Count Your Blessings

When you're worried and you can't sleep,
Just count your blessings instead of sheep,
And you'll fall asleep... counting your blessings.

So. We COULD write a blog post about everything that went wrong this week. Really, we could. But here's our attempt at finding the silver lining:

Saucon Valley Teacher Strike

Guess what? Our kids get an extra vacation until November 11th! We can get to work on time every morning because we just don't have to get them out of the door. And even though Kairi has band practice and marching band competitions, she doesn't have to worry about getting her homework done. Woo!

Vet Bills

We have our cat back! She went missing about a month ago, and came back on our anniversary. And there have been many times throughout our life together that an unexpected $500 expense would have been very very bad. This week, it only means we can't pay off a credit card. Not too shabby. And once the 6 month rabies quarantine is over, we'll have a really nice cat condo cage to donate to charity.

S-Q-U-I-R-R-E-L

And isn't it nice that Scotty will have such a funny story to tell his grandkids about the day the squirrel got in their dad's/uncle's bedroom?

Weather, Whether We Like It Or Not

Snow in October! Such fun! Haven't you always wanted it to snow really really early? The cold and rain and snow gave us a free Saturday when the Yamaha Cup at Giants Stadium was rescheduled.

Balanced Scales

So, we only lost a pound or two this week, but at least we didn't gain any! And we got to have a nice anniversary dinner, too. And between us, we've lost 110 lbs. That is a very good thing.

We've Got The Power

And, yeah, even as I wrote this blog post at 11:30 this morning, our power went out. But Blogger saved the post, so no problem! Better yet, we had already planned an afternoon out of the house, and the power was on at the Rave, where we saw a double feature of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D with our very delighted kids and nieces.

Hey, sounds like a great week to me!