price i have to pay for the great place we live. the internet is one way that i still feel connected to the world. that's how i get a bit of "social" time in every day and i need it! i can stay connected to friends and family and find out what's going on in the world. i can download audio books from the library, i can pay my bills, i can listen to music, i can share bits and pieces of my life with others (thank you, blogger!), i can look up reference on the many questions that bounce around in my head, i can watch how-to videos to help me with our many projects... the internet is wonderful! it's hard to imagine life before it existed. on a side note, there are also many not-great things that have progressed because of the internet that i'm not thankful for, but for the things that i use it for, it's great!
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