Snow Dust
1/15/06 6:45 am.
28º F, Cloudy, W wind 12 mph.
Good morning,
The world is white again. At least until the temperature rises a few more degrees. The fairyland has returned. Doubt if there is more than ½" on the ground, but it does look pretty. Since it is so warm, the snow stuck to everything. Kind of like God had a big powdered sugar shaker and covered everything with a very cold form of powdered sugar. Probably lower in calories too!
When we pulled into the driveway, the 100 yards closest to the house was as shinny as a mirror, albeit a rather bumpy one. The warm weather had melted the surface of the ice on it then it re-froze with a shine on it. It really looks rather attractive, glistening like that, but also very tricky to walk on. We didn’t. Now there is a dusting of snow on it and until the snow "melts" in some, it will make it even more slippery. Glad the van is 4-wheel drive. Would be very interesting to drive on with out it.
Another LSM weekend is history. This was a fairly easy one for me. Not a whole lot of responsibilities the fulfill this time. The attendance was light this weekend. Not too sure why. The Saturday afternoon session only had about half of the folks eligible to be there in attendance. The Bishop was the speaker too. Jim is very good and easy to listen to and become involved with. He done good! Two of the instructors were also not there and had replacements. One in particular is always good to see and chat with from Wartburg Seminary. I only see Winston about once a year when he does this, but he is very special to Howard and his family, so always check in with him and we have a good chat. Always remembers me and asks about Howard and family and shares a couple more stories about them.
The prices of fresh fruits and other foods Margriet and I purchase for LSM is really getting out of reach. Seems every month we try to cut down on the amount we buy, but the total on the receipt seems to stay about the same - too much. We normally pick up some fresh fruit for breakfast, but this month there was little I would buy. Oranges are 50¢ EACH and apples not too far behind. Bananas I think are too expensive at 49¢/pound were actually about the cheapest fruit available. Grapes were close to $3.00/pound! I didn’t buy any fresh fruit this month, rather buying an industrial size can of peaches for less than a dozen apples and oranges! The past few months. To cut the cost, I would buy one or two of several kinds of fresh fruit, cut up with a can of frozen orange juice concentrate, and call it done. The folks seem to like it, but even that was a bit expensive I thought for this month. We did find one really good price though - on cheese. For what ever reason kind of cheese, imported Swiss cheese, was $1.20/pound! I picked up a small block of it along with some Gouda. On the way home, we stopped and picked up several blocks for ourselves. Not too sure why it was so cheap, as the rest of the cheeses in that part of the case were $6.00/pound and higher. The cheese is a very hard and tasty Swiss. Hope it is at the same price next month too. We really like it.
We did have some leftovers from LSM that we brought home. I think we will be eating pretty well for a couple of days. We don’t take it all, hoping to let some of the other staff share in the leftovers, but fear that a lot of the rest just get thrown away. Not a good thing, but feel some guilty taking it all, though we would not throw it away.
Margriet was in a very talkative mood Friday night and on the way home. LSM has a way of doing that. There is so much information and things to think about presented, the mind doesn’t want to shut down. It really is fun to hear it (even though it is very tired out Friday night), and remember doing the same when I was a student. An added dimension is the difference in Margriet and my background and experience. The questions and comments are some different from her than mine. Very satisfying for me at least. Love it.
I got up with a start this morning after I looked at our daily calendar. Mistakenly, I listed that we were to bring the snacks for after the second service today. I woke up very late today, so that made it even more panicky. Woke up Margriet, only to find out that she, as usual, had it together and set me straight. Oh well - can’t have enough snacks to go with the coffee after church.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
28º F, Cloudy, W wind 12 mph.
Good morning,
The world is white again. At least until the temperature rises a few more degrees. The fairyland has returned. Doubt if there is more than ½" on the ground, but it does look pretty. Since it is so warm, the snow stuck to everything. Kind of like God had a big powdered sugar shaker and covered everything with a very cold form of powdered sugar. Probably lower in calories too!
When we pulled into the driveway, the 100 yards closest to the house was as shinny as a mirror, albeit a rather bumpy one. The warm weather had melted the surface of the ice on it then it re-froze with a shine on it. It really looks rather attractive, glistening like that, but also very tricky to walk on. We didn’t. Now there is a dusting of snow on it and until the snow "melts" in some, it will make it even more slippery. Glad the van is 4-wheel drive. Would be very interesting to drive on with out it.
Another LSM weekend is history. This was a fairly easy one for me. Not a whole lot of responsibilities the fulfill this time. The attendance was light this weekend. Not too sure why. The Saturday afternoon session only had about half of the folks eligible to be there in attendance. The Bishop was the speaker too. Jim is very good and easy to listen to and become involved with. He done good! Two of the instructors were also not there and had replacements. One in particular is always good to see and chat with from Wartburg Seminary. I only see Winston about once a year when he does this, but he is very special to Howard and his family, so always check in with him and we have a good chat. Always remembers me and asks about Howard and family and shares a couple more stories about them.
The prices of fresh fruits and other foods Margriet and I purchase for LSM is really getting out of reach. Seems every month we try to cut down on the amount we buy, but the total on the receipt seems to stay about the same - too much. We normally pick up some fresh fruit for breakfast, but this month there was little I would buy. Oranges are 50¢ EACH and apples not too far behind. Bananas I think are too expensive at 49¢/pound were actually about the cheapest fruit available. Grapes were close to $3.00/pound! I didn’t buy any fresh fruit this month, rather buying an industrial size can of peaches for less than a dozen apples and oranges! The past few months. To cut the cost, I would buy one or two of several kinds of fresh fruit, cut up with a can of frozen orange juice concentrate, and call it done. The folks seem to like it, but even that was a bit expensive I thought for this month. We did find one really good price though - on cheese. For what ever reason kind of cheese, imported Swiss cheese, was $1.20/pound! I picked up a small block of it along with some Gouda. On the way home, we stopped and picked up several blocks for ourselves. Not too sure why it was so cheap, as the rest of the cheeses in that part of the case were $6.00/pound and higher. The cheese is a very hard and tasty Swiss. Hope it is at the same price next month too. We really like it.
We did have some leftovers from LSM that we brought home. I think we will be eating pretty well for a couple of days. We don’t take it all, hoping to let some of the other staff share in the leftovers, but fear that a lot of the rest just get thrown away. Not a good thing, but feel some guilty taking it all, though we would not throw it away.
Margriet was in a very talkative mood Friday night and on the way home. LSM has a way of doing that. There is so much information and things to think about presented, the mind doesn’t want to shut down. It really is fun to hear it (even though it is very tired out Friday night), and remember doing the same when I was a student. An added dimension is the difference in Margriet and my background and experience. The questions and comments are some different from her than mine. Very satisfying for me at least. Love it.
I got up with a start this morning after I looked at our daily calendar. Mistakenly, I listed that we were to bring the snacks for after the second service today. I woke up very late today, so that made it even more panicky. Woke up Margriet, only to find out that she, as usual, had it together and set me straight. Oh well - can’t have enough snacks to go with the coffee after church.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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