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Jean, I can relate to your "thankful heart" this morning. I had to remind myself to be thankful this afternoon instead of grumpy. Dh did work hard cutting out my counter to put in the new range and it is nice but I lost all the cabinets underneath the previous cooktop. So I have pots, pans and skillets all over the kitchen with no place to put them. He is also supposed to remove the old oven and the drawers beneath it and build new shelves there for my canned goods. Then the pots and pans go in the cabinets next to the range where the canned goods currently are. I wanted to look at shelving when we went to the hardware store for a gas line but he said one thing at a time. I haven't asked but I'm hoping he plans to work on the shelves tomorrow so my kitchen won't be a mess all week. But there I was in a messy kitchen trying to make room to cook dinner, dh asked what he had done wrong, he could tell by my mood. I kept my mouth shut as he wouldn't really understand. I thought back to a TV show I saw years ago where homeless families were given 2 weeks rent free in these trailers to help them out. It was the day for this one family to leave and the woman was asking if she could stay longer so she could clean. She was told no as they had people they paid to do that job. So I tried to change my attitude to grateful instead of grumpy that I have a kitchen and plenty food, etc. And you are so right, once you start thinking of things to be grateful for there are just so many you can't even list them all.
Our potluck at ds1's house last night was lots of fun. I brought a lasagna and so did dd1. She also brought salad. Dd2 brought garlic bread, I also brought 2 gallons of tea. Ds1's wife made Halloween decorated cupcakes. Ds2 came and ate but did not contribute. My 6 yo grandson was a Transformer, 2 yo granddaughter was a lady bug. 5 month old grandson was Eeyore (sp?) from Winnie The Pooh and 6 week old granddaughter was a witch. Must say 5 mo gs was the cutest with the ears going every which way and the fur on his head. After dinner we walked a couple blocks with the 3 older grandkids and 2 dd's and dd1's dh, my dh and I. Ds2's ex didn't bring his 3yo daughter over as we thought she would. Ds1 and dil didn't want to take the baby out since it was spitting rain. We came back and 6 yo gs has a great time handing out candy at their door and seeing some of his friends from school.
Time to go turn back some of the clocks. Have a great Sunday everyone.
Jacki
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