IN Carmel

  Now isn't this just beautiful.  It's a peek into the kiln with mugs still more then hot enough to remove.  The kiln in this firing held a few more than 80 mugs. Kimmy is the spinner of the mugs.  Glazing was divided between Kimmy and Jared. All mugs are available by accessing an Etsy site.  And on Friday, she (Lela) observed the third day of rest even though according to the book there was one day only of rest on the seventh day.  Not being God, this body needed a bit more time.  It was a very short night.  Thinking back to 2021 there were three months of not sleeping in bed but in a chair after the big surgery.  So, I just took to the chair at 1:45 am as if it was 2021.  No problem at all.  I watched reruns having not seen them in the first run.  There were short naps and the day came around just as I knew it would.  Some things haven't changed.   The morning was easy with a 9 o'clock meeting I hoped would be ...

This may be a short message. I'm beat so resting the fingers might help. There was a little knitting this morning but not a whole lot. I think I got to the halfway point. Who can remember? Not me. I looked at the calendar realizing that I missed my primary doctor's appointment by 45 minutes.  I called the schedular and low and behold, the appointment had been moved to next week.  I forgot to change it on the calendar.  Dah.  If I had checked the portal, I could have figured that out.  Woo.  Lucky me. Then I was off to the Y taking a body that once again had more sleepless moments than I had wished for. I'm calling it over tired. I'm a product of my mother who did the same thing that I seemed to have copied. Words from my sister. Work like crazy and then take two days to recover. Understanding moderation would help.  I would say Tues. was the crazy day and now I'm living Thursday. I did about 10 minutes of NuStep to get the body started. Then it ...

Help...It's mid week already. It feels like the week has just begun. Remember that whisper I talked about yesterday. I've come to realize my hearing aids were acting up and the whisper was really a scream. So, yesterday's tired body was carried into the night which was one that just didn't work so good. Sleep started around 1:30 with many awakes added to the rest of the night. Today was another dragging day because of the disconnect. I guess I earned that disconnect with all the stuff that happened yesterday and last night. Today I had enough sense to take it easy. And I did. Screams get my attention. Whispers, I ignore. I made one run to Meijers mid morning getting gallons of water for the CPap machine along with more protein drinks. They are serving me well so I will continue. There was no trip to the Y but I did do a little in the garden. Already one weed is taking shape and I hope to get ahead of it. It's where milkweed will grow so the solution is to d...

 Today was another busy day.  What made it even busier was the fact that I couldn't remember the time for a Y class to meet.  Up until today I have been 15 minutes late.  Today I was off a whole hour.  Dah! So, after the morning stuff at home, I made an early appearance.  Of course, I filled the hour partly on the Treadmill and partly on the NuStep.  Then it was balance class time with a body that whispered..."what are you doing to me".  I didn't pay much attention to the voice but had a good workout morning times three.  For the fourth time which was scheduled, I sprinted out the door.  Enough was enough.   Home for 15 minutes for lunch and then I dropped Doug off at I U North for his monthly shot. I went on to church for a meeting with Darren and two other folks that are helping somewhat with his move toward a Doctorate Degree.   Then it was back north to pick up Doug at I U North and HOME we came.  But not for...

 Woo.  It's been a busy day.  It started with getting up and then getting out after all the morning stuff. Last week I spent an hour or so at church making decisions and pulling out all the things we would be using today.  That proved to be the biggest plus in a long while.  I arrived at church at 8:30 and moved all the banners to where they needed to be hung.  Other things were placed near their to be home during Lent.   Kathy, Eric, Heidi and James arrived at 9 am.  They have been with me for quite a while so the need to explain what needed to happen was minimal.  And there were five busy, busy folks with Lent in mind knowing where things needed to go.  By 10 we were finished.  I call that a first in the history of preparing the church for the season of Lent.  Heidi and I made a final walk through and we were out of there!  There are a few new things in new places so the words, keeping things fresh coming from mento...

  Sunday, another good day starting with a slow morning.  That's a good thing.  Then it was off to church celebrating the Transfiguration of Jesus and Confirmation Sunday and the last Sunday before Lent that signals the packing away of alleluias not to be read or sung until Easter.  I think it was one of the best ever worship hour making each one of those mentioned blend into a meaningful worship service.  The music was what I would say part of the glue that made it all work.  Jill preached a great Transfiguration sermon.  Darren had the beginning and ending of the service with packing away the alleluia words the children colored while the choir sand the Ukrainian Alleluia. Alleluia banners were carried to the narthex as the service ended. It all brought tears to my eyes along with perhaps a transfiguration moment for me when all was said and done.   After church I found take out clams for delivery to R who labels them and met Kathleen to mak...