Good morning! I hope you are keeping your head down; there’s a bunch of storms coming today. We’ve had rain already , on and off, since about 0400. Right now we are in the a lull and waiting for more to start. It’s not like we need any rain. But, God gives what God gives. Tomorrow is supposed to be a better day. 

We went out and bought a new mattress and box springs yesterday. It is supposed to be delivered tomorrow. Kate has her surgery on Monday and our current bed is just too high. She has to use a stool to get into it. With her surgery, it might be really hard for her to maneuver into, so I said we need to fix that situation. It was fine when we were younger but now we are 75 and 78 yo and we don’t need to be taking chances on something as simple as getting into bed. 

Today we are waiting on a document to be delivered via “over night” mail. My granddaughter said that we had all neglected to sign one of the places on her marriage license. So, —- she is overnighting it to me to sign, ten Jim and I will meet half way between our house and theirs, and then I’ll overnight it to Heather i CA. She will sign it and she will overnight it to Bryan’s mom. What a mess. 

Yesterday afternoon I put my Epson Salt on the flower beds and garden. It sweetens the soil and helps stuff grow. It was a good day to do it since the rain has now come and dissolved it into the dirt. I also put out several peony cages around plants that were big enough. I have maybe another couple of dozen that I’m waiting on to pop out a bit more. I may need to go ahead and buy some new cages as mine are getting pretty rugged looking. I also need to get my mower deck put on the JD because the yard is going to need mowing soon. I generally wait until after Easter. It’s silly I know, but I always wait until after Easter if I can so the “Easter Bunny” has a place to lay the eggs. Yeh, that family tradition does go back forty years or so with my girls. 

Well, I think I’ll fix some oatmeal for breakfast. You have a great day. Peace. 

 Good morning and happy Wednesday. It’s a bit chillier than what I have had the past week in the morning. But, it’s sunny and will warm up time some point today. 

Ms. Kate and I got home from vacation yesterday afternoon. We were tired; tired from driving, tired from a week of visiting, tired from hearing all of the wonderful and beautiful noise and chit chat of a family that loves one another. All three of our daughter were there. We were however missing Steph, our “fourth daughter” who we always have join us for family vacations. But, she was home taking care of her mother who just had cancer surgery for esophageal cancer. And that’s exactly where she should have been.

The weather was perfect for our entire vacation which was a blessing. We did have major storm Sunday night into Monday morning but it was passed over by the time Ms. Kate and I left. And we had good traveling weather again on the way home. We put in 535 miles Monday, driving from Wilmington, NC to Cordin, KY. That’s a long day for folks our age; or maybe it’s just a long day for us, I don’t know. Then yesterday morning we headed out for home. We stopped at a place called Buckee’s, which apparently is the new rage and standard for a gas station. You probably know it. They advertise their bathrooms, because of how many “stalls” they have and how clean they are. And they live up to their own hype. Thee place is also famous for their brisket as well as a lot of other food. Kate and I picked up a couple of sweet rolls for our breakfast. I finished one this morning. It’s good stuff, and a fun stop along the road. The company originate in Texas and the one that we stopped at is their furtherest northern store. A clerk told me that they are going to build another one in Sevierville, TN. That will be a people zoo what with all of the visitors and tourists going to Dollywood and Gatlinburg. But, if you haven’t been to one, and you come across one in your travels —- be sure and stop. 

Lots of stuff coming up for Ms. Kate and I. Today, she has to have a blood test and this evening is choir practice. Sunday is Palm Sunday and I have two young men being confirmed. Monday morning  Kate has her cancer surgery. It is supposed to be a same day surgery, pray it goes well. She acts like she is not nervous but I know the difference. Too many unknowns at the moment. Next Thursday is Maundy Thursday with an extra worship service thrown in. The following Sunday is Easter, with a sunrise service and two regular worship services.

So, keep us in your prayers please. It will all be what God intends it to be and we’re good with that. Have a blessed day. Peace. 

 A bad day fishing beats a great day at work any time. However, —— a great day fishing is just hard to beat!!!  Still on vacation and today is wedding day.  Have a great day my friends. 

