Today was a beautiful day and very productive for each of us. Today was also the one day we had been dreading for several months now. So much good but one great pain - which weighs more heavily on a heart?
The morning started out with the little one taking a shower. It was picture day at school and we had to tame the hair. She is letting it grow out so she can donate it to Locks of Love - she has done that twice in her life and enjoys doing so. They are a group that takes at least 12 inches of hair from donors like my daughter and wife, then weave the hair into wigs for those with cancer or other diseases that causes the person to lose their hair. It is such a pleasure to see such a loving heart and spirit in someone so little as our daughter. Still, we are going to have to visit the hair cut store soon to trim it up some - same with the oldest daughter; her hair doesn't grow long, it just gets really full and thick.
So, we tamed the hair and found the right outfit. Even though it was very pretty outside, it was still chilly so we debated on whether to wear a dress or jeans and a sweater. We went with the jeans and sweater. The primary purpose of today's photo was a class picture and the secondary was individual photos. The school had their photos done in September so this will be the second time around for the little one this year.
She had Cheerio's for breakfast - I've never seen anyone take so long to eat a bowl of cereal as she does! After that, she finished up her room and was ready to leave for school. While all this was going on, the oldest daughter was up and about, getting ready. I had gotten her a new shirt yesterday and she was going to wear it to school today but had to find the right jeans to wear also. I figured any old pair of jeans would go with a t-shirt but I guess I was wrong - had to be the perfect pair!
Once the girls were gone, I concentrated on my sermon topic for tomorrow night. I'm quite happy with what I came up with - tomorrow I'm going to do an overview of Joseph from the Old Testament and the five separate acts of his life. I'll spread the five acts out over the next month or so, taking a break for Palm Sunday and Easter - I have those presentations already completed. The basis of my topic is going to be Trust. I also prepared the PowerPoint slides for it as well.
I did have a couple of chances to talk with my wife today. They were all packed up and getting ready to board the airplane. They cleaned the barracks and did all their mustering and stuff. She sounded well and was ready to get the whole event started and over with. Same here.
The gutter guys came and installed the new gutters. They did an excellent job matching the gutter to the paint on the facia board - if you didn't know any better, you would have thought the gutters had been there the whole time.
I also talked with the guy who is going to work in my garage. He'll be here either Monday or Tuesday so I'll have to get the supplies this weekend and move the garage around. I'll be glad to get this project done.
I ordered the roman shade for the bathroom today as well. It took two additional phone calls from the company but the order is being processed and built. How hard is it to make a 46.5" x 46.0" roman shade in chocolate fabric with a white blackout liner on the back, inside mount and left side draw string? I'll let you know once it arrives. It appears the installation is pretty easy - the rep asked me if I could physically pick up a screwdriver; when I answered "yes" he said then I could install it. I never had a doubt I could get it in there though!
I was going to cook short ribs for supper but after talking with my wife, I'm going to wait until Saturday when they can be in the crock pot for 8 hours. Her logic made sense so I cooked minute steak and stewed them in diced tomatoes in the crock pot for a few hours. We had fried potatoes, corn and a roll with it also.
I finally got the summer camp thing all figured out, paid for and in the mail today. If there is a more confusing form or catalog, then I don't want to see it!
I printed