A Good Night’s Sleep and A Quiet Sunday

Last night, I slept the best I have in several days. After I got up, I enjoyed a wonderfully refreshing sauna. My friend Karen had to take some stuff to Goodwill and asked if I had anything to go over there. I had a few boxes, a stand and two boxes of books for her and our friend Linda.

We had a great lunch at Olde Town Pizzeria – can you believe I had the Strawberry Walnut salad again? It was too good to pass up.

The rest of today, I have just been reading A Skeleton in God’s Closet by Paul L. Maier. It’s an exciting, thought-provoking book and I hope to finish it tonight, but probably won’t.

Tomorrow, I’m going to put on my knee brace and hope to finish cleaning out my shed. Most of what’s left will be going to the dumpster. I’ll pile what needs to go there next to the door and take it over on Tuesday.

Well, back to my reading.

Until next time…

A Quiet Saturday

I hope everyone saw the coverage on Jason Dunham, the heroic Marine who threw himself on a grenade to protect the rest of his crew while serving in Iraq. Today, the Navy dedicated the U.S.S. Jason Dunham, a 510-foot Destroyer, in honor of Dunham.

I’m sure you agree with me that there is not enough we can do to show our appreciation to the men and women who put themselves in harm’s way every day so we can be free – not just in military service but those who protect us in other ways. We sure live in a great country.

My plan today was to work in the shed, but after a night where I never slept more than an hour or two at a time – I took several short “naps” during the night, because my knee was giving me fits.

Instead, I spent my day archiving about 20 more CDs to iTunes. I sure hope that is all of them, but until I go through every drawer and shelf, I won’t know.

I also worked on creating the DVDs I promised several people this summer. They contain the photo essays on Alger, Mark and Mom that we played at the memorial service. I should be sending them out soon. Because the pictures of Mark are in a PowerPoint presentation, I think I’ll have to create 2 DVDs for everyone. Actually, I may put Mark’s on a CD – I think the original one I created was on a CD – and I have a lot of blank CDs.

I started a book called A Skeleton in God’s Closet today and look forward to finishing another print book – that much less to carry with me in my camper.

I’ll probably go to bed early and hope to get more sleep tonight than last night.

Until next time…

Dr. Tom and Due Date

This morning, I went to see Dr. Tom and my knee feels bette, but it usually does after I get a treatment. He didn’t do any acupuncture this time – I guess it’s easy to bruise the tissue if it is done too often.

On the way hone I stopped at Walmart and picked up a few groceries then took them home and put them away.

(Are you as bored reading this step by step through my boring day as I was doing it?)

Since I got to the chiropractors by 7 am, it was only a little after 8:30 when I got home, even with my stop at Walmart. I decided I had time to go to the movies.

Due Date is a funny movie, but it relies on some pretty stupid  and occasionally gross humor. Pratfalls, car chases, car wrecks and other such nonsense follow these two guys across country. My chief reason for going to see if is that Robert Downey, Jr. is a terrific actor. His character is trying to get from Atlanta to L.A. in time to be with his pregnant wife before she has her baby. He gets put on the no-fly list because of an encounter with the character played by Zack Galifianakis. the two then start across country in a car.

I plan to just goof off tonight and then tomorrow make a stab at emptying my shed, either packing it up for Goodwill or throwing it away. I wonder if the dumpster will have enough room. Most of the stuff has been out there for the whole time I’ve lived here without even being touched or looked at. We’ll see how it goes.

Until next time…

Veterans’ Day and Lunch with Esther

I hope everyone gets a chance to watch the moving and inspiring video found at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=KTb6qdPu8JE

We should all try to remember that freedom is not free and we have all enjoyed ours because of the sacrifice of those brave men and women who have fought in our place.

I got a lot of packing done today, including two boxes of books I took over to Esther when I met her for lunch. She is going to look through them to see if there is anything she would like to read and then give them to her church’s library.

She had a busy day, taking her son (my nephew) Steven to the airport so he could catch a plane to CUBA – yep, he’s going to Guantanamo with his band (Rubix Cubed). You can check out the band at:

http://www.rubixcubedband.com/fr_splash.cfm

This is the second year in a row the band has been privileged to go to Gitmo. The band is terrific. If you ever get a chance, go see them You won’t regret it.

After Esther dropped Steven at the airport, she went up to the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell for the ceremony there. Her husband David and our sister-in-law Fumiko (Jay’s wife) are both interred there.

