Friday, May 25, 2018

Pooh Bear

I'm feeling like "Pooh Bear"...

One day Pooh came home to find Piglet trying to reach the knocker to knock on his door. He kindly helped him and then said, "What a long time whoever lives here is answering this door." And he knocked again. "But Pooh," said Piglet, "it's your own house!" "Oh!" said Pooh. "So it is," he said. "Well let's go in."

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It was a busy week with the phone ringing almost incessantly. At times it was hard to get anything else done, certainly not without interruption. One morning I needed to call a vendor to make a correction on a bill they had sent us. I pulled out the bill and dialed the 800 number at the top. Almost immediately I heard my other line ringing, which is not uncommon these days. I decided to hang on and hope someone else in the office would pick up the other line.

Meanwhile, the number I was calling rang and rang. I thought it strange that they wouldn't have someone to answer the phone. Finally a salesman picked up our line and I heard him say, "Hello, hello?" I thought, That's strange, how did our lines get tangled up? I didn't say anything cause I didn't want to cut off whoever was calling. Finally he hung up and my phone went dead, too.

Then I began to wonder out-loud what had happened and Larry, as puzzled as ever, said that the name on the caller ID, on the call he answered, was Sturdi-Bilt. Suddenly, I began to laugh! "I think I just called myself!" I gasped between spasms of mirth. (I never call our 800 number and obviously didn't know what it was.)

And so, we had our laugh for the day! I felt a little foolish and slightly put out with myself. After-all, don't I already have more calls than I can handle??

So as Pooh would say, "We can't all and some of us don't!"

Saturday, May 19, 2018

Things You Never Knew About Me

Recently one of my friends wrote a post on "10 Things You Didn't Know About Me". It got my mind rolling and I thought it would be fun to try something like that, so here goes...

1. I once climbed an elevator leg late at night, at the local feed store, with a friend and her brother. I was scared to death but the view and company were marvelous!

2. I have a cousin who was a photographer in the White House for about 10 years. He has now retired and travels, taking pictures of the world.

3. I don't like lemon in my water nor do I care for sour cream.

4. I love sleeping in and breakfast in bed (even if I have to get out of bed to make it)!

5. I once petted a baby skunk (and it wasn't at the zoo).

6. I lived in the same house for 8 months with 3 Labs. I would probably do it again but only for the love of babies.

7. A friend let me attend the birth of her baby and I got to hold the newest newborn ever!

8. My great-grandfather built Hopefield Mennonite Church close to Moundridge, KS.

9. In my zeal with a scissors, one day at work, I snipped off a piece of my finger. I had fun "grossing out" the guys by showing it around.

10. I love fishing (if I have someone to put the worm on the hook)! And eating them is even better!

11. My first trip to Glacier National Park was at 6 months old. I don't remember that one but I have been there several times since and the "11-mile hike" stands out in my memory. The last 3 miles were all downhill and I fared better than my Dad, whose knees wanted to give out.

12. I still dream of a man to share my life, and... triplets.






Saturday, May 5, 2018

Life

The gentle breeze and pleasant 80-degree weather is a delightful way to end the week. After strong, damaging winds, drenching rain, and hail, it is a blessed reprieve. I breathe in the smell of freshly-mown grass, and buds nearly ready to burst into bloom are a welcome sight.



The battles in the spirit realm were raging, as well. One night a friend stopped in to offer words of encouragement and hope. As she was leaving, she snapped this picture of a warrior angel over my house.


I felt comforted, safe and protected. That night it felt like something was broken in the spirit realm and things slowly began to turn for the better.

Today was a day of rest and refreshment with just enough work to get by.:) I love Saturday mornings when I don't have to rush off to work but can take all the time I need talking to God. I stay in that place until He speaks and my heart feels at rest again. I needed that today for I did not feel at peace when I awoke this morning. There were two glaring things (totally unrelated, I thought) staring me in the face that I wanted answers for and as I prayed and worshiped and focused on God, suddenly I got a "word", in one short sentence, that tied the two together. I was surprised and delighted! It gave me a lightness of heart I hadn't had before and courage to get out of bed and brave another day.

I made "Dutch Puff" for breakfast and soaked in a bit of sun, while eating, for at that time of the morning my house still had a chill to it. I didn't feel very inspired to tackle my "To Do" list so texted my brother to see if he was busy. We talked for over 2 hours. After that I did get down to working (a little). I did a bit of mending and just enough cleaning to soothe my conscience. I painted a bulletin board frame white. I took a nap (just because I could). I had fun cooking and preparing a picnic for my Mom and sister who were coming in the evening.


Afterwards we went to McDonald's and got ice cream cones. What a lovely ending to a lovely day!