Gratituesday: There's a fire?!

After dinner, my husband wanted birthday cake for dessert. I decided I'd eat my last Udi's cinnamon roll (best gluten free bread products ever!).

I stuck my cinnamon roll on a "Happy Birthday" paper plate and put it in the microwave to warm it up a bit.(I am not a paper plate-person, but when we lived in my grandma's house last year, we "inherited" her massive collection of paper products and I determined it would be wasteful to throw them away, so we are slowly working our way through them...there's a lot.)

Bad idea.

I see smoke coming out of the microwave.

Then I open the door and see flames...like real-fire-kind-of-flames.

I yell, "There's a fire!" My husband jumps up. And then just stands there staring at the fire. {Gee, thanks for the help, honey!} So I grab a cup, fill it with water and start throwing water on my beloved Udi's cinnamon roll.

Here's the end result:

My husband now says something like: "Guess you're having cake tonight, huh?"

Yes. I guess I am.

I am extremely grateful it wasn't more serious! Especially considering we're renting...

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Gratituesday: a new job!

This week, I am grateful for my new job! Since we moved to our small town for my husband's job in the middle of July (about six weeks ago), I have not been able to find a job.

It's not that I need to work. My husband's income is plenty for us to live on. It's more that I want to work. I just can't sit at home all the time. I prefer to be busy! I have been able to find things to do at home since we moved, but I'm still bored.

The plan is that whatever I make in my job will go straight into our savings account, where we can have "emergency" money, "fun" money, etc. We hope to be able to use some of it to buy new living room furniture, hopefully before Christmas (we're still using my grandparent's furniture now!). My husband would also love a bigger TV... :)

Last week, out of the blue, I received a phone call from our local school district asking me if I wanted to take a position with their After School Program. I've accepted the job and I'm really excited! I'll be working with the After School Program, tutoring and assisting in the classrooms during the day, and likely subbing as well.

This Tuesday, I am so grateful for my new job! God certainly had a hand in providing this job for me!

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