We had gotten some rain while we were gone and our lawn needed mowing. It takes me about 3 hours to mow when I mow all the little "patches" of lawn. We don't have such a huge amount to mow, but it seems that you are always turning to mow around something, or turning because the space is so irregular.
I met with a guy from church Wed morning. We both are interested in being better Christian men and we think our getting together often (weekly?) is one way we can help hold one another accountable. Most of the accountability centers around asking each other if we have been spending time in daily prayer and Bible reading. We also feel the need for more social interaction between church members. We are called to be a "body" and to be "of one mind". If Sunday morning is the only time we see one another we can hardly be the cohesive, caring group that Christ calls us to be. Far to often we forget that we are all sinners (I John 1:8-9). The difference is that those of us who have accepted Christ as our personal savior had/have our sins forgiven (Romans 6:23), also, we are supposed to be "in the light" and we have no excuse to keep on sinning, even though we all do. Those who have not accepted God's free gift of salvation have the excuse that they are still "in the dark". Enough sermonizing <grin>
Yesterday was my 4th trip to the YMCA, to exercise, since I have been going again. I hope I can keep it up because I need to be in better physical shape. I've done 50 minutes on the treadmill each time, walking 2.75-3.0 miles each time. I also spend an hour on different weight machines. I'm a little stiff and sore this morning, but I'm sure it will pay off in the long run. My goal is to go 2-3 days a week.
I cut up some logs, from a dead tree I had cut down earlier, and did some wood splitting. When the splitter quit, I hope because it was out of gas, I was already "out of gas" and was glad to stop.
We are finally getting some cooler weather, so cool that I fired up the wood boiler yesterday afternoon. I don't think it ever got up to 70 yesterday, and the overnight low was 53. We didn't need any heat last night, it is 69 in the house right now. We will want some starting today or tonight. Today's high/low is forecast to be 66/39 and tomorrows is 66/43. I much prefer these temperatures to highs in the high 80's.
(10:45 AM Update: When I finally turned up the wood boiler thermostat (one thermostat controls the gas furnace and AC while another one controls the wood boiler) to get some heat I got nothing. I called the HVAC guys who have been out twice trying to repair the gas furnace & AC (they were supposed to get back to me with prices for a new "board" for the furnace after the last trip). The guy told me they had left the wood boiler thermostat disconnected while trying to figure out why we were having problems. I asked him if he could tell me what wires to connect he told me he would come out. After he connected the wires all seems to be well. But still no price on the new board. I guess it is good to know that local business is so overloaded with work that it takes them weeks to get a price for "board." In reality they forgot about it.)
Kathy had the downstairs carpets cleaned yesterday and is pleased with the way they cleaned up. I'm pleased because she was thinking that we needed to replace some of the carpet.
Lydia was here Wed, for the day. She and Grammy had tea and an Aunt Cindy's cookie for dessert, after lunch.
She was here a couple of hours last evening. Long enough for us to feed the fish and for her to monitor my firing up the wood boiler. We had Grandma Ruthie's potato soup for supper. She, and her Dad, really like it. Kathy sent some home with Kelsey, for Andy's supper.
If you ask Lydia where we all are going she will tell you Kansas City and on an airplane. We drive to Kansas City Monday afternoon, stay overnight and then fly to Cancun Tuesday. We will be staying at the Reef Playa, in Playa del Carmen http://www.thereefplayacar.com/
We fly back to Kansas City on Monday, Sept 22nd. I think both Kelsey & Andy and Doug & Anthony are having their cell phone service upgraded to "worldwide" service while we are down there.
A thought - the President and Secretary of State tell us that we are not at war, we are just punishing terrorists who have killed a couple of Americans. If this is so, if a couple of Americans are killed by a gang in London will they send in the jets to bomb the gang's headquarters? We do need to provide air power to support Iraqi and Kurdish ground troops but to say we are not at war is the same lie we heard when we were told that we weren't at war in Vietnam, or in the previous Iraq & Afghanistan wars.
May God bless you and yours.
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