I am thankful for........

I know it has been a while.  Sorry, have been very busy.

We had bad weather come through last week.  I believe it was last Wednesday.  Thunderstorms and tornado warnings plagued the southeast.  It rained so hard and for so long, our basement took on water.  I had to stop doing my medical transcription job that I do from home and start trying to keep the water from coming in.  I lost.  I used about every towel I had, including beach towels to help soak up the water.  The washer and dryer ran constantly for two days, as I kept loads of towels going.  I had to go out during the height of the storm to our detached garage to get the shop vac because it is a wet/dry vac to suck up the water.  It was coming in faster than I could suck it up.  I started doing it about 1:30 PM, just as the water had started to come in.  If I stopped for anything, whether it was to put on another load of towels, eat a sandwich, answer the phone, or whatever, the water would come in a little bit further each time.

My son's bedroom is in the basement, so it was his bathroom and bedroom, along with our laundry room that was getting flooded.  When he came in from work, he saw what I was doing.  He told me he knew the way it was raining that the basement would be flooding.  He tried to help, but he was so tired.  He had just gotten off of work (Did I say he finally found a job?  Woo Hoo!) and walked in and said, "Oh Lord!"

That was a backbreaking job, let me tell ya!  That shop vac probably doesn't hold but maybe 2-3 gallons, so I was constantly dumping it in the toilet every few minutes.  It finally stopped coming in at around 10:00 PM, so it took me approximately 8.5 hours.

My son had already gone to bed by the time I had gotten enough of the water out to start being able to use the mop instead of the shop vac, so I had to wait until the next morning to get the water out from under his bed.  After he went to work, I pulled the mattress and box springs off of his bed and got the shop vac again and got the water out from under his bed.

He also has a daybed in his room that he uses as a sofa/guest bed.  I had to pull it out and get the water out from under it too.  I finally got done washing all of the towels the day after the storm.

I had to work this weekend, so I sat all weekend.  Worked today, sat all day today.  My back is aching and I was so sore I could hardly move for a few days afterwards.  Did I say my back is still aching?  I had to stoop over for such a long time getting that water out.  I have a full body massager.  I think I will put that on my bed.  It has settings that you can change.  One sounds like water trickling, another is birds singing, one sounds like a waterfall and so on.  I think I shall turn in for the night and do that and relax for a bit.  Perhaps that will soothe my sore aching body some.

I still see the silver lining in this though.  I saw on the weather channel the areas of flooding and people losing everything they had, some even lost their lives.  I didn't lose anything, except a few hours of work.  Praise God!~

A tornado got close to my daughter's school, but turned a different direction.  I am thankful my daughter and the other students were spared.

I am thankful my whole house did not take on water and the tornado didn't come our way. 

Let us use this time to remember what we have to be thankful for and let us most of all remember our troops who will not be home with their loved ones because of their sacrifice to keep us safe and free.  I am so thankful for our military.

May the Holy Spirit comfort those who have lost loved ones this past year.  The first holidays are always the hardest.

I am thankful for a Commander-In-Chief who is not ashamed to let us know he prays.

I am thankful for my beautiful family.

I am thankful for my many friends.

I am thankful for such a beautiful Autumn this year.

I am thankful that despite those horrific storms, I still have a roof over my head, food on my table, and clothes on my back.

I am thankful to be employed.

I am thankful to have been married to the love of my life for the last 28 years.

I am thankful for my Mom.  She is my hero.

I am thankful for my sister, as she is my best friend.

I am thankful for my fur babies, all four, and the comfort they bring to me.

I am thankful my MIL is doing so much better.

I am thankful most of all, for my Heavenly Father, who loved me enough to send His only son to die for my sins that I might have eternal life.

So hard to believe the holidays are upon us.  Time flies anymore, doesn't it?  So may I say from our house to yours: 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!~

Susan and Family