Sn-ain
2/1/06 6:14 am
34º F, Sn-ain, S wind 21 mph.
Good morning,
Weather outside is not great at the moment. Even though it looks like it. We have received a mix of snow and rain overnight. Roads are not the best, especially to the west of us. Many schools are running late and a few up north are closed for the day. It was supposed to be an inch or so of snow, but the temperature was too high. The lake shore seems to have been spared the worst of the weather, but the plows are out this morning.
Our ride yesterday to Green Bay was uneventful. It was nice to see the fields covered with even a light layer of snow for a change, rather than the color of bar plowed soil or dead grasses. The secondary roads are really starting to break up thanx to the freezing and thawing of late. Several places I noticed the local road crews have been patching some of the developing pot holes. Suspect the road crews will be rather busy this spring. We also were struck by the large numbers of huge amounts of water in the fields. It appears Brown and Kewaunee Counties are now the land of 10,000 lakes! As we got close to FISKLAND, we noticed a large group of deer, about 20-25, feeding in a snow covered field. Largest group I have seen this year.
Bible study yesterday was a really good discussion for most of the time. The last part was taken over by the same gal who seems always to have something negative to bring forward. It is some discouraging. I started the time by focusing on a couple of statements made last week. A couple of the folks expressed they are from the "old-school" and don’t want , or see the need to, grow in their Christian life. Apparently the comments also bothered one of the folks who made some of the comments last week, and he decided to do some research. While it did surprise me it also didn’t. He is a retired high school history teacher and by nature a reader. He really was digging into it and as a result had a very good, deep discussion on prayer and in particular public prayer. Public prayer and "prayer meetings" are not part of recent Lutheran heritage, so this an interesting time for the Bible study group. Jerry is one who has to have everything in his life fit into little boxes, predictable and neat. Life, especially Christian life, isn’t that way and it frustrates him greatly. Eventually we did get back to the study in the workbook, but it was a really good detour.
We were rather surprised to fine the price of gasoline in Kewaunee is about 4-7 cents a gallon cheaper than Green Bay. I picked up enough gas before leaving to be sure I could get back if that really was the case, so will now fill the remainder of the tank locally. Normally we get a 3¢/gallon discount at one fo the stores, but even with the discount, the price is still 3¢/gallon higher than here. It seems the price of everything is really climbing at the moment, not only gasoline too high. Might find ‘coon and ‘possum rather attractive on the dinner table soon! :-)
One "bargain" I did find was on the plastic we put on the inside of our windows (like a storm window indoors) during the winter. Fleet Farm had the film and tape in bulk form rather than the packages we normally get. It probably has been there all along, but I haven’t seen it before. The cost of buying it this way is about 15% of the packages. The roll is big enough to last a couple of years for us I think.
We stopped at our "normal" restaurant for our "normal" meal of a half-sandwich and cup of soup. The price went up on that too! Instead of that, I had a breakfast wrap that turned out to be very good and very filling. It also would be neat to have them at home for a meal. Basically it is an portion of scrambled eggs and cheese wrapped with a flour tortilla, with either bacon, sausage, or ham. I had the ham and am looking forward to trying the others in coming stops there.
The next stop was to Aldi’s for groceries. We have been noticing in the past months that the mix of products and their display has been changing some. Yesterday we notices some real major changes in the form of refrigerated food cases being installed. The store is becoming more like those we shopped at in the Netherlands. The company has it’s roots in Germany, I think, and we like the store very much. It is absolutely spotless and the products are a good buy. The produce department is no where near as good as those across the pond, but I think it is the result of not having as good suppliers here - yet. We watch very carefully what produce we buy there. The rest of their products are mostly more reasonable than "American" stores.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
34º F, Sn-ain, S wind 21 mph.
Good morning,
Weather outside is not great at the moment. Even though it looks like it. We have received a mix of snow and rain overnight. Roads are not the best, especially to the west of us. Many schools are running late and a few up north are closed for the day. It was supposed to be an inch or so of snow, but the temperature was too high. The lake shore seems to have been spared the worst of the weather, but the plows are out this morning.
Our ride yesterday to Green Bay was uneventful. It was nice to see the fields covered with even a light layer of snow for a change, rather than the color of bar plowed soil or dead grasses. The secondary roads are really starting to break up thanx to the freezing and thawing of late. Several places I noticed the local road crews have been patching some of the developing pot holes. Suspect the road crews will be rather busy this spring. We also were struck by the large numbers of huge amounts of water in the fields. It appears Brown and Kewaunee Counties are now the land of 10,000 lakes! As we got close to FISKLAND, we noticed a large group of deer, about 20-25, feeding in a snow covered field. Largest group I have seen this year.
Bible study yesterday was a really good discussion for most of the time. The last part was taken over by the same gal who seems always to have something negative to bring forward. It is some discouraging. I started the time by focusing on a couple of statements made last week. A couple of the folks expressed they are from the "old-school" and don’t want , or see the need to, grow in their Christian life. Apparently the comments also bothered one of the folks who made some of the comments last week, and he decided to do some research. While it did surprise me it also didn’t. He is a retired high school history teacher and by nature a reader. He really was digging into it and as a result had a very good, deep discussion on prayer and in particular public prayer. Public prayer and "prayer meetings" are not part of recent Lutheran heritage, so this an interesting time for the Bible study group. Jerry is one who has to have everything in his life fit into little boxes, predictable and neat. Life, especially Christian life, isn’t that way and it frustrates him greatly. Eventually we did get back to the study in the workbook, but it was a really good detour.
We were rather surprised to fine the price of gasoline in Kewaunee is about 4-7 cents a gallon cheaper than Green Bay. I picked up enough gas before leaving to be sure I could get back if that really was the case, so will now fill the remainder of the tank locally. Normally we get a 3¢/gallon discount at one fo the stores, but even with the discount, the price is still 3¢/gallon higher than here. It seems the price of everything is really climbing at the moment, not only gasoline too high. Might find ‘coon and ‘possum rather attractive on the dinner table soon! :-)
One "bargain" I did find was on the plastic we put on the inside of our windows (like a storm window indoors) during the winter. Fleet Farm had the film and tape in bulk form rather than the packages we normally get. It probably has been there all along, but I haven’t seen it before. The cost of buying it this way is about 15% of the packages. The roll is big enough to last a couple of years for us I think.
We stopped at our "normal" restaurant for our "normal" meal of a half-sandwich and cup of soup. The price went up on that too! Instead of that, I had a breakfast wrap that turned out to be very good and very filling. It also would be neat to have them at home for a meal. Basically it is an portion of scrambled eggs and cheese wrapped with a flour tortilla, with either bacon, sausage, or ham. I had the ham and am looking forward to trying the others in coming stops there.
The next stop was to Aldi’s for groceries. We have been noticing in the past months that the mix of products and their display has been changing some. Yesterday we notices some real major changes in the form of refrigerated food cases being installed. The store is becoming more like those we shopped at in the Netherlands. The company has it’s roots in Germany, I think, and we like the store very much. It is absolutely spotless and the products are a good buy. The produce department is no where near as good as those across the pond, but I think it is the result of not having as good suppliers here - yet. We watch very carefully what produce we buy there. The rest of their products are mostly more reasonable than "American" stores.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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