Just Because

All the boys are home this week. Christmas break! We have already been to Urgent Care ( 2 cases of Strep) They laundry is out of control, toys and present trash are still all over the house.
The dog rolled in something dead, and I have no groceries in the house.
Standing in line at the grocery store with a full cart a little old man came to stand behind me. He wore suspenders and a hat. He waited patiently as I placed all of my items on the belt. I looked in his cart and he had very few items, mostly things that had been marked down. I told the check out lady I would like to pay for his also. As the bagger continued to bag mine she ran his through, I paid for them, smiled at him and walked away. I heard the checker tell him .. no you don't owe me anything she bought your items for you. I followed the bagger to my car and was helping him load the groceries and looked up and the man came across the parking lot looking for me. He pulled cash out and tried to pay me, I declined. I told him Merry Christmas a little late, you owe me nothing. I did it just because you had to wait on me. His eyes welled up with tears and he said bless you dear. May the wind always be at your back and the sun always shine on your face and may your soul get to Heaven 30 minutes before the devil knows your gone. We shook hands and said until next time! It just takes very little to make a differnce in someones life and help you to appreciate your own.

Spring Break

Spring Break was this week and between the vomiting and diarrhea we were barely able to do anything. We did go fishing on Wednesday. We stopped and had lunch in Nixa and then went on to the Trout Farm. Everyone caught a bunch , it was hard to get them to stop.
Paxton kept complaining that his stomach hurt (that should have been a clue) we headed home and as we were droppong off our friends he threw-up in the backseat ( in the crack between the seats) It took me about 30 minutes to clean it up, and the car smelled like vomit for at least 2 days!
Payden is now sick and we only have one day left. I am hopeful that we can do something fun tomorrow. If not at least the weather is starting to get nicer and we will be able to do more things after school.

The Laundry Never Ends

Have you ever wondered what happens at night when you go to bed... I'm not really sure but I think the laundry multiplies, at least it does in my house. There is always more laundry than I can keep up with!
I do love the smell of a fresh load of laundry in the dryer ( maybe that's just because I smell that on a regular basis) but I can't stand folding white clothes. I put that off till the boys are running out off socks and they start trying to dig them out of the dirty clothes. That's another thing that happens at night , I think some of the socks decide to go out for drinks!