Back in January, the president of Zoe’s tutorial put out a call to ask if anyone knew how to work with WordPress, because the tutorial website needed a little help.
I have been working with WordPress since 2008, so I volunteered to help.
The project turned out to be a lot bigger than either the president or I had anticipated, but I did manage to figure everything out, even though the theme had a lot of quirks I am not used to.
Anyway!
I finished it all, and a few days ago, I got an envelope in the mail with a gift card and a note to thank me for the work I did.
I was very touched by that gesture, not so much because of the gift itself, but because I felt appreciated.
Obviously, I would have given the help no matter what, but it is very lovely to get some surprise appreciation!
We did some family arm wrestling yesterday (what can I say? our entertainment options are limited, and I have three boys), and I was surprised by how strong my six-year-old son is. That boy is going to be able to beat me by the time he’s ten years old, no question.
Minutes ago…when my granola went flying out of my hand…chopped walnuts, milk, seeds, dried cherries, etc. flying everywhere…in the living room of course…on my clean sweats and house shoes, carpet, side table!!! Yuk! Hubby to the rescue, he ran to get the shop vac and sucked it all up. Coulda been worse…
That our second oldest son just announced he’s moving to Idaho. We live in CA. His twin and new wife just moved there a week ago. So we are going to drive with him next week do help him move. 15 hour drive one way. We will miss them all! This was a bit of a surprise decision for our oldest son and his wife also. Talked about it for awhile but I didn’t think it would come this fast.
My youngest two kids and I went to the zoo today and both of them wanted to go through the venomous snake exhibit! And they loved it! Yikes. Hopefully it was just a one-time thing…