Day 17- Thankful for home

11/17/13

Today I am thankful for my home. I have really only had to call three places home before this one, which I feel very lucky about, seeing as how people my age normally have more than that. My husband and I bought a house last year, and we are so thankful everyday that we found a place that we both love and has met many of the "wants" on our home wish list.

With owning a home comes great responsibility, as my husband and I are learning everyday (well, I think he has a better handle on it than I do...). Even though it is hard to take care of everything in a home, and to fix things that become broken and worn out as time goes on, I am very thankful that I have one to take care of. Even on the hot summer days when I stand outside with Tommy and just did 8 hours of yard work and it looks like we did NOTHING. Even on the days when I kill four spiders in a row on my ceiling (ok, ok, when Tommy kills them...). Even on the days when I am in a hurry and the house attacks me, like when I backed out of the garage too quickly and the side of the house decided to take off my side mirror....(House: 1, Amy: 0...but I own you house so I guess I technically win!)

The reason I am thankful for this today is because of the tornado warnings and severe storm warnings that were happening all day. One of my best friends spent a good part of her day in the basement of her new home waiting for the tornado warnings to pass, and it made me think of how lucky we are that we even have a home to give us a safe place to do that if needed. After hearing and seeing the tornado damage that occurred in central Illinois, and the wind damage that occurred throughout the state, I am thankful that the worst thing we had today was severe thunderstorms.

I love this house, with it's crazy amount of yard work and all, and I am so thankful that I live here with a husband that helps me take care of it. I can not wait to see what other chapters of our lives we create in this space.