Monday, August 13, 2012

1000 Gifts, Vol. 4, #35

361.  a former colleague's visit

362.  our small town's summer festival with free roasted corn

363.  "happening" upon a vendor in one of the craft booths at the festival, which led to finally getting some silk floral arrangements for our home to look more homey!

364.  a reunion with my Japan-based cousins ... here in tiny town!

365.  a day in between guests, so I could re-stock the pantry, run errands, etc.

366.  two fellow shoppers who answered my question for help, proclaimed that they adopted me, scoured the store for items I was looking for, and said they just might do it when I suggested they could go into business!

367.  4-night, 3-day visit with a cousin who has known me all my life and whom I was able to visit (in the Pacific) four times while I was in Japan

368.  six hours of uninterrupted conversation with her for the first time in decades, as her menfolk went on an outing while she and I had lunch and went on a Goodwill expedition

369.  shopping Goodwill to help a cousin's TCK son (just finished a 4-year term overseas himself and now starting grad school in the States) set up his apartment in grad school

370.  a special wedding, which gave us a very special family reunion with family, family of family, and friends who are like family!

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