1. I had several months where I wasn't getting my usual amount of sleep due to Milo being in our bed and then my body took a few weeks to adjust to the time change. I am very grateful to be back to getting an average of nine hours of sleep each night, which is optimal for me.
2. I recently purchased a new bath towel for myself. It is SO soft. I think the rest of my family thought I was crazy for caring, but I really, really like my new towel.
3. We've been down to one vehicle for a month. Most of the time it hasn't been a problem, but this weekend was going to be a bit crazy. Thankfully, Nadia found out that a friend from church is also working at Camp Susque this weekend, and her friend is going to give her a ride to/from Camp Susque, and I also found someone who can give the boys a ride to a Christmas party on Sunday evening. I will be taking Nadia to that same party after she gets off work, and I will pick all three kids up after I attend a candlelight service at Bucknell with Cheri.
4. We had our first snow (that accumulated) on Tuesday. The boys had fun throwing snowballs at each other. I was thankful we didn't have any plans to go anywhere that day (which is rare for Nadia) as I don't like driving in the snow or ice.
5. A friend recently posted about how it is helpful to have not only a Philadelphia Free Library card (which I've had since 2019 thanks to her recommendation), but also one from Pittsburgh. I signed up for one last week, and we have already begun enjoying some books that we could get through Libby through that library that we couldn't get through our other library cards. I only sign up for Audible when it costs 99 cents a month, but they do that fairly often so between getting some books for $1.05 each (after tax) through Audible and most of our books for free from Libby, our budget for audiobooks is very small. Recently, we di
6. I used credit card points to fully pay for the rental of an SUV for 12 days while we're in Wales, England, and Scotland in May. We'll need to pay for renting an SUV for one day in Dublin and two days in Northern Ireland, but that will be it!
7. I usually decline purchasing an extended warranty, but I did pay for an extended warranty on the eyeglasses that I purchased for Ian and Oliver in February. That turned out to be the right call as Oliver broke his glasses last week. We will be receiving a replacement at no charge. For the time being he's wearing his previous pair of glasses.
8. Nadia continues to help a lot with cooking and baking. For Thanksgiving she made the yeast rolls, a cheesecake, and a peanut butter pie. She also used a recipe from Camp Susque to make sticky buns for us last week.
9. I was asked to play the piano in the foyer again this past Sunday. I played a couple of Christmas carols and then had Ian play two hymn arrangements of Christmas carols. He played both songs after both services. He was very nervous at first even though it's a very low-key situation as people are walking by, talking, etc. It's good to be stretched out of our comfort zone sometimes. I'm thankful he had the opportunity.
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