Well, a lot has happened in the past month.
My mom died after a short battle with bladder cancer; she was 90. Her mind was stable up to the end. I miss her. I'm so glad we got to see her in October. Her friend, Anita, was so precious to help my ma out every day.
It has snowed and been cold. There was a thaw that saw the near collapse of the roads in the countryside. In front of our house the ruts were 8 inches deep. Finally it got cold again and the town could smooth the road and lay some gravel. It is not perfect, but it is SO much better.
Work has been stable. Very little flu.
We have been healthy.
The children had a wonderful time at a recent church outing.
Our seeds have arrived, and we are planning our gardens.
We can still pray and read our Bibles. May God continue to protect us.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Saturday, December 19, 2009
19 December 09
On call again. The Lord Jesus has taken care of us.
Anna got a dizzy spell last night at work but is sleeping now.
Josh has been busy working. Part of the time he worked for a member of our church family doing farm work.
Ezra has been on call, too, because it is too cold to brush hog (there is a cab, but it is open).
Elon bought a new camera, a Canon Xsi, and has been taking many pictures with it.
LaSara crocheting. First she did a hat, now she is working on a scarf.
Vicky has been busy too. Her hip has been bothering her lately, but today it is better.
I found this on line:
Why Christmas?
There was once a man who didn't believe in God, and he didn't hesitate to let others know how he felt about religion and religious holidays, like Christmas.
His wife, however, did believe, and she raised their children to also have faith in God and Jesus, despite his disparaging comments.
One snowy Christmas Eve, his wife was taking their children to a Christmas Eve service in the farm community in which they lived. She asked him to come, but he refused.
"That story is nonsense!" he said. "Why would God lower Himself to come to Earth as a man? That's ridiculous!" So she and the children left, and he stayed home.
A while later, the winds grew stronger and the snow turned into a blizzard. As the man looked out the window, all he saw was a blinding snowstorm. He sat down to relax before the fire for the evening.
Then he heard a loud thump. Something had hit the window. Then another thump. He looked out, but couldn't see more than a few feet. When the snow let up a little, he ventured outside to see what could have been beating on his window.
In the field near his house he saw a flock of wild geese. Apparently they had been flying south for the winter when they got caught in the snowstorm and couldn't go on. They were lost and stranded on his farm, with no food or shelter. They just flapped their wings and flew around the field in low circles, blindly and aimlessly. A couple of them had flown into his window, it seemed. The man felt sorry for the geese and wanted to help them. The barn would be a great place for them to stay, he thought.
It's warm and safe; surely they could spend the night and wait out the storm. So he walked over to the barn and opened the doors wide, then watched and waited, hoping they would notice the open barn and go inside.
But the geese just fluttered around aimlessly and didn't seem to notice the barn or realize what it could mean for them. The man tried to get their attention, but that just seemed to scare them and they moved further away. He went into the house and came with some bread, broke it up, and made a breadcrumb trail leading to the barn. They still didn't catch on.
Now he was getting frustrated. He got behind them and tried to shoo them toward the barn, but they only got more scared and scattered in every direction except toward the barn. Nothing he did could get them to go into the barn where they would be warm and safe. "Why don't they follow me?!" he exclaimed. "Can't they see this is the only place where they can survive the storm?"
He thought for a moment and realized that they just wouldn't follow a human. "If only I were a goose, then I could save them," he said out loud. Then he had an idea. He went into barn, got one of his own geese, and carried it in his arms as he circled around behind the flock of wild geese. He then released it. His goose flew through the flock and straight into the barn--and one by one the other geese followed it to safety. He stood silently for a moment as the words he had spoken a few minutes earlier replayed in his mind: "If only I were a goose, then I could save them!"
Then he thought about what he had said to his wife earlier. "Why would God want to be like us? That's ridiculous!"
Suddenly it all made sense. That is what God had done. We were like the geese--blind, lost, perishing. God had His Son become like us so He could show us the way and save us. That was the meaning of Christmas, he realized.
As the winds and blinding snow died down, his soul became quiet and pondered this wonderful thought.
