A series of fortunate events!

I had promised my co-worker, Kay, that I’d cover for her leaving early (her last day was Saturday the 30th) since she covered for me taking an extra day to go to Valdez.  However, as I got to talking with Rose about working today, I realized that she is going to be very short-staffed tomorrow (Monday the 1st) so I offered to come in then instead.  I had originally thought Mark could just attend his church while I worked today, but since I didn’t have to go to work after all I went with him this morning. Continue reading

On the mend… physically and spiritually

Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you to all of you who sent well wishes and prayers for me.  Tonight I feel almost human again and I’ve been told by an on-call nurse that I am no longer contagious, even though I’m still sniffling and sneezing and coughing.  Tomorrow I’m going to try half a day at work and see how I do.  Poor Miss Rose has had to cover for me too long! Continue reading

Happy Easter!

I know that most of you won’t get this in time for Easter, so happy belated Easter.  This evening we took Aunt Marg to see Heaven is for Real.  It’s based on a book by a pastor named Todd Burpo.  Reverend Burpo tells the story of his four year old son, Colton, who had a near fatal illness and came back saying he’d been to heaven.  If you haven’t seen this movie or read the book, I highly recommend it. Continue reading

Second Sunday of Advent

This morning we were out of propane in our external tank (it seems to go faster in the cold weather) and our hot water pipes were frozen.  Our water tank which can be used with a water pump was a fifty gallon block of ice.  I ended up walking across the snow to get to the bath house across the street to take a shower for church. Continue reading