And a blessed Monday to you! It is a cool and gloomy morning. The weather dude says that it is going to get to eighty degrees today but it is for sure that if that is going to happen, the sun is going to have to come out. Right now it looks cold out there.

We had sixty-nine yesterday at church. That's not bad for the Sunday after easter. People that didn't take Easter off went out campng and doong things like that. This weekend was also graduation weekend for colleges and Prom weekend for the high school kids. So, there were a lot of excuses not to be here at church. As a matter of fact, I almost didn't go myself. Sunday morning, about 0230 I got up to go to the bathroom and in the process of manuevering my knee wheeler around to get in the bathroom I lost my balance and took another fall. I wasn't really hurt by it but between the fall and the process of trying to get back up off of the floor in that cramped quarters, I was sore and worn-out yesterday morning. I had pulled the towel bar off of the wall in my attempt to catch myself so I had to put that back up after we got home. I took some Tylenol first thing when I first got up and I texted Art and told him about it and told him that I might not make it. I went back and layed down for another hor and a half and woke up again. By then the Tylenol had taken hold and I was doing okay. So, I hurried up and showerd and we made it to church on time. Frankly, I had had a rough week and I really needed to go to church. I'm glad I did, Art had a great sermon yesterday  and it was just what I needed to hear.

Tomorrow is the day I get my cast off and I'm sure by now you are tired of reading about it. LOL. If I have bored you, I apologize; I'm just anxious. Of course, I only think I know wjhat will happen next. I know I'm supposed to bring in the boot that they originally put me in and they said they will be putting in a wedge. I think that is to move the front of my foot a little higher. The cast currently has it pointed moe in a downward direction, I assume to keep that tendon in a relaxed position while it healed. Now, they need to start stretching it out again so I can walk. This is not going to be fun. But, at least I'll get rid the "hard leg" that drives me nuts at night. I might even be able to take the boot off at night. That would be so wonderful.

That's it for today. I hope you are having a nice spring and hopefully your's is drier than what we have been having. Have a great day. Be a blessing to someone this week. Peace.

Wow, take a morning off from writing. My blog and it turns into Saturday. What the heck??? I’m sorry about that and I hope you’ve missed me.

I’ve been busy with church stuff. I had a meeting at the church Wednesday evening that didn’t go especially well and I have been wrestling with that. Yes, believe it or not, not all things at a church meeting are happy and cozy and full of love. I’m extremely fortunate that in my fifteen years as a pastor this is the first time I have had to deal with anything like it. I reckon I’ll wait and see how it all plays out.

In the meantime, I’m busy trying to get my sermons done ahead of schedule so I can take my vacation. I have my May sermons done and have started on June 2nd, and then I need to get June 23rd done and probably should get June 30th done. That way, I don’t have to rush when I get home. I can't believe that I am writing sermons for June though. This “interim” ministry job is going way longer than was expected by either Pastor Art or me. I thought it would last maybe four or five months and I am on month fifteen and Art is on year three. And, as far as I know, there are no prospects in the wind. Our church is a conservative church and will not bend to what the trends of liberalism are being taught in our seminaries and schools today. Finding conservative pastors is getting harder because it is so much easier for pastors to “go with the flow” and give up tradition and join the “new thinking” and try to re-invent the church. I’ll stop there on that subject or I’ll end up writing three or four sermons here in this blog.

Only three and a half days until my cast comes off! I am so very looking forward to that. This thing is so irritating and the need to use either my walker or my knee scooter to get around drivers me bonkers. I sit in my wheelchair most of the day but when I need to go to the bathroom, I have to transfer to my knee-scooter. Doing that requires doing all kinds of manipulating around stuff and backing into areas etc. It is a royal pain in the rump. Imagine waking up in the middle of the night and having to go to the bathroom and having to do all of that before you can get there. It’s no bueno dude. Tuesday they take the cast off and allegedly I will then be able to put weight on the foot. I guess we will see what happens.

That’s it for today. Tomorrow is God’s Day of Rest. Remember to keep it Holy. Peace.

Welcome to Tuesday afternoon. I’m sitting in the sunporch enjoying the Azalea blooms across the yard, and the wafting smell of the lilacs blooming at the corner of the house. It is wonderful. My bird feeders are all empty have been for weeks but the birds keep coming around. I really hope that next week I can put weight on this foot and leg and get out there and fill feeders. The sunflower feeders have literally been empty since my accident. However, Ms. Kate did fill the hummingbird feeder today. I saw our first one yesterday and we knew we better put feed out or it would move on.

