Thankful Thursday

The theme for this week is love.

Thursday: I was so pleased that our piano teacher was able to reschedule times for my little girl so she could continue on with her ballet classes. I was so worried about it.

Friday: I got my car back from the workshop. It has been there for a very long time.

My brother had a heavy tree limb fall just short of him, sparing his life. In the hot weather the eucalypts drop limbs.

Saturday: My daughter got to have a nice day out riding the river rapids, not big ones, just big enough for fun I imagine.

An awful day in Australia's history. We lived there in 2003, and were disappointed that my husband's contract couldn't be renewed so we could stay there. One of my daughters were saying she is very glad we were not living there anymore. I guess it will put it to rest for me too. I have been trying to recall lots of memories of my time there, I guess more will come to me as time goes by.

Sunday: We were twelve hours without a radio or tv transmitter in our town. So glad no fires came while it was down.

Monday: Having one daughter away at camp made it easier to dealt with a fire threat we had, and also to help the other three kids with some of the things to do with school and their activities so they got extra help.

I was so thankful for the cooler weather, it felt more normal our life on Monday night going to sleep with cooler air etc.

I was very thankful we were able to sleep because the weather was favourable for the fire fight.

Tuesday: My son and his girlfriend offered to buy a cheap crank radio for us, I put in some money and we got a nice one. I appreciated the care for us.

Wednesday: It appears all the fires close to us are out, so unless others break out we are able to relax. Still smoke in the air, but after the 2003 and 2006 fires we are used to that somewhat. The weather report seems very nice, and we are now not expecting other 40oC days, unless some come along next week.