Great Weekend and thanks to the Vets

Oh my - it's been way too long since I've posted. I often think "I should post that," but then by the time I get home I forget!
Well I can't forget about the wonderful weekend I had! The short version is that I got to go shopping, had a perfect cab driver in Chicago who even counted out change (without me asking and of course I told him to keep it), then getting on the train a younger guy saw me pause getting on with all my bags and offered to help. So I ran in to many people this weekend that managed to remind me how wonderful people can be if you just have faith and look for the positive!
Now there's one woman in particular who really touched me this weekend. She was sitting next to me in a workshop, noticed my nametag and proceded to share a really cool story with me - how Peoria Arizona got it's name! Here's what she told me; when California was being settled there was a family with 11 children that road in a covered wagon to get to California. Well they stopped off in Arizona and during what they thought was going to be a brief stop the people in the town convinced them to stay. See, they had 11 children and in order to have a school there had to be at least 10 children. So, the people who had settled in the area convinced the family to stay and set the father up with a job and they named the town after the city the family was from PEORIA!
The woman who shared the story worked for the school district in Peoria Arizona and shared the story with many others over the years. Not sure if it gave anyone else goose bumps like it did for me!
Speaking of education, I hope all of our local teachers enjoyed the day off for Veteran's Day. I saw many out and about shopping today! More importantly - thanks to our veteran's who have fought for our freedom. I don't agree with figthing to solve problems, but I'm so thankful that when push comes to shove there are men and women who are willing to fight the big bullies! May all of our newest veteran's be able to come home soon.