03.10.2023

25⁰F overcast NNE@10mph

Morning Offering given

Village digging out

Coffee is good

6″ on the ground for sure.

Spring bulbs in bloom.

Washer & Dryer working on Mt. Wash- more.

Photocopy job completed and ready for delivery.

Clutter Alley needs picking up, the Chuckwagon needs a good cleaning, and the vacuum could run for an hour minimum.

The man is out the door, getting the expedition cleaned off and warmed up.

Just keep telling myself “Spring” arrives in 10 days.

Then I remember DST starts Sunday and

what a stupid thing that is. Who gives a rat’s a** about more daylight at night. I want to sleep well not lose an hour of sleep every single night until November. You’d think all these heath nuts would be up in arms over the damage this does to your metabolism. Oh wait, these are the same numbskulls that think you should get the covid vaxx and all the boosters. Hopefully, that bill will be buried forever.

Have my list of garden seeds/plants to put in the garden this year. Need to sit down and get a yard map made as well. There are bulbs to dig and move. Others to sort and plant. Then there’s the woodchips to spread along the fenceline, a shed to paint…sigh I better stop at that, the list could get overwhelming.

Know you are prayed for.

03.09.2023

32⁰F clouds E@12mph

Morning Offering given

Village quiet, snow to come around 10

Coffee good

Vertigo back, the man doing my morning pick up and drop off.

Have I told you about the author I’m reading, Candace Simar? She has a series “Abercombie Trail” that I am reading. It speaks to the Souix (Minnesota) Uprising of 1862. Something I learned nothing of in history class while in school. Probably because it happened during the Civil War, which our teacher spent weeks on. They were published in 2010, and I hope the entire series can be found.

I also have author Lydia Taiwo “A Broken Childhood” on my to read list.

Got word last night my dgd Haley will receive her 1st Holy Communion on May 7th.

Have an awesome day

Know you are prayed for

03.08.2023

28⁰F overcast ENE@8mph

Morning Offering given

Village quiet

Coffee awesome

Lots of snow happening in California. Here in WI, their snowfall would be close to a normal event. We have the equipment to move that stuff. As well as the clothing to keep warm. We drive in it so often and have snow recreation vehicles that stranded doesn’t happen as often.

Life is like that. What you have experienced in the past helps the decisions of the future. May your future be based in Christ and the tools you use be from him.

Know you are prayed for.

03.07.2023

32°F cloudy ENE@10mph

Morning Offering given

Village peaceful

Coffee good

We’re not getting any younger. In fact, most days aging seems to be coming at a rapid pace regardless of what one does to slow it down. So, in all reality death although not on your doorstep may be waiting in the wings. Have you let anyone know how you want things done? Have you filled out the necessary forms to make life easier on your descendants? Have you planned your funeral? Purchased your cemetery plot? Ordered your headstone? Made out your will? Have you sorted your belongings? Gone thru the attic and returned items that belong to your children? Sorted the Christmas/Easter/Valentine/etc decorations? What about your book collection? Your mother’s dishes? Your father’s tools?

I’ve been told many of today’s young adults don’t want their parents belonging, much less have to sort thru them. Do the sorting yourself. Give it to them and let them decide for themselves. Let them throw it out, sell it, and give it away. After all, in the end, it will be theirs to fight over (and trust me they will) once you are gone.

Collect all your websites, passwords, etc. Close out the old ones and note the day you did it. There are some really ideal little booklets out there where you can record all those things. I’m about halfway thru and have come to realize how tedious it is to get this done. Those family history papers, get them in order, fill out, and collated. Nothing worse than having to figure out someone else’s idea of how to file things (all thrown into one box free for all).

For goodness sake empty your medicine cabinet, bedside drawers, and bathroom bins. All that half-used, outdated crap needs to go. No one will use already been used stuff. That’s like chewing all ready been chewed gum.

Your closet…if you haven’t worn it get rid of it. There are plenty of resale/thrift shops out there. Let’s get realistic.

Now that craft room, really all those bins? Even if you were 20 you’d never use it all. Gift it to someone who will.

Your journals, are you sure you want your children and grandchildren reading them? Do they hold information you want to be passed on? Or was it venting? Do you want them to read your vent? Do you want a stranger reading them?

Nuff on that subject.

How’s Lent going? We’re into the 2nd week.

Unfortunately, Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday. What a waste of energy. Most who know me know I feel this way. Utter failure at the original intent. Well, that is if you believe what they said. Personally, I believe it was an attempt to control. In that area, it was successful for the most part. In another area, it got people divided.

Know you are prayed for.

03.06.2023

32°F clouds NNE@11mph

Morning Offering given

Village snow-covered, apparently more to come later

Vertigo has lessened but not enough to drive

the man will have to drive my runs today

no coffee

Need to see a doctor today if possible

Know you are prayed for

Things I learned from Armand Gamache.

Set aside for a moment, the great brutality that exists; remember the acts of greater courage, integrity, decency, self control, and forgiveness.

There is always another story. There is always more than meets the eye.

It is easy to remember a cruelty because those left a wound, a scab hid the rest, and hid the best. Those appalling acts, those appalling people, were the exception.

The blindness you see isn’t believing in the essential goodness of people, it is failing to see it.

You can hold your equilibrium, your humanity, daily even when you have the most gruesome tasks, unfathomable griefs, and unthinkable happenings. You can remain hopeful by coming home fully in body and mind.

We have a duty sacred or otherwise to the other person, to those who love and care for them to make sure their humanity is preserved.

There is something everyone needs to know, to learn. There are four statements that lead to wisdom. Do with them as you will. ” I am sorry.”, “I was wrong.””I don’t know.” and, “I need help.”

Look at people with eyes of kindness.

Recognize that part of you, you see in other people.

Holding onto resentments only binds you to the person you hate. Let go of it, for your own sake, no one else.

You are lying on your deathbed, with one hour to live. Who is it exactly, all these years, you have needed to forgive?

Matthew 10:36 And a man’s enemies shall be they of his own household.

Forgiveness

My thanks to Louise Penny, author of the Inspector Gamache series.