For at least the past two years, the guys who service my HVAC system have told me my attic insulation needed to be replaced/upgraded. I procrastinated until this past week. While this could be a gratitude challenge for finally taking action, I have chosen to make it all about insulation. Insulation is not super sexy. …
Gratitude challenge – last minute reschedules
By Merry Mary I recently had a last minute reschedule. An insulation guy was supposed to come today at noonish to replenish the insulation in the attic. Noon came and went. Then 12:30. Then 1pm. And I got a phone call. Apparently some belt that is necessary for the machine to function got damaged and he has to …
Gratitude challenge – Ash Wednesday
By Merry Mary Today is Ash Wednesday and the start of the Lenten season. I went to church at lunch for communion and the imposition of ashes (where ashes are placed on your forehead in the sign of a cross). There wasn’t an official service. I would call it a ‘drive-by’ or ‘drive-thru’ service. I arrived in the …
Gratitude challenge – Pink
By Merry Mary What a wonderful colorful world we live in! This morning I was eating breakfast in my sunroom and saw two tiny pink blooms on my plant. And that made me smile. It seems appropriate as we’ve just experienced Valentine’s Day that we have a gratitude challenge for the color pink. My sorority’s colors were pink …