Home again
July 18, 2007 (5:04am)
56º F, Partly cloudy, Calm wind.
Good morning,
We are back home again after another flying trip to FISKLAND. Our timing was much better this trip - we were able to stop at the Old County Buffet each was. That really works well for us. We are able to get a big meal and then not do any real cooking the rest of the time we are there. Of course we eat too much, but that saves on the amount we eat the rest of the time. The price of the meal went up 30¢/person, but still, where can you get a meal of that quantity and variety anywhere else. Costs more to stop a fast food joint.
The truck was not as full this time. We brought a lot of some rather fragile things here and I didn’t want to pile some things. There are a couple more loads like this one that needs to come. My biggest worry is my Grandmother’s secretary desk. Don’t want to bring it vertically in the truck, so will need to figure out another plan. It just might wait until one of the last trips here. Now there are definite signs that the house there is starting to get empty. I really did a lot of sweating yesterday morning while loading. Discovered the only "work" shirt I had there was a long sleeve flannel shirt! The temperature was in the mid-70's, so it didn’t take long to be over heated. I would have taken it off if it weren’t for the deer-flies and mosquitoes.
Bible study went well yesterday. A group of about 10 folks were there and that is about the right size to get everyone involved. It was the second to the last I will be leading, so kind of bitter-sweet in a way too. One or the folks, a guy, baked a fresh cherry pie and brought it along for us. It was very good. He had picked the cherries the day before, so they don’t get any fresher than that. Instead of baking it in a normal pie pan, he used a straight sided cake pan. Made for a deeper pie, but was very difficult to remove from the pan. Of course there was some teasing to be done about all of the broken pieces of pie. It sure were good though. It was also interesting that the topic for the day included good fruit and bad fruit in one of the parables.
Much of our computer equipment came back with us this time. I can actually use a real keyboard since I brought the wireless keyboard along for this laptop. I have to learn how to use it all over again. Some of the keypads are located different than the laptop and they are farther apart too. Now the major problem is to find a way to put all of the various system parts in places they can be used and connected. I started to take down the wall between the really small bedroom and the gathering room on Saturday. I wanted to watch a NASCAR race which was on, but didn’t want to sit and do nothing else. So ...... out came the wrecking bars and the hammers. The door and frame came down as did the small part of the wall surrounding it. Probably the rest of the wall will come down today. Then we can finish unloading the truck!
We also brought along the 4-drawer file and it’s contents. Now we have one less excuse to not have the right document in hand! I could not figure out how to remove the drawers from the case, so had to empty them into boxes before moving it. That is one way to clean out the files and get them reorganize again. I know they needed it, but didn’t plan to do it at this moment. Also have to find a place for it to land on something of a permanent basis.
Dad had made and carved a box which was under one of the windows in Mom’s sewing room for as long as I can remember. It is filled with letters and other history of our family. Margriet started to read through some of it last night and we found some things I really didn’t know before. One of the items was Grandma Nelson’s budget for 1897. Unfortunately it is written in old Danish so we can’t read it right off the bat. I have looked for folks to translate some other papers in the past without any luck. Those who can read Danish, can’t read the old Danish, at least not that old. Margriet said she would try to translate some of it as apparently it is close or has much in common with some of the old German dialects, something she studied in school a long time ago. Sure hope it is a long cold winter so we have time to go through some of the "stuff" we have opened up and now are curious-er about.
I got a piece of mail while at FISKLAND that was some disturbing to me. I am starting to be lobbied to support a resolution at the Churchwide Assembly in favor of gay pastors in the ELCA. The latest document comes out of Atlanta, Georgia assaulting the ELCA’s policies as being flawed and not addressing the fact that folks are plain flat sinning. It disturbs me to see even the church, or some in it, are now following society in changing the focus from what is being done wrong to someone/something else as being the problem. While the gay issue is in committee at the moment and not to be brought up until the next Assembly in two years, this group is trying to change the policies to basically bypass the issue even being brought up. (*&%*^$%)(&UK I am grumpy. Should make for an interesting Assembly. And I thought it would be a "quiet" one. Silly me.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris ><>
56º F, Partly cloudy, Calm wind.
