03.24.2024…Palm Sunday

27°F SE17mph SR0558(0658DST) SS1820(1920DST)

Morning Offering given

Village covered in snow, sleeping

Coffee good

I’m thinking we got a couple of new inches of snow over night. Won’t last long. Temps are already raising. The call is for rain later and into tomorrow. I praise and give thanks for the much needed moisture.

Yesterday I lost my temper with a person I had never met. I took a friend to the Amish Auction in Readstown yesterday morning at 7. We were less than 1000 feet to the auction house drive when an out of state van (IL or MN) passed me (on gravel) and squeezed between and oncoming buggy and the buggy ahead of me. Causing both buggies to hug their respective ditches. The eyes of the woman driver coming toward me were so frighten I doubt I will forget them. I pulled into the parking lot behind him, let my friend out and marched over to the offending van knocking on his driver door window. He opened his door. A wisp of an elderly man in the driver’s seat… I said… “What in the HELL were you thinking? Were you trying to kill all of us?” He said nothing, just sat quietly waiting for me to finish. I continued with ” it is drivers like you who have no regard for others on the road, who are too impaitent to wait another 1000 feet to turn off, that kill entire van loads of people. If you didn’t see those buggies before you passed me you need to have your eyes examined or your head because you almost killed that woman in the on coming buggy!” His van was full of people. I turned and left. Some people shouldn’t be allowed to drive. I need to go to confession. His actions still aggitate me this morning.

Speaking of confession… no one was in the confession last evening… there hasn’t been anyone to hear confessions in over 3 yrs in that confessional. Not that there wasn’t someone able to be there, it is just always empty so no confessions are heard. The service was fast, speedy and lacking for Palm Sunday… But, we were invited to travel to another town for confession and a beautiful Mass. I won’t be traveling in that direction anytime soon. I will head to IA for Easter with our family… there won’t be any services in my regular parish for any of Easter week. The Spanish community will however have Mass there with their priest.

Easter candy is bagged and ready to give out this next week to 5 of my special needs friends. I hope they smile when they receive them.

I am still in the desert, searching for water… all the watering holes I’ve come across thus far are dry or full of mud.

Know you are prayed for.

03.23.2024

13°F NNW5mph SR0559 (0659DST) SS1819 (1919DST)

Morning Offering given

Village sleeping

Coffee good

Turkey Licenses are available today.

Made seat tags yesterday and laminated for the workers at the workshop. I’m sure it will make them smile. The offical name of the workshop is “Triple S Workshop” The S’s stand for Sunbeam Special School. It’s a good name.

Mass 8pm St John’s Summit Ridge… stations at 730.

Know you are prayed for.

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Gas hike

Why is that?

03.22.2024

26°F NNE11mph SR0601(0701DST) SS1818(1918DST)

Morning Offering given

Village covered in snow

Coffee good

Ah yes, Mother Nature letting us know she is in charge. PTL for the much needed moisture for our fields and streams. Once again my thank yous to the snow removal and road crews who keep our highways safe. We really have no clue regarding the amount of time, effort, and knowledge that goes into the quick removal of this white stuff. If you have always lived in WI you probably take that for granted. Those in the south shut down and stay home in this kind of weather. I smile remembering the light dusting of what I call corn snow (those tiny balls of snow that aren’t really flakes but mini snowballs as in less than bb size) when we lived in TX. Everyone was running to the store and stocking up on milk and water. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what the huge hurry was. One of my co workers asked if I wanted her to cover for me while I went and got mine. I told her no, that I’d get it after work she said its started snowing and it will be slippery are you sure you don’t want to go now? I told her it would be fine. It was fine, not even what I call a snow happened although it sure was nice to see and the air had that snow smell to it as well. Driving was not an issue…I was basically the only one on the road.

Hoping to end up in La Crosse today. Will stop at the Cpap store and pick up supplies. Have a couple of copy jobs and a typing job to do today.

IF, NT, and Cpap are on track.

Know you are prayed for

03.21.2024

21°F SSE3mph SR0603(0703DST) SS1817(1917DST)

Morning Offering given

Village silent and dark… no DSTer up to greet the morning.

Coffee good

Scripture Verse: Isaiah 41:10 “Do not fear: I am with you; do not be anxious: I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.”

IF… 23 week in, 2291fasting hours, pluggin along, still losing inches & averaging 1# a week loss

NT… day 24 of 90, decrease of numbness in feet and legs, although I still have a light sock feeling.

Cpap… making odd noises, mouth still extremely dry, wakes me up, still hate it but do it.

How’s your Lent? Did you get to confession? Did you forgive those who have hurt you? Did you ask forgiveness of those you have hurt?

My Lent has been very dry… desert dry infact. My normal church involvement has come to a screeching halt… there will be no Easter services at my church. The expectation is I seek those in my sister church. I did find out they are doing Wednesday rosary so I went last night. That was good, very good for my soul. The bible study on Tues is not meeting during Lent, will begin again in April.