 Another cold, cloudy, not raining at the moment morning. Winter has three days left officially and seems to be milking every bit of itself for what it is worth. I don’t know if any of you watch or follow a forecaster named Ryan Hall or not; he’s about the best that I have found. He does a podcast called “Ryan Hall Y’all” on You Tube. He said that this weekend 80% of the nation is going to be under a major cold front. That is a serious cold front isn’t it. It is going to be hitting the Deep South too which means that some fruit trees that are budding and blooming might be effected. 

Well, just how Irish are you today? Has your Facebook page been fixed with people wishing you a happy St. Paddie’s Day? Did you have green tea this morning instead of coffee (yuk at the thought)? When you got dressed did you put on some green to keep from getting pinched? Do you remember that childhood tradition? I’ve had two friends send me “Irish Jigs” this morning. I love their sentiment but an Irish accordion and dancing jig is not what one wants before coffee. LOL

I was up late again until about 0100 this morning watching a tv show. I don’t watch sports of any kind as I have told you many times. But there is a show called “Battle Bots” that I really like to watch. I guess it is an international thing. These teams of engineers and mechanics build these incredible robots and they pit them against one another. They aren’t like big human size things they are like smallish toy cars and are radio driven. The engineering that goes into these things is fantastic to watch as these guys maneuver them around trying to destroy each other’s robot. It is the epitome of Nerdvana. You know people go to car races just to see crashes. This is the equivalent with no one getting hurt. Anyway, I was watching a tournament last night and finally went to bed at 0100. There was another segment coming on but I was not gong to stay up and watch it until 0300, so I taped it. I’ll watch it today maybe. 

The first couple of things I need to do today though are to go get a haircut, and clean up my car and get it ready to travel. And —- start assembling stuff to take on the trip. So, with tat on my list, I’m out of here. 

Have your self a blessed day, and maybe even have a green beer just for Paddie!  Peace. 

 Good morning! I reckon two days of sunshine in a row was a bit much to ask for. But, on the other hand, it is going to be 60 degrees today so there is that. You gotta love the role poly weather we have in the spring here in southern Indiana. So, 60 today and then rain tonight and maybe 40 tomorrow. 

So how is your morning going? We are lazy around here today. We didn’t go to bed until almost 0200 and then slept in. I think Kate got up around 0830 and I didn’t get up until 0900. But, I think we were both just winding down from all of the work we were able to finish up yesterday. We spent a good deal of time at the churches yesterday. As I told you, we had several sets of bulletins to run; this coming Sunday and the next Sunday. Then Palm Sunday with a special insert for one of the churches, then Maundy Thursday, Easter Sunrise Service and Easter late service. Yeh, killed a lot of trees yesterday. It takes awhile to run them and then fold them. 

After we finished that, I had a confirmation class to teach. It was the last one before they kids gets confirmed on Palm Sunday. Following the class then we had to stick around for choir practice. Practice went pretty well last night. It is the first time I have felt positive about it. It really isn’t a hard cantata but we have really had a hard time putting it together for some reason. There are only two rehearsals left. I won’t be there for next weeks and neither will our pianist. Then the following week I reckon we will have practice the night before the Maundy Thursday service. And then we perform it on Easter Sunday morning at 0700. That’s a hard time to get your voice going. But, it will be what it will be what it will be. Everybody is working hard on it. 

Yesterday morning, we did work to get on putting Kate’s office back together in some kind of orderly fashion. That was a major job she wanted to do before her surgery. Julie will be coming over part of the time to help her mom after surgery and we had to get her bed cleaned off so she will have a place to sleep. Always something to be doing around here. 

Today we have some run around stuff to do before we get ready to go on our vacation. We’ll be leaving first thing on Monday morning. Ms. Kate has a list of places we need to go and what we need to pick up. So, I suppose I need to get up off of my trail and get ready to head out. 

I pray your day will be fully blessed. Take some time to stop and give thanks for this day. Peace.. 

