Thankfuls April 2020

I am currently an expert at starting blog posts and not finishing them.  I am publishing this one today, even if I don't get it "finished".

We are currently experiencing the 2020 Covid Pandemic.  I thought it would be fun to make a thankful list now.  Maybe it will become an Easter tradition?

Things I am Thankful:

1. Jesus paid our debt in full!
2. Ian has been taking Saturdays off
3. long hot uninterrupted showers
4. Ian's insight and bringing something new to the Easter story (for me)
5. My kiddos matching Easter outfits!
6. how well Samuel has adjusted to staying home 24/7
7. family walks
8. the Black Swamp Nature Center
9. our baby backpack / hike pack
10. Zoom
11. kindle books
12. at home date nights and our Eight Dates book
13. board games
14. grocery stores
15. essential workers
16. text messaging
17. BSF
18. our Easter Nativity set
19. Emmanuel - God with Us
20. Up from the Grave He Arose
21. all of our fun outdoor toys - bubbles, chalk, strollers, toy tractors
22. daffodils
23. a self-imposed "clean out the freezer" challenge
24. grills
25. Amazon packages
26. cards and packages from friends and family
27. rebel ice cream and red wine
28. and gum
29. decaf coffee
30. growing healthy boys
31. how Henry says, "mmmmwah" at the end of prayers
32. how Samuel likes to hold his hands up in the air while we pray
33. the Superman prayer
34. Samuel's imagination
35. Henry's smile
36. finding what I want at the grocery store
37. soap
38. hot water
39. towels
40. towels fresh from the dryer
41. sunshine
42. regardless of what life brings, we have HOPE (Living Hope)
43. people that follow the stay at home guidelines and social distancing rules
44. when Ian makes pancakes on Saturday mornings and I drink a cup of coffee while it is still hot without microwaving it 5 times
45. how necessity can be the mother of invention (and creativity)
46. how well our community checks on each other and cares for each other
47. green grass
48. not having to bundle everyone up in 13 layers to go outside and trying to keep mittens on the one year old
49. not having to take the kids' coats off to buckle them into their carseats
50. when Ian explains things I don't understand again and again
51. timers
52. RightNow Media
53. a working refrigerator
54. videos to help remember this stage of life
55. how much of life can be accomplished via technology
56. but it isn't the same and people miss people

And I am out of time.  56 it is.  If I am really motivated, I will try to finish it out to 100 after the kids are in bed, but I am never motivated to do anything besides read after the kids are in bed.