When is winter coming?
1/12/06 9:00 am.
33º F, Foggy, S wind 6 mph.
Good morning,
The sun is really trying to come through, but the fog at the moment is blocking it. Another warm day a-coming. Apparently there is also an ice issue on some roads. There is a semi truck turned over on the west side of Green Bay messing up traffic greatly. Also a couple of car accidents within the city, one causing a death.
Margriet has been on the sick list since Sunday. Yesterday and the day before she slept most of the days. She also has been running a fever. Today she woke up feeling much better but still very weak. Not too unexpected. I don’t like to see folks sick or hurt, especially my Woman!
With the chief cook and bottle washer laid up, I have filled in that capacity. Even made Southern fried chicken with mashed taters and gravy for supper last night! Turned out very tasty too, but cooked a bit too long. I haven’t made them for years. Also made egg shortcake the other night. Another dish I haven’t made for some time. The kids used to like it and it sure made a half dozen eggs go a long way. With all of the cooking and dishwashing I have been doing the past couple of days, I figure I don’t have to wash my hands until the middle of February!
I did go to Green Bay yesterday to make a supply run. Only picked up what we urgently needed though. Tried to make the trip as short as possible. I really was surprised to see that neither of the two grocery stores I went to had carrots. The only carrots they had were the "baby" carrots in small bags - no real ones. The little ones are very expensive, so didn’t bring any home. I did find some ground beef at a lower than normal price so picked up about 8# to put into the freezer. I can almost smell the meatloaf already. One thing we really needed, was a new flourescent light bulb above the stove. It went out the other night - almost. Instead of going out totally, it just would flash. Turned off and on about as fast as a turn signal on a car. Very annoying. The problem is no more.
One of Margriet’s pension payments is late this month. Seems like we had a similar problem last year too. The complication is that January is a big month to pay out money. Property taxes, car insurance and like that all come due this month. It makes us some anxious. Eventually everything will get paid, but don’t like to be late.
We have been watching a couple of shows on TV with great interest the past few nights. One is a "Walk Through the Bible Lands" (I think the title is) and the other is "Country Boys." Both on PBS. For some reason, our TV reception is not the best for the PBS channel some evenings. Of course the past couple were a couple of those nights. Last night the reception was excellent and the station repeated one of the episodes of Country Boys, so I tried to stay up to watch it. Made it almost all of the way through, but finally had to call it a night. The program about the Bible is not up to it’s publicity, but still a good one. I have seen better and used them to teach Adult Forum at church.
The Country Boys series follows a couple of high school boys with educational special needs through their high school years in a school designed for that type of student. It is set in eastern Kentucky hills, a very poor area with a lot of problems. I can relate totally to the school and the kids problems, as that kind of student was the bulk of those I taught. I also checked out the school on the web, (http://www.davidschool.org/ ) and while scanning through the pictures ran across those of their shops. Much to my surprise, they looked very much like those I taught in. Same work benches, colors, layout. Almost like to walk in and start making sawdust! You can also view the show online by going to the PBS website.
This is LSM weekend, followed by a Church Council meeting on Tuesday evening. At least this time I don’t have to prepare a sermon for Sunday. At least I hope not. Actually I really don’t have anything to prepare for LSM this month either. About time we get into a routine with it for the year. I have this sickening feeling that I am coming down with something like Margriet had, as I feel a bit under the weather this morning too. Oh well, what else is new. Thought we would only share the good things.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
33º F, Foggy, S wind 6 mph.
Good morning,
The sun is really trying to come through, but the fog at the moment is blocking it. Another warm day a-coming. Apparently there is also an ice issue on some roads. There is a semi truck turned over on the west side of Green Bay messing up traffic greatly. Also a couple of car accidents within the city, one causing a death.
Margriet has been on the sick list since Sunday. Yesterday and the day before she slept most of the days. She also has been running a fever. Today she woke up feeling much better but still very weak. Not too unexpected. I don’t like to see folks sick or hurt, especially my Woman!
With the chief cook and bottle washer laid up, I have filled in that capacity. Even made Southern fried chicken with mashed taters and gravy for supper last night! Turned out very tasty too, but cooked a bit too long. I haven’t made them for years. Also made egg shortcake the other night. Another dish I haven’t made for some time. The kids used to like it and it sure made a half dozen eggs go a long way. With all of the cooking and dishwashing I have been doing the past couple of days, I figure I don’t have to wash my hands until the middle of February!
I did go to Green Bay yesterday to make a supply run. Only picked up what we urgently needed though. Tried to make the trip as short as possible. I really was surprised to see that neither of the two grocery stores I went to had carrots. The only carrots they had were the "baby" carrots in small bags - no real ones. The little ones are very expensive, so didn’t bring any home. I did find some ground beef at a lower than normal price so picked up about 8# to put into the freezer. I can almost smell the meatloaf already. One thing we really needed, was a new flourescent light bulb above the stove. It went out the other night - almost. Instead of going out totally, it just would flash. Turned off and on about as fast as a turn signal on a car. Very annoying. The problem is no more.
One of Margriet’s pension payments is late this month. Seems like we had a similar problem last year too. The complication is that January is a big month to pay out money. Property taxes, car insurance and like that all come due this month. It makes us some anxious. Eventually everything will get paid, but don’t like to be late.
We have been watching a couple of shows on TV with great interest the past few nights. One is a "Walk Through the Bible Lands" (I think the title is) and the other is "Country Boys." Both on PBS. For some reason, our TV reception is not the best for the PBS channel some evenings. Of course the past couple were a couple of those nights. Last night the reception was excellent and the station repeated one of the episodes of Country Boys, so I tried to stay up to watch it. Made it almost all of the way through, but finally had to call it a night. The program about the Bible is not up to it’s publicity, but still a good one. I have seen better and used them to teach Adult Forum at church.
The Country Boys series follows a couple of high school boys with educational special needs through their high school years in a school designed for that type of student. It is set in eastern Kentucky hills, a very poor area with a lot of problems. I can relate totally to the school and the kids problems, as that kind of student was the bulk of those I taught. I also checked out the school on the web, (http://www.davidschool.org/ ) and while scanning through the pictures ran across those of their shops. Much to my surprise, they looked very much like those I taught in. Same work benches, colors, layout. Almost like to walk in and start making sawdust! You can also view the show online by going to the PBS website.
This is LSM weekend, followed by a Church Council meeting on Tuesday evening. At least this time I don’t have to prepare a sermon for Sunday. At least I hope not. Actually I really don’t have anything to prepare for LSM this month either. About time we get into a routine with it for the year. I have this sickening feeling that I am coming down with something like Margriet had, as I feel a bit under the weather this morning too. Oh well, what else is new. Thought we would only share the good things.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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