The Lord is Good to Me....

and so I thank the Lord......

We made some yummy Johnny Appleseed milkshakes this morning.  I used apple cider, vanilla ice cream, whipped cream and a dash of cinnamon.  Very tasty.    

I have been in a serious funk lately.  My job.  Oh my job.....let's just say it's not my happy place.  Sadly, I have a very difficult time separating my stress and misery that comes from work with the rest of my life.  Today, after spending a good part of the day moping around involuntarily (aka, the pits of despair), I was asked to go on a treasure hunt with my daughter.  She told me that once she threw a rock into the woods the magic would begin.  We went on a search for crystals, discovered a secret land that appeared out of thin air, found a HUGE mushroom.  We marveled at the fall leaves floating on the stream running under the Stone Arch Bridge.  We ran down the lane giggling.  "Mommy, hold my hand".  It was just what I needed. 

 

Oh my goodness, how blessed I am.  The Lord has indeed been good to me and so I thank the Lord!       

 

Evangeline joined the Daisy Troop.  Her first meeting was about the cutest thing ever.  At the end of the meeting, they finished with a happiness circle, I think that's what the leader called it.  They all thought of a happy thought in their heads.  When they received a squeeze from their neighbor,  they squeezed the person's hand next to them until the squeezes made it all the way around the circle.  

Upon returning from my lunch break one day last week, I received a message that Evangeline was in the nurses offices with a suspected broken leg.  She had tripped on a tree root at recess and told the nurse she couldn't walk.  We had to take the afternoon off to get X-rays.  Of course nothing was at all wrong and she was right back at soccer the next day like nothing happened.  She's a stinker, that one.