 There will be no grousing this morning about the lack of sunshine! It is a beautiful morning. The sunshine abounds and the temp is 46 and going up maybe another ten degrees today. All in al, I’d say that is a perfect start to the day. 

We started this morning with a call from the Deaconess Hospital surgery center. They wanted to go over everything with Ms. Kate because some of the things she has to do before surgery have to start at least 10 days out. Mostly they have to do with the list of medications that she takes. Some she will have to stop on differing days before the surgery. The paperwork we got yesterday said the surgeon is still taking a “lumpectomy” although removal of the breast is no out of the realm of possibilities, but unlikely. We feel pretty confident about that. After the surgeon’s call, she had a call from the geneticist telling her that some of the tests were back but they did 46 different tests and only nine were back so far. We’ll wait for more results until we get a complete picture. This is important not only for Kate but also for our daughters, granddaughter, her sister and her daughters etc. If she does have a genetic propensity toward cancer, all of the women in her family need to know that so they can monitor their own bodies. 

I have a busy and long day in store. I need to go do some parishioner visitation at a nursing home in Princeton, then I need to get to the church and run a lot of bulletins again. I have all of my services lined up through Easter now. I finished my Easter Sunday message last night. So, I need to get everything in order and lined up. Then I won’t have to worry about any of it while I’m gone. This afternoon I have my last Confirmation Class and need to go over everything with the two confirmands because I won’ ave another chance before Palm Sunday which is their Confirmation day. After Confirmation, I have choir practice. e are working on the Easter Morning Cantata, and in my opinion, we have a looooooong way to go before it is ready. —- So much to do and so little time. 

I was double checking everything last night that haas to do with the wedding and I’m really glad I did. I have the wedding bulletins all printed and ready to go, —- but I had forgotten to print the actual ceremony. I thought I had done that and had it in my note book. That would have been panic city if I got to the wedding rehearsal and had no script! Yikes. 

So, I guess I better eat another donut, finish my coffee, and get to work. You go have yourself a wonderful and blessed day. Peace. 

 There’s no sun shine out there this morning again. That’s not very encouraging. And it is 38 degrees here at 1045, — and only might make it up to 45 degrees. Winter dude needs to lighten up and get on his way. 

The Facebook world has informed me that it is National Pie Day, or as they put it; 3.14 Day. I guess we need to go out and get a pie from someplace. There are a couple of places that I can think of to get one. Wolf’s BBQ has some good pies and of course The Pie Pan has some but their’s are not nearly as good as they used to be. We have a new place on the west side of town called the Bee Happy Pie Company and we bought one of theirs a couple of weeks ago. It was pretty good. Of course the best pies I know of come out of Ms. Kate’s oven but she’s not up to asking one today. So if I want one, I better choose a place to get one. 

We have an appointment with Kate’s cardiologist this afternoon. It is all part of the pre-surgery bank of doctors she has to see before her surgery is done. She’s not having any issues other than the cancer but everybody has to “have a look” at her first. I’m okay with that. Gotta take care of my lady. 

I finished up my stuff for Palm Sunday last night. When I go to the church tomorrow I have several bulletins to run to take me through Easter. I know that is a bit far out yet but with us going on vacation for 10 days, then getting home, having Palm Sunday and her surgery the day after Palm Sunday, I don’t know what else the week will hold. I know I have a choir practice in there and a Thursday Night service for Maundy Thursday. We’re told that her surgery should be relatively simple without a lot of side affect, and that is is a same-day surgery. But, pardon me for worrying about the unknown. We try not to borrow tomorrow’s problems and I preach that all the time. Doing, — however, isn’t the same thing is it?

I was called this morning by a church member asking to put a young child on our prayer list. I think she is three years old and has Leukemia. I as told the doctors say it is treatable but it will take three years. The little girl’s name is Saylor;  please add her and her family to your long list of prayers. 

With that, I will close. Peace. 

 Winter is a sneaky old dude. I have flowers blooming everywhere; daffodils, hyacinths, violets, the trees are blooming everywhere I look — I have already cut my first asparagus and this morning it is 30 degrees and there is a skim of ice on the bird bath because I unplugged them the other day. What’s up with all of that!!!!!  Yes, I know —- spring is not officially here until a week from tomorrow on the 21st of March. The one thing that I am really grateful for though is that we aren’t caught up in the snow and blizzards that are still sweeping across the nation. 

