It’s Friday once again, time to share the blessings of the week with Susanne and friends at Living to Tell the Story.
1. A clear week. Our church has a school which is out this week for spring break. So our usual Wednesday night activities were canceled this week, too–I guess because so many people travel this week. Plus our writing critique group meets every other week, and this was an off week. I enjoy all of those activities, but it’s also nice to have some extra time. And, for the first time in weeks, I haven’t had some type of appointment to get to. Lovely!
2. Free books. Our church’s school library was thinning out some books and left them on a table in the church lobby for browsers to pick up. I got three classics.
3. Pi Day. We had a pie potluck for Pi Day (3.14). I made hamburger pie and Mittu made a Chicago-style pizza for dinner. I made Chocolate Pretzel Pie and Mittu made banana cream pie for dessert. We had talked about going to Blaze Pizza that day, as they have their pizzas on sale for $3.14 then. But we figured they’d be swamped.
4. A clever and hard-working husband. I mentioned being the recipients of my youngest son’s fairly new washer and dryer last week when he bought a house with a stackable set. His dryer is electric, and our current one is gas. We talked about whether to sell his electric one and buy a gas one. I proposed the idea that it might help resale value to have an electric line for a dryer as well as a gas hook-up, so the laundry room could accommodate either one. I didn’t realize how involved that process would be. Jim had to run wire from the laundry room up to the attic and across to the breaker box, set aside a breaker especially for the dryer, install the outlet especially for the dryer, and change the plug on it to a four-pronged rather than a three-pronged one so it would be up to the current code standards. In one significant blessing, when Jim was at Home Depot, the worker there who asked if he needed help finding anything knew just what he needed, where it was, what the current code standards were, etc.
5. Getting rid of the old washer and dryer. I knew Jim wouldn’t want to just trash the old washer and dryer, since they still had some life in them. But we didn’t think it would be a good idea to donate them to the thrift store since there was no telling how long they’d last. So he listed them on the local sales page on Facebook with an honest description. We had a few offers right away. Someone bought them for $75 and came and picked them up. It was nice to have them taken away so quickly.
And that wraps up another week! It’s hard to believe we’re halfway through March already!
Stray Thoughts 
Gotta love when someone comes to take old appliances off your hands and you end up with some cash too 😉 Your pies look great! You made a wise decision on Blaze. My husband and I decided to go around 6:30. Got there and saw maybe 20 people lined up outside the door 😦 We ended up at Chick fil A. I had made a strawberry pie too so that was dessert!
Clever Jim! The re-wiring sounds so involved. I’m glad you now have newer appliances. And that’s great that you sold the other ones!
I had seen mention of Pi day on Face Book. It sounds like you all had a feast! They all look delicious.
I’m glad you had a clear week this week to get things done you wanted to. Just a week without any appointments is a blessing!
I love rummaging through book sales and free give aways. I’ve gotten my best books from there. The Blount County library is having a book sale coming up soon, I think. I’ve cleared my shelves for a few more books but after that, I’ll be stacking them in corners!
Have a great weekend!
It’s a true blessing to have such a handy hubby!
LOVE your Pi Day celebrations!! OOH…banana cream pie..haven’t had that in years!! And we love chicago style pizza around here. YUMMY!!
How fun to get some classic books and a week with no obligations is a very true blessing.
Have a wonderfully relaxing weekend.
I love the way your family celebrates Pi day! They all look delicious.
I’m glad you have had a week where some of your normal activities were cancelled this week. That’s nice once in a while.
And FREE books! Oh, how wonderful!
Our church library keeps a 3 shelf cart stacked with books for the taking. Few weeks go by when I don’t wander over and see what’s available – for my own shelf or for our Little Library. What a treat!
Happy Pi Day! They all look yummy!
Wow, that was not the easy fix. But congrats to Jim for getting it done. And I’m glad you have working appliances now.
Free books? Sweet!
Enjoy the weekend! Willow
Oh, that free week sounds wonderful. One of my favorite things when I worked was canceled meetings.
What a fun celebration of Pi Day! Everything looks super tasty.
I’m so impressed with how handy (and ambitious) your husband is. Never even heard of four pronged plugs… Isn’t great to have an almost instant solution to getting rid of things?
Those are some pretty images you’ve captured on your hikes.
Resale shops are the way to go — look at that beautiful sweater you found.
Such springy yellow popping up in your garden. Daffs are so cheerful and so much variety.
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