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.

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.

03.17.2024

26°F NW18mph SR0610 (0710DST) SS1812 (1912DST)

Morning Offering given

Village quiet… Top O the Morn to ye this fine St Paddy’s Day

Coffee good

Arrived home from my little trip to Marion, WI about 0045. By 0100 I was sound asleep; when 0145 the phone rang and off to Hillsboro I went with K and husband to Edith’s (the midwife). Should hear from them sometime today to come home.

IF coming along…

NT just beginning the morning routine.

Cpap used even if there was an interruption in the middle.

The labels came yesterday so I will be able to finish up on that copy order today as well as do a second one that came in yesterday.

Maple sweetness was left on my porch, no clue where it came from but hmmm I’m going to love it on waffles. My thanks to the person who blest me with it.

So, that list you were making, how’s it going? Did you get them all down? Today think about how good it feels to get that baggage out of your head and onto a concrete piece of paper. Did it make life a bit lighter afterwards? Although it is hard, if you could take a few moments and give thought to each entry… try to write… I forgive you/them next to each line. just those words. The words are not a sign of weakness, they are a sign of strength. They set you free from whatever power was being held over you. Now you can breathe.

Know you are prayed for.

03.16.2024

42°F WNW20mph SR0612(0712DST) SS 1811(1911DST)

Morning Offering

Village sleeps… very dry here…

No coffee… I’ll have to fire the coffee maker and learn how to do it myself

IF… coming steady

NT… coming along well. Although I can say I am tired of having to do this routine 2 times a day for 35 mins. I guess if I had a regular schedule it wouldn’t bug me so much.

Cpap… yes I am using it

Daylight Saving Time, those who think it is so great… where are you guys? I am not seeing any extended outdoor activity. Not seeing parents spending more time outside with their children. In fact most days I don’t see children outside and when I do they are all carrying or have their nose glued to some kind of electronic divice. What I do see are sleep deprived human beings dragging themselves thru the day. I am one of those people.

J Troyer’s auction today. If cars are any indication of successful attendance the auction yesterday was extremely successful. I will however say many thought they were the only ones there if the way they parked and drove is any indication.

Nelson Ag’s Spring sale this week.

Monday it’s time to purchase the Turkey Lisence.

Ordered Esken’s next book CD “Saving Emma” I so enjoy this author.

Scripture Readings Jer 11:18-20; Psalm 7:1-12; Jn 7:40-53
Verse for today: Lk 8:15 “Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart and yield a harvest through perseverance.”

Let’s talk about “perseverance” I’ve had a signature for ages that says “bearing fruit thru perseverance…DV (Deo Volente (God Willing))” for a very long time. I started using it when I realized that if one doesn’t bear fruit (the kind God wants) there is no real purpose to life. I realized early in life (mid teens) that having a car, spending money, name brand items, the latest popular thing did absolutely NOTHING for my soul. It made me the go to person for spongers. Those things contributed NOTHING to my soul. Frankly, without them it was a much better world. I have never been able to convince my children of that. They still strive for the “having stuff”.

Know you are prayed for.

03.15.2024

35°F NW12mph SR0614 (0714DST) SS1809 (1909DST)

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee dripping

IF coming along, I’m in wk 22 of 25 weeks. I feel fairly good. The program needs lots of water and lots of movement to work. Not to mention one being faithful to the eating and fasting periods. The weight has been a slow prosess for me. The loss of inches has done well. I’m thinking this is something I will continue to do for at the least 25 more weeks.

NT is time consuming and expensive. It is however working so in both cases it has been worth it. Both of my feet have feeling in them. The wearing sock feeling is still there but they are not tight in feel. It is a struggle to keep up due to my busy daily schedule. But doable as the program is only 90 days long. I will not miss the suppliments.

Cpap, I am sleeping better, with fewer events each hour. Using this machine is a pain in the patoot… that’s as nice as I can be about it. I still believe there must be a non invasive/none machine way of taking care of this. It is daunting to think this is a forever thing and worse knowing they are keeping tabs on me.

The one thing I have learned during all of this is I don’t like being restricted in any way shape or form. Although things are working, I’m not so sure it is worth the expense or the hassle. I’m not so sure this is where I should concentrate my efforts in life.

Auction today at the produce building. Fresh donuts will be there by 6:30 this morning. Lots of sale items in the lot. Its looking to be a windy day with cooler temps. This begins the weekly auctions at the Produce Auction. https://growersproduceauction.com/

Scripture Readings for today Wisdom 2:1-22; Psalm 34:17-23; John 7:1-30
Scripture Verse Matthew 4:4b “One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.”

Are you still working on that list I asked you about yesterday? Keep adding to it today.

Know you are prayed for.

03.14.2024

42°F NE12mph SR0615 (0715DST) SS1808 (1908DST)

Morning Offering given

Village peacefully

Deespest sympathy to my friend Jody Mc on the passing of her mother. May she rest in peace.

Coffee strong

The Green Farm has it’s fliers out for ordering natural pastured raised meats Broilers. Turkeys, Guineas, Rabbit Pigs. If you are interested let me know I will get a flier to you.

IF on track

NT rountine completed till evening.

Cpap on and off all night long. Just couldn’t get comfortable with it.

First auction of the season at the produce building on Fri (tomorrow). Went by there yesterday and items were being brought in. Am hoping to sneak a peak sometime today.

