I didn’t plan to find myself in Columbus, Nebraska. I interviewed for a job in Omaha–and got offered a job here.
A head-hunter matched my sister Anna to a job here.
Few of us really CHOSE to find ourselves in the east central part of Nebraska, in the greater Columbus area.
But here we are. And for that I am thankful.
This week, I’m thankful…
…for baking with my sister, her reading aloud from The Pioneer Woman Cooks while I dropped muffin batter into tins and rolled warm muffins in butter and sugar
…for Pampered Chef parties where Anna and Ruth and I bite our tongues while the rep tries to convince me that I should be a rep myself (If someone has just told you that she teaches cooking on a college level and that she regularly advises her students that they don’t need all the gadgets sold by companies like Pampered Chef…you probably SHOULDN’T suggest that if she’d just try your products she might just learn that “they’re not a want, they’re a need.”)
…for large hunks of beef and friends who will cut them into steaks for you (and laugh at you for rendering your own tallow from the trimmed fat.)
…for great reminders at Bible study that all work can be sanctified work (Thanks, Beth) and that it’s easy to lose focus at work but putting up reminders for yourself can help (Thanks, Teresa).
…for upcoming parties–hanging out this weekend with another who’ll be around town, a Valentines Party next month, drinks at my house in March (featuring SimplyThick!)
…for the Providence of God that brought me–and these–into this dinky little town at such a time as this
Is Columbus really a dinky little town? I know nothing about it, so I’m asking from curiosity, not from any desire to be snarky. :)
At least, your state produced a Miss America!! :)
I always enjoy your Thankful Thursday posts.
Davene-I actually make Columbus out to be dinkier than it is. Columbus is a town of about 20,000 people-large enough that the biggest church in town (my church) boasts 800 regular attendees but small enough that once you’ve been here a year you can see at least 10 or 15 people you know every time you go to Walmart. It’s not a small town from Nebraska standards, but since I grew up in the “big city” Lincoln (200,000ish)… Columbus is actually about the same size as my alma mater, the University of Nebraska Lincoln.
As always I enjoy your “Thankfulness”. I think I would really struggle being that far from my family in new town. But you do have your sister and as you said and that in itself is a great blessing!
by the way! Loved reading your LOVE MONTH! I think I will see if my daughters will sit and read it to. Great stuff!
Ah, thanks for the info! That gives some helpful perspective for me since I’ve never even been close to Nebraska! :)