Yesterday after we did office hours, we went out to Sonic and had a bite to eat. We haven’t been to. Sonic in years and I can honestly, nothing has changed. It was fine for a fast - don’t have to get out of the car - meal. There aren’t many of them around here in Evansville so we generally don’t think about them. But the fact that we didn’t have to get my knee-scooter out of the car made it attractive.

Yesterday afternoon, I managed to get in my John Deere and mow the yards. I mowed our, Dans’s and Purdy’s. I felt like I was in charge and healthy again. Ms. Kate was not “happy” about me doing it because she was worried that I might hurt myself in some manner but she said that she was tired of nagging me about it, so she looked the other way. Getting on and off was a bit problematic but I managed. Then there was the issue of depressing the foot pedal that raises and lowers the mower deck.. That has to be done with my left leg which is where my cast is and I’m not supposed be putting weight on it just yet. BUt, I managed and I didn’t break my cast so that’s good. Next week when I mow, I won’t have the cast on and should be cleared for weight bearing. That will make it immensely easier.

This morning we met my sister for breakfast at Denny’s. It was the first time we have seen each other in three and aa half years. So, it was time.

Tomorrow morning I have office hours again and then tomorrow night I have another meeting to attend. For a “part-time -job”, I sure spend a lot of hours working.

That catches you up on what’s new since yesterday. The clouds are moving in so it is possible we will be getting rain yet this evening. But, the weather temperature is perfect and there is a slight breeze blowing. All is well. Have a great evening. Peace.

Happy Easter Monday! The worship services have been held. Facebook has been flooded with Easter "He is Risen" memes and pictures. The eggs have been found and the company has come and gone. All in all, it was a geat day. Our weather was perfect and today's weather looks to be the same. If I am able to, I'm getting on my John Deere and doing some mowing after I get home from the office today. The only question will be as to whether or not I can operate the clutch with my leg that has the cast. Once again, it is a sign or being "normal again".

Our services went well yesterday. I didn't go to the early service simply because there was no way that I would be able to use my knee scooter out there in the chapek. We had rain Friday and Saturday and the mulch would have been soggy. Besides that, it was only about forty degrees. But the 38 people that did show up for it were very happy with the service. We had a carry-in breakfast after the early service. Lots of good food was brought in. Ms. Kate fixed a ten pound ham to take. Much of it was eaten.

After the breakfast the children presented their Easter program and it went very well. The kids are always so cute doing their thing. You never know if they are going to actually do what they are expected to do or not. Next it was tim for the late service. The bell-choir and trumpet player did a fine job and the chancel choir did well. I preached the message and we had Holy Communion. We had 95 in attendance for that service.

We had an "Easter-funny" at our house that I discovered today. Ms. Kate had bought a bag of frozen dough-balls for rolls for Easter. Saturday she put them in a cooler with some ice. Well, we either forgot to fix them or we changed our minds, I don't know which. However, I opened the cooler this morning to see if I could pour the water out of the cooler from what I asumed would be the melted ice. What I found was the bag of dough-balls had exploded in there and the yest dough had risen into a large mound. I said that I thought it was quite appropriate for Easter; --- it had risen and was alive!!

So, now that Easter is over, we can all relax a little bit. No extra services to plan, the only thing for me to concentrate on is getting everything prepped and ready for us to take our vacation in six weeks. I am so very much looking forward to that. I get my cast off a week from tomorrow and I so hope that I can start walking then. I know it is going to be a challenge but we are both so ready to put this all behind us and get back to normal.

That's it for today. I pray you will have a wonderful day and a wonderful week. God bless you.

Is it appropriate to say “Happy Good Friday”? I guess it depends upon your point of view. What happened to Jesus; ie the beatings, the betrayal, the mocking, and the crucifixion are all terrible things. They are cruel things, However, they all followed an un-announced plan that Jesus already knew was going to take place. They were following a plan that had started before creation if we are to believe that God is omnipotent and all knowing, which I do. And, of course, —- with no crucifixion there could be no resurrection. With no resurrection, there is no life after death. With no life after death there is no salvation and we are but a ple of rotting flesh lying buried in the ground. No purpose has been served by us even having lived. So —- Happy Good Friday my friends.