J Troyer auction is this Saturday on Melrose.

Scripture Readings for today… Ex 32:7-14, Ps 106:19-23, Jn 5:31-47
Verse for today Jn 3:16

Should anyone know of a small house rental in the country send me the info pls. Within a 20 mile radius of Cashton.

The drum came for the printer yesterday. That made me happy. Still waiting for the labels.

Time to get the front porch cleaned and ready for Summer. Not time to take off the acrylic panels because we all know the minute that happens it will snow.

So I gotta ask… how goes it with you and Jesus? Been working on the relationship? Time consuming isn’t it? Knowing him changes things… well just about everything doesn’t it? I’m challenging you today to get out your journal (if you don’t have one get one) make the list… everything you wouldn’t want Jesus to know about you. Yep, I’m serious… all those things you think make you less get ’em on paper, all those bitter things you hold inside, write ’em down. Get it out of your head and onto paper. When you think of more later, write them down.

Know you are prayed for

03.12.2024

49°F WSW12mph SR0619 (0719DST) SS1806 (1906DST)

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps… of course it is, it’s really only 415 in the morning!!

Coffee is good

HAPPY BIRTHDAY… Jason!

IF… on track

NT… morning routine completed

Cpap… used

Scripture for today… Ez 47:1-9, Ps 46:2-9, Jn5:1-6
Verse for today… A clean heart create for me, O God; renew within me a steadfast spirit. Do not drive me from before our face, nor take from me your holy spirit. Restore to me the gladness of your salvation; uphold me with a williing spirit. Ps 51: 12-14

Be sure to check out who the remaining presidental candidates are. There are more than you think. Too bad the news media chooses to let you think there are only 2 left in the running. Don’t be a sheep… get off your duff and go do the research on your own. Don’t let anyone convince you that a vote cast for anyone other than the two front runners is wasted. What are you looking for in a candidate? Which one will lead the nation? Which one is working for you the citizen? Which one emulates your beliefs/values/etc? No vote is ever wasted… don’t buy the lie.

Know you are prayed for.

03.11.2024

34°F SW11mph SR0621 (0721 DST) SS1805 (1905 DST)

Morning Offering given

Village quiet

Coffee good

Our deepest sympathy to the families of those who lost their lives. Although the roadside memorial is something wonderful and kind may the “english” who put it up understand the Amish don’t do this sort of thing. They believe things like this prevent those left from healing the sorrow and forgiving the injury; Commemorating a tragedy is not how they want to remember thier loved ones.

Prayers for my friend J whose mother in dying and for her mother’s journey into the next stage of her journey to Jesus.

As I stubble around here this morning after losing another hour of sleep (because some idiots in Government decided to mess with nature) I realize I will be losing 1 hr of sleep every day for the next 9 months. Not to mention the restless time of no sleep because i go to bed an hour earlier at night. Nor the waking now in the middle of the night because I have had my normal sleep time and now thrash about disturbing my husband’s sleep until I finally nod off for a couple more hours of restless sleep. Makes no sense, but then the Government has never made sense.

IF on track, another # gone. Eating time 4-8 today.

NT routine in the process. My toes have felt so cold the past few days. Last night my legs ached like they did 20 years ago when I went through horrific leg craps that sent me howling in pain. I need to see if I can start some magnezium, that worked the last time.

Cpap on and off all night long due to DST

Copy work completed and ready to deliver. Letters addressed and ready to mail. Books collected and ready to deliver. Dryer running. Clothes in basket ready to fold and iron.

I best get a move on.

Know you are prayed for.

03.10.2024

17°F WNW7mph SR0622 (DST0722) SS 1803 (DST1903)

Morning Offering given

Silent, peaceful morning in town

Coffee good

Take away from Mass “purgatory is a gentle pence for our committed sin” In thinking of every sin I have committed time spent in purgatory is a gentle reminder of what it could have been (hell) had I not confessed and repented. Sometimes one gets fairly smug when for whatever reason previous sin is brought up… “I’ve been forgiven of that” is a common reply, it’s forgiven. Yes, it has been forgiven and because of that mercy you recieved from Christ it won’t be the reason you go to hell. But the effects of your sin did not stop. Think about that before you blythly go off and once again do something that is sinful… what will be affected by what you do. Avoid the near occasion of sin… there in lies the answer.

Many thanks to PM for her kind words this morning, made my day.

Yesterday at St Columbkilles in DBQ, IA I said goodbye to my friend Patty M. As I waited for the funeral mass to start I noticed that her youngest son’s friends came in group to give him support. What a wonderfully kind gesture that was to him. I also noticed how respectful P’s sons were to those around them and the kind gestures they displayed even in their sorrow. In those gestures I saw my friend and the influence she had on them. As I presented myself for communion I took one last chance to touch the coffin where my friend’s body laid. My last fairwell gesture to her. In that moment I realzied it was just her body, her soul had already left. Although I will never see her again in this life, perhaps we will meet again in the next. RIP my friend for I am smiling thinking about you, Kathy H, Carmen, & Kathy S perhaps having a cmom gathering there. Pray for us.

I must get it together today and work on my bible study assignment.

There are 2 copy projects to complete

A couple of letters to write and ready for Monday’s mail.

Know you are prayed for.