We had a great lunch at Mimi’s Cafe. I had the Strawberry Walnut salad and Esther had the Quiche Lorraine. Not to put down Mim'i’s, although the salad was great, I think the Strawberry Walnut salad at Olde Town Pizzeria is better. Of course, I’ll have to go back there to verify that. :)

I’m currently reading Revelation Unveiled by Tim LaHaye, one of the authors of the Left Behind series. It’s a commentary on the book of Revelation. It really spells out what it means, but requires a lot more concentration.

Tomorrow, it’s the chiropractor and then more packing.

Until next time…

The Glorious Appearing – Maranatha – Even So, Come, Lord Jesus!!

At 6:15 this evening I finally finished the 12-book Left Behind series, The Glorious Appearing. I’ll be taking them with me at Thanksgiving time so my brother Ray can start making his way through them. What an awesome bunch of books!

This morning, I decided to go to AMC to see Morning Glory starring Dianne Keaton, Harrison Ford, and Rachel McAdams. Local boy Patrick Wilson, son of channel 13 newsman John Wilson, also played a prominent part in the film. It was extremely entertaining though it did have some bad language here and there.

I got a call from my cousin Ethelyn. Her grandson J.F. Woodard was featured in the Batavia newspaper. He has a pretty important job at Cape Canaveral. You can see the article at:

http://thedailynewsonline.com/lifestyles/article_5202e037-22ad-549a-a031-3c6a6d55821b.html

Isn’t he a handsome fellow? He and his wife Jolie are expecting their first child.

Tomorrow, since I don’t have any more Left Behind books to read, I will start some serious packing and discarding. Only a few more weeks to go.

I may have mentioned that I intend to spend my first two weeks or so on the road in the Sarasota area. If anyone has any ideas about interesting things to do and/or see there or within 50-75 miles of there, please let me know. No, there being a Pontillo’s Pizza there is not the only reason I want to stay there. Well, maybe it is. After Sarasota, it’s probably on to the Fort Myers/Sanibel Island area.

Until next time…

The Glorious Appearing

Well, I finally am reading the last book in the Left Behind series called The Glorious Appearing. I finished Armageddon this morning, then did some packing and organizing. What a marvelous series of books, jammed pack full of references to the End Times. I would guess that about 25% of the books are right out of or quotes directly from Scriptures and never did these Scriptures makes so much sense.

My cousin Richard came over this morning and we spent some time talking and then – one of our favorite pastimes – eating. We once again visited Olde Town Pizza in Plant City where we both had the Strawberry Walnut Salad and Their simply scrumptions Corn Fritters. See the following for more info:

http://www.oldetownpizzeria.com/

I was so glad that it’s a bit warmer today – it was up in the 70’s. And there’s a veritable heat wave here in the house – yep, 73 degrees right now.

Tomorrow, I think I’ll go to the movies and then Best Buy to have my replacement back-up camera installed. The original got all foggy and made it impossible to see what was behind me.

Two weeks from today, my cousin and I will head for my brother Jeff’s for Thanksgiving. It’s going to be great to see everyone, but I imagine it will be a little tough too. This will be our first year without my mother for Thanksgiving. Actually, there are three very important people who are no longer with us: Mark, my sister-in-law’s father Bill, and now Mom. But, I know we’ll have a great time.

I hope everyone got to watch Glenn Beck today exposing George Soros, the Puppet Master. There is a lot of evidence that he has been instrumental in the collapse of several currencies and is working to help collapse ours. All of this is because he wants a global government, something I think is a VERY BAD IDEA.

Well, tonight is NCIS, NCIS-LA, and Parenthood, but I may decide to read instead and then watch them on my DVR with NO commercials.

Until next time…

Alzheimer’s, George Soros, The Remnant and Armageddon

Prevent Alzheimer’s

I read a report today that says people who smoke double their risk of Alzheimer’s. What an incentive to quit or, better yet, never start!

George Soros = Spooky Dude

I put the following message on my Facebook page today:

Hoping all of my friends will watch live or tape tomorrow's Glenn Beck program on Fox News Channel at 5 pm. He will be exposing "spooky dude" George Soros and his plans for this country and the world. This may give you a lot of insight into why our country has changed so much in the last several years.

The Remnant and Armageddon

Last night, I finished the tenth book (The Remnant) and started the eleventh (Armageddon). I expect to finish it tonight before going to sleep. The last book is called The Glorious Appearing. What will I do with myself after that?

It just occurred to me today that in two weeks, I’ll be going to Jeff’s for Thanksgiving. In a couple of weeks after that, I have to be done cleaning out my house and shed. Yikes! Good thing there weren’t any more books in that series or I would never get done.

Until next time…