Reasons we love the USA:

1. On Friday night, our local library was kicking off National Library week with a fantastic Magician's show. WOW, what a show it was! The magician, Rick Smith Jr, is nationally known artist, and has appeared on show's such as America's Got Talent, The Jay Leno Show, the Ellen Degeneres and Ripley's Believe It or Not! So definitely not your standard amateur magician!! He holds a record in the Guinness Book of Records for the person who can throw a playing card the longest distance! That said, Rick was B R I L L I A N T, and had the kids engrossed while keeping the parents entertained! At one point, he had a child hold up a stalk of celery, and then from about 10 feet away, he threw a playing card that flew straight through the vegetable, cutting it in half! The best part about the evening, was that it was FREE OF CHARGE!! 
2. Earlier this week, Liesel spotted an online coupon for a furniture store, that if you bought it for $35, they will give you a credit for $125! It just so happened that Nathan needed a new mattress this week, so we stopped in to the store on Saturday. We found a Sealy mattress that cost $200. The store gave us a 20% discount on the spot, dropping the price to $160. After Sales Tax and applying the coupon, my final bill was $45! So at the end of the day, we paid a total of $80 for a $200 mattress! Kind of makes Morkels (a South African furniture chain) look pretty stupid!
3. Spring is in the air (again!) after a cooler week. It was a gorgeous day here with temperatures in the upper-seventies (mid twenties Celsius). We started the day by going to church. Afterward we came home, changed out of our Sunday clothes into shorts and t-shirts and played some football outside! The weather was wonderful, and so tonight we are sleeping with our windows open, listening to the sounds of frogs and crickets, until they are replaced by the early bird's chirping!