Love the weather

Today [so far] it has been sunny and clear. Of course, we took a trip to the doctor for my allergy shots [his office is in the Salt Lake Valley] and it rained on the drive over. But since we got back, sunny and clear. LOL, I'm still getting used to all this rain! We live in a desert, after all. But, because we're high up in the mountains, we end up with rain almost every day. And the temperature is perfect- I'd say it's about 69 or 70 degrees outside IN THE SUN right now. Which means I can crack open my windows at night, but dare not widen the crack, lest I wake up with frost on my face.

Jared made it safely back from Texas yesterday. For a conference, it was unusually brief [2 days] and actually productive. Yes, I was shocked as well. I thought that there were laws against having productive conferences; especially government-run ones. LOL :)

I unpacked another box in my room. Whew! Only 59 million left to go.

At church last week I saw a familiar face, and wondered if we were related. Sure enough, I found out he's a cousin to my mother. Of course, moving to the town where my grandparents lived their whole married lives, I was expecting to meet a few relatives, but I'm excited that I actually recognized him! And, my next-door-neighbor is a cousin to my dad's nephew [my cousin]'s wife. My neighbor's mom, and my cousin's wife's mom, are sisters and they grew up in the same small town that my husband is from. Oh, this world keeps getting smaller and smaller! ** small break while we sing, "I'm my own grandpa" **

Took the kids to see "Up" Monday night. We all enjoyed it. Especially the bird, Kevin, who made us all laugh repeatedly.

Gratitude List:
* cars that work.
* a car repair bill that did not break our monthly budget.
* unpacking another box and getting the contents put away.
* walking to the park last night, and talking with my husband while the kids ran around.
* a sugar cone with 2 flavors of ice cream [both contained chocolate]
* watching a movie with my kids, and not worrying about bad language or inappropriate jokes.
* helium balloons!
* I found a recycling place in town :) so I feel not quite so bad about all the paper I shredded and now need to throw away.
* God is good. My life is good.
* homemade chocolate chip cookies.