20 degrees

September 9, 2006 (12:17pm)
55º F, Cool sun, NNE wind 16 mph.

Good afternoon,

A real cool down! It was 20º F cooler at this time than yesterday at the same time. We had a front go through yesterday afternoon, dropping the temperature and rain. It also caused the wind to come up and has been since. We got about 1½" of rain yesterday afternoon and night. It is really needed and came down without any severe weather attached to it for a change. Thankfully! Everything was closed up and 15 minutes later the rain started to fall rather heavily. Usually it is the outer way around! It sure did fill in the dry mud puddles in the driveway for sure.

I got the third post in the right place and backfilled, just before the rains came. I needed Margriet’s help to steady it in the right position, before back filling. I just ran out of enough hands to do everything. The final result is it is about ½" off from perfect, but will deal with that later. The next post is under the front deck, so it is back to kneecaps in the armpits and ears between my ankles again. Decided to give this old body a chance to unbend a bit before attempting it again. When I get this post in, I will be halfway with digging them in. Then comes some more funner things to do.

With the chill in the air this morning, it felt like a good day to start a pot of beef and barley soup. The smell is great and there will be a bit of added heat to the house. Put some of the good beef bones from Otto’s in a pot with some spices and let it simmer for most of the day. I can tell you the smell is really good. I think this about a of what we bought, so should have more soup before getting to Otto’s again. Wonder if I should make some dumplings in the soup too?

The other day we went uptown to run a couple of errands and stopped at the Pig. They had cases of "sliced pork ribs" on sale for 99¢/#. We had no idea what sliced pork ribs were as they were in sealed cardboard boxes, but figured we couldn’t go too far wrong. If nothing else, we would make a lot of bean soup this fall. Turns out they are slabs of spareribs and actually better than those we normally buy on sale for the same price. I think Margriet said she put 6 or 7 packages of them in the freezer and she made some last night for supper. She made the sweet-and-sour and were (emphasis on were) excellent. If we had more room in the freezer, we would get another case of them. Hope they have them again on sale. Before going to the Pig, I mentioned that we didn’t have any pork in the freezer and it would be nice to have some. Good timing.

Margriet got the window cleaning bug this morning. All of the windows in the house are now clean. The outside will wait for a bit and then they too will be cleaned. It sure has made a difference to get the accumulated "suff" off of them. The house is brighter inside now too. Sounds like the fall house cleaning and setting up for winter is upon us again. Seems like it was just spring a week ago! Wasn’t it?

I finished the Bible study for Tuesday. Way ahead of my normal finishing. There was a lot of stuff in this one too. After 14 pages of research, I know have 6 pages of completed workbook, with inserted references, on the computer and hard copy. I will take the hard copy with me. This portion of the study only covers the first 20 verses of the book of Revelations. 11 more sessions to go.

We really feel bad about not going to the funeral today. We don’t like to miss those kinds of things when it is possible for us to go. It is a good thing that we got a card in the mail at least a few days ago. The van will not move, except to go to church tomorrow, until it is time to go to have it repaired on Monday. Afterwards we will also be able to complete a ride to Door County to finish Margriet’s birthday too.

Time to get a-going.

In Christ My Saviour,

Chris <><