I always tell myself I am going to do better about blogging  but then here it is, Wednesday again and I have not been on for five days or so. Truth be known, you haven’t missed anything at all. Humdrum is humdrum. 

Julie and Jim came down last Saturday for a quick visit. I missed part of their visit because I was at a conference at church with the Evangelical Association. That conference was a really good thing though. I had a session on EA polity and truly enjoyed it. I’m glad our church hosted the conference because I would not have gone otherwise. Their meetings are usually held over close to St. Louis and I won’t drive that far for a meeting. But, Julie and Jim are coming back this weekend for Mother’s Day. That’s a great thing. 

We have been busy doing unwanted stuff with our banking. I know I told you about our check take we had sent to pay our Visa bill being stolen and “washed” and cashed under a frightened name. Well of course that set off a number of events that we had to tend with, not the least of which was that our bank said they were going to cancel our account because of the fraudulent transaction. That meant I had to change where my direct deposit from my retirement check went and change a couple of automatic payouts etc. I called the bank and they told me that they would cancel my account and open me a new one but that I had to physically come to one of their locations to do that. They are in Missouri, so that ain’t happening. They recommended that I take my money out of their bank before they close it. So, I wrote a check for the full amount  and deposited it in my local bank. I also now have my retirement check being direct deposited in my local bank. It was all just a hassle but I think it is taken care of. I left $5.00 in the Missouri account and they can send me a cashier’s check for that on the 18th when they officially close my account. 

On a happier note, one month from today we check in to our vacation home with all of the family. That is exciting stuff and the entire family is counting days. So far, I think only Jon and Lauren won’t make it. Jon is busy with his job and so is Lauren. We are going to miss them.  We haven’t seen them is a long time. But we all knew the day was coming when the grandkids and now great grandkids would become adults with their own lives and daily stuff. So, we are truly grateful do get to see them. 

It is a chilly day here today (56 degrees) and there is moisture in the air from the rain last night. But a pleasant day to be outside. But the sun is finally shining and that makes it “look” warmer. 

I guess that is all the catching up I have for you. Have a blessed day. Peace. 

 May Day! May Day! May Day!!! Yes, it is May the first, and it is 9:30 at night. I’m watching one of my paranormal shows that Julie, Lisa and I follow. Ghost hunter that react to a lot of noises and never “see” anything to speak of. But at left they aren’t like some of the shows, one in particular, that runs into “demons and being “possessed” every show. I hate the obvious fake stuff and the stars of these other shows call them out all the time. But, the girls and I like to watch them and talk and laugh about them. 

We had stuff to do today. Kate had a hair appointment this morning. Then we went to the bank and to the Walgreens to pick up a prescription diet Kate. This afternoon I planted some plants that Kari had brought me. Then Kate made two angel-food cakes. One of them is for me to take to the church in the morning. I have an all day meeting with the Evangelical Association folks tomorrow. Our church has agreed to host the meeting. So Kate made a Kate soup the lunch dessert. The other cake is for us. Julie and Jim are coming over tomorrow and we will share it. We haven’t seen them in a while so it will be nice. 

I have a couple of things that I want Jim to do because he is tall. I save these jobs for his visit rather than get on a ladder myself and get fussed at by Kate. She thinks I’m old or something. 

That’s it for tonight. I hope you have a blessed weekend. Peace. 

 

Mid week again. We had another “doctor morning”. Kate had an appointment with one of her heart doctors. She is back in AFIB for the “umpteenth” time. Doctor is recommending a Cardio ablation this time instead of doing another Cardioversion. She has put in the order but it will probably take a couple of months to get it on the schedule. I reckon until then, we just stay with the current meds and -she will remain in AFIB.  The risk of the ablation or that she has some kind of blood clotting disorder and an ablation could cause a clot to form and she could have another heart attack or stroke. She has been told by another doctor that her disorder is what caused her to have three mis-carriages, her heart attack and her stroke. The odds are small but certainly there. We suspected this was going to be the only real option. It’s all in God’s hands. 

We were facing strong storms on Monday evening and night but they never actually formed. We did get some beneficial rain though, 1.75 inches worth. We got some more last night. I woke up around 0300 and could hear the rain coming down hard. But it is sunny outside now and the high today is 63. The entire country has been going through really weird and crappy weather. 

Tomorrow I have to take the new car down for some kind of Armour protection coating to be put on. I stuff it is a weather protection or speeding. It was part of the package when we bought the car. Here an interesting thing for us; When we had our last Cadillac I had a personalized Indiana license plate put on it —- K8SCDY, for Kate’s Caddy. When we sold it, I kept that plate incase we should ever buy another Cadillac. I’ll, we went to the BMV yesterday and they put the plate back in service and I now have it on the new car. I’m very happy about that. I’m also easy to please. LOL. 