Suddenly he understood what Christmas was all about, why Christ had come. Years of doubt and disbelief vanished like the passing storm. He fell to his knees in the snow, and prayed his first prayer: "Thank You, God, for coming in human form to get me out of the storm!"
--Author unknown
Anna got a dizzy spell last night at work but is sleeping now.
Josh has been busy working. Part of the time he worked for a member of our church family doing farm work.
Ezra has been on call, too, because it is too cold to brush hog (there is a cab, but it is open).
Elon bought a new camera, a Canon Xsi, and has been taking many pictures with it.
LaSara crocheting. First she did a hat, now she is working on a scarf.
Vicky has been busy too. Her hip has been bothering her lately, but today it is better.
I found this on line:
Why Christmas?
There was once a man who didn't believe in God, and he didn't hesitate to let others know how he felt about religion and religious holidays, like Christmas.
His wife, however, did believe, and she raised their children to also have faith in God and Jesus, despite his disparaging comments.
One snowy Christmas Eve, his wife was taking their children to a Christmas Eve service in the farm community in which they lived. She asked him to come, but he refused.
"That story is nonsense!" he said. "Why would God lower Himself to come to Earth as a man? That's ridiculous!" So she and the children left, and he stayed home.
A while later, the winds grew stronger and the snow turned into a blizzard. As the man looked out the window, all he saw was a blinding snowstorm. He sat down to relax before the fire for the evening.
Then he heard a loud thump. Something had hit the window. Then another thump. He looked out, but couldn't see more than a few feet. When the snow let up a little, he ventured outside to see what could have been beating on his window.
In the field near his house he saw a flock of wild geese. Apparently they had been flying south for the winter when they got caught in the snowstorm and couldn't go on. They were lost and stranded on his farm, with no food or shelter. They just flapped their wings and flew around the field in low circles, blindly and aimlessly. A couple of them had flown into his window, it seemed. The man felt sorry for the geese and wanted to help them. The barn would be a great place for them to stay, he thought.
It's warm and safe; surely they could spend the night and wait out the storm. So he walked over to the barn and opened the doors wide, then watched and waited, hoping they would notice the open barn and go inside.
But the geese just fluttered around aimlessly and didn't seem to notice the barn or realize what it could mean for them. The man tried to get their attention, but that just seemed to scare them and they moved further away. He went into the house and came with some bread, broke it up, and made a breadcrumb trail leading to the barn. They still didn't catch on.
Now he was getting frustrated. He got behind them and tried to shoo them toward the barn, but they only got more scared and scattered in every direction except toward the barn. Nothing he did could get them to go into the barn where they would be warm and safe. "Why don't they follow me?!" he exclaimed. "Can't they see this is the only place where they can survive the storm?"
He thought for a moment and realized that they just wouldn't follow a human. "If only I were a goose, then I could save them," he said out loud. Then he had an idea. He went into barn, got one of his own geese, and carried it in his arms as he circled around behind the flock of wild geese. He then released it. His goose flew through the flock and straight into the barn--and one by one the other geese followed it to safety. He stood silently for a moment as the words he had spoken a few minutes earlier replayed in his mind: "If only I were a goose, then I could save them!"
Then he thought about what he had said to his wife earlier. "Why would God want to be like us? That's ridiculous!"
Suddenly it all made sense. That is what God had done. We were like the geese--blind, lost, perishing. God had His Son become like us so He could show us the way and save us. That was the meaning of Christmas, he realized.
As the winds and blinding snow died down, his soul became quiet and pondered this wonderful thought.
Suddenly he understood what Christmas was all about, why Christ had come. Years of doubt and disbelief vanished like the passing storm. He fell to his knees in the snow, and prayed his first prayer: "Thank You, God, for coming in human form to get me out of the storm!"
--Author unknown
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
18 November 09
A lot of happened since my last post.
First, on this day in the past Luke was born. Happy Birthday Luke.
I picked a tomato last week. Can you believe it? It sure did taste good.
Still getting a few green beans.
Waiting for the ground to dry so I can start mowing the green mulch and tilling the garden for its winter rest.
Mark and Kara made a surprise visit after going to see my ma. It was wonderful to see them.
Elon won a photography on Facebook. Way to go E!
