Good Things

No, I'm not going all Martha Stewart on you (sorry Amber.) I just wanted to highlight a few of the good things that God has given me on this morning:

• Two beautiful, busy, boys. Right now Kohen is going through all his board games one by one. Can you visualize the mess of assorted tokens outside our entertainment center. I think I have now listened to the 'Wheels on the Bus' song twenty-four times, consecutively. Isaiah is right with him, taste testing tokens, climbing in the cabinet, and giving Kohen some quite vicious teeth mark tattoos when he tries to return tokens to their rightful games. I'm appreciating their chaos more today since I did my Autism consultation job yesterday. No matter how crazy they get they don't believe they are Santa Claus. (sidenote: My name was on the good girls and boys list, so I hope that means a good Christmas :) )
• A yummy cranberry scone recipe from here. It was perfect with a big mug of coffee with plenty of milk. Interestingly, I used to be a straight black coffee girl, but after Kohen was born I justified that cup of caffeine by adding plenty of milk. The trend has continued, and I don't know if I'll go back to black (don't read anything sick into that statement...)
• A warm house. It's 27 degrees outside right now, but I'm wandering barefoot and in short-sleeves. Gotta love that outside wood boiler! Gotta love the man that fills it morning and night so I don't have to worry or get those sticky wood chips on my school clothes!
• An egg! Yes, finally the chickens have gifted us with a fresh, brown egg this morning. I took the time to move the ducks out to the goat shed/pen. So hopefully production will continue to increase in the coop. Have to justify that feed and electricity.
• A half clean house: Does the 320 sq feet of great room/play room really count as part of the house? It was an addition in the '80s, plus, I've given up on keeping ahead of the toy tornado. Kohen's current attention span limit for cleaning up toys is about 90 seconds, or long enough to pick up three things and decide he MUST play with two of them.
• Rich guys from the cities: (You ask yourself: What is this crazy woman talking about?) I'm talking about the good clients that my husband has who have the money to sustain through these tough times and keep him employed building things for them. The work might be tough right now; lake water, ice, mud, digging, damming, excavating. But it's work. Keep it coming, please. Plus Wild tickets and Vikings tickets from the best seats we'll ever sit in is a very nice bonus, more on this later.
• Wonderful, awesome, friends with common interests: We had a nice evening with Eric, Stephanie, Alex and Addison last night. Nate and I always have to talk about what fun people they are, and we have a lot of common interests that help strengthen our ties. We spent some time last night projecting into the future and what our four children will be doing in another 10-15 years. It all was a bit cloudy, but I know the topics of dates, raves, and parents relaxing with wine were envisioned.
• Blogging: It is an exercise in relaxation and reflection for me. I've also met some great people, visited cyberly people I would love to meet in person, and gained some wonderful sheep through the blog world. Let's keep it up.