The Lucky One

No, I haven't seen the movie yet but I did LOVE the book.  But that's not really what came to mind by 'the lucky one.'

The past few days I have not felt all that great so I have spent a lot of time just laying in bed or the couch. This has also allowed me lots of time to 'browse.'  I have just had a cold but I have been following the story of a couple casual friends that have far worse than COLDS.  I truly am a lucky one.  One girl has been in the hospital about ten less days than she has been married.  I can't even imagine.  I have very healthy parents.  I am a lucky one. I have a friend that has a father that is very very ill and probably won't make it too terribly much longer.    I have come to appreciate just how great my life is.  I complained about Brian's med bills, but I am so blessed that he is healthy, I am healthy, my family is healthy.

I also learned another valuable lesson this week.  I have been making homemade bread once a week and last time I made it I was in a time crunch so I 'skipped' some steps.  My recipe says to mix the dough, let sit, mix fast again over, and over and over again... 6 times, or like 50 min.  Well I got lazy and didn't do that.... and when it came time to shape the loaves, I got lazy there as well.  Long story short, by bread, (2 loaves) had a giant cavern right in the center of them. They looked great on the outside and continued to do so until you tried to cut them and then they sunk.

I was concerned about time.  I skipped 40 minutes of the 'procedure' and ended up wasting every second because I still spent plenty of time on it and couldn't enjoy a single bite of it... Sad day.  Lesson leaned: don't skip corners!!