instead i said okay

You know me, I'm always looking for another reason to spend even more time on the internet and my latest project fits that bill to a t. Abby's school is having a silent auction and I've volunteered to help round up donations for the event. I really love doing this sort of thing. Which seems to be at odds with my shy and socially awkward personality to just contact total strangers and ask them to give me free stuff. I actually do feel some mild anxiety each time I click the ole send button, but I remind myself that the worst that could happen is they say no, but they might just say yes. I just started working on this project this week and I'm already off to a great start. I have a handful of promised donations and a long list of contacts to go through. If anybody out there works for a super cool company and wants to help out a small rural school with a donation to our silent auction just let me know.

I should have been in bed long ago, but I still have time to share a tiny moment with you.



A couple of years ago Papa and Grandma Linda gave Abby a gorgeous china tea set that came in it's own wicker picnic basket. I will admit she doesn't get to play with it very often. I usually send her in the direction of the plastic dishes, especially now that Maya wants to play as well. Tonight Abby pointed out that she never gets to play with her tea set. I will admit, I was tempted to say no. To tell her it was too delicate, too fragile to play with, that Maya was still up and it wasn't safe, but I stopped myself. Instead I said okay. We got it out, unbuckled the plates, filled the tea pot with water, however I did draw the line at filling the sugar bowl. Maya may have spilled hers all over her jammies, but we had lots of clean dry pairs so there was no harm done. They even had their before bed snack with their tea. It was the perfect tiny moment in an ordinary day.