As I look back over the past year, I am reminded of “small” blessings.  One such blessing, for me, was getting a bread board this year.  I had really wanted one, because I make all of our bread, so I like to leave the cutting board out on the counter by the bread basket.  The problem with leaving regular cutting boards out like this, though, is that every time I cut the bread, it spreads crumbs everywhere, and it’s tricky to clean them up (especially off of my counters; I have weird counters with these ledges at the front that make it impossible to wipe food all the way to the edges).

A bread board has a slotted board set into a tray, so that the crumbs fall into the tray and can easily be dumped.  I had wanted one for a while, but they’re kind of pricey.  Well, I was excited to discover that the points I had been accumulating from one of the companies I take surveys for could be traded in for the exact one I’d been looking at!  So it was shipped directly to my door without any cost, even for shipping. 🙂  It’s a little thing, but it’s made my daily work much easier.