Ezra has been busy brush hogging for Edward. One time out the front bearing went out and the wheel fell off. Another time saw a flat tire. Farming for sure.
Anna has been busy at work. Her experience continues to grow.
I had some interesting patients that I won't go in now.
Vicky has been busy in many ways.
Josh has had steady work in construction.
James and Jenny just got back this past weekend visiting with my ma.
Just a short summary. Have a good day.
First, on this day in the past Luke was born. Happy Birthday Luke.
I picked a tomato last week. Can you believe it? It sure did taste good.
Still getting a few green beans.
Waiting for the ground to dry so I can start mowing the green mulch and tilling the garden for its winter rest.
Mark and Kara made a surprise visit after going to see my ma. It was wonderful to see them.
Elon won a photography on Facebook. Way to go E!
Ezra has been busy brush hogging for Edward. One time out the front bearing went out and the wheel fell off. Another time saw a flat tire. Farming for sure.
Anna has been busy at work. Her experience continues to grow.
I had some interesting patients that I won't go in now.
Vicky has been busy in many ways.
Josh has had steady work in construction.
James and Jenny just got back this past weekend visiting with my ma.
Just a short summary. Have a good day.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
21 October 09
We left for my mom's last Thursday. It took over 13 hours to get there. We were blessed, because we had no car trouble, no sickness (motion sickness that some have), good gas mileage, etc.
Arriving late we have a few moments with Grandma before she and all of us went to sleep. The girls--Vicky, Anna, and LaSara--had the guest suite that Mark and Kara had stayed in some years past. It was very nice--two beds, bath, closet, microwave, and refer. The boys stayed at Grandmas. Josh, Ezra, and Elon slept in Anita's room, and I slept on the couch.
On Friday Grandma and Anita took us to IHOP for breakfast. We accidentally ran into Betty Link, a long time family friend. Grandma wore out after 30 minutes or so. Anna helped her into the bathroom, and Betty and I got her to the car. She did admit to pain and feeling cold, which is rare considering that she is very warm natured. Betty got a blanket and I got the car keys, so we could warm her up. When we got back to the apartment, Grandma went to sleep for about 8 hours, while we tried to do some shopping.
Saturday Grandma was feeling better as the antibiotic was kicking in. We drove around GR, Cedar Springs, and Yankee Springs areas, where I showed the family most of the places I had lived and/or gone to school. LaSara had something bite her--bee, fly?--that made her hand swell up when we went to Payne Lake. That evening we ate again at the apartment dining room where Aby (?), the chef, makes and serves supper.
Sunday, Grandma was feeling better yet. We took the late morning and afternoon going to Lake Michigan. I couldn't remember much, so it took a while to find some place. After praying about it--O God find us a good place to stop, we saw a place called Rosy Mound. It was very nice. We took Lake Michigan Drive home, and I got to show them some other places where I had gone to church in my teens and where my Grandma Lindquist lived when Ron--my cousin--and I were put to bed, because we were naughty.
Monday we left Grandmas. It was really a great time--reminiscing, looking at some old pictures, just being together.
She was doing better--much better--than she was Friday.
On Monday Anita was going to call hospice to come and start Grandma's care. Carol--my cousin--had made arrangements already; they just needed the call to start.
So we'll keep in touch.
Arriving late we have a few moments with Grandma before she and all of us went to sleep. The girls--Vicky, Anna, and LaSara--had the guest suite that Mark and Kara had stayed in some years past. It was very nice--two beds, bath, closet, microwave, and refer. The boys stayed at Grandmas. Josh, Ezra, and Elon slept in Anita's room, and I slept on the couch.
On Friday Grandma and Anita took us to IHOP for breakfast. We accidentally ran into Betty Link, a long time family friend. Grandma wore out after 30 minutes or so. Anna helped her into the bathroom, and Betty and I got her to the car. She did admit to pain and feeling cold, which is rare considering that she is very warm natured. Betty got a blanket and I got the car keys, so we could warm her up. When we got back to the apartment, Grandma went to sleep for about 8 hours, while we tried to do some shopping.
