TToT – Disappearing Act

August 24, 2014 Off By Lisa

I know, I know.

I got everybody all excited about my big job move, promised I would explain in more detail what I’ll be doing next…and then completely – and unintentionally – disappeared from this space all week.

I felt sort of “eh” on Saturday afternoon last week. I figured I was just tired from our amusement park trip the day before. But the headache got worse, the chest congestion took hold and by Sunday morning, I had a nasty summer cold which felt like it could easily be convinced to become a full-blown sinus and upper respiratory infection.

And then I spent most of the week really sick. Highly inconvenient, given that we had a yard sale scheduled for this weekend and a whole lot of stuff to set up.

Despite the fact that I felt lousy all week, there are still many moments for which to be thankful…

For starters, I am quite thankful for my knowledge of home remedies and healing herbs. Making steady use of them this week helped me keep that cold at bay and prevent it from becoming a full-blown infection.

I am also so thankful for the relief that comes from drinking a mug or bowl of hot liquid. Even if it’s mostly a placebo, nothing feels quite as good as breathing in the vapors from a steaming bowl of chicken broth.

None of my home remedies would be possible without an abundant supply of fresh fruits and vegetables and herbs. I am glad we had plenty on hand to use. And I am always thankful that we have enough to eat and that we can easily provide our family with fresh produce because that is not true for far too many people. Even though I understand it academically, I am always sort of stunned when I think that there are places in the world – in this country – where fresh produce is not readily available. We are blessed beyond measure.

I am glad that between what we had on hand in our pantry and fridge, we were able to manage meals for Kidzilla and the Hub without much fuss on those nights I just wanted soup and crackers. I’m thankful, too, that the “what do you want to do about dinner” discussions were relatively painless.

I’m grateful that our yard sale went fairly well. The first day was a bit slow, but that’s perhaps to be expected on a Friday. Saturday was a lot slow because it rained all morning. But overall, we sold a few things – including the small sofa we were hoping to move – and it went well. We were all delighted when our last couple of the day bought the remaining box of baby and toddler books Kidzilla cleaned out. They were new grandparents and wanted to get the books for their grandson. His parents are both teachers who love to read to him – we could not have been more delighted to know that her books will have a good home where they will be appreciated by another family of readers.

We enjoyed an impromptu dinner on Friday evening with Aunt D. and Uncle D. (Kidzilla’s Godfather) at a favorite place. Mom joined us and we all had a great time.

Right now I’m headed out with Super Sister to do a desperate search for a swimsuit for our planned trip to the beach…hoping I’ll be thankful for a good find!

That’s it for me – I’m calling in the SBoR/BoSR on this one and being thankful that I actually got a list up and remembered to link it!

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Ten Things of Thankful