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2/13/06 6:37 am.
12º F, Cloudy, WSW wind 11 mph, -1º F Wind chill.
Good morning,
Another session of LSM is history. A pretty good weekend too. Both of us pretty well whipped though. I forgot to bring my medication with me and Margriet was not really feeling up to par, so we left a bit early Saturday afternoon, not staying for the last session. When I got out of the van here, it felt like every muscle in my body was on a hurt setting for some reason. Needless to say, both of us managed to work a nap into our busy schedule after getting home again.
On the way down, we stopped at Lorrie’s Café, as we normally do, for a bowl of soup. We left late for some reason, so it was well after lunch time when we arrived. The fish chowder was excellent! While at the school, I ate very little for some reason. We had beef stew for dinner on Friday evening, so I had a small portion of that, but little else, other than snitching, during the remainder of the time. Not too sure why. I normally don’t eat that much, but this time my feed was really off. We did bring some of the beef stew home, so that was lunch yesterday and will be for a day or so more.
One of the instructors, Roger who we fly in from Colorado, really had an interesting flight. He got to Chicago without too many problems, but the flight from there to Appleton was something different. The plane to take the folks north was there, but there was no crew! Finally they rounded up a crew, but the stewardess had no idea where Appleton was (good thing she wasn’t the pilot!). Then they found one of the landing lights was not operating, so had to go to the other side of Chicago to get one apparently and wait another hour for someone capable of installing it! His flight was 3 hours late! Roger was a bit grumpy and frustrated. To make matters worse, he had to cut his Saturday morning class short so he could make it to the airport to catch a flight back to Colorado!
Another of the instructors, Bruce, is in Florida on vacation. The gal who substituted for him has been a substitute before. For some reason, she has rubbed a couple of folks wrongly the last time. Not too sure what the problem is, but we are concerned about it. She is going to be the alternate for Bruce in the future as he is "slowing down" some and wants to be a bit free of the LSM demands. Bruce is too good to replace. We have been very fortunate in having some very good instructors for LSM right from the git-go.
The rest of the school went more or less without any real problems. We are getting things in order for the weekend at Bible Camp in April and for the Synod Assembly in June. This year at camp we also will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the starting of LSM, so are making a big deal of it, especially for the alumni. The Assembly also requires us to have a display as a recruitment and information tool. Lots of effort is being expended on recruiting new students. I think there is more effort talking about it, than actually doing something.
On the way to LSM we always stop a local Piggly Wiggly store to pick up the groceries for the school. This week was no different. When we checked out, we go a coupon for $2.00 off our next purchase. We had spied some country style ribs on sale for 99¢/# and intended to pick some up on the return trip home. We used the coupon on the purchase, so walked out of the store with some ribs that worked out to about 50¢/#! We have enough for 3-4 meals for an outlay of about $2.00! Not bad for a couple of old folks I think. We do like them and prepare them several different ways. Hmmmmmmmm. .... sounds like a good meal for tomorrow night.
It was very quiet in church yesterday when we got there. The Sunday School kids went over to the nursing home in Kewaunee to sing for the residents. It almost felt like waking into a tomb! We also were to have a baptism yesterday, but the folks for it didn’t snow up! Never had that happen to any church I have attended before. Howard said he has had it happen before, but not here. Sounds pretty goofy to me. Otherwise, everything ran long - both services and the Adult Forum.
The gas prices have been bouncing around a lot the past week. I went into town on Wednesday and one station had dropped the price 2¢/gallon. The next day the other stations had dropped their prices 10¢/gallon. When we returned Saturday, the price was up about 4¢/gallon. Guess we have to watch and try to fill up on the low point.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
12º F, Cloudy, WSW wind 11 mph, -1º F Wind chill.
Good morning,
Another session of LSM is history. A pretty good weekend too. Both of us pretty well whipped though. I forgot to bring my medication with me and Margriet was not really feeling up to par, so we left a bit early Saturday afternoon, not staying for the last session. When I got out of the van here, it felt like every muscle in my body was on a hurt setting for some reason. Needless to say, both of us managed to work a nap into our busy schedule after getting home again.
On the way down, we stopped at Lorrie’s Café, as we normally do, for a bowl of soup. We left late for some reason, so it was well after lunch time when we arrived. The fish chowder was excellent! While at the school, I ate very little for some reason. We had beef stew for dinner on Friday evening, so I had a small portion of that, but little else, other than snitching, during the remainder of the time. Not too sure why. I normally don’t eat that much, but this time my feed was really off. We did bring some of the beef stew home, so that was lunch yesterday and will be for a day or so more.
One of the instructors, Roger who we fly in from Colorado, really had an interesting flight. He got to Chicago without too many problems, but the flight from there to Appleton was something different. The plane to take the folks north was there, but there was no crew! Finally they rounded up a crew, but the stewardess had no idea where Appleton was (good thing she wasn’t the pilot!). Then they found one of the landing lights was not operating, so had to go to the other side of Chicago to get one apparently and wait another hour for someone capable of installing it! His flight was 3 hours late! Roger was a bit grumpy and frustrated. To make matters worse, he had to cut his Saturday morning class short so he could make it to the airport to catch a flight back to Colorado!
Another of the instructors, Bruce, is in Florida on vacation. The gal who substituted for him has been a substitute before. For some reason, she has rubbed a couple of folks wrongly the last time. Not too sure what the problem is, but we are concerned about it. She is going to be the alternate for Bruce in the future as he is "slowing down" some and wants to be a bit free of the LSM demands. Bruce is too good to replace. We have been very fortunate in having some very good instructors for LSM right from the git-go.
The rest of the school went more or less without any real problems. We are getting things in order for the weekend at Bible Camp in April and for the Synod Assembly in June. This year at camp we also will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the starting of LSM, so are making a big deal of it, especially for the alumni. The Assembly also requires us to have a display as a recruitment and information tool. Lots of effort is being expended on recruiting new students. I think there is more effort talking about it, than actually doing something.
On the way to LSM we always stop a local Piggly Wiggly store to pick up the groceries for the school. This week was no different. When we checked out, we go a coupon for $2.00 off our next purchase. We had spied some country style ribs on sale for 99¢/# and intended to pick some up on the return trip home. We used the coupon on the purchase, so walked out of the store with some ribs that worked out to about 50¢/#! We have enough for 3-4 meals for an outlay of about $2.00! Not bad for a couple of old folks I think. We do like them and prepare them several different ways. Hmmmmmmmm. .... sounds like a good meal for tomorrow night.
It was very quiet in church yesterday when we got there. The Sunday School kids went over to the nursing home in Kewaunee to sing for the residents. It almost felt like waking into a tomb! We also were to have a baptism yesterday, but the folks for it didn’t snow up! Never had that happen to any church I have attended before. Howard said he has had it happen before, but not here. Sounds pretty goofy to me. Otherwise, everything ran long - both services and the Adult Forum.
The gas prices have been bouncing around a lot the past week. I went into town on Wednesday and one station had dropped the price 2¢/gallon. The next day the other stations had dropped their prices 10¢/gallon. When we returned Saturday, the price was up about 4¢/gallon. Guess we have to watch and try to fill up on the low point.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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