IN Carmel

 Another Thursday.  They just keep coming and that's fine with me.  At the beginning of the week it became apparent to me that there was something to do elsewhere every day of this week.  Yes, some weeks are like that even in Australia as Alexander would say.  Today was to be a morning with Noah at Bread and Bowl at North.  Well, last night I discovered it will be next Thursday.  Woo.  was I happy about that?  You bet.  Today was mine all day doing what I wanted to do all of it at home.  Well, almost.  I finished the last 10 burps so the next 100 burps are ready for the trip to Ginny.  I spent some time putting thread and more where they really belonged in the sewing room. Some fabric was trimmed and deposited in the recycle container.  So a few things like that just make where I work and what I'm looking at a little more pleasing and organized.  I would add, ready to mess up again at some point.  That took ...

 The morning went as usual.  Turning, ironing and then sewing burps.  I finished 10 burps thinking the other 20g would happen in the afternoon.  That was a joke.  Way to busy to get back to the machine.  The morning really started with a note to Darren about the weekend events.  Just what I thought including pros and cons.  I knew that was coming so I got her' done asap..   We made a necessary trip to Aldi's with a record paid at the cash register.  Yikes, what would it have cost at Krogers.  It's sort of scary.  After all was stashed away at home I made another cookie sheet of croutons and some delicious broccoli soup that should take care of us for a few days of food. Planning ahead is the trick.  At three there was another PT session.  Every day my pinched nerve and affected muscles are a bit better.  The goal is to just keep on doing what I've been doing plus getting my head to turn to the left.  Th...

 For what ever reason you might choose, I manages to fill up the day with some of this and that.  The day started a bit later than usual.  I can't remember when I slept till 8 am.  Woo.  that's some sort of a record for me. I guess I needed that still recuperating from the weekend.   I was off to church to do the final clean up from that weekend!  We usually work in the morning but I forgot I told Heidi we could do afternoon for today at her request.  So what needed to be done got done with the sanctuary and chapel ready for next Sunday by me.  That's what an empty head causes.  A morning by myself which wasn't really bad, come to think of it.  Darren stopped by with a few questions  taking care of all the blue water for me.  That's a yeoman's job.                 Beautiful orange ceramic flowers gifted to me last night.  They are perfect in all ways. I was home b...

  There was a lot of Dahlia snipping this morning with three vases loaded with flowers.  It makes my day. After a busy weekend I welcomed a not  so busy Monday but it turned out to be sort of busy anyway.  It was time for my monthly blood work to determine if my body was ready for another month of cancer medication.  If the numbers were not so good, I would need to wait another week for body recuperation before back on meds.  If I passed the test, I could get started on the meds for the next three weeks.  So off to I U North I went discovering there was no order from the doctor.  Now this trip was around 7:30 when the whole world was going to work in Indianapolis.  Woo.  Traffic was scary.  But I made it to the hospital only to return home...call the doctor to get an order and then right back to the hospital again through traffic and construction detours.  It took patience to do what I needed to do and eventually around 10:00 I...

 Another busy day with all day church.  It was worthwhile. Of course it started with some sewing machine stuff.  There are 50 new burps in the bin.  Yesterday I unloaded another 100 on to Ginny's porch.  So, we're well on the way to another 100.  This next one hundred will make a total of 500 this fall if my head is screwed on right.  Sometimes there are leaks.  Ginny gave me permission to slow down for a while.  I'll let that happen at the end of 500 needing that last bed sheet to reach that number.   Then off to church for another good day with church folks.  Remember your Baptism was the theme for the morning and all went well.                                                                            ...

 This will be a short entry tonight.  The day has been very interesting but after being at church from 9:30 till 8:00 I'm a bit beat.  So here is the truth.   The day was set aside as a part of the Renew and Rejoice Weekend.  It continues tomorrow morning and afternoon so that makes it a weekend.  Darren is finishing up the latest series of sermons on Relentless Grace.  All of this plus many other things has been a path to a doctoral degree.  He felt the need to be refreshed in his ministry and after looking at options, he was most interested in studies that led to a doctorate degree.  So he jumped in and is soon ready to wrap that degree up.   It was a very good church day with renewal activities planned for the congregates.  The leadership was excellent and very spiritually rewarding.   We learned about how he planned his degree process with focus groups as well as other ways to learn about the church he serves...