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This has been a really cool week! I got the pleasure of spending Tuesday with my daughter. We did tea (her favorite thing to do) and then hit the pumpkin patch! When was the last time you picked out a pumpkin in 75 degree weather? Now I am off to do another favorite thing of mine-shop! Scott and my 20 year class reunion is on Saturday so I need to get some new duds. The hope is that the new outfit will take off 20 years from my face. I believe in miracles but is this possible?
Scott had the idea, a while back, that I should surprise the kids at Marissa's bus stop with hot chocolate one morning. Sounded like a good idea to me and once I mentioned it to Marissa I was reminded thoroughly until I finally acted. We decided Monday would be the best day for it, especially because that seems to be a drag of a day for almost everyone. So this last Monday, with Marissa's help, I loaded a tray full of cocoa goodies and a carafe of hot water and off to the bus stop we trudged.
Andrew, our 2nd grade neighbor was the first to greet us. It wasn't a greeting of many words, simply a smile that went from ear to ear! I expected the novelty of the cocoa to wear off within a couple of minutes but every time I glanced over at Andrew, he looked like I would, if I'd just won the lottery.
The kids chattered and giggled as they gulped down the brown liquid being sure to leave a residue around their lips to leave proof of the morning delight. Honestly, though, I'm really not sure who was more joyful, me or them. Can it really be possible that I can achieve true happiness by simply delivering hot chocolate to a small group of school kids on a Monday morning? If so, when can I do it again!
I was long overdue for some sleep! I have been cranky lately. My family can attest! Anyway I slept in until 9:30 today and then lingered in bed with coffee and my computer. Elvis is playing loudly in the background as Scott makes breakfast for Marissa and her sleep over friend, Kristin. I think I am in heaven, or maybe just experiencing a moment of peace in my existence on this too busy planet! You know you need rest when you find yourself daydreaming(for long periods at a time) of other regions to relocate to, such as: the Caribbeans, Mexico, Hawaii, Texas........Georgia? Louisiana?Nevada?....anywhere but here!
Most of you know Sneezy and Bashful to be two of Disney’s
seven dwarfs. To our family, however, they were our adorable pet rats (except
for the ugly wormlike tails they drug behind them).
Last year, on a
rainy, dark day we buried them. Their short lived lives came to an end after loving
them for only two years. The rats were best loved by my ten year old daughter
Marissa. We often talk about them and remember Sneezy and Bashful in all of
their cuteness, until last night.
At about 12:30 I hear rustling around in one of my daughters’
bedrooms. I get up to check it out. (they are supposed to be sleeping in our 2
story, 12x10 playhouse) I walk into Marissa’s room to find her with a worried
look on her face and my older daughter,
I patiently explain, “Marissa, Sneezy and Bashful are with Jesus,” which sounds perfectly logical for me to say at 12:30 in the morning but as I realize, in hind site, is equally humorous. I’m not sure which is more comical, rats haunting our playhouse or a picture of Jesus holding our pet rats as the scamper about upon his lap.
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