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November 8, 2006 (12:16pm)
43º F, Cloudy/damp, S wind 9 mph.

Good afternoon,

I think our TV has busted! Can’t find a political ad on it from any channel. Not even any sludge slinging anywhere. Must be something wrong. I sure am glad the elections are over. I am not really all that pleased with the outcome in many of them, but I voted and now is the time to let the majority rule. Hope they don’t screw it up too bad.

This must be the year of the possum. There was another one in a trap yesterday morning. Never seen so many here before. Wonder what the reason for the increase. Not seen as many raccoons either. Wonder if the two are related in some way. Should look to see what the value of the hides are. Maybe it would be some profitable to skin them and put them on the market.

Bible study was some interesting yesterday. One of the gals is dog sitting, so brought the dog along. It is in heat and she has a male at home, so didn’t want to leave them home together. The dog was a very small one and very well behaved. Also gave us something different to talk about too. The study, while still very surface, has and is very enlightening for some. Revelation is a tough book, when little has been said or studied in the past. Sure would like to go deeper into it though.

Margriet has been having problems with accessing WordPerfect on her computer. Yesterday she had enough! We picked up a new upgrade for it. This is a different’ program than I now am using, but it is able to work with it. It does have some different features, but mostly features we will not use. She waited until after supper last night to install it - much to my surprise. Figured she would try to start the installation on the way home! She is very pleased with the result so far. It had been my intention to upgrade this program, but has been a bit expensive for the moment. It has come down some, but not enough yet. I’ll keep watching though.

The main purpose for going to Green Bay yesterday was to pick up the next addition of the virus scanning program we use. After checking the web, I found out all the prices were the same, so checked for availability. All the stores I frequent had the in stock. Intended to pick it up at OfficeMax as we also get a discount there. They had not yet received their shipment in yet. So, as a last resort, went to Wal*Mart - they didn’t have it either. Ended up driving back to the other side of Green Bay again to the Office Depot. Turned out they had the program and also a much larger discount in the form of a rebate. Guess it worked out OK after all. The present one runs out on Sunday, so will install it then. Hopefully while watching a NASCAR race. :-)

The church we went to on Sunday was really cool. The building is about 125 years old and just spruced up inside and out. Really looked nice. The service was from our Green Hymnal, but liturgy I have not used for years, so had forgotten much of it. They use three different hymnals, which surprised me. One is very new and we don’t use it here yet. The service fit the building - very old and very proper. Not the "modern" service we are accustom to. It was nice though. One of the hymns was really new to me, from the new hymnal. Neither of us could find the melody line and gave up singing, figured it was just us. Then as we looked around, no one else was singing either. It turned out the organist was playing a different hymn than the bulletin told us to sing! The pastor (I think a Diaconal Pastor, but not sure) asked the organist after we were done what happened. Between the two of them they figured it out. Of course the organist was in the balcony and he was at the alter.

The people at the church were very friendly. When we walked in, the greeters were surprised to have a visitor I think. They didn’t really know what to do. Once they got over the initial shock, they were very nice. A couple of folks made sure we knew how their communion service operated. After the service and during coffee, we had some nice chats with a couple of the ladies fo the church. It was a nice experience, but a bit too formal for us. Boy have we changed! In yesterday’s mail was a thank you note for our worshiping with them. They are right on the stick.
Got an instant message from Brenda that she had smacked her head on a door. Apparently it was cabinet door she open and she hit herself. It is more serious than she thought. Arnoud stayed home from work to help with Kalle and his mother also came over. When I asked her how she was doing yesterday, she said, "her sawdust was quivering!" It means she had a pretty bad headache, but I had never heard it expressed that way before so had a chuckle at her expense.

Time to get a-going.

In Christ My Saviour,

Chris <><