I am grateful for sunshine on snow and the feel of it filtering in the window at Phoenix, for a chai latte and solitude in a public space and work to do; for a walk around the block with my dog in the lead, no hurry in the world. I am grateful for a quiet Sunday breakfast and a leisurely morning and two kiddos eating oatmeal at their playroom table. I am grateful for birthday parties and the fellowship of parenting and this easy, universal bond we have with so many others, for the joy on the faces of children jumping, climbing, dancing. I am grateful for the way Ivy dances with one elbow up, prancing in a circle, face alight. I am grateful for slow-cooked meals and the way a smell can warm up the house. I am grateful for my friends and tea and stories and laughter. Most of all today I am grateful for laughter.
It's been a delicious weekend.
Savings report:
Called Time Warner Cable and set up cable internet. There is one more step to this savings plan but once we work with AT&T on this, we should be able to save $20-40 per month on our phone/internet service. (we'll be either going to bare-bones phone service or ditching the land line altogether. It's a brave new world.) It's not a massive savings, and it barely offsets the cost of our new fancy phone-toys, but it'll do.
Otherwise--
Spent money I didn't need to on that chai latte (but it was so worth it!) Savings: -$3.50
Made a birthday card for that party instead of buying one, and re-used a gift bag. Savings: $5.00
Two meals at home, again today. Savings, if we assume that many weekends we eat lunch out at least: $15.00
Off to Monday we go! Have a beautiful morning tomorrow, all!
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