The real problem with this winter hanging around and al of the snow and blizzards that the nation is experiencing is that it becomes a mental thing. The scientists and “other people who think they are experts” all talk about global warming constantly. However, people currently at the end of winter still gettin g record snow falls are finding it hard to think about global warming while they are digging out from under literally feet of snow. However —- the fact is that all of our weird weather pattern changes is most likely caused because of global warming; at least that is what I have read. The El Niño’s and the La Ninas are twisted around and changing the atmosphere. 

We had a good weekend. Church attendance could have been better but it is the beginning of Spring Break and heaven knows that we wouldn’t at church to interfere with our right to have fun. —- Yes, I know, that was “snarky” but I do sometimes get a little depressed at how far down the ladder church attendance sits in relationship to all the other things on people’s list of priorities. But —- I admit that I have been there done that too; so I can’t gripe about it. I can only continue to do my best for those who do show up, and pray for those who don’t or can’t. 

Ms. Kate and I are doing laundry today and she is still working on getting her office organized. That is a Herculean task because frankly, she has too much stuff for the room. All of the craft stuff she has accumulated from doing scrapbooking and now stamping/card making adds up. But, It’s her room/her problem. I don’t know how she even moves around in there with out tripping and falling and that does worry me. I guess the same could be said for my garage. 

Time to quit for the day. Have a good one. 

 Good morning on this almost sunny morning. It has finally reached 44 degrees and the sun is trying to get through but it really doesn’t stand a chance if my favorite weather guy is to be believed. The clouds are supposed to just get thicker this afternoon and then we have an over night rain predicted. I’m really tired of rain for now but I’m sure before summer is over I’ll be griping about the lack of rain. I have friends heading up north to the Indianapolis area and beyond today. It is supposed to be snowing up there. I pray for safe travels for them. 

Yesterday we got our fence gate put on and the guys really did a good job on it. Hopefully I won’t need them again but if I did, I’d certainly hire that company again. They were efficient and made sure that I was satisfied before they left. I haven’t tried driving the JD through the new gate yet. But, while the guys were here and were using an air compressor, I did get them to air up the tire on the little JD. I really need to take the tire off of the mower and go have a tube put in it. The tires all look pretty worn. I did have a tube put in one of the front tires a couple of years ago. But, I guess I have had that mower maybe 15 years already. 

Last night I finally finished up my sermon for the 19th. It was one of those that I get started on but then suddenly I searching for more to say. But, once the thoughts get going again it works out pretty well. I still have Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday sermons to write and want to do those both, early in the week. 

I got hungry for bacon this morning so I fixed myself a Bacon sandwich with rye bread. It was delicious. I’m not a big bacon eater but I do like some once in awhile. A friend gave us a couple of packages the last time they butchered so this was fresh stuff. 

Tomorrow is the start of Daylight Saving Time so today I need to set the clocks forward that do not set themselves automatically. Most of them do. BUt the first thing I did this morning when I got out of bed was to set my alarm clock ahead one hour. It’s not good for the preacher to be late for church. . 

That’s it for today. Remember to attend your house of worship this weekend and give God the praise God deserves. Peace. 

 It has been another busy morning around our house. I had a call at 0730 from a contractor telling me that his crew was on the way to build my new gate to my back yard. That was all good because we were up any way preparing to go to the Deaconess Mid-town hospital for Kate to do a bunch of tests prior to her surgery. They were supposed to be done three weeks prior to surgery and we are right on schedule for that.  The crew got here about 0745 and I went over the work that was to be done. 