Saturday Grandma was feeling better as the antibiotic was kicking in. We drove around GR, Cedar Springs, and Yankee Springs areas, where I showed the family most of the places I had lived and/or gone to school. LaSara had something bite her--bee, fly?--that made her hand swell up when we went to Payne Lake. That evening we ate again at the apartment dining room where Aby (?), the chef, makes and serves supper.
Sunday, Grandma was feeling better yet. We took the late morning and afternoon going to Lake Michigan. I couldn't remember much, so it took a while to find some place. After praying about it--O God find us a good place to stop, we saw a place called Rosy Mound. It was very nice. We took Lake Michigan Drive home, and I got to show them some other places where I had gone to church in my teens and where my Grandma Lindquist lived when Ron--my cousin--and I were put to bed, because we were naughty.
Monday we left Grandmas. It was really a great time--reminiscing, looking at some old pictures, just being together.
She was doing better--much better--than she was Friday.
On Monday Anita was going to call hospice to come and start Grandma's care. Carol--my cousin--had made arrangements already; they just needed the call to start.
So we'll keep in touch.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Rain and more rain
Yesterday, Wednesday, it was pleasant, dry, and wonderful, but our resident weathermen were warning of lots and lots of rain. Well, as of this writing, it has rained over 3 inches and still raining hard.
Vicky has her stiff neck and inner ear inflammation again, so she is sleeping. May God help her.
Josh is off today; caint pour concrete in this rain.
I had a meeting today at work. It was raining when I left, but it only got heavier as I drove to work; same thing as I drove home. Water is out of the ditches again.
Anna worked last night and is now sleeping.
Ezra has been brush hogging for Edward, except today of course. I'm afraid he would be hogging nothing but water today. I went to pick him up last evening, but while I was on the west side of the barn, he was on the east side of the barn. We didn't know it for about 30 minutes. Edward finally figured it out.
Ezra, Elon, and LaSara are tending to their chickens. They probably won't be running around the field for awhile--the chickens that is.
The green beans are loaded! Only bad thing is a frost or freeze is due this weekend. I'll have to ask our weathermen about it.
My ma is still sick, but I don't know to what extent, so we plan to journey there and find out.
Have a good day.
Vicky has her stiff neck and inner ear inflammation again, so she is sleeping. May God help her.
Josh is off today; caint pour concrete in this rain.
I had a meeting today at work. It was raining when I left, but it only got heavier as I drove to work; same thing as I drove home. Water is out of the ditches again.
Anna worked last night and is now sleeping.
Ezra has been brush hogging for Edward, except today of course. I'm afraid he would be hogging nothing but water today. I went to pick him up last evening, but while I was on the west side of the barn, he was on the east side of the barn. We didn't know it for about 30 minutes. Edward finally figured it out.
Ezra, Elon, and LaSara are tending to their chickens. They probably won't be running around the field for awhile--the chickens that is.
The green beans are loaded! Only bad thing is a frost or freeze is due this weekend. I'll have to ask our weathermen about it.
My ma is still sick, but I don't know to what extent, so we plan to journey there and find out.
Have a good day.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
29 Sept 09
The past few phone calls from my mom have me worried. Some one has called hospice, some one is bringing a hospital bed, there are going to be nurses, some one came and gave her a shower. She is 90. Because we don't know what is going on we plan to visit her.
The green beans are coming along real well. Hope to get some soon--if the weather holds out.
Elon's squash is soooo good.
I cleaned and vacuumed the shed out. Must have been 10 Recluse spiders. Vicky helped, too. I wore gloves, since I figured if I came across a Recluse, I would have a little protection. Burned grandpa's old chair; it was pretty yucky. I'm not sure the cat would even use it.
John, the mailman, said to me, "Len, I'm sorry to tell you this, but your tire is nearly flat." Sure was, too. Added air and went to Alison's; it was a rock hole. The roads had recently been regraveled.
Not much else happening. I took out a facebook, because the children said Merle needs friends. People whom I haven't seen or heard of for years found me; it is pretty interesting.
God bless.
The green beans are coming along real well. Hope to get some soon--if the weather holds out.
Elon's squash is soooo good.