We had a good worship service last evening. I think we had forty two in attendance. That was good number considering that the weather was crappy. Tonight’s service doesn’t stand any better chance wit the weather which is aa shame. The women are putting it on and I’d hate to see a minimal crowd for it.

Yesterday was 80 degrees and today we will do good to get out of the 40’s. Yesterday, Ms. Kate turned on the air conditioner and today she has the heat on and the fire place going. Spring needs to make up its mind and decide whether it is going to be hot or cold. LOL

Julie, Jim, and the pups are coming tomorrow before noon and spend the Easter holiday with us. They are waiting until tomorrow because of the weather. Ji’s big job while he is here is to get my mower deck put on the John Deere I use out front. It might be cool weather but I’m fairly certain thata the snow chances are gone.

That’s it for today. Have a wonderful weekend. Peace.

It's Thursday and it is Holy Thursday or also called Maundy Thursday. Thi is the day we acknowled that Jsus Christ celebrated the Feast of the Unleavened Bread with his disciples and had what we call "The Last Supper".  It was the last meal he would eat with his disciples before he was betrayed by one of them, (Judas Iscariot), and then arrested, put through a mock trial, then crucified on a wooden cross. It was during this meal that we received the ritual of Holy Communion when Christ blessed the bread and the wine and declared them to be the symbol of his body and blood that would be broken and shed on that cross for the redemption of our souls. Maundy Thursday has always held a special place in my faith journey. I hope that you too will go to your house of worship and partake of the body and blood of Christ tonight and participate in the salvation that Jesus has to offer.

It is a rainy day and a coler day. By this evening, (unfortunately right at worship service time) we are supposed to be having heavy rain and possibly severe storms. At the moment the rain is light and it would be great if it didn't get any worse. People tend to not want to get out for church in inclement weather. I'm not condeming them, merely stating a fact. I've seen times that I didn't want to get out and go to church too and I was the pastor!!

Yesterday I had office hours in the morning and then Ms. Kate and I went to Meijer's to do our grocery shopping. I used one of those battery driven scooters that the stores provide and went in too. It was my first "in-store" excursion sine my accident. It felt good to be able to do that. Then, -- last night Ms. Kate and I slept in our own bed for the first time since the accident. We have been sleeping in the guest bed since I came home from the hospital because it is lower and easier for me to slide off of my knee scooter on to the bed and then roll back to theside of the bed and get back on my scooter. And, the guest bathroom is directly across the hall from  that room. But yesterday I figured out that I can fanaegel my way on to our bed. It felt wonderful to me. The big difference though is that I have to use the walker to get around and to the bathroom. That is a bit more difficult but doable. So chaulk up another rung in my improvement ladder. Twelve more days until this cast comes off. I just hope it will be as great as I think it will. I know the doctor is planing to put me back in my original boot, but it would be wonderful ( I think ) to be able to take it off and let the leg and foot breathe when I'm not walking on it. It will be wonderful to feel flesh on flesh when I cross my legs. I feel like a kid waiting on Christmas morning and a huge delivery from Santa Claus; --- but also know I could just get coal in my stocking.

Time to do a little writing. Y'all have a most glorious day. Peace.

Hello Tuesday, you lovely day. It is sunny and sixty-five degrees out there. Unfortunately, I’m still observing all of spring from the inside of my family room; not even from the sunporch. Getting down to the sunporch is still a hassle. I’m still using the knee scooter to get around in the house and most everywhere. I have a ramp that I have to negotiate to get into the sunporch but it takes work to get down it safely, and it takes more work if I decide I need something from inside the house. So, —- I just stay in the house. But —- I’m praying that is all going to get better two weeks from today. That is when they will take my cast off and hopefully I can start walking. I’ll probably need a cane or a crutch for awhile. I doubt that I’ll just have everything back like it was before the accident. But, if I can be at a point where I can get around the house without my wheelchair or this knee scooter, it will feel like freedom. Then maybe we can get the house put back in order, the couch and coffee table out of the dining room and back in the family room. Hopefully then I can get down to my basement again. And —- I have to get my walking ability back in order because we are only about six weeks until we go on vacation and I don’t want to be gimping along then.

