Thankful Thursday (46) + Randomness!

I wrote this verse to go in Rach's nursery room a couple weeks back, but I love how fitting it is for all that has just happened.  GIGATT!

• Today, I'm thankful for a God who rescues and protects us... not just in their wreck, obviously, but in a thousand little areas that we may never even realize!
• I'm thankful that my parents are both alive and able to walk, talk, laugh, cry, and remember everything! 
• I'm thankful that all that is wrong and hurting can be healed, and that that process has already started.
• I'm thankful that Mom is HOME!!  (Her plane got in at 11:30 last night... Rach and I picked her up at the airport.  It was great!)
• I'm thankful for getting to have dinner with Rach and Charlene last night.
• I'm thankful for the memory of Rach being hilariously angry about the airpot parking situation... so funny!
• I'm thankful for all that Mom and Dad do for us, (which becomes evident quickly when they're suddenly unable to do those things for a while.)
• Basically, I'm thankful for all the little things I tend to take for granted!

Yay, God!!

Okay, now for some interesting flight stories... no, not about me getting sick - that was so 5 years ago! ;)  We flew Southwest on our Vegas trip, and I didn't realize I could print the boarding pass early, so Malori and I were stuck in the sucky last boarding group every time... meaning we sat between two strangers on each flight.

Flight #1... Stewardess offered us peanuts or pretzel with our drinks.  Me and man on my right didn't take any.  Man on my left said, "I'll take the peanuts." 

About 20 minutes later, he held them up and asked me, "Do you want these?" 

"Umm, no, thanks." I said.

"Okay, well, I'm really allergic to peanuts so I can't eat them."

What on earth!??  Moron.  That was it - our whole conversation.  Strange, but kinda funny!

Flight #2 - didn't say a word to the lady beside me because she was totally engrossed in her book, reading through the entire flight.  Finally, I glanced over to see what she was reading...

Wow!  She either reeeeally didn't wanna talk to me, or she was heading to Vegas for some high stakes Srabble tournament! lol

Flight #3... I sat between a man and woman, and we were on the exit row.  Man reminded me of Stanley from The Office, very busy with his Sudoku puzzles and not paying attention to anything else.  Stewardess asks if we're willing to help in an emergency situation (bc we're on the exit row).  Woman says yes, I say yes, man doesn't know anyone else is talking.  Finally the stewardess gets his attention and he says, "Oh, yeah, sure."  Woman looks at me and says suspiciously, "I really don't feel very comfortable with him by that window." Then she grabs the Flight Safety brochure out of her seat pocket, reaches across me and hands it to him, and says demandingly, "Read this!"

Wow... awkward.

He grunts and puts it under his Sudoku book, paying no attention to her request.

I quickly shut my eyes and pretend to fall asleep, until some turbulence forces me to look around.

Then the woman strikes up a conversation with me, and after talking for a while, throws in, "Yeah, we've been married 40 years, so we don't sit by each other anymore," pointing at this guy.

What in the world!??  Seriously, why am I sitting between a married couple!? lol  That did make the whole story at the beginning make much more sense, though.

Now, for a tiny bit more random info... we have moved offices and Judge and Marlene have moved to the tiny courtroom... my office is on the second floor and pretty great, the best of the three of us - but their offices are way too small for all their stuff.  

So to save space, they came up with this efficient little solution...

Yep, that's a fridge and microwave in the bathroom.  That's how we roll in Creek County.  Lunch, anyone??  Yuck!

(To be clear, I never use that bathroom, fridge,or microwave, so it doesn't really bother me much... but I couldn't help sneaking a photo of that. lol)

Finally, the men of the courthouse chose all the new decor (never a good thing!) ...and they chose this carpet because it was "supposed to look like a wood floor." 

Epic Fail!

Last thing... get excited, because this preview is the real deal... coming in April 2012!!