Comments in Japanese

I want to thank anyone for wanting to post a comment but unfortunately, some comments are coming through in Japanese characters and I can't read them. I don't have a translator on my page. If you could post in English, I'd love to read and publish them.

Thanks for reading!

Pressing into hope

Driving into work this morning, I thought about hope and how you have to choose for it. Being hopeful doesn't always come naturally - it's a decision to believe that good things will happen and to keep believing when the good things take awhile to show up.

I will choose hope and to be positive and enjoy everything I have.

I feel my spirits lift already.

Things I'm learning as a new homeowner

1) How to relight a heater's pilot light
2) How to fix a leaking fridge
3) The different sounds a raccoon vs. a squirrel makes in one's attic
4) What a sump pump is and how it works
5) How much I like a working heater

Gratitude

Five things to be grateful for:

1) Nora is healthy
2) A job in a time when many are looking
3) A home :)
4) My new Christmas tablecloth
5) Hosting my family for Christmas next weekend