Kate and I left for Deaconess. I asked her if she had her phone; I was going to drop her off and go find a place to park and wait. She said she should be about an hour at least, depending on waiting times at each of the clinics. So, I dropped her off. I could easily see that there were no places to park in the main lot. There were already four or five cars playing “circle the wagons” to try to find a spot. So, I knew I could go over to the parking garage and find a spot, even if I had to go up to the roof. But, as I pulled on to the second floor, I saw that there were several spots available so I drove on around to close to the door and sure enough, there was a spot right by the doors. I pulled in, got out my little tray table that attaches to my steering wheel, got my iPad to I could write my blog while I wait, but —— I had forgotten MY phone. I instantly realized that not only did I not have my phone to use as a “hot-spot” for the internet, —- Ms. Kate couldn’t call me and let me know when she was ready for pick up. So, I put my stuff away, left my perfectly great parking spot and drove the 5.5 miles back home and picked up my phone, and drove back to the hospital. However, —- this time I was able to find a spot may 100 ft. From the front door of the hospital. I wasn’t parked but maybe five minutes and Kate called me and said that she was walking to the front door and ready to go. 

From there we went to the Cross-Eyed Cricket for a great breakfast and then swung by the cemetery to see how bad the flowers on the graves looked. They definitely need replacing. That may be tomorrow’s job.

Got home and the fence builders were hard at work and they should be done in the next half hour. While they were working out their with their air compressor, I asked them if they could air up the rear tire on my little John Deere. It will save me the trouble of having to carry my compressor and hose, and extension cord all around there. They had no problem with me asking them to do that. 

So now we are home for the day and I still need to get myself down to the office and finish the sermon that I’m working on and another couple. But I want to wait until the fence crew leaves. 

That’s it for today. Peace

 I really should be downstairs sitting at my desk working away on my keyboard. But, instead, I’m watching birds at the Buffet, eating the breakfast Ms. Kate fixed, and farting around on my iPad and wasting the morning away. But —- I had a full day yesterday as I told you I would have, so I’m relaxing for a bit this morning before I get started. I did get a lot of stuff done yesterday but I’m running out of time on my self appointed timeline. I want it all done before we head out for North Carolina so I don’t have to squeeze stuff in at the last moment. We are adding appointments to the calendar for Kate’s surgery and that will throw my schedule off a lot. 

It is a cloudy and “cool” morning and will be staying that way all day. I guess it is a good thing that I am going to stay inside and write isn’t it. I wonder what I’ll do with all of my extra time once I retire. I tell myself that I’m going to read and in fact have ordered a new Stephen King novel that has not even been released yet. It comes in September, I think, or maybe it is October. But, Amazon had a good “pre-release” price on it and I knew eventually I would buy it anyway. So why not get the good deal. 

It is amazing what a person can get on Amazon. I have been trying to get my new refrigerator water filter for a little while and and the place to get them was out and said he has more ordered but it would be maybe two weeks. So I went to Amazon and found them and I got it this morning, free delivery and had it in two days. Not only that, I was able to set up an automatic shipment every six months. That’s how often you are suppose to change them. The best part is that I got it $20 cheaper that the parts place had them. 

Speaking of internet shopping; the ear cushions on both pair of my Bose headphones have completely worn out. I thought I was going to have to buy another set and was waiting until we go to NC. There is a Bose outlet close to y daughter’s house. Well I got on the Bose website last checking prices and found out that I could just order new ear cushions. Who knew!!!! So I ordered a set. They should be here on Monday and we’ll see if I have wasted $45 or saved myself $300. If they are what I need, I’lll order a second set for my other pair. 

Time to quit jabbering and get on with the day. It is now officially “after-noon”. Have a blessed day. Peace. 

 It’s a cloudy Wednesday and early spring/late winter conditions have returned. I even heard a forecast of snow showers in the northern part of our television viewing area. I’m glad we don’t have that. Today though we’ll see a high of 46 which is in fact quite seasonal. It is the low of 31 that I’m not crazy about. I just unplugged the bird bath yesterday so I don’t want any ice forming on them. 

