These Days Are Rare

Days like today are rare, which makes me all the more thankful for them. Today our new dryer will be delivered thank goodness - I never would have dreamed I missed doing laundry. The husband is on call, and with the temperatures below zero, many water customers are freezing up, so up again today at the crack of dawn to the sound of pagers, cell phones, the home phone going off... I took him to work this morning so that he could drive the company truck home once he completes his duty, and once home I looked around sort of lost. The grand kids will be here tonight, though I told their mother to wait until after Sears leaves as I can't very well round them up with the excitement of delivery men in the kitchen, I can hear it now, "What do you do that for ? Why ? Where's your home ? Do you have a puppy ? Why are you doing that ? Do you have a house ?".... I got the kitchen cleaned, the floors mopped, meat out to thaw for dinner, the dog, chickens and horses fed, and now I'm in the computer room by the tall window, watching the little birds and chickens wander and peck. These simple but wonderful days are rare - but I cherish them.