More Esken CDs arrived yesterday. I totally enjoy how he has taken charactors from his first book and gone deeper into their lives in other books. I think these all stand alone bringing the rest of the story to light in new books. These would make great movies. I hear the first book is being developed into a feature film. I have it on my must see list.

Send up prayers for MK who has been diagnosied with prostrate cancer.

Did you see the video of the House Oversight Comittee examining Presidents Biden’s role in his family business practices in China, Ukraine, Russia, and other places in the world. It’s looking like influence peddling. They have been looking into this for over a year now.

Know you are prayed for.

03.20.2024

23°F NW15mph SR0605 (0705DST) SS1816(19:16DST)

Morning Offering given

Village silent

Coffee good

Questions:

Have you heard of any of the follow. If so let me know from where
Trad Recovery
One Word
When did the Catholic Church change to using the NABRE from the NAB?
Who put out The New Catholic Bible?
There’s some really interesting changes going on and I’d like to know who authorized them.

For those interested the USCCB has an interesting resource link that everyone should read if they are politically interested in what is happening and what the Church’s feeling about it are.

I’m out of time this morning; something that happens too frequently these days.

Know you are prayed for.

03.19.2024 1st Day of Spring & Solemnity of St. Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary

30°F WNW20mph SR0606 (0706DST) SS1814 (1914DST)

Morning Offering given

Village sleepy and quiet… so much for all those DST’ers getting out and about because of more daylight.

Coffee good… maybe it will calm the snarkiness I woke up with. The question is do I want it too?

Hay Auction today at the Produce Building.

CFAB… Meeting tomorrow 6pm in HS Bandroom. Volunteers needed for Solo & Ensemble April 6th.

BTM…Bike To Mary…sign up
https://www.facebook.com/BiketoMary/ if you’d like to see what it is about
https://www.goodstreams.org/videogallery/bike-to-mary-pilgrimage/

IF… team must have heard me griping about the slowness… as the little daily article they sent talks about it. I’m still at it and will continue with it until I reach my goal. No matter how long it takes.

NT… coming along. I feel differences and that’s really all that matters.

Cpap… made the call will pickup up new head gear and hose on friday.

Headlines this morning…Just to name a few…
CDC Overestimating Maternal Death Rated in America,Study Finds
Toby Keith Earns 2024 Country Music Hall of Fame Induction
James, Russell Lead Lakers to Big Win Over Visiting Hawks
Concerns of Torture Raised Over Witness Testifying in Jimmy Lai Trail
10 Killed in Port-Au-Prince Suburb as Tensions Rise in Haiti
Freedom Caucus Urges House GOP to ‘Force’ Border Security Measures in Govt Spending
Judge’s Jury Instructions Hold Door Wide Open to Trump Win in Classified Document
Eric Schwerin Testifies Joe biden and the Biden Family Used Alias Email Accounts
Still No Deal to Avert Shutdown as Deadline Approaches

Scripture Readings: 2 Sam 7-16; Ps 89:1-29; 2 Ro 4:13-22; Mt. 1:16-24
Scripture Verse: Ps 84:5 “Blessed are those who dwell in your house, O Lord; they never cease to praise you.”

Please send up prayers for successful surgery for my g’dd SA.

Know you are prayed for.

Stop signs, stop signs everywhere!

The village has put up so many stop signs you’d think it was Madison.

We’ve got less than 1100 people here and stop signs galore.

The money could have been better spent on street repair, curb, and gutter. Are these things decided at the village meeting? Maybe I should attend.

They spent way too much money at the police department, too. Considering no one ever sees them on the streets anymore.

03.18.2024

22°F NW11mph SR0608 (0708DST) SS1813 (1913DST)

Morning Offering given

Village waking

Coffee strong

Scripture Reading, Dn 13:1-62, Ps 23:1-6, Jn 8:1-11
Scripture Verse, Ez 33:11 “I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, says the Lord, but rather in his conversion, that he may live.”

IF… week 23… 2241 hours of fasting… slow but sure the #s come off. Water intake/body movement are a must for this to work. I know, its slow but hey, the pounds went on slow.

NT… time consuming is a huge draw back with this therapy. I’ve had to change my whole schedule to make sure I get it all in. This and DST have made me tired for what seems like forever. Is it working, yes. At least I think it is. My feet and legs feel better. Although I still thump around I believe the thumping is less hard. My balance seems better. I can tell you I won’t be purchasing any more of the nutrients. They taste awful and are too expensive.

Cpap… needs a new head strap.

Hm… 4 year anni of Covid19… we still haven’t held China responsible, Fauci is still making money, when he should be in jail. The wokes/progressives still have people convinced they are going to die without a vacc and mask. Our children are an anxious mess, our society is disjointed, our government is full of crooks… yep, China’s mission was accomplished. A total breakdown of the world. Worse… most still don’t get that and follow like sheep to the slaughter.

Time to think about the garden. Are you putting one in? Have you purchased your seeds? They can be found on County D at Workshop #4… Jake Detwilers. (I have of course spelled that wrong)

Know you are prayed for.