I cleaned and vacuumed the shed out. Must have been 10 Recluse spiders. Vicky helped, too. I wore gloves, since I figured if I came across a Recluse, I would have a little protection. Burned grandpa's old chair; it was pretty yucky. I'm not sure the cat would even use it.
John, the mailman, said to me, "Len, I'm sorry to tell you this, but your tire is nearly flat." Sure was, too. Added air and went to Alison's; it was a rock hole. The roads had recently been regraveled.
Not much else happening. I took out a facebook, because the children said Merle needs friends. People whom I haven't seen or heard of for years found me; it is pretty interesting.
God bless.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Hi There
At church today Nathan spoke on the Gospel of John. We are slowing reading through the Bible, one book a week, and then one of the men teaches on that book. It seems like a lot of reading for one week, but it can be done. He gave a good summary of every chapter. Dennis has Deuteronomy next week.
Paul had two brats last week. He wanted to eat a third, but Sue wouldn't let him. He asked for prayer about this--lol.
The trap caught another felon--the third 'possum. Josh dispatched him. We'll have a few more tomatoes now.
The beans are growing well. There may be buds coming, but I'm not sure yet.
The road was so muddy that other day that my Escort looks like I've been muddin in the field.
Elon's squash is far enough along that perhaps we'll have some by this week.
Some of us are fighting colds.
I've been fairly busy at work. There was a man is bad health, with bad lungs--3 packs a day smoker for 60 years, with Alzheimer's, weight loss, and a ruptured appendix. He was on the vent for a whole week. We didn't think he would live through surgery, then we thought we would never get him off the vent, but he did all that and left for a nursing home for a couple of months to get his strength back.
I'm not planning on getting the flu shot--any type. I just don't trust the government or the CDC. I think it is a lot of hype and lots of money to be made by promoting scare tactics.
We still need to pray for Rifga Bary, the apostate Muslim. The full story can be found on Atlas Shrugs. You might have to scroll down to find the latest news about her. She is a believer in Jesus who was threatened by honor killing and had to run from home.
We had a cook out today. I'm wasn't sure if our usual spot was good or not, since I hadn't mowed from before Anna's graduation, but it was just fine. Josh cut down a few weeds, and we were ready.
Wednesday evening for church, we are planning to go to the camp, eat supper, worship, and pray. Hope you show up.
Paul had two brats last week. He wanted to eat a third, but Sue wouldn't let him. He asked for prayer about this--lol.
The trap caught another felon--the third 'possum. Josh dispatched him. We'll have a few more tomatoes now.
The beans are growing well. There may be buds coming, but I'm not sure yet.
The road was so muddy that other day that my Escort looks like I've been muddin in the field.
Elon's squash is far enough along that perhaps we'll have some by this week.
Some of us are fighting colds.
I've been fairly busy at work. There was a man is bad health, with bad lungs--3 packs a day smoker for 60 years, with Alzheimer's, weight loss, and a ruptured appendix. He was on the vent for a whole week. We didn't think he would live through surgery, then we thought we would never get him off the vent, but he did all that and left for a nursing home for a couple of months to get his strength back.
I'm not planning on getting the flu shot--any type. I just don't trust the government or the CDC. I think it is a lot of hype and lots of money to be made by promoting scare tactics.
We still need to pray for Rifga Bary, the apostate Muslim. The full story can be found on Atlas Shrugs. You might have to scroll down to find the latest news about her. She is a believer in Jesus who was threatened by honor killing and had to run from home.
We had a cook out today. I'm wasn't sure if our usual spot was good or not, since I hadn't mowed from before Anna's graduation, but it was just fine. Josh cut down a few weeds, and we were ready.
Wednesday evening for church, we are planning to go to the camp, eat supper, worship, and pray. Hope you show up.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Another Winner From Elon
I got tired of my needing to buy ink for the inkjets--very expensively tired of it. I researched and prayed about it and finally bought a Brother HL-4070CDW Color Laser Printer with Wireless Interface and Duplexing--whew--from Amazon. I'll try it out and see what happens. We would like to have it--I would like to think I need it, but that is not a "need"--to print pictures for children's class, calendars, work, etc.
I still like the TinySpell spelling software. It will check the spelling on about anything.
