Murphy... and mercies

Sometimes, when you least expect him... Murphy shows up and lays down the law. A few Sundays ago my car was towed from a parking spot where my management told me I can park. Well, "lifted" is more like it because I walked out there as the guy was putting my car up on his rig. So while it wasn't "towed" away I still had to pay One-hundred-and-fifty clams. (Does the hyphening make it feel bigger to you? Hope so. It was a pretty big deal to me that day).

When I got home Mel had been dealing with medical bills and insurance for 2 and 1/2 hours. Needless to say, we were both pretty wiped and just cried and held each other for a while.

It's wonderful to have a spouse that is also your best friend. It's not even that we couldn't suffer the financial blow... it was more the emotional one that was hard.

We have both felt overwhelmed lately. Seems like that's one of our life's themes... but I digress.

So, I'm choosing not to ramble on right now. Sure... I could vent about all the little things that are causing stress (and believe me... there's a lot of little things; I know Melissa has her own list. If only I had a venn diagram right now! :-), but I won't. Instead, what I'm going to do is remind you dear reader (and myself!) of how I have an amazing God that loves me dearly and counts me valuable in spite of what the world may say and how his mercies are new EVERY morning.

Tomorrow's a new day. And, though that new day may have a cluttered kitchen with dishes left to be done, I will have slept the night with my bride by my side and our little one growing in her belly. God is good and there is MUCH that I can be thankful for -- even the little things :-)

Locavore

Not a whole lot to write this morning, but I did want to post this pic! We are fortunate enough to have a farmer's market that is just down the street from us. The above photo is musk melon that I got from there recently.

This year I am growing three varieties of tomatoes, and three varieties of peppers as well. Here is a pic from some Jalapenos that I harvested recently:

DELICIOUS! :-)