This is “Holy Week”. We have a Maundy Thursday service at 7:00 pm on Thursday, A Good Friday service at 7:00 pm on Friday, an all night prayer vigil between the two, a 7:00 am Sunrise service on Sunday in the outdoor chapel, followed by a breakfast and a children’s Sunday school program, and then the 10:15 worship service. It is a busy week for Art and I as well as the organist, the chancel choir, the bell choir, and the church secretary. Come Monday we can all relax a bit. I’m preaching the Maundy Thursday and the late service on Sunday. I won’t be going to the sunrise service simply because of the difficulty of getting through the cemetery to the chapel on my knee scooter. I think having the outdoor service is still in question at this point anyway. It is supposed to be fifty degrees at about that time on Sunday and we are projected to have rain on Thursday and Friday. We have wood mulch on the surface of the ground between the pews out there and it might be too mushy to safely walk. I really hope though that we can have it because it is such a wonderful setting and Pastor Art is really looking forward to doing it out there. BTW, did I tell you that we had 100 in worship service this past Sunday! That is so very exciting.

That is it for today. I need to get busy doing some writing. You know, it just dawned on me that I have not taken ay time to do “pleasure reading” since I have been laid up and I have had the time to do it. I have two Stephen King books sitting beside my chair in the sunporch and I haven’t touched them. What is wrong with me??? Well, I’ve been busy trying to get well, and then when I didn’t have something to do, I’ve taken too any naps. Shame on me. Ok, now that’s it. Have a blessed day.

Monday morning and here we are at the office. I've been working on my service for May 5th and have developed  service for the 23rd of June which is the Sunday that we get back from our vacation. I need to work ahead because Karen, our secretary is also going to be on vacation and I need to have everything ready so she can work ahead too.

We had 100 in church yesterday which is really great. Pastor Art had a bunch of people that came to hear him that he has known for years. That really boosted our number up. I think we might have had about 85 otherwise. However, 85 is still a great number. This coming Sunday is Easter Sunday and last year we had 137 attend. I'm really hoping to get 150 this year. I told the congregation thaat yesterdaay and asked them to bring friends and relatives. After church yesterday we had our children's Easter egg hunt, but, the weather had turned cold and damp so they had a mass gaggle in the church basement. We had probably twenty children show up. That was good. Of course there were more kids there because of the hunt. We also did a children's "Palm" parade during he service. The kids really got into it, parading around shouting Hossanah and waving their palm branches.

I'm still counting down the days until I get my cast off of this leg. I told Ms. Kate this morning that one of the first things I'm going to do is soak my foot. It has gotten funky since I'm unable to get the cast wet. Then I'm hoping that they will let me put a real sock on it even though I have to have it back in my "boot". I don't know how long I will have to wear that boot. Hopefully not very long. But I suppose it will give the ankle and leg some amount of stablization as I learn to walk on it again. I'm just anxious to not have to be riding around on the scooter all the time. I also realize that my expaectations are probably not what the reality is going to be but it will be nice to b able to stand up and take my shower and a few things like that.

The world outside is in full spring bloom here at least. The upper parts of the country are still getting winter blizzards. I can't imagine it being the midle of April and having to dig out from under two feet of snow. I would never want to live in a place like that. But, our tulips are all in bloom and the azealias are starting to bloom. The daffodils are done with but the blue bells are blooming too. That tells me that is is probably time to be out in the wods hunting for morels. I've never been any good at finding those things but Kate was always good at it.

That's it for today. Time to close up the computer and head home. I hope your day is filled with love and kindness. Stay close to God. There is no one or notjing better to rely on. Shalomn.

Friday morning, real early, — at least for me. Had another toss-and-turn night for what ever reason. I think much of it has to do wth the fact that we are not sleeping in our own bed yet but are sleeping in the guest bed. It is an okay mattress but it became the guest bed when we bought a new one. It has a definite divit in the middle. Plus, my cast gives me fits at night too. I can never get comfortable with it. But, I have a leg to put a cast on so, enough grousing about it. I do thik though that I am going to make an effort to see if I can get ito our bed today and see how that works out for me. It shouldn’t be too hard. It is just a matter of putting the right “helps” in the right places. I tried it when I first came home and couldn’t do it, but, I was still having major back problems at that point. So, we’ll give it a go again today and see what happens.

Today we are meeting Bob and Brenda for “schrooms & beer”. We’ve not had the opportunity to do that since I had my accident and we really miss it. Brenda has to play for a funeral this morning up at St. Lucas so we are going to meet at noon. Bob has a birthday on Tuesday so we’ll celebrate that today with him. I think he will be 88 years old.

