Naptime Blog

Today was a nice day. We woke up, completed the mad dash to get dressed and ready and then headed to church. After that, we indulged in Chinese food and celebrated my mother and father-in-law’s 17th anniversary. Early afternoon brought naps for the boys and laundry for mom then we went over and had watermelon with family. Such a nice day, right? Well, most of it!

I had the whole evening planned out. I was going to finish some blog posts, work on laundry then read the book I am into right now (Enough Already!: Clearing Mental Clutter to Become the Best You by Peter Walsh). Right before we left to come home after the yummy watermelon feast, a huge downpour of rain began, complete with thunder, lightning and a tornado warning. We NEEDED the rain BADLY so that was a welcome occurrence (sans the tornado warnings). We have been in a drought for months so I don’t think the electricity knew what to do. We got home and, you guessed it, no electricity. This wouldn’t be too bad, except we hadn’t eaten dinner yet and we were all hungry and it’s very hot here.

You are probably thinking this is a complaint post. Not at all! Actually, it was a blessing, not only because we needed rain, but because it forced us to spend more family time together. We headed to a local fast food place and enjoyed watching the boys eat their kid’s meals. We chatted with other families in the same predicament (no electricity) and had a nice time. Blog posts, laundry and book reading can wait, but family time is precious and my boys won’t always be this easy to please.

I am learning to find the good, the blessings, and little gifts in things that, at first glance, seem like inconveniences.

Shannon
Potamus Prefers
http://www.potamusprefers.com/

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