Good morning,
We are back home again after another flying trip to FISKLAND. Our timing was much better this trip - we were able to stop at the Old County Buffet each was. That really works well for us. We are able to get a big meal and then not do any real cooking the rest of the time we are there. Of course we eat too much, but that saves on the amount we eat the rest of the time. The price of the meal went up 30¢/person, but still, where can you get a meal of that quantity and variety anywhere else. Costs more to stop a fast food joint.
The truck was not as full this time. We brought a lot of some rather fragile things here and I didn’t want to pile some things. There are a couple more loads like this one that needs to come. My biggest worry is my Grandmother’s secretary desk. Don’t want to bring it vertically in the truck, so will need to figure out another plan. It just might wait until one of the last trips here. Now there are definite signs that the house there is starting to get empty. I really did a lot of sweating yesterday morning while loading. Discovered the only "work" shirt I had there was a long sleeve flannel shirt! The temperature was in the mid-70's, so it didn’t take long to be over heated. I would have taken it off if it weren’t for the deer-flies and mosquitoes.
Bible study went well yesterday. A group of about 10 folks were there and that is about the right size to get everyone involved. It was the second to the last I will be leading, so kind of bitter-sweet in a way too. One or the folks, a guy, baked a fresh cherry pie and brought it along for us. It was very good. He had picked the cherries the day before, so they don’t get any fresher than that. Instead of baking it in a normal pie pan, he used a straight sided cake pan. Made for a deeper pie, but was very difficult to remove from the pan. Of course there was some teasing to be done about all of the broken pieces of pie. It sure were good though. It was also interesting that the topic for the day included good fruit and bad fruit in one of the parables.
Much of our computer equipment came back with us this time. I can actually use a real keyboard since I brought the wireless keyboard along for this laptop. I have to learn how to use it all over again. Some of the keypads are located different than the laptop and they are farther apart too. Now the major problem is to find a way to put all of the various system parts in places they can be used and connected. I started to take down the wall between the really small bedroom and the gathering room on Saturday. I wanted to watch a NASCAR race which was on, but didn’t want to sit and do nothing else. So ...... out came the wrecking bars and the hammers. The door and frame came down as did the small part of the wall surrounding it. Probably the rest of the wall will come down today. Then we can finish unloading the truck!
We also brought along the 4-drawer file and it’s contents. Now we have one less excuse to not have the right document in hand! I could not figure out how to remove the drawers from the case, so had to empty them into boxes before moving it. That is one way to clean out the files and get them reorganize again. I know they needed it, but didn’t plan to do it at this moment. Also have to find a place for it to land on something of a permanent basis.
Dad had made and carved a box which was under one of the windows in Mom’s sewing room for as long as I can remember. It is filled with letters and other history of our family. Margriet started to read through some of it last night and we found some things I really didn’t know before. One of the items was Grandma Nelson’s budget for 1897. Unfortunately it is written in old Danish so we can’t read it right off the bat. I have looked for folks to translate some other papers in the past without any luck. Those who can read Danish, can’t read the old Danish, at least not that old. Margriet said she would try to translate some of it as apparently it is close or has much in common with some of the old German dialects, something she studied in school a long time ago. Sure hope it is a long cold winter so we have time to go through some of the "stuff" we have opened up and now are curious-er about.
I got a piece of mail while at FISKLAND that was some disturbing to me. I am starting to be lobbied to support a resolution at the Churchwide Assembly in favor of gay pastors in the ELCA. The latest document comes out of Atlanta, Georgia assaulting the ELCA’s policies as being flawed and not addressing the fact that folks are plain flat sinning. It disturbs me to see even the church, or some in it, are now following society in changing the focus from what is being done wrong to someone/something else as being the problem. While the gay issue is in committee at the moment and not to be brought up until the next Assembly in two years, this group is trying to change the policies to basically bypass the issue even being brought up. (*&%*^$%)(&UK I am grumpy. Should make for an interesting Assembly. And I thought it would be a "quiet" one. Silly me.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris ><>
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