It is Thursday already. It seems the week has flown by. Maybe it is because Ms. Kate and I stole 25 hours out of the middle of the week to go play. I got home around noon on Tuesday from my Pastor's Circle meeting and we were having lunch and talking about what beautiful weather we were having and how great it would be to run over to Metropolis, IL to the casino, if we just had time. So, we made time. She got on the phone and reserved us a room and we packed for overnight and left about an hour later. We got back home around 3:00 yesterday afternoon. We like to do spontanious little trips like that. Our luck at the casino was all bad but we always allot ourselves a certain amount to lose and then quit. To us it is just the price of entertainment; not gambling. Gambling would imply you thought you would win and we know they don't build billion dollar casinos by letting people win.

We came home and got busy. Ms. Kate got the laundry all done and I got the yards mowed and filled up my bird feeders. This morning I have happy critters everywhere. I had a squirrel actually mis-judge its jump from the tree limb to the roof and fall off of the roof. It wasn't hurt; --- but it was funny. That's the second one I have seen do that in the last week. I also have a new rabbit out here. It is a young one but not newly born. The old rabbit is still here too. I suspect that one of them is what ate one of my okra plants off.

Today is dental cleaning day and then we go to the churches and run our bulletins. I know we have at least one other thing on the schedule but can't recall what it is at the moment. Tomorrow the plumbing people come and do their portion of the new generator installation. They are the ones who will hook it up to the gas line. After they are done the electrician comes in and finishes up the installation. Saturday morning I have to attend the local association meeting for my denomination. That should be slightly less exciting than cleaning the lint filter on my dryer. It kills a day off which is one reason we took a day off in the middle of the week.

God has provided a 58° cloudy and rather breezy morning to start my day. At least it isn't raining. Ms. Margaret's lawn people are out there mowing her yard. My back yard has transitioned once again. My azaleas are pretty much done and other than plants in pots, I have nothing much blooming back here at the moment other than a few iris. The lilies have good buds on them and should start soon. Some of my peonies are ready to open soon too. The front yard is totally beautiful with blooms of iris, poppies, peonies, and azelias. All of that gets much more sun than the back yard which is almost totally shade.

I finally got to hear from my brother-in-law. They made it safely back from the Black Hills and had a great trip. I give God praise for that. Now they are doing what we all do after vacation; --- play catch up. I also lift up in prayer the families who lost loved ones in this recent earthquakes in Nepal, and the violent storms that ran through this country. We often tend to forget about the victims after a few weeks as we move on with our luves. But such disasters are long suffering events and we should not forget them nor drop them from our prayers. I also am lifting you up in prayer as you read this. Now, don't you feel better already, knowing somebody prayed for you today!