Just about the time I pulled our front door shut I remembered my house and car keys were in a bag in my bedroom. It was 89 degrees and climbing, and I was locked out with no way to go. Hot wiring a car is not part of my talents so I was stuck outside in the heat. Fortunately I had a tall go cup of shaken iced tea lemonade, my cell phone and a shade tree to bide my time under. My dear husband works only 5 minutes away so I made a moan call. He couldn’t break free from what he was doing, but a friend was able to rescue me by bringing my husband’s keys. After retrieving my keys I went on about my business running errands. (All lock out adventures should run so smoothly.) Still I was close to over heating by the time I got back into wonderful air-conditioned coolness. (I’m a real light weight when it comes to heat.)
When I got home and lugged all the stuff I gathered during my trip away from home…and gave our dogs their “good dogs” for faithfully protecting our turf while I was gone, I poured myself a cold, refreshing glass of lemon-flavored water kefir to celebrate Tea On Tuesday. O it’s so good.
Tea on Tuesday finds me feeling thankful, blessed, and a little bit lucky. (Thank you, Pat, for the box of luck.) All it takes to put my little trials in perspective is to watch the news of more devastating tornadoes forever changing the lives of all those in their deadly paths. I know I’m not alone in my feelings of great compassion for those who have not been spared such heartache and great loss. My thoughts and prayers are with them as they face yet another round of severe storms this afternoon. The news makes me weep…and feel truly thankful for the safety of my family and home.
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Until next time:
It isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart. ~unknown
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All good thoughts Judy, Loved your saga of your adventures on this Tuesday.Lennie
Thank you for stopping by, Lennie. Seeing you always makes me smile. Still wish you had a blog. 🙂 oxo Judy
If I were locked out, Judy, I would be up a creek, since I have no one to call. Yep, all lock-outs should go that smoothly. Like you, I’m a lightweight when it comes to heat. I can take the cold, but not the heat or humidity very well. Your lemon flavored water looks really refreshing about now. And I’m also worried about the friends I have in the Joplin area. Cell towers and phone lines are down, so there is practically no way to contact anyone in the area.
I know what it is like to be locked out, i have done it a time or two myself! LOL Never fun whether it is 80 and above or 20 below. Your tea sounds wonderful! Hope you had a great day!
~Donna~
I am thankful for a dry shelter myself. I cannot imagine losing EVERYTHING and possibly family members too. My heart goes out to Joplin, MO.
Glad you your lock out had a swift ending. Living in a small town, I don’t lock my house. heehee. I figure our St. Bernard, a.k.a. “Cujo” to strangers, will deter any break-ins.
perfect quote and such lovely heartfelt sentiments too dear Judy…it is excruciating to watch and hear about the devastation affecting so many lives and hearts…
I get you about the heat…ugh…we are in the three H’s here in N VA…hazy…hot….humid
we had such a lovely spring tho … one of the longest I can remember
glad you were not stuck outside in the heat…”moan call” is such a funny term!
your lemon flavored water kefir looks so refreshing…we just brought back some cute little horse shoes from a “real” hardware store in Floyd, VA…just had to have them
Happy T day…stay cool jewel!
oxo
Thank you for your sweet comment. “It isn’t what’s in your pocket that makes you thankful but what you have in your heart. ” And Jesus says, “where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.”
I’ll have to remember that Starbucks has tea. I just got a giftcard from there and thought…”ah darn I don’t like Starbucks coffee.” Now I can try something new!
It’s so easy to get caught up in the daily grinds of our own life that we forget how much worse so many people have it. I try my best every day to be ever so grateful for everything but there are days when you just have to give in to the moaning, but only for a moment and then it is back to an attitude of gratitude! 🙂 Hope you are having a great day. Tammy