Sleepy Joe

While working from home today this is what I saw. How truly content this dog looks!

Family Life Moment

Sunday night coming home from the boat show I was pretty proud of myself because I knew we had some hamburger meat in the fridge and we could go home and grill burgers rather than eat out. But we got home and discovered that it was no longer good, so we threw it out rather than take chances. So off to Taco Cabana we went, never realizing that we were about to have a "life moment" as a family.

They were very busy - the gal taking orders was backed up, the cooks were backed up...really everything was. When we finally got our order and saw something was missing I went up to ask the cook about it. He apologized profusely and explained that two people had called in sick and they were short handed. I assured him it was no problem, he fixed our order and we ate. But we also noticed that the dining area was a mess and there were no more clean tables. And people were starting to get irritated about the entire situation.

Lynne' and I decided to help out - I'm so proud of her! I went to the register and asked for a towel and had to argue with the gal because she was going to come out and clean. I assured her that it was no problem, she was busy, I'd clean our table. It ended up that Keith and I cleaned off tables and threw trash away and Lynne' had the spray bottle of cleaner and rag and cleaned the tables. We took care of the entire dining room. The look on the other diners' faces was worth every minute. :)

And when we were done, we left. What a satisfying feeling though to help out the workers there. It took the three of us maybe five minutes. And it's good to leave something better than you found it.

We smiled all the way home.

Whitesboro Scrapbooking

Saturday was my monthly Whitesboro scrapbooking class. LOVE this one - an 8x8 recipe book! Tracy is just amazing and it surprises me each month to see how creative she is. This month there were only three of us that made the trip up there, but of course we had a grand time. I look forward to this class each month and I'm so glad I got to go again!

Shopping on a Hot Sunday

Because the heat is so oppressive right now it's just hard to get excited about much of anything. Yesterday Keith, Lynne' and I headed out to IKEA for a stroll as anything air conditioned sounded good! Of course no visit to IKEA is complete without having their Swedish Meatballs for lunch, so that's where we started our visit. And we all love the apple cake, so our meal consisted of sharing a plate of meatballs and a slice of cake!

Thus fortified we headed out. Our mission was to find nightstands as a friend had told me on Saturday that she had found some nice ones there. We are planning on new bedroom furniture, but that probably won't happen until next summer, so I have somehow convinced myself that replacing the 3 legged tables that we currently use as nightstands will make the room like fabulous. We did find what we wanted at a really good price and Keith got one of them put together last night and I love it! Amazingly also that's all we bought yesterday. We looked at several more things and wrote down measurements and I know we'll be back - love that store.

We next headed out to the Boat Show for the rest of the afternoon to dream about boats. Had a nice time and on our way back out to the truck I asked them what their favorite boat was. Lynne' said she didn't care what we get as long as we buy it from Tyler H...!!!! Need I mention that he was a really cute young man? ;)

~ Elizabeth

Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. - Psalm 16:1

Late Night Edition

Hehehehe - another Joe picture to brighten up the blog!

Wednesday night was the 2nd time I went to a local knit and crochet meet and I am "hooked" and will make it a regular event. Before the meet I met a friend for dinner at a new to us mexican restaurant and we ended up talking a little too long (go figure!) and almost were late. Made it in time though and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I met several gals for the first time and chit chatted with others that I know. I really am enjoying this group of ladies and am glad that they meet bi-weekly so I can continue getting to know them better.

We have officially hit the summer season and it's not pretty. The temperature will be triple digits for the next five days and the ground is cracking again. Unfortunately this means that I might become more of a hermit as I really just don't like to be hot! I did think ahead this morning and put dinner in the crockpot so as not to heat up the kitchen. I see more crockpot, salads and grilled dinners in our future as long as the heat continues.

~ Elizabeth

Droughts and Rainbows

How cool is this? I set the sprinkler last night to water the house (drought time in DFW again) and when I went out to move it I saw this rainbow and had to dash back inside to get my camera. When I saw this it was a little reminder about how blessed we are in so many ways. A rainbow in the midst of a drought is so significant to me. Regardless of how bad things might seem there are always bits of beauty and goodness as long as we open our eyes to them. Thank you Jesus for this beautiful reminder!

~ Elizabeth