Lovely Day

Yesterday was as close to perfect a day as I could get. Church was wonderful. The weather was amazing. My kids were home and happy and my hubby was getting things done around the house in between talking with the neighbors and playing with the girls. It was busy for me. I had to go right after lunch to G'ville to pick up consignment clothes that didn't sell, and found that I did not have that many to pick up, and that I made about 500 bucks on the stuff that did sell. That was exciting- especially since we're going to Myrtle Beach in a few weeks and I'm gonna need outlet cash. When I got home, a family came over to see Molly (our second rescue dog we've been trying to find a home for) and they loved loved loved her and took her home that instant. Even though I am going to miss her, I am so glad that she has found such a great family. I mean, these people were awesome- I almost wanted to go live with them. After they left, all the kids in the neighborhood met in a neighbors yard and had snacks on a picnic blanket and played while all the parents chatted. I didn't get to participate in that fun because I had to come inside and review my Bible study for the high school girls at church that afternoon. I had a good review and went off to church. When I got to church, one of my high school girls' dads stopped me in the hall and said "I just wanted to say 'thank you' for whatever it is you're doing in this Bible study on Sunday evenings." I told him I appreciated that but didn't know what he was talking about. He said that his daughter (who is very much a unique and strong minded gal) had really enjoyed going and that it was the first time in all of her 16 years that she had looked forward to going to Bible study. He said she has opened up to her mom and that she just loves me. I was surprised because, even though I love this girl because she is 'real' and upfront and very intelligent, she does tend to be a bit cold and keeps to herself. So that made my night. (Don't get me wrong- I don't take any credit for that, God did that, but I loved hearing about it and knowing that He used my little ol Bible study to reach her was amazing.) I got into Bible study and the girls just talked, I mean really talked and talked and talked- about all kinds of stuff. Stuff that was going on in their lives and stuff that they had been through that week- all lighthearted stuff, nothing heavy- but this was a first for me in that group. I was so excited that they just wanted to talk and so I just let them talk. We ended up only doing our study of Esther for about 10 minutes at the end before it was time to go, but I told them that sometimes it's good to 'just talk' and they agreed. I was on cloud 9 when I left. When I got home around 6, we went out to eat Mexican with some of our neighbors and their kids and went home full, happy and tired. The girls were in bed and asleep by 7:30 and I was in a hot bubble bath by 8 pm. Brian had a neighbor dad to come over and watch a movie with him while I was in the tub with a new mystery novel in total peace and quiet. After I got out of the tub, we got a call from the realtor with our Taylors house listed. My stomach always turns when she calls because I'm afraid she is going to tell us that our house is sold. She just called to tell us that there is a family wanting to sign a 1-2 year rental agreement on our house for just a little less than what our mortgage payment is each month. Which means, my friends, that we would have close to 2 years to decide whether or not we want to move back there and we also have a much much smaller mortgage payment on that house for the meantime. Not to mention that if we decided not to move back at the end of 2 years, the market will have hopefully improved by then and it will be much easier to sell. We're praying about whether that is what we should do or not right now- but we're liking the idea so far. Wow- it was an awesome day. :0)