Thankful Thursday, October edition

 Somehow in the middle of October it was 85 degrees yesterday and now it's 62. Welcome to Maryland?

This week I'm thankful for:

1. Refurbished bells! Our church bell choir has been ringing the same bells for 30+ years and they were in desperate need of refurbishing- new handles, polish, tightening screwed, fixing worn parts. We finally got them back after my friends Carol and David drove 8 hours round trip last Friday to pick them up. They sound so nice, and they are so shiny!

2. I had a lovely rainy day of raining in my pjs on Sunday. It's fun to run around and be with friends, and its also lovely to nest with snacks and good books.

3. I've found the children's series Dear America this year, and have been picking up several at the library. I'm not sure how I missed this series as a kid, but I'm enjoying some easy reading but good stories. This week's reads were the (fictional) diaries of a 12 year old girl during the revolutionary war and a 12 year old girl that was the first to integrate a white school in Virginia in 1954. I love historical fiction and its really different to read it through the eyes of a teen/preteen.

4. I found a local fabric store yesterday and got some cheap fabric for my ren faire costume. 

5. I did some organizing on Monday and have a functional guest room again!

6. I had tea with a friend Tulie on Monday and she gave me a lovely painting she did of Luna. 

7. All of my reports are in for work for a while! It's nice to have a break from chasing people to send in their parts of multiple reports.

8. I was able to help my cousins move boxes into a pod being shipped to their house across the country. And everything fit, WOO!