Ms. Kate had to get a new computer a few weeks ago because hers just crapped out on her. Julie set it up for her when she was down but didn’t set up the printer. Kate has been having more trouble trying to get that thing set up. The real problem is that when she had her stroke, she lost “x” amount of mental capacity for reasoning things out. She gets so frustrated with stuff, especially technological stuff. It is a shame because there was aa time that if I anted to know something about computers, Kate is thee one I would ask. But, these days it is just the opposite. And —- asking me about techno stuff is basically just a shot in the dark. I can do stuff on them and with them but — it is alll just my accident. I don’t know anything; I’m just lucky or stubborn.

Yesterday was supposed to be a super windy day and then last night we were supposed to have severe storms. Well, I never saw much wind and if it stormed —- I didn’t hear it. Maybe most of it went round us again. The upper mid-west portion of the country is getting hammered again with winter snow storms and blizzard conditions. This is the third of what the weather people are calling weather “bomb cyclones” so far this spring. That is a new term and frankly, it is a scary term because those storms seeem to bring a lot of destruction with them and some deaths too.

Pastor Art gets home today from his vacation. I hope he and Dixie have enjoyed themselves. They covered for me for several weeks in the early stages of my accident and were getting tired. It will be. Good to see them again.

That is it for today my friends. I hope your Friday is full of sunshine and love. Peace.

Mid week and we’ve just finished Bible study and now I’m in the office for a bit to satisfy my “in-the-office” duties. No one ever comes in or wants to come talk to the pastor but I’m here just in case. I usually just sit here and either do something on my computer like write on my sermon or write my blog.

It’s “national sibling day” or so that is what it says on Facebook. I don’t know who makes up all of these special days. It seems that there is a national something day every day of the year. But, I told Ms. Kate that she should call her sister and I’ll be calling mine later this afternoon when I get home. My sister sent me a text yesterday and said she was going to be in town after Easter so I’ll have to work on that.

It is a beautiful day outside and I want to get out and do something. By tomorrow night we aare looking for severe thunderstorms as a warm front followed immediately by a cold front sweeps through the area. Tomorrow’s high is predicted to be eighty degrees and that is a perfect recipe for tornadoes and severe storm. With some luck, maybe it will die out and misss us. The uppper midwest is expecting heavy snow. I’m glad we aren’t there.

I’m going to make this short and head on out. Have a wonderful day.

Good morning on this bright Tuesday morning. t is sixty one degrees on a mostly sunny morning. It would be a good morning to be outside doing something useful. But, I think that today I must stay inside and work on my Easter Sunday sermon. I have it started, but barely. The worship service is done but I need to finish the slides and get those sent off to Karen.

Great news in my progress, I'm back behind the steering wheel and able to drive. Ms. Kate wasn't happy because she felt that it was because maybe I didn't like the way she drives and have been anxious to take the steering wheel back. The truth of the matter as far as that is concerned, I don't like to ride with anyone else driving. I know it is a control issue but that is the way it is. However, me driving had nothing to do with that at all. The fact is, that it gave me a sense of normallcy. It put my world back in order by one more piece. I am trying to be patient with all of this but it gets harder everyday and everytime I have to have her do something for me that I should be doing by myself. I know I am getting better; but not fast enough. Yesterday I tried to get myself up into the chancel of the church and it was so very frustrating. I made it, but it took me a long time to mentally tell mayself I could do it. I used my crutch on one side and tried to use the lectern on the other arm but the lectern and the pulpit are too high to use for good leverge. Then it became a matter of convincing myself that I'm not going to fall flat on my face. Ms. Kate says that it all matters to me a whole lot more than it does to anyone else, and I know she is right. But it does matter to me because it is still a picture of me being less than I know I'm capable of. That is totallly uncceptable. I've said it before and I truly mean it; I am so very lucky; I'm going to heal. There are so many out there that aren't going to grow a leg or an arm or more back and have so much more to have to deak with than my little mishap. But, I just get frustrated. But, I am driving again and I'm also back to making the coffee for us. One baby step at a time and three weeks from today my cast comes off and I can start putting weight on the leg and ankle. Okay, enough grousing about that.

Last night was the church council and we spent a good deal of time talkng about the upcoming projects that we are going to try to do making repairs to the faciities. There were many years that the church let too many things go and made no reepairs. Now, we are trying to get the stuff done and have spent a lot of money getting God's house back in order. The next big thing is to make repairs to the parsonage. Nothing has been done in there for over twenty years. he carpet and flooring is shot, we need new appliances and other things. All of this of course has to go through the councl to the cogregation for vote. The church currently has the money to do it frankly because we don't have a called pastor and aren't having to ay a huge salary package for that. Pastor Art and I get nothing close to what they would have to pay a full time pastor.

