Compromise Blessing

Over the weekend, I traveled back to Philadelphia to attend two celebrations
My sweet daughter-in-law recently turned 30 years old, my great-nephew turns 1 year-old.
Each event warranted celebration with family and friends. It brought me back to the neighborhood that I grew up in to enjoy. 
My family shares my not so secret-secret that I am a quirky driver. Living in the city for many years with good public transportation and jobs close to home cemented that down. On my way up this weekend, I took a different route and quite frankly, it made me nervous. After that I got to drive to South Street in Philly and contend with parking (or lack there of)
It was especially nice to take my daughter along for the ride to South St. I picked her up in the neighborhood my children grew up in. As a compromise for taking the scenic route with me, I had the privilege of listening to her music choices on the way. We spent quality time together chatting and even got to listen to the strangle song twice.....or was it three times?
Today, I count as my blessing the ability to compromise.

Working with St Francis

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Working the 2nd job isn't always fun but on a sunny day hanging out in the Garden Center with St Francis, the birds, and the flowers, who could ask for more?

Counting my blessings!

A Sample of My September Blessings

Burgers cooked by son

Time spent with my mother at the hospital

Friend staying over due to flood sirens

Get together with former co-workers from seasonal jobs

Schedule changes

Dinner made by son's fiance

Daughter helping her Grandmother

Visit from friends (Dave & Beth)

Hanging out with St Francis

Gift Card moments

Breakfast with Susquehanna friends

Leaving work *2nd job* early when it was slow

Library Magazine sale

A Sample of My August Blessings

August Blessings:
Going to a party for a friend
Getting a ride to the party with a friend

Dinner with  mom and brother

Pancake breakfast made by son and fiance

Car insurance when someone hits your car in the parking lot

Dinner at the outside in Wildwood

Morning swing with baby

Nicole's visit

Pizza treat by daughter

Family breakfast

Taco Saturday at the library

Swim in the campground pool

Baby's first dip in ocean

Concert with the 59 yr old club girls

Visit from Althea

2 stray dogs

Finding items in the closet

People enjoying my writing in the group

A Sample of my July Blessings from my Blessings Basket

July Blessings

Delicious Cherries

Asked to Cut hours by an hour and a half turns into a shopping trip

Come home to BBQ cooked by daughter and her boyfriend

Jersey Corn

Sitting on Deck

Engagement announcement

Breakfast at Farm with friends

Boardwalk walk and boardwalk food with a friend

Ferry Concert with former co-worker

Cousin luncheon

Container Garden

Smooth work flow

Self Care- Eye problem  Stayed home to care for self

Movie night with Brother in law

When brakes failed on truck -no one got hurt

Dryer Warranty Blessings

An expanded version of one of my blessings of May 2017

Dryer Warranty   Kathy Moore

My washer and dryer get much use.  We are a family of three but have three others staying with us.  Because we live near the seashore, often the spring brings visitors on weekends.  I consider this a privilege; this makes a house a home.

With all privileges comes responsibility.  Our washer and dryer incur frequent use.  At the time I bought them, I didn’t look for the best models, I purchased what I could afford.

On this rainy day, I switch the wash to the dryer and go to turn the knob and it doesn’t turn.  Wonderful! I have to be at work soon, there are loads of laundry waiting behind it.  I quickly throw some of the laundry on a clothes line in the garage and hang up a few items from the shower curtain bar. Off to work I go after texting my houseguest that the dryer won’t start.

I come home at lunch and take the knob off.  I consider looking for a wrench to try to force the knob but then quickly reconsider and start to rifle through my desk.  I pull out papers, papers, and more papers.  I keep looking through a stack while taking bites of my sandwich and sipping my iced tea.  Finally, I spy it, a warranty booklet.  I am almost afraid to look at the receipt.  When was it I bought my dryer?  I pull it out and my dryer is just under four years old.  I call the company listed on the paper and find out that I have two weeks to go before my warranty expires.  They take my information and say a repairman can come next Monday on my morning off.

After a few days of running large items to the laundromat before or after work and using every available space and hanger to dry items, the man comes to examine the dryer.  Yes, a new knob is required.  No, he doesn’t have one with him (even after I told the lady on the phone exactly what was wrong).  He will order the part and it will take a week to come in.

After spending another week waiting, he comes and he has that part and a spare because he said these break off pretty frequently.  My house becomes somewhat normal again.  I don’t have clothes hanging all over it.  

As I sit and drink my morning coffee, I am thankful for the resources that I needed to dry my clothing: the local laundromat, extra hangers and clothes line, and dryer warranties.

June Blessings

A Sample of  June Blessings from my blessings basket

Concert in the park with a sister-in-law

Steady work schedule at my primary job

Fairy Gardens

Lunch with family between two separate car issues

Garden Ctr

Relative Visiting

Warm weather

Coupons

Book Sale items

Skee Ball game with son

Babysitting my great nephew

Attending a Wedding

Finding good parking in Center City Philadelphia

Dinner at the campground