Huffin' & Puffin'
October 13, 2006 (12:47pm)
38º F, Blustery, W wind 17 mph, 40 mph gusts.
Good afternoon,
I tell you what - it are drafty out! Not too sure if I have all of my teeth. They might have blown away by now. There are warnings up on the lake for gale force winds and 7'-0" seas. Not a time to go out in a row boat. I went to bed last night and the thermometer read 28º F. When I woke up at 4:00 A.M., it was 34º F! Kind of surprised me. It has since gone down, at about dawn, and now up again. Think we are at our high for the day now. About 8:00 A.M., we had very fine snow coming down. It kept snowing for about an hour, while the flakes got bigger before stopping. The western part of the Michigan U.P. got nailed (I think a couple of feet of snow) as did the eastern shore of the lower peninsula, but not as much.
Our Bible study leader and her husband are heading to New York via the northern route. I think they are going close to Buffalo which got about a foot of snow. Not too sure of their route, but I bet they have some stories to tell when they get back. They were scheduled to arrive late last night in New York state. Maybe not.
Think I forgot to mention that we are going to have a big pot of possum stew one of these days. Caught a possum in a trap last week. Haven’t had possum stew for a long time. This was a rather small one, so will have to add more vegetables than usual to fill the pot, rather than just have broth. Yum!
Yesterday we had a phone call a little after noon. It really surprised me, since the person was asking for Margriet ter Mors. At first I thought it was just another telemarketer, but then it dawned on me there was an echo and the voice had an accent. Turned out it was Margriet’s brother Bert. Margriet was very happy to talk to him and they sure were going at it - but I had no idea of what they were saying. I think that is the first call we have gotten from him. We have been having problems trying to contact the folks in the Netherlands via email. Seems the ISP for most of the folks will not accept or send any emails to us for some reason. It affects to many folk, just to be a blocked receiver from one person. Margriet had emailed Bert at his office to tell him of the problem, hoping he would try to find out what was wrong. The email was the excuse for the phone call.
While they were talking, Bert did mention something very sad. Another of Margriet’s brothers, Wolter, has been receiving chemotherapy for a bit. Needless to say it was very unsettling. She really didn’t know what the problem is, which increases the worry. Today she happened to see Wolter on the instant message site, so started to chat with him to find out what was going on. We have not seen him online for some time and didn't know about it, so this explains that. Apparently Wolter has a form of bone cancer. That is really unsettling. As I write this, Margriet is on Mayo Clinic’s website looking it up. It is not a nice cancer. Wolter said that the doctors are able to control the disease, but not cure it. The process is extremely costly, but I think better than the alternative. Fortunately the government picks up the medical costs as we understand it. Regardless, keep him in your prayers. Hope you haven’t stopped praying for Arnoud who also has had cancer for a number of years and continues to battle it.
Have to go up town (hope I don’t get blown into the lake!) to get my medications now.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
38º F, Blustery, W wind 17 mph, 40 mph gusts.
Good afternoon,
I tell you what - it are drafty out! Not too sure if I have all of my teeth. They might have blown away by now. There are warnings up on the lake for gale force winds and 7'-0" seas. Not a time to go out in a row boat. I went to bed last night and the thermometer read 28º F. When I woke up at 4:00 A.M., it was 34º F! Kind of surprised me. It has since gone down, at about dawn, and now up again. Think we are at our high for the day now. About 8:00 A.M., we had very fine snow coming down. It kept snowing for about an hour, while the flakes got bigger before stopping. The western part of the Michigan U.P. got nailed (I think a couple of feet of snow) as did the eastern shore of the lower peninsula, but not as much.
Our Bible study leader and her husband are heading to New York via the northern route. I think they are going close to Buffalo which got about a foot of snow. Not too sure of their route, but I bet they have some stories to tell when they get back. They were scheduled to arrive late last night in New York state. Maybe not.
Think I forgot to mention that we are going to have a big pot of possum stew one of these days. Caught a possum in a trap last week. Haven’t had possum stew for a long time. This was a rather small one, so will have to add more vegetables than usual to fill the pot, rather than just have broth. Yum!
Yesterday we had a phone call a little after noon. It really surprised me, since the person was asking for Margriet ter Mors. At first I thought it was just another telemarketer, but then it dawned on me there was an echo and the voice had an accent. Turned out it was Margriet’s brother Bert. Margriet was very happy to talk to him and they sure were going at it - but I had no idea of what they were saying. I think that is the first call we have gotten from him. We have been having problems trying to contact the folks in the Netherlands via email. Seems the ISP for most of the folks will not accept or send any emails to us for some reason. It affects to many folk, just to be a blocked receiver from one person. Margriet had emailed Bert at his office to tell him of the problem, hoping he would try to find out what was wrong. The email was the excuse for the phone call.
While they were talking, Bert did mention something very sad. Another of Margriet’s brothers, Wolter, has been receiving chemotherapy for a bit. Needless to say it was very unsettling. She really didn’t know what the problem is, which increases the worry. Today she happened to see Wolter on the instant message site, so started to chat with him to find out what was going on. We have not seen him online for some time and didn't know about it, so this explains that. Apparently Wolter has a form of bone cancer. That is really unsettling. As I write this, Margriet is on Mayo Clinic’s website looking it up. It is not a nice cancer. Wolter said that the doctors are able to control the disease, but not cure it. The process is extremely costly, but I think better than the alternative. Fortunately the government picks up the medical costs as we understand it. Regardless, keep him in your prayers. Hope you haven’t stopped praying for Arnoud who also has had cancer for a number of years and continues to battle it.
Have to go up town (hope I don’t get blown into the lake!) to get my medications now.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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