First week of 2010

Wow!  Is it really already Thursday?
Thanks be to God, this week has been a good week.  Mind you, not all that super productive, but I figure just getting back in the swing of things is accomplishment enough this first week of the new year :)
Homeschooling is going well.  Only 1.5 meltdowns this week.  (That is 1 total meltdown from my kindergartner on Monday and a .5 meltdown from my 2nd-grader on Tuesday).  But then on Wednesday I saw (yet again) an answer to prayer concerning homeschool.  It was a simple prayer:  "Lord, help me find ways to make school interesting and fun today, amen."   Then, of course, I forgot about the prayer until I was prepping for the healthy food unit study during the kids' recess time.  Surfing the web for a nice food pyramid to print out, I came across a food pyramid rocket launch game. 
It was a total hit with the kids.  (I have added the site to the homeschool sub-blog sidebar under "games")
Thank you, Lord, for caring about the education of my children!
And, then that same day (yesterday) a good friend called me up and invited herself/husband over to our house to play a board game that evening.  (Their oldest can babysit their kids, so it made sense they come over here).  Anyway, that was an unexpected and really fun mid-week surprise! (I almost won..... lost to Dan)
Sooooo,
Just wanted to check in with you and let you know I have survived my first week of the new year.
May I even say it has been - joyful?!  :)

Thank You, God, for a joyful start to 2010 :)

Interactive:
Anyone else have unexpected surprises or blessings this first week of 2010 ?