Thankful Thursday ~ August 7

The theme this week is Hope.

I am thankful today (Wednesday) for lots of things. I have not long got home, I'd been out for 10 hours. I took our middle daughter to a ballet event. I was thankful I got there and back safely. It wasn't an easy drive, our daughter was very excited. One the way home it was dark, but thankfully I travelled with two others, who may have stopped if something went wrong. We must have left about the same time. There were no kangaroos or wombats about.

We got to see the new library (pictured). I got done what I had to do, including buying some furry material for our second son for a costume. We were blessed to find the right colour and it was on sale. We enjoyed the shop very much, they had lots of costume items. It really broadened out outlook a bit.

Edited to say that I have been reading a book called Love's Shining Hope by JoAnn A Grote. The lady in the story collects the scriptures on hope.

Thursday:
~ a punnet of inexpensive cornflowers, I haven't had them for over 20 years, and they are so pretty
~ seeing snow on the hills
~ getting a Freedom furniture catalogue in the mail from ds
~ reading House & Garden and finding a nice paint colour
~ spending less at the food shop, I think it will help this week's budget
~ visiting the collectibles shop
~ smelling the wattle in flower
~ hearing my favourite bird
~ safety despite the traffic hazards
~ beautiful early morning views
~ ds going to extra English classes
~ galahs on the lawn at school

Friday:
~ a new jacket for dd
~ a nice book to read

Saturday:
~ our daughter's team won its first game of netball
~ dh found some more wood, we may make it to the end of winter without struggling to find any

Sunday:
~ homemade pizza for lunch
~ getting the lino down in our kitchen at the new house
~ getting some cornflowers and other plants in the ground
~ a good book to read
~ our daughter felt sick, but she is getting better