Taking time to smell the Roses

I started this day with all kinds of plans. Not many of them got accomplished. I did get my bills paid, the checkbook balanced. I had to make a trip to Trussville (about 50 some odd miles - one way from the house) to take my embroidery machine in for cleaning and to find out why it is making a loud grating noise. This just started this past week. I need to get it fixed so I can complete the bibs I'm working on for Teri. I learned while in the store, I don't have a clue how to use my machine. I am now signed up to take classes from the owner of the store. Probably the reason the machine started acting up. Although, I have done what I thought was some pretty good embroidered pieces and given them as gifts. Maybe with the classes the pieces I do henceforth will be first class.
All this took about two and a half hours in Trussville. I decided to go by and pick up Hannah to eat some lunch. She was so excited. By the time I got to her house it was almost time to pick Haley up from school. So we played in the playground at Haley's school while waiting for her day to end. While playing we found a catapillar which Memama "rescued" for Hannah. She has been adorable talking to the "catlapillilar". When Haley got out of school, we went to Barbies (Arby's) to get something to eat. Then we went to kids castle (a playground in Pell City for kids). Hannah played while Haley and I did homework. There is a mist machine for when kids get hot. I had told Hannah she could not get in the mist. In about 5 minutes she came back to where were sitting and was soaking wet. When asked why she had disobeyed me she said'Memama, I just got so sweaty I had too." She hadn't been anywhere but the mister.
We then took a mile walk around the park while the gilrs did cartwheels and summersaults. I laughed till I hurt at those two. I then took them home.
I didn't get a thing done that I had planned to get done today, but you know what I had more fun and accomplished more for a lasting relationship than anything else I could have spent my day doing. I took the time to smell the roses with my girls.