Sunny Saturday Strolling

I had plans today. Most of them fell by the wayside. God had other plans on this warm, sunny Saturday with flawless blue skies. I just want to take a moment to share some things I saw, some things I did, and some thoughts I had on this glorious day.

-I got up early and took my friend, Melissa, to the airport. I'm proud of Melissa. She is a planner and rarely deviates from the plan, but today she did something totally spontaneous and flew to Arkansas for two days to attend her nephew's graduation.

-I saw the coolest thing in my neighborhood. One backyard had 7 or 8 large tents set up. Evidently, this was their version of a sleepover. Chairs and tables were set up too as if they were waiting for hungry backyard campers to awaken for breakfast. It looked like so much fun!

-After I dropped off Melissa I was on the way home when I saw a yard sale sign so I stopped at that one and another and another. I was proud that I used wisdom and restraint and carefully thought through my purchases. I ended up with a little 30 year old china bowl from England at $2 and a set of $50 writer's bookends for $2. The bookends have an old timey typewriter on one end and the other has an old rotary phone, a pen, paper, and a lamp. Both have books. If I wasn't so lazy I'd post a picture because they are really awesome, but it's late and I'm L~A~Z~Y.

-As I was driving past a typical surburban house I noticed an unusual site- a black sheep in the yard. A real black sheep in the yard munching on grass. That's a site you don't see every day in suburbia. Certainly stokes the curiosity.

-I went to a teacher's supply store in the my favorite little town of Belmont. They were having a big festival in the park and the streets were lined with vendors of all sorts. A dance school was giving a show in the open air theater. The smell of funnel cakes filled the air and the train came through just as I was nearing the tracks. Belmont has small town charm with little shops of various sorts and huge antebellum houses. It even has a General Store with soda in real glass bottles. Sometimes I take my kids there for a special treat. The first time they chose a soda from the old fashioned cooler and I had such joy showing them how to use the little device on the side of the cooler to get the cap off. Brings back fond memories of my childhood.

-I shopped in the antique and consignment stores of Belmont looking especially for teacups and teapots. I came to a realization. I like all sorts of teacups and teapots, but some are just for show. I don't care much for the ones from China because I'd be afraid to use them due to lead content. For actual usage, I prefer the genuine bone china pieces, especially the ones from England. I like the ones on this site. And this is why I came home with none. I didn't find any and even if I had I'm not sure they would be in my budget at present. On the way home I prayed for my neighbor who has boxes full of teacups that she wants to sell to me if she ever gets them out of her attic. I saw them at her yard sale once and foolishly didn't buy them. She's elderly and keeps telling me that she's "going to get to them soon." My prayer is that the Lord would move on her heart to hurry up and get those teacups out!

-In the middle of the day I washed all of my hand washables and put them on drying racks on the deck. I came to the realization that washing hand washables in the bathtub is not the arduous chore I make it out to be. I should just do it and not spend weeks dreading it. I'd get more wear out of the clothes that way!

And that concludes my musings and revelations of the day.