Texas Lou

Happy Monday!  It’s May!  Yesterday was Cinco de Mayo and Orthodox Easter!  There are always so many things to celebrate if you just look around you!

Today, I am thankful for the following:

1. I’m thankful for getting to spend some quality time with extended family this weekend.  Friday night, Ben and I had dinner at one of our favorite places, Beer Run, with Ian (brother-in-law), Sarah (sister-in-law), and Phyllis (mother-in-law) and then went to see the Nathanael Greene Elementary School production of the Jungle Book where my niece, Elise, played Bagheera!  We also got to visit with Shane (brother-in-law), Lori (sister-in-law), Abby (niece), and Lori’s family.  Saturday night, Ian and Sarah treated us to kebabs on the grill with friends and then Sunday we had a delicious lunch cooked by Phyllis in the company of Abby, Elisa, Lori, and Lori’s parents.  What a weekend filled with wonderful people!
2. I’m thankful to be making real progress on our new house and our condo.  The condo is almost empty and ready for painting, new carpet, and some updating while the house is getting slowly unpacked day-by-day!
3. I’m thankful that we got our new amazing LG washer and dryer on Saturday!  I am loving them so far!  You can fit twice as much in them as you could our old ones and they have so many amazing settings, including Steam and Sanitary Steam!  Plus they make really fun noises and play music when they start up and finish a load!
4. I’m thankful that we are hopefully getting cable and internet today!  It’s kind of a silly thing to be thankful for (there are many more important things in life) but I am a TV and internet junkie!
5. Lastly, I’m thankful again for our new house!  I love it a little more each day and can’t believe I finally have a home of my own!  I can’t wait to raise babies, host parties, and make lots of memories in it!