Back to School!

I have spent the past two weeks getting kids ready to go back to school. Today I am sitting in my office surrounded by pencils, paper, notebooks, marker, glue sticks and the papers on diabetes for all of Ally's teachers. I got distracted reading blogs while I waited for them to print. I love catching up on what people are doing only to feel the guilt of not keeping my own blog up to date. Summer has been bad. I realized that I had not checked my email in two weeks when my neighbor called to tell about our Home Owners Association Meeting because I had not resposed to the emails. So maybe with the start of school I will be better. For now I have a cake in the oven, clothes in dryer, dishes in the sink and an office that looks like a tornado hit it. So I'm back to work!

The Kindness of Strangers.

Monday we took the kids to see Kit Kitredge: An American Girl. Must to my husbands dismay. I keep telling him it is the price you pay for three girls. Anyway as we came out of the movie we were greet with a river of fluid coming from our van. As Brent got down to see what was leaking the lady parked next to us asked if we needed any help. I told her that we would probably be all right. She insisted on staying. Then her husband pulled up in his car. He took Brent over to Walmart to buy more antifreeze while she stayed with me. To make a long story short the fluid came out as fast as Brent could pour it in and there was no way we could take the van home. They lived close to the theater so they let us park the van at their house and they gave us a ride home using both of their cars to fit all six of us. We live 30 miles from the movie theater. I couldn't believe how kind they were. The next day she also followed Brent to the repair shop to pick him up and take him to his car. We are very grateful to the Carpenters who were there for us in a tight spot.