You stop mid-way one of the worst household castrophes of your life to take a few pictures with only the thought of blogging about it later in your brain!
Today was a best and worst kind of day. It started out as one of the worst, ended up as one of the best.
On the way out the door to church, child in car, umbrellas in hand, coat and Bible in the car, I locked and closed the door behind me, only to remember at the final click that my keys and cell phone were on the other side of that now locked door. Did I mention it was raining, that all the neighbors were gone to church, that we were late anyway, that my child had thrown at least three fits already, that it was COLD, I had on heels, and argh....no hidden key anywhere around the outside of my home?
After trying with no luck to find someone home on my street, tromping around in the pouring rain (did I mention the HIGH HEELS part already??) wiggling the lock, trying to open it with a hanger, some tweezers, my foot, I finally found a steel rod in the garage...and with all the pent up anger after such an ordeal, I felt sure it would be a snap to break the window pane and reach inside and unlock the door,except we have windows that are double paned, and very strong.
I spent thirty minutes hacking out the first window, sweeping up all the glass and then another thirthy minutes hacking away at the second one, sweeping up the glass for another hour both inside and outside of my house and then twenty minutes getting all the glass off of me. The experience was only made sweeter by the resident, and turns out, lock expert that lives with me...who kept shouting from her car seat - "get it Momma, you can do it!!" as I hacked away at the window. Then after it was all over, she got out and inspected my work, only to tell me "that I sure did have a mess to clean up." as she stepped over it all, ran to the couch and finished watching the Seasame Street Pirates movie...Did I mention I had a bad morning?
The day was saved, however, because this afternoon we had tickets to see The Nutcracker, put on by our local ballet. It was the first time Hannah had seen the ballet and also the first time I had ever seen it. It was amazing and fun and worth every penny to see the joy on her face and watch as she clapped big and loud for the ballerinas.
Oh...and those pictures I told you about...here they are. Enjoy!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly
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