I think I'll quit taking days off work.  The last three times I have, I've been sick.  This time I have spent 4 out of 5 days mostly in bed.  I've been to the dentist, the doctor and the emergency room.  I've been diagnosed with a sinus infection, trigemianl neuralgia, and finally a bad tooth again.  Don't know what it is, don't care what it is, just want it to stop.  I'll go to the Dentist again tomorrow and see if the emergency room doctor was right.  But on a brighter note, Allyson got graduated!!!  It was a great weekend for family.  Janice and Elly flew in on Wednesday and out on Saturday.  Adrienne and her family and Heather and her family were all here to help with things a lot and we enjoyed everybody so much.  John said it best.  "Could anyone ask God for any better kids and grandkids than what we have?"  They are all so great.

New Projects

I spent today doing something great!  I built a patio with pavers.  When we were done, we put a firepit in the middle of it.  I love it!  I took matters into my own hands and made it bigger than we originally planned but it's a good thing.  It's about perfect.  And as we decide, we can add on.  I feel like I accomplished something great for the first time on my day off in a while.  Ahhhh.....Life is grand.  

Rain, Rain, Go Away!?

I am sitting here looking out the window at the rain pour down for what seems like the 40th day in a row.  I sent John a text from work the other day and asked if the ark was ready yet.  And yet, even as I type this, I can't be all negative about it.  I start getting nervous if we don't get rain later in the year.  I remember when I was a kid that around the middle of June, if it began to rain, my dad would keep looking out the window because of the wheat.  If the rains came too hard or we had hail, it would ruin the wheat.  But we don't have to worry about that nowadays.  Now it's more of an inconvenience.  But it's pretty, too.  It's as if all of the ugly brown winter trees got washed away and in their place, there are beautiful green leaves, branches and twigs.  In place of the twiggy bushes, we have the gorgeous green and colorful plants in our front yard.  And our garden is showing it's little tops above the ground.  Maybe I should take this time for a spiritual washing as my little world has its physical washing.  I could just let the Holy Spirit wash over me and replace the ugly old bitterness with understanding and empathy.   Where the coldness of life has snapped off branches, the River of God could come in and clean me and patience could start branching out and love could once again rule my thoughts and life...More rain, Lord.