Good morning! It is 30° outside this morning, but with a 15 mph breeze, the wind chill is still 14°… not a lot of help there is it?

The back yard looks like the Atlanta airport this mornng with all of the birds flying in and out. I think I've counted fifteen Cardinals out there. There are at least that many Junkos hopping around grabbing the dropped seed from under the feeders. Everybody eats a bit then they come and get a drink from the bird bath. I need to dump it out today and put in fresh water. It has a bunch of leaves and stuff in it. I don't know if it bothers the birds or not. Afterall, they drink out of street puddles and worse. But it would look better to see clean water.

Ms. Kate and I are tired and sore puppies this morning. We spent the majority of yesterday moving furniture from one room to another. We are having our family room renovated starting the first of December. We had decided that we needed to swap some of the furniture from the master bedroom to the family room and vice versa. None of it is light or small. In fact it was a job getting the stuff through the doorways. So, of course, one doesn't simply pick up and just move the pieces you want to move, one must move all of the other stuff that is in the way of what you want to move. So, it was a day of pushing, and shoving, and twisting, and turning, and lifting and grunting; all of which left us worn out and sore with some pulled muscles. Now at least, Ms. Kate can chose her paint colors. But ---- before the construction can begin, we do have Thanksgiving happening, and company coming. So, everything is in place to facilitate that, and then we get to move all of the stuff from the family room to store in the living room so the contractor can come in and start tearing out panneling etc. The good news is that we will be gone for nine of the first days they will be working in here and they can get all of the tearing out done, and the wall boarding up, mudding and sanding done while we are gone. It will save on my athsmatic lungs, for sure. When we moved into this house in 2001, we told ourselves that the panneling in this room had to go as well as all of the popcorn ceilings in the house. Well, every room in the house has been renovated to some degree except this one, and the popcorn ceilings have all been taken care of except for one bedroom. So, it is time to get the panneling out and some other work done. We are also putting a heat vent out here to the sunporch. Now, --- you have more information than you ever wanted about our home and activities.

Its Wednesday again already and that means a day at the churches. We are just a week away from Thanksgiving and the year is fading quickly. Christmas is just around the corner and before we know it, it will be 2015. I've always heard "old people" talk about how fast time seems to pass. Now that I am up there in the senior years, I can see what they meant. So, I think it is best that we simply enjoy every day that God gives us and take advantage of every opportunity to show our love for one another. After all, the closest thing we have to leaving a legacy is how we are remembered when we are gone. Have a wonderful day.