That’s it for today. I hope the rest of your week is fully blessed. Peace. 

 A new week again. We are currently under a severe storm watch and a tornado watch but at the moment, the sun is shining. I think that is maybe not a good thing. I’m watching the weather and news right now and according to Wayne, (my guy) that despite the lull in activity a the moment, we’re far from out of danger. Sounds like a good idea to spend the evening in the basement. The problem is that Kate has a terrible time getting down there. But, we’ll certainly be watching the development as the evening goes along. 

This morning I went to the funeral of a childhood friend. Paul was may age and he and I went to grade school, high school, Sunday school, youth fellowship and confirmation together. He was our Best Man for our wedding 60 years ago. There were a lot of wonderful comments at the funeral from people in the congregation. Paul spent a lot of his life doing mission trips and doing work for The Lord and for humanity. He will certainly be missed.

I was supposed to have a dental appointment for a minor repair this morning but Paul’s funeral was at the same time. So I got on the line early and contacted my dental office and got it changed.  

Other than that, it has been a calm weekend. I got the yard work all done Saturday and planted some new tomatoes. Kari brought us some new plants so I get those planted maybe tomorrow. All of my already planted tomatoes are really growing good. 

That’s it for today. Have a safe night. Peace. 

 It’s Wednesday morning already. Another week is trying to zoom by us. It’s a beautiful morning. It’s currently 65 degrees and the sun is shining bright. Thankfully the wind has died down We have had steady 20=25 mph winds for the past two days. It has been a windy spring so far. 

Kari, our cleaning lady is going to be here soon. She comes once every two weeks and today is her day. Sometimes, Kate and I will just go out to breakfast or something to get out of the way while she is here. I think maybe we will go to the gym this morning. I’m not sure. I have not been informed what my plans are yet. LOL But she did ask if I wanted to go work out. But then she is also making a Walmart pickup list so ergo knows. 

Yesterday we went pout to church and picked up  some geraniums. Every year we sell geraniums to support the Weekday Education program. We only bought three but I need to plant those in some pots today. I also need to water my tomatoes this morning. I have given away several of my tomato plants and have a few more to give away. I think Kari will take a couple and I’m hoping Dan gets home and will take the rest. I have ten plants in the dirt. That’s enough for us. 

I’ve been busy writing. I have one final sermon to finish and my May services will be ready to present. That’s a good thing. 

Okay, Kari is here and I need to be out of the way. Have a blessed day. 

 Happy Sunday (late) evening. It’s 10:30 pm and Ms. Kate is watching television and I’m just wasting time here on my IPad reading stuff on Facebook. She and I don’t watch a lot of television together because we have vastly different tastes in shows. We did set and watch Tournament of Champions together and it was the season finale. That’s one thing we both like; cooking shows. But she loves to watch “detective shows and mysteries” and lawyer shows. Me, I don’t like “drama” and shows where the characters go through 5000 rounds of bullets. They are so fake. When I watch cops and other characters firing off round after round I always think, where is the accountability for the that based round ended up. I also think, I feel sorry for the guy that has to push all of those magazines that they use. And often, in case it didn’t knw, bullets are heavy so the is no way some guys has three and four 15 rounds magazines on him in his pockets. Then there is the show “Matlock” that she she watches based on the premise that this elderly lawyer just can show up at the bar prestigious law firm in the city and start working and no one checks her  credentials. And, when she is not watching those, she is watching other card makers do their craft.  

I can’t say I am any better with my choices. I watch all things paranormal, and science fiction stuff. Like all or any it’s is real. When I can’t find anything else on, I will watch Big Bang Theory for the 100th time. 

Okay, that’s it. Just wanted to drop a line. I hope your weekend was really great. 

Perhaps tomorrow —— 

 Hello Thursday people. I hope your day has been blessed. We’ve had a fairly routine day. This morning Kate had her optometry appointment that we thought was yesterday. That took her about one and a half hours but thankfully there were no surprises like a need for new glasses. We love it when the only results we come out with is a “see you next year”. 

After her appointment we stopped at Taco Bell and pick up a little lunch and then came home. Spent the afternoon relaxing combined with doing the laundry. The hardest part of doing the laundry is folding it up and putting it away. 

We had a real surprise today. We got our USAA Visa bill the other day and it showed that we had not paid the last bill. We knew that was wrong and Kate pulled out the check book and sure enough she had written the check on the 17th of March. Well, we got out the latest bank statement and sure enough the check had cleared the bank but ——- it showed the check being made out to someone we have never heard of. What that means is that someone stole our check, did what they call “washed it” and made it out to themself. So someone stole $3077.27 from us. I have contacted USAA and I have contacted our bank, both have started investigations. It will probably be a long process and most likely we will have to pay the money again. But how crappy is that?? 

That was my fine day. Hopefully we won’t have any super surprises tomorrow. Peace.