I've not been happy with a number of desktop calendars, but I have been using Rainlendar2 for awhile. It is small, easy to use, and has good reminders for my always weak memory.
Codecs packs for the computer have always been a chore. If the computer doesn't have the right codec, it cannot play the song, see the video, etc. For the past month I have been using the codec pack from Shark007 Codecs. The pack you choose needs to specific to your OS.
Remembering passwords and filling them in on webpages has always been a chore. I don't like RoboForm; Keepass has been my standard for years, but for the past months I have been using LastPass. I like it because, among other reasons, it can fill in passwords for Yahoo and MSN.
The beans are growing well, so are Elon's squash. I'll write more later; it is time to eat.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
22 August 09
I finished the PALS course and passed. PALS is Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
After class I went to ICU and helped Heidi with two patients. One came in with a blood sugar of 1145 (normal is 80-100) and all of her labs were really off. The other was a patient from surgery on the vent. He was so malnourished it is questionable how well he will heal.
Anna was only to work until 7PM Friday, but everyone had so much work that no one left until 9:30PM.
Josh bought an old 22 to dispatch the raiding animals from our garden. I bought a trap, so maybe we can get the critters. They have destroyed a number of Elon's melons and tomatoes and my tomatoes, too. Josh cleaned and oiled everything, and we went out to see if it would shot. Sure enough it did; pretty well, too, for only $86.
There are some of the gourds down at the creek that are probably nearly 30 feet off the ground. We can't tell for sure until later fall.
I still have a few beets in the ground. Our fall green bean crop is up about 4 inches. They sure come up fast this time of the year, since the ground is warm.
It is nice and cool today only in the 70's.
After class I went to ICU and helped Heidi with two patients. One came in with a blood sugar of 1145 (normal is 80-100) and all of her labs were really off. The other was a patient from surgery on the vent. He was so malnourished it is questionable how well he will heal.
Anna was only to work until 7PM Friday, but everyone had so much work that no one left until 9:30PM.
Josh bought an old 22 to dispatch the raiding animals from our garden. I bought a trap, so maybe we can get the critters. They have destroyed a number of Elon's melons and tomatoes and my tomatoes, too. Josh cleaned and oiled everything, and we went out to see if it would shot. Sure enough it did; pretty well, too, for only $86.
There are some of the gourds down at the creek that are probably nearly 30 feet off the ground. We can't tell for sure until later fall.
I still have a few beets in the ground. Our fall green bean crop is up about 4 inches. They sure come up fast this time of the year, since the ground is warm.
It is nice and cool today only in the 70's.
Monday, August 10, 2009
10 August 09
Last Friday I was supposed to work, but the ICU was closed, so I was put on-call. The census at the hospital has been down for much of the year, which hurts the bottom line for everyone. They gave no raises this year because of it. I really don't blame them; I have seen the financial reports.
James and Jenny have their 2nd anniversary on the 11th--if my memory is still working.
Elon picked a 30 pound watermelon the other day; it is really good. The best melons so far IMHO are Blacktail Mountain, Ali Baba, Tam Dew, and White Wonder.
The corn is pretty much done except for the field corn and popcorn.
Elon and Ezra are getting their fall garden ready. I'll be putting in my Blue Lake Bush beans soon. Next year, Lord willing, in my fall garden, I want to try broccoli and squash. Elon is ready to transplant his squash soon.
There are some planted gourds down by the creek that appear--we'll measure this fall--to be 45 feet from where they were planted; that would make each plant about 90 feet across. One is over ten feet up a maple tree and another is at least twenty-five feet up a cedar tree.
Anna was on-call yesterday from the hospital for the same reason I was.
Vicky was digging up potatoes and run the potato fork into her foot. It is healing well. I heard her say, "O daddy come quick." I knew something was bad. She said, "I don't want to look at it; you do it." Being the nurse, I took the shoe off and the sock. Sure enough there was a 4 mm hole near the fourth toe of her left foot and blood all over the place. It didn't go all the way through. A minute of pressure stopped the bleeding, then I cleaned it, applied iodine, let that dry, then triple antibiotic ointment and a bandaid. After that I had her elevate her foot and put some ice on it for 10 minutes. I have changed the dressing twice a day. There is no redness or drainage; it is healing well--thank God.