Time to get busy doing some work on my sermon. I hope you have an excelent day filled with love and good feelings. Peace.

Hello warm, partly sunny Saturday morning. How I would love to be able to walking around in your warmth and go through my yard picking up more twigs and winter stuff. But, I guess I will continue to be patient and let this happens as they need to. No use trying to rush that which cannot be rushed and taking a chance on doing some damage elsewhere.

I had a pretty good night’s sleep. I only got up one time during the night and for a change waas able to go back to sleep rather quickly. Most of this week I have not slept well during the night. It is most likely because I doze on and off during the day. I’m used to taking a nap in the afternoon but this is getting rediculous. I get bored sitting around and just doze off. I find very little entertainment on the television. I’ve seen every episode of Property Brothers and Big Bang Theory, and Love It or List it a thousand times. I keep hoping they will choose a different house this time but they just pick the same one and do the same repairs. LOL.

The family is starting to get serious bout the June 14-21 reunion in Virginia Beach. I paid the last rental payment this week and now it is up to the girls to do the meal planning. Josh’s family have bowed out already although thankfully Josh is going to make it. I think there will be seventeen of us coming and going at different times of the week. I talked to my granddaughter Amanda yesterday and she says she is excited abaout it. I can’t believe that youngin’ turned 23 yesterday. Where has the time gone. That though is why these reunions are important. Ms. Kate and I are up into our seventies, our kids are up in their fifties, and the last grandchild graduates high school in June. All of the grandkids will be doing their own lives and having their own careers and will learn quickly that life will get in the way of that which is important. The next thing they will know is that my daughters are the senior generation of the family. As spread out cross the country as they are —- I pray they never stop getting together. Attending a funeral is not a reunion.

I have my sermon all prepped and ready for tomorrow. It will be a “pre-Palm Sunday” sermon. It is hard to believe that Easter is running up on us rapidly. Since it is a Saturday, I would be remiss if I didn’t remind you to stop in your local house of worship and give thanks to God for the week of blessings that you have received.

Have a blessed day!

Hello Thursday. Welcome to my world or maybe I’m welcomed to your world. Which ever, it’s a great day to be alive. The sun is shining brightly for awhile at least. We are expecting rain and maybe even a storm later today. But for now it is a beautiful sixty one degrees out there.

Our Bible study went well last night. I tthink we had maybe thirty five people there. I did the study on the last week of the life of Jesus as related in the Gospel of Mark. Mark is the only gospel that breaks the week down on a day by day basis. It was the first gospel written and both Matthew and Luke used Mark as a reference for their gospels and even copied him in many cases word for word. However, Luke adds a lot of stuff to make the story come a alive and Matthew adds even more. However, My favorite gospel is John.

Thursday is always a “computer morning” around our house. Ms. Kate plays Klondike on her computer and I play Criminal Case. Every Thursday Kaate’s game “opens a new land” and she works to solve those tasks. For me, if I have solved the last case, I get a new case on Thursday. I have already done my Criminal Case today starting a new case. It is mind numbing stuff but wwe both enjoy our silly games. But, they are also designed to keep us mentallly sharp so I’lll use that as an excuse to play them. That’s my story and II’m sticking to it. LOL

Ms. Kate and I are going to wait another hour and then go out and break up some more branches and put them in the garbage can. It should be in the uppper 60s by then. That will be much more pleasant.  I really wish it would hold off on rain for another seven or eight days and let the ground dry out. I could ride my knee scooter around in the back yard without getting mud all over the tires.

This new hard cast is a pain in the butt. It hits me wrong with my scooter and puts a lot of pressure right on the leg bone. So, I’m having to adjust how I ride it and put more weight on the knee directly. So far though that makes it a bit more unsteady for me. It will take practice. And maybe I’ll use my walker a bit more. I kind of wish I had Karen’s walker because it has wheels on the front of it. Mine has no wheels so I have to lift it every time. Maybe I’ll borrow hers when I start being able to put weight and walk on this foot. Or. I should learn to use the crutches I guess.

