Happy Wednesday and what a beautiful Spring day here! Today the gratitude challenge is for tulips…or any bulb-based flower. I feel like planting bulbs shows my hope and faith (and trust) in the future. I’m sure you know the proverb around trees -‘A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they …
Gratitude challenge – insulation
By Merry Mary 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 …