Excel Spreadsheets and The Kindness of Strangers

Back in 1997 or so, when Dayle was getting ready to leave Near Philadelphia to accept a call to serve a congregation on the opposite side of the city, I thought to put myself in her place mentally. After all, for several years I had been on the same path as she. But now, she had completed the process and was ready to move on. I couldn't imagine. Joe and I had moved 13 times during the first 13 years we were married (don't ask!) and once we settled Near Philadelphia, we put down deep roots. I really couldn't fathom "starting over" at this point. And I said as much to Dayle, who replied (much too quickly, I thought), "Oh, Nancy, there are nice people everywhere."
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I knew she was right. And she would do fine. But I wasn't about to put it to the test.
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Yesterday, I was the beneficiary of the kindness of -- well, they aren't really -- strangers several times over.
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I'd posted to my blog the night before about inventorying my quilt projects and having all of the data on an Excel spread sheet. I'd put a stock illustration on the post because I didn't know how to get my own into Blogger. Within a few hours, an email from Angela -- whom I've never met -- with explicit, clear, and understandable instructions arrived. Just like that!
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Later in the day, filled with warmth at Angela's kindness, I put out a feeler about getting translation of a Greek sentence. As of this morning, there have been four varied responses, three of them from women, once again, whom I've never met!
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So, as Dayle says, "There are nice people everywhere." Some of whom are not strangers at all, though the relationship grew and was nurtured in cyberspace.
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And now, on to the Excel spreadsheet! Under Angela's tutelage, I display below my own actual UFO/PIGS/WIPS/Whatever log. Taking note, please, that already, on the first day of the third year, another project has been completed!