Today started out just another beautiful sunny day in MI. Neighbors outside grilling, washing cars, and mowing their lawns. I was doing laundry, and washing dishes. I put away some clothes in the bedroom and walked back to my kitchen sink and to my surprise I looked out the window and saw a huge ball of fire across the street. The neighbor had been grilling, and had just walked into his house for a second when some of the grease from the grill dripped onto the leaves below his deck and great balls of fire. They lost everything.
Why am I telling you this? Besides the fact you should appreciate what you have, because it could all be gone in a second, there is something else. Almost two years ago we had a fire. We had just come home from a hillclimb and Karlie was admitted to hospital. My husband worked 3rd shift so he went to work. When he came home in the morning our garage was a pile of ashes. Thankfully the fire happened when no one was home and thankfully it was just our garage and not our house. We were also very thankful that because we had just come home from a hillclimb that Matt's bikes were still loaded in the trailer so they didn't burn. We did however,
lose a lot of valuable tools my husband had been collecting since he was a kid and some things that we could never replace. My husband was quite depressed. Yes, it was sad to lose all those things, but little did he know I had been praying for him to get a new garage. The one we had was tiny and he was crammed in it like a sardine. There was no way we would ever have the money to build a new one. You should see what we have now. We went from a tiny little one stall garage to a 960 sq. ft. two stall garage. We also were able to pay off all our bills and build a deck on the back of the house.
Sometimes things seem like a disaster, but when something in life goes majorly wrong, you need to stop and look for the blessing. What have you been praying for, what is it that you want and how is this supposedly bad thing that has happened to you bringing it about. God doesn't work the same way we do. That's why he's so cool. He can bring good out of bad. Sure we lost a lot, but we gained so much more than we lost, and I'm so glad that God's way is not my way. His way is so much better.
Another gorgeous day in Michigan. It's Memorial Day weekend and we decide to go up North to visit some friends and cook out. I booked a couple mystery shops on the way, because the pay was really good, and they were on the route we were taking.
So we get things packed up and start on the road. Heading out Apple Ave. having a good time we get to our turn to head North and start going up 37. About three miles down the road my husband says, "Oh no this isn't good." Our van overheated and shut down. Oh joy. We were able to coast a ways and pull off into an auto body shop. It was closed, but lucky for us one of the workers was there washing his car. He let us use some bottles and water to dump back in my radiator. Thanks so much, we really appreciate the help. The thermostat inside my van registers at 260 degrees and we went past that. Crap, not like I have any money for a new vehicle.
We sat in the parking lot for a few minutes while the engine cooled down. Did I forget to mention it's 85 degrees outside? We had our dog in car and my daughter has a respiratory disease. It's really hard for her to breathe in the heat. I called my mystery shop scheduler and had to cancel my shops. There goes $80. My husband called a friend of his for a ride to get us back home. Luckily, the van restarted and we were able to drive a mile down the road to the Half Moon Bar & Grill and stopped in for lunch while we waited for our ride to pick us up. What a great lunch. If you ever get out that way stop and eat there. The food was awesome. Our ride showed up just as we were finishing our food and took us home.
It was hot so I took a nap while my husband picked up a car carrier and went back to get our van. When he got home we decided a trip to the beach was in order. So we loaded up in his van and headed out. Our dog had a great time swimming in the lake and we met some nice people down there to talk with. Karlie had a wonderful time playing in the mud and it was just really relaxing. On the way home we stopped for ice cream.
Moral of my story, so life don't go the way you plan it. Big deal. You can still have fun doing something different.
Thought a good start to my blog would be underwear. It comes in all shapes, sizes, and colors. You have hi-cut, low-cut, bikini, briefs, thongs, and full coverages. Their silky, cotton, string, lacy, velvet. We have all these wonderful options.
So one day I'm at the store and looking for a some new undies. I'm kinda in a hurry and had a good idea what I wanted so I grab a packages of Hanes plain white size 8. You'd think I know what size I wear. So I check out and go home. A couple days later I grab a pair of my underwear to put on and what the heck? They are HUGE!!!!! Talk about big girl panties. I look at the label and it says 8XL. I was positive the package just said size 8. All right, no big deal, just go back and get a different package.
Back to the store I go. I get there and look this time. Do you know there is no size 8 in Hanes underwear packages? The sizes are 5, 6, 7, 8XL, 9, 10 etc. I must know why no size 8? Apparently if you are a size 8, your rear is huge. I actually checked this at three different stores.
So that is my underwear story. I still have them so when someone tells me to go put on my big girl panties, I can actually do it.