I know tincture of iodine is frowned upon by everybody, but it is effective against MRSA, so I use it a few times as needed but for no longed than three days. Everything heals up well.
I continue to work on the ICU study guide for work, etc. It is slow going due to the time for research. Research really is time consuming.
Yesterday Jens was dedicated publicly to the Lord and asked for prayer for his parents to raise him wisely and for Jens himself. Paul lead out.
I gave a prelude to the message--I'll post it elsewhere--Nathan gave the message.
We went to the Eldo park Saturday evening to hear the Meyer Bluegrass Band. The weather really wasn't too bad. Paul told a joke: "Do you know why they bury banjo players down 10 feet? It is because they are so deep". I told him after the concert: "Paul, since they only bury banjo players 10 feet down; why do they bury guitar players only 3 feet deep"? He didn't know. "It is because they are so shallow". So now they can banter a little. Mary is really getting good on the mandolin.
Nibbo is a new search engine based on Google that I've tried a few times. What do you think?
Wordnik is a dictionary site I'm trying out. They have pronunciation and examples used in current writing. I searched for "Elon" to see how they would pronounce it; they had the word but have a message to the side which said, "You are the first person to look up this word." There was no pronunciation, but an offer to notify them to include it when they update the database.
Well, that's it for now.
James and Jenny have their 2nd anniversary on the 11th--if my memory is still working.
Elon picked a 30 pound watermelon the other day; it is really good. The best melons so far IMHO are Blacktail Mountain, Ali Baba, Tam Dew, and White Wonder.
The corn is pretty much done except for the field corn and popcorn.
Elon and Ezra are getting their fall garden ready. I'll be putting in my Blue Lake Bush beans soon. Next year, Lord willing, in my fall garden, I want to try broccoli and squash. Elon is ready to transplant his squash soon.
There are some planted gourds down by the creek that appear--we'll measure this fall--to be 45 feet from where they were planted; that would make each plant about 90 feet across. One is over ten feet up a maple tree and another is at least twenty-five feet up a cedar tree.
Anna was on-call yesterday from the hospital for the same reason I was.
Vicky was digging up potatoes and run the potato fork into her foot. It is healing well. I heard her say, "O daddy come quick." I knew something was bad. She said, "I don't want to look at it; you do it." Being the nurse, I took the shoe off and the sock. Sure enough there was a 4 mm hole near the fourth toe of her left foot and blood all over the place. It didn't go all the way through. A minute of pressure stopped the bleeding, then I cleaned it, applied iodine, let that dry, then triple antibiotic ointment and a bandaid. After that I had her elevate her foot and put some ice on it for 10 minutes. I have changed the dressing twice a day. There is no redness or drainage; it is healing well--thank God.
I know tincture of iodine is frowned upon by everybody, but it is effective against MRSA, so I use it a few times as needed but for no longed than three days. Everything heals up well.
I continue to work on the ICU study guide for work, etc. It is slow going due to the time for research. Research really is time consuming.
Yesterday Jens was dedicated publicly to the Lord and asked for prayer for his parents to raise him wisely and for Jens himself. Paul lead out.
I gave a prelude to the message--I'll post it elsewhere--Nathan gave the message.
We went to the Eldo park Saturday evening to hear the Meyer Bluegrass Band. The weather really wasn't too bad. Paul told a joke: "Do you know why they bury banjo players down 10 feet? It is because they are so deep". I told him after the concert: "Paul, since they only bury banjo players 10 feet down; why do they bury guitar players only 3 feet deep"? He didn't know. "It is because they are so shallow". So now they can banter a little. Mary is really getting good on the mandolin.
Nibbo is a new search engine based on Google that I've tried a few times. What do you think?
Wordnik is a dictionary site I'm trying out. They have pronunciation and examples used in current writing. I searched for "Elon" to see how they would pronounce it; they had the word but have a message to the side which said, "You are the first person to look up this word." There was no pronunciation, but an offer to notify them to include it when they update the database.
Well, that's it for now.
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