Yesterday afternoon I filled all of the bird feeders again. I need to stop by Pet Smart and pick up some more black oil sunflower seed. I hope the price has started to go back down. Last time it was double what I have been used to. Generally for a 40# bag I pay somewhere between $17 & $22. Last time I paid almost a dollar a pound or $40 dollars for a bag. I had enough to fill the appropriate feeders wit it this time and may have enough to do another round, but I can’t put it off too much longer. The store folks said that the harvest has been bad for it in I guess South America. I’m not sure where they get it. Certainly there is no harvesting of sunflower seeds in North America this time of year. Amazing that a global economy even affects the bird seed purchases. 

Kari, our cleaning lady is here this morning so she is having to work around us too we are having to work round her, I’m not sure which. We really like her and the job she does. She spends about three and a half to four hours here every other Wednesday and when she leaves the place looks great. She mainly dusts and vacuums and scrubs the non carpeted floors. Kate and I could still do it all but it is hard for us to do it. There are things that just would not get touched if we were to continue doing it all. And there’s no use in saving all of our money to pass on to the kids when we die. And besides, they all have cleaning ladies too long before we did. 

Today being Wednesday mean that my afternoon and evening is full. I have to go run the bulletins at church. I think I will run this weeks and next weeks today. Then next week I’ll be ready (hopefully) to run my Palm Sunday. Maundy Thursday, Easter Sunrise, and Easter late service bulletins. We have our NC vacation coming up very shortly and I need to get everything done prior to going. The Monday after we get back, Kate has her breast surgery so I suspect there will be other things I will need to be doing, in addition to the extra services. I just have to keep the calendar in mind and do what I need to do when I can. I have always worked from the position  of Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance. 

Well, that’s it for today. I have work to do and I’m going to be in Kari’s way shortly. Have yourself a very blessed day. It’s HUMP DAAAAAAY!!  Take your camel for a walk. Peace. 

 Tuesday Morning and a rather chit one at that. It’s 45 degrees out side at the moment and isn’t going to improve much today. Maybe another 10 degrees is about it. Yesterday was such a beautiful day and it fools a person into thank that maybe Spring has actually arrived. 

Yesterday was a busy day for us. First thing yesterday we had to go to Dr. Jackson’s cliic for a blood draw for Kate. This had noting to do with her cancer, it was just her routine - every six - week thing that she haas to do. But the place as a zoo yesterday. The parking lot was full. I don’t know what was going on but I do think it was a day that the Evansville Fire Department had to go in for some kind of screening. There was truck with a full crew there when we arrived. They came out and another truck pulled up with another crew and they all went in. Together to the lab area where Kate was. So, it took awhile for Kate, I watched a lot of folks come in and out of that area. 

From there we went to the Evansville Appliance Center to get a new filter for our refrigerator. Unfortunately they were closed because their internet was down. I don’t know why they couldn’t be open but it does show just how dependent we are on the internet doesn’t it. So much for the days where the “clerk” could just go and pull a part off of the shelves. It made me think of the old hardware store on Franklin Street called Heldt and Voelker. I loved that store. It was a large hardware store that seemed to have anything that you needed. One wall was a bank of drawers full of seeds for planting everything from beans to tulips. The place had a “smell” to it that was just “welcoming”. Now that place is a German Restaurant called the Gerst Haus. We go there occasionally and the food is wonderful. Anyway —- since I couldn’t get my filter we decided to go get some lunch. There is a local ice-cream shop right close to where we went and they have a good deal on Sundaes on Sunday and Monday so we went there and had a sandwich, chips and a sundae. We had “crab-melt” sandwiches. It was the first time I have ever had one of those and it was really good. 

Yesterday afternoon I spent out in the yard picking up limbs and twigs for couple of hours. It was almost 80 degrees and sunny and it was a pleasure to be out there. I use my “stick picker-upper” to grab them so I don’t have to bend over, then I break them into small pieces and put them in the trash can. By the time I finished it was almost dark and supper time. I was totally beat; I think from all of the outside air. Oh, and in between lll of that we stripped the bed and washed the bed clothes and did a couple of other loads of laundry. We just exhume excitement round here, don’t we?   

This morning we have been busy with doctor’s calls and appointment scheduling. Kate is now scheduled to have her surgery on April 3rd. That is the Monday after Palm Sunday. Her radiation should be starting on the 24th. We are really hoping that it will take care of the problem and that chemo will not be required. But —- what ever it takes is what we will do. I need my lady healthy. 

