It's a good thing

Sometimes I think I whine and complain too much (I know, I know... MOST of the time). So I was just trying to think some positive thoughts.

• Last night at 8:30 it was 54 degrees F and raining and blowing so hard we had to pull off the road. This morning it is 6 F. It's a good thing it was warm last night and we got rain, instead of all of that as snow.
• Saturday night son Isaac called about 8:30 and said his coolant light came on. He was on his way to see Jerry Seinfeld in Terre Haute. It was a good thing his girlfriend was with him, and that he had a cell phone, and that he was able to make the show on time, and he made it home with no more problems.
• Monday daughter Carrie called and said her car was having transmission problems in Van Wert, OH. It was a good thing she'd forgotten something at boyfriend Drew's, and he was meeting her in Van Wert, so he was there to help take care of things and give her a ride back to our house so she could borrow one of our cars.
• The last time we bought a car (when my parents traded theirs in and we bought their old one) we kept our old(er) car. We tried to sell it, and even had a few offers made on it, but every time I backed out at the last minute. So it's a good thing we kept it for all the times we have breakdowns. All of our vehicles have 100,000 + miles, but if you keep enough around there should always be one that runs.
  
• We have a mechanic that attends our church, and he and his wife are THE NICEST people in the entire world. He went and picked up Carrie's car in Van Wert and brought it back to FW. It's good because they are people we can trust, and they always treat us especially nice in the billing department. Although I'm hoping she doesn't need a new transmission.
• When I went to take the key to the mechanic so he could pick up Carrie's car the truck wouldn't start. I knew it needed a new battery. It was a good thing the ladies Bible study was just getting over and I got a ride to Jane's work and snagged her car, and since I was at the mechanics anyway I picked up that new battery I'd been meaning to get.
  

So there ya go. In spite of it being really cold outside, being poor, and having a bunch of old cars... my life is pretty darn good (otherwise this would have the makings of a bad country-western song).