Tuesday Night Already?

I meant to blog every day this month, but I think taking a break on the weekends is more realistic. And apparently this past weekend was a 3-day weekend, since it's already Tuesday and I haven't posted anything yet.

I'm thankful for safe neighborhoods and for those machines that wash and dry clothes for you (also known as "washers" and "dryers"). And that we have such amazing machines in our homes, mere steps from where the dirty laundry piles up. There's not too much dirty laundry in our house right now, but there are piles (and piles and piles) of clean laundry, so I'm going to stop writing now and go fold them.

After I wash the dishes. And tidy the house so that I don't trip over anything in the morning, before I've had my coffee.

(By the way, Chet is out of town, which is why I'm thankful for safe neighborhoods and why there are still so many household chores for me to do at 9 p.m. He certainly shares the load.)

Happy Tuesday night/Wednesday morning!

Target Popcorn

This year I've decided to be more lighthearted in blogging about what I am thankful for. The big, important things are a given, so I'll talk about the small, usually insignificant things I'm thankful for on a daily basis.

Hence, the title "Target Popcorn," because I'm super thankful for it. We get some every single time we go to the store. I have the cashier divide it into four of their red bags, so there's never any fighting (I learned that the hard way). Ruthie makes a mess with it, but it keeps her distracted long enough for us to get out of the store alive.

Plus, I get to eat what's leftover on the way home.

Happy weekend!

Great Wins

Today I'm thankful for great wins. As in, the Houston Astros winning the World Series. Could there have been a better, more appropriate city/team to win this year? I think not.

I remember in 2010 when the New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl -- even more than four years after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf coast, people seemed really glad for that team and city to experience and enjoy such a feat.

Enjoy the win, Houstonians. May it be a light amidst the hard and work and struggle of rebuilding a great city.

A Month of Thankfulness

Yay, November! Welcome!

I tore down most of our Halloween stuff -- ahhhhhhhh. (That's a sigh of satisfaction.)

Today I'm thankful for amazing neighbors. The houses on our street are a little spread out, and some don't have families living in them right now, so we decided to congregate with three other families on our street in a single driveway. We had chili (three kinds!), homemade bread and cornbread, and chocolate chip pumpkin cake. But the best part was the fellowship. It was a great Halloween!

Notice Ruthie using her web shooters like Spiderman-Ford.

Happy November!