That’s it for today. I pray your day is blessed. Peace. 

 Well — a blessed good morning on this beautiful Saturday morning. What a blessing that the storms are over here. I feel for those still in its path. I don’t think I have seen a set of weather quite like that one in a very long time; —- perhaps since the last time we were in a hurricane in the Philippines. Ms. Kate and I had no damage other than some dead limbs off of the trees that I will have to pick up as soon as the yard dries out enough to walk around in it. And — of course, we lost cable and internet for I guess about 18 hours. We eventually figured out that we could use our iPhones as hot-spots to give us internet capability on our iPads, so we were connected that way to the world. But our area took quite a hit, and that’s nothing compared to what has happened around the entire nation. I recall reading that this was going to be a really bad year for snow and that February/March was going to be especially bad. It would appear that the long-range forecasters actually hit it on the nose this time. 

So, I was typing on my blog yesterday and didn’t realize that I had no internet until I saw a notice that it had not updated. So. I quit writing until we figured out that we could use the “hot-spots”. Even then, I wasn’t sure that what little I had would actually publish. But, I lost probably a half page. 

So, to resume my yesterday story; —— we had Ms. Kate’s visit with the surgical team yesterday. We like her surgeon. He plans a lumpectomy followed by radiation. The teams oncologist came in talking about her doing chemo in addition to the radiology but we are going to use her as our oncologist. We already have seen our recommended oncologist and trust him because Kate has been to him before and he is the one recommended by our family doctor. Kate did let them do a blood draw yesterday for the geneticist. That will tell us if there is anything for our girls to worry about as far s cancer is concerned. We don’t have a surgery date as of yet. However, our surgeon was sensitive to our need to be in North Carolina yet this month. So, I suspect we will be doing surgery in April and that is just fine for both of us. 

Time to grab a couple of donuts and refill the coffee cup. ave a blessed weekend. Peace. 

 Is this not the craziest weather you have seen? Generally the storms tend to go around us but this time we’re got a front row seat. Well, actually the show was big enough for everyone to have a front row seat. I’ve been seeing reports of damage all across the area on Facebook. One of the biggest I’ve seen so far is the entire roof was blown off of St. Joe Catholic Church. That church has been around a long time. I’m sure they will fix it but they certainly can’t worship in it any time soon. 

My sister-in-law Karen had some major roof damage and lost power. She has a generator that kicks on but —- she ran out of gas. I just had a headline come across by screen that said that Evansville has about 15,000 people without power, On the other side of the river in KY they have about 21,000 people without power. Our power went out just long enough for our whole-house generator to kick on and then the commercial power kicked back in. And the wind is still horrendous. 

Today we spent the morning at the Chancellor Cancer Center meeting with the different members of the their Surgeon’s team. We really like the surgeon and have heard nothing but good things about him.               

 March 1st! Wow. It’s another beautiful morning. The sun is shining and the wind is calm for a change. It is only 0945 and already 63 degrees. So hold on —- there is a storm a-comin’. And I think it is supposed to rain on on and off for the next three days. What is it they say about March? —- In like a lion and out like a lamb; and vice versa. 

So yesterday we had Ms. Kate’s oncologist appointment and we got probably the best report we cold get. The cancer is small, doesn’t appear to have spread, and doesn’t appear to be in the lymph nodes. Maybe can be treated with a Lumpectomy and radiation. That would be the answer to our prayers. Friday morning bright and early we go to see the surgeon’s team. He will lay out the options for us and hopefully a timeline for everything. I’m not the most patient guy in the world as you know and that’s a whole 48 hours away. 

The only thing on my calendar today is choir practice this evening. But, I have sermons to write and other stuff to get done. The Easter season is creeping up on me quickly and I have stuff to plan for that. But first we have a wedding to do in North Carolina, and Kate’s health issues, so I need to take advantage of every free minute to do my work. So, having said all of that, I’m off of here today. I pray your day is blessed. Peace.