That’s  it for today my friends. I need to get busy and work on my Easter service and sermon. There is always somethng to do. Have a blessed day. Stay in touch with God. God will always stay in touch with you

Wednesday has arrived and I have been to the Orthopedic Clinic. The nurse practishioner removed the stitches and cleaned up the foot a bit. (That tickeled like crazy because the bottom of my feet are terribly ticklish.) Having the stitches removed smarted a bit because the wounds had started to grow over.  But, it is all part of it and I'm glad to have the stitches out. Then he put a hard cast on me and it will be on until April 30th. Right now they have my foot angled a little and I'm still non-weightbearing on it. I'll need to get used to this new casr and the rigidity of it. My heel doesn't touch the ground at all with the position they have it in.

When they take my cast off, I'm to take my original boot in and they will put me back in that. He said something about putting in a couple of wedges in it and I don't know what that is about. But, at that point I can begin to be weight bearing on it and start to walk on it. Of course I'll have to go to Physical Therapy again. I was surprised when they took off the splint today how totally stiff the ankle felt and it virtualy had no feeling in it. I guess that is all natural and part of the process. My daughter Heather is still getting over a broken ankle and she says that when she stands on it it feels really stiff for a minute or two also. She is having xrays done on Thursday to check her progress. I hope it is healed by now. It was a serious break too. She broke it when she stepped in a pothole while running a 5K race.

This evening we are going to the church for the Lenten meal and Bible study. The whole thing takes an hour. The council has ordered Fried Chicken and the rest is a carry-in. Ms. Kate has made a peach cake to take along. I seriously doubt we will be bringing any of it back home. I hope shemade a backup for us. LOL

Tomorrow I may go into the office for awhile. Art is gone and I think maybe I should go in. He usually does office on Thursday morning. Since I had to miss being in the office this morning, I'll go tomorrow unless it is raining. My knee scooter and I don't do rain on these ramps.

That's it for today. I hope your day has been goong well and I hope you havea pleasant evening. Peace.

Tuesday morning and I’m just now getting back to the blog. I don’t know why it is so hard to eat around to doing my blog since I’m not on the Sun porch these days. Ms Kate has set me up a perfectly workable space in the family room where I am getting my sermons written ad staying up with my sill computer game. But not being in the sunporch and being able to watch or even get out and feed my birds just seems to taken my blogging spirit away. I think sitting here looking at a wall  just doesn’t do the trick.

I hope your weekend went very well and I hope you took the time and opportunity to attend your local house of worship. We had a well attended service wth about eighty people in attendance. I finally got to give the sermon that I had written to give back in January. The Sunday I was scheduled to give it , it snowed us out. So, I planned to give it a couple of weeks later and we got snowed out agai. Then I was going to give it on February 17th but —- on February 16th, I did my now infamous trick of falling backwards down my basement steps. So —- I was bound and determined that I was going to give it this past Sunday. It ws a sermon that I was really proud of (maybe that was the problem; God saw my pride getting in the way) and I think it went over well. I am preaching gain this coming Sunday because Art is on vacation. I’m also working on a Bible study to do tomorrow night at our Lenten meal. So, I’m fully engaged with work again and feeling productive once more. I have to do it I get tired more easily these days and I know I’m a pain in the butt to Ms. Kate with all of the places she needs to drive me to. Everytime we get in and out of the car she has to get my knee scooter in and out of the back of the car and fuss arounnd with that. But she has been an absolute trouper with the whole thing. I don’t knoow what I would do without her.

Tomorrow morning we go to the Orthopaedic clinic where they will finally take my stitches out from my tendon surgery. Then I think they will be taking away my splint and putting me in a hard cast. I don’t know if I will be able there to walk on that  cast or put weight on the leg yet or what. I’m anxious to see what the verdict will be on that front. At some point I’d think they will have me up on crutches and learning to walk with them as oppposed to riding my scooter everywhere. But that is all determined by my ability to put weight on the leg. Then, there is also the effect that using crutches will have on my back. I am on week seven since the accident and week three since my surgery. I am doing so much better and I owe that all to a healing and loving God. I was feeling a little sorry for myself again today and I remembered the words my doctor at th rehab facility said: “Remember Job”. I also suddenly thought of all of the young veterans that have come home from the war who will for the rest of their lives be living without arms and legs and they are working through their injuries and living productive lives and supporting themselves and their families. My accident is an inconvenience at worst, but I’m going to get back to my original condition with at the most, a chronic back ache. So my prayer is that God be with all of those young men and women who have sacrificed partsof their bodies and shattered their lives for our freedom.

Have a blessed day.