a really blessed day.

i have this itch to write. and that doesn't come to me as often these days for some reason.. so it's easier to ignore, but not today.

today i got the girls ready and headed into town. i had a list of things we needed to do.
1. mcdonalds for fries and diet coke.
2. walmart for groceries.
3. car wash to get the abusrd amount of bird poop on my car.
4. lesh shwab to get my blasted tire fixed. finally.
5. gas.
6. library

thats quite the list right there!

so.. i pull into the mickeydees drive through window and... no debit card. AGAIN! what is wrong with me?! i have done this once before.. and i cried like a baby, i was so beyond mad... i had a $20. and that's it. not going to get me very far after this $5 snack..

i decided to run into walmart with my remaining $14.35 (i found a few quarters in the deep dark bottom of my cracker lined purse..) i would just get the essentials, and pray that all would be ok.

i loaded the few essentials into my cart and hoped my math skills werent as bad as they absoluitley are.

the check out lady started price matching for me. like as in.. just saying "oh that milk is 1.50 at so and sos.. and oh this spinach is whatever at wherever...." i was like, "lady! you are amazing! if you only knew the panic attack i was about to have over having to be that person putting things back and holding up the rest of the line!" i didn't say that. i but smiled real big, and i thanked her about 20 times. and lynley was literally jumping for joy like she was winning a prize.

we spent 13.98

then i thought..k. les shwab will most likely let me call tyler and pay over the phone! score! so we went there, and i told them the sitation and they were all, "yeah that works, we'll be done in 30." so i told them that we were going to WALK over to the library. ha so we made the little trip over to the library with callie on my hip.

we spent an hour pulling out nearly every book, going through and reading, deciding, and finally passing 15 books. as i go to check them out.. hmm.. we have TWENTY DOLLARS in fines. twenty bucks??!?!?! is that even possible? haha i am like.. hm.. ok. the lady was so sweet, she helped us get a card in lyns name and we checked the books out on that card! so sweet! then les shwab called just in the nick of time.. i by chance asked them if they could mayyyyybe come pick us up? 5 min later they were there with my warmed up car and a big ol smile. when i asked about my bill, they said that they had hooked me up. and it was free of charge! i wanted to give that man a huge hug. but i didn't. i didn't wanna be.. you know. creepy.

what couldve easily been a giant waste of a 1/4 tank of gas and an hour in drive time turned out to be a lovely day. i got a whole hour of library time, and dang it, so many strangers made me feel so special, and loved.

while i was digging frantically in the walmart parking lot for money or a check book.. lyn said, "mom! just pray and you will be ok! you wont be mad anymore!" i did. and she was right. i held it together.. and we made it an adventure, and people totally took care of us.

i am thankful for today. today i am in a really good place. i feel like.. this world is good. and that we are so blessed, and i feel loved, and i am dang proud of that little 4.5 year old who reminds me everyday what this life is all about.

heres some drawings from that little girl below. so funny. one's ariel, and one is repunzel (i'm pretty sure...)

 my baby girls! dang i love them.