Sharing Great Ideas

     This is one of those days when we hurry up to get to one event and then hope we are not late for the next one.  We stay up late doing homework afterwards, and hope we get enough sleep to get through tomorrow.  Good thing tomorrow is Phriday, that means the weekend is coming.  This weekend will be tame, only dance and ACTs and church and a possible four hour drive, round trip, to my brother's house.  I forgot to RSVP to a second cousin's wedding or we would be going to that too.  Overall though, we might actually get some rest.
     When we are doing all that running and rushing about, we forget something. We forget that we are able to do it.  We often take for granted that we don't need to find the handicapped parking space, entrance or bathrooms. We take for granted that our kids are able to play basketball or dance.  I am blessed and thankful for it.  I do get a little flustered when I get busy, but I do remember to thank The Big Guy for what I have.
     I don't know what I'd do if I wasn't busy. I seem to get more done when I'm busy than when I have extra time.  Not that I have extra time very often.  I was writing yesterday about wanting more time for projects.  I love to come up with ideas and work through problems.  Finding a solution that benefits everyone always feels good.  I was reading C. Hope Clark's Blog, (see my favorite links) and she mentioned going to a really cool event.  She is great at sharing good ideas and connecting people.
     The event she attended was a Mixer/Swap Meet.  The admission fee was two books.  After mingling, networking, and checking out the books, each person takes one book home.  The extra books are donated to a 'friends of the library' organization.  I just love this!  These are the kinds of "fundraiser" type events that I would love to be involved in, if I had the time.  Everybody wins and it isn't one of those events where they just ask for money everywhere you turn.  So I forwarded the idea to the local library and the middle school principal.  He loved it too.  He asked me to present the idea at a meeting.  Unfortunately, the meeting is on Ash Wednesday and I'll be at church.  Maybe it will be rescheduled if others in the group want to go to church too, or he will have to present it.  Either way the idea will get spread around and it will benefit someone along the way.  Hey Hope, thanks for sharing.