Little Blessings

1. Thomas walking on his own without prompting and without even caring if there is someone to catch him when he gets where ever he is going.

2.A cheese press David  made for me out of two cutting boards, some 1-inch dowels, and a few barbell weights.  No more stacking fifty pounds of books precariously atop my cheese!

3. Chickens roaming in a whole field made dog-proof  on Saturday morning.

4. Busy neighbors coming and going but always stopping for a few minutes to say hello over the fence.  They’re looking out for a cow for us, too.

5. Jon – finally! – reading every little thing his beautiful blue eyes light upon.

6. A great desk found at a flea market for a great price.  It’ll be a great place for a little boy to do his engineering AND (hopefully) help keep the floor clean of erector set bits.

7. Strong coffee, and lots of it.

8. Friends and family and friends I love like family.

9. A budget.  Is that silly?  We sat down and made a budget last week, to begin the first of May, and I’m ridiculously pleased about it.  I don’t think we’ve ever done this before, planned out what to with every single dollar that comes in.

10. A few great doctors who really care about their patients. I know of a couple we need to replace, too, but I’m thankful for the ones who give us their all.

11. The love of my husband.

12. My new red mixer to replace the white one that’s been broken since last autumn.  We didn’t miss it for kneading bread, but it sure did make a lot of other tasks either highly inconvenient or downright impossible.  I mailed away for a free ice cream maker attachment, too, which will be wonderful, since our current ice cream maker is kind of small.  (By the way, did you know that chocolate ice cream has exactly three ingredients?  Cream, sugar and cocoa.  Find a brand at the store that has only three ingredients.  Go ahead.  You can’t beat the taste, either!)