I Am Grateful

This morning, I received a phone call at 7:30am which turned out to be 8:30am, due to the time change (see previous post). It sure is a good thing I got the call, though it would have been better if I'd hopped right out of bed. Instead, I fell back to sleep for awhile. This put me way behind, then I got a phone call that put me further behind. Had I just said I didn't have time to talk I maybe would have still been able to make it in time, but I talked for awhile and in the end I was late for the service this morning. That wouldn't have been so bad had I not been the presider for the day. Oh well, Rev. Sheila was there today and stepped up to preside over the service in my place. I have stepped in at the last minute at times to cover for other people who were unable to make it, and it all works out. It was a nice service, what I saw of it, and I'm sure all of it was as it always is. On the way there I picked up Lorraine and gave her a ride to the Centre. She wanted to go to the Body & Soul Wellness Fair, and I had signed up to do a 2 hour slot of manning (womanning?) the booth for the Centre, so she went with me. My time there was 1-3pm, then I wandered around looking at other booths that were there. I didn't make it to all of them as I knew Lorraine wanted to go home soon, but I did get to a lot of them. There sure were a lot of them there... way more than last year, and it was held in a much larger venue.

Around 4:30 I drove Lorraine home, then I returned to the Rec. Centre where the Body & Soul Wellness Fair was held. I had promised Rev. Dale I'd return to help pack up. The Centre has a Tea Room & Metaphysical/Motiviational Book Store, and we took all our books (it's a small store, but growing nicely) to the Fair, and had sold many of them. We also had lots of people enter our book draw, indicating on the entry that they want us to contact them with information as well as to be notified when we are having our movies. We see this as being positive to the growth of our Centre. Also, I'm sure many people that did not know about us do now.

I was talking to some people I met before, and was offered a job. I was offered this job before and ended up walking away because there was just too much confusion and lack of organization involved. I couldn't manage to get anywhere when asking for help to learn the job. One of the guys is no longer involved so it may be better now, so I must think about it. Not that I have any idea how I'd find time to go to work, Lord knows I'm already too busy to do everything I'm involved in. But this one, though I'd be paid on a commision basis, does have potential to pay reasonably well and none of the other things I'm doing pay at all. I would like to get off the disability pension if I can manage to do a job with my health challenges. So much to consider, but will look into it more.


After that I came home. My feet were hurting sO badly I really needed to get off them. They obviously don't like my boots that I bought earlier this winter. Great sale, $20 for a pair of high boots that look great, but neither the back or the feet like them, so I don't wear them very often. The pants I bought recently are so long that even with these boots they are too long, so will have to shorten them, but needed to wear them today as all others were either in the wash or are now too large on me (YES!!!). Having gotten them in a $2 bag sale, I paid very little for them as there were several other items in the bag too, and they are like new condition.

I wear a knife and my Dad's rings (2) around my neck on a cord, pretty much 24/7, rarely ever take them off. It's a small jackknife that comes in very handy for untold numbers of things, and since Dad passed away 10 years ago I've worn these rings. Today I took it off to use the knife for cutting tape off some posters I was taking down while packing up. As I was laying here, I went to use my knife, well, the nail file anyway, and found it was not on my neck. I could not remember anything about it after cutting the tape. That was upsetting, to say the least. I thought I'd lost it and was trying not to be upset and to trust God that it would find its way back to me. A bit later, I went into the bathroom, and there it was, laying by the sink. I have no recall at all of it getting there. Totally blank on anything from using it to it being found. I don't remember putting it back on there or taking it off here. This is 'weird' to say the least.

I spent most of the evening laying on my bed watching TV and blogging. A good way to spend time on an evening like this one. It was a really good day, so nice to relax at the end of it.

- I am grateful to have the Centre in my life
- I am grateful for all the things I am able to give to the Centre
- I am grateful for all that the Centre gives back to me
- I am grateful for acceptance and love in my life
- I am grateful for all my friends and family members
- I am grateful for all my blogger friends
- I am grateful for any and all growth at the Centre
- I am grateful that a gal at the Fair today who has been to the Centre before but I met for the first time today, gave me a compliment on my singing, saying "Oh, you're the one with the pipes!" and something about my projection. (Where a lot of people need a mic, I don't, lol)
- I am grateful for the comfort of my home
- I am grateful for the TV in my bedroom
- I am grateful for wireless internet and for my laptop computer... I can use it wherever I am in this house
- I am grateful I own my own home
- I am grateful to have my necklace safe and sound around my neck, complete with knife and Dad's rings!!
- I am grateful I can hear Reba who is laying at the foot of my bed where I can't see her from here. It's always nice to be reminded that she's close.
- I am grateful for all my animals.
- I am grateful that, after a rather short night, followed by a fairly long day, I am going to bed soon. This is early for me, only midnight, and I need to get up extra early tomorrow and be in town shortly after 8am, so even going to bed early it will be a short night again.

- - I am grateful that my gratitude list has touched/inspired several people here. This is an awesome thing!!

Night All.