Tuesday, November 10, 2009
1. Washing machines. Can you imagine having to wash all your clothes by hand? UGH! I love that I can throw it in, walk away, come back and it is washed. How could I not be grateful?
2. I am grateful for scented candles. They can change the mood of the home. Cotton for a nice clean, refreshed feeling. Or (what I am burning right now) an Apple Cider candle which gets me excited for the holidays.
3. I am grateful for hot water. I tell you what! I got in the shower this morning (and I usually take a borderline scalding hot shower, just ask Jas :) and I ran out of hot water within a minute of being in there! I was so mad I wanted to scream. I love hot showers and I was soooo in the mood for one, but our water heater is so freakin' small and Jas had used all the hot water before he left for work. Anyway, it got me thinking about how blessed and spoiled I really am to have running hot water piped right into my shower. When I was on my mission in Ecuador we had to heat water on the stove, put it in a bucket, stand in the bucket in our "shower" and splash it onto our bodies. It was miserable. A lot of people don't have hot water, or showers, or running water for that matter. And I feel really blessed that I do.


