Thankful

Last weekend I got the opportunity to remember the number one material possession I am thankful for; my mattress.  It happened like this. . .

Ethan's company does work with a variety and commercial customers.  One recent customer was a local hotel.  As part of the payment they traded for some free nights.  We were blessed with one of those nights and decided immediately we should use it for Giggles 7th birthday.  She is such a big fan of swimming, which is unfortunate when your birthday is in the winter.  She has always wanted to go swimming for her birthday, so she and Spunky and I had a mom and daughter overnighter at the hotel!

Walking in we quickly noticed a variety of oddly dressed college age people.  And I mean REALLY oddly dressed.  Bright colored wigs, fake weapons, tails, make-up.  It was wild.  We later learned they were there for an Anime Convention.  I don't know a single person who's into anime, but they were all quite nice.

There was a lot of swimming, but there was also a good eight hours of sleeping.  Or maybe I should say eight hours of trying to sleep.  The beds were soft and looked inviting, but man did my back hurt in the morning!  It reminded me of how much I'm spoiled by our wonderful bed. 

About four or five years ago we desperately needed to replace the mattress we'd had since we got married.  We researched, because that's what my man does, and settled on the Intellibed.  It was expensive, but we fortunately had saved up for a while to buy it.  I don't have a whole lot of brand loyalty  to anything else, but I won't ever buy another brand of mattress as long as I live.  It was worth every penny!