Grateful for sunblock!

I didn't do a gratitude entry for Monday, did I?  I guess I was pretty grateful for Andrew grilling the chops, because I really didn't have to do much for dinner that night!

  Yesterday I was very grateful for sunscreen!  I don't get out in the sun much; I used to be a "sun worshipper" when I was young, and when I got older and realized what damage I was doing I was glad that I couldn't handle the heat anymore.  I just hope the damage I did when I was a teen and younger doesn't show up later on.  I don't do tanning beds, either.  It doesn't take me long to tan, so I'm not chalk-white; if I work outside at all when it's sunny I get a little color.  But it also doesn't take me long to burn and freckle, so "Thank you" to whoever invented sunscreen!  Of course, being blonde and, shall we say, on the paler side, you can imagine the contrast between me and my husband (or me and the kids for that matter!).

I insist that the kids wear sunblock, too, since even though they are "brown", they can still get burns and sun damage.  I'll never forget last year after Eler Beth had been out in a friend's pool all day, when she was getting ready for bed I noticed she had a little tan line.  I brought it to her attention and she went and showed her dad.  She was so proud of it!  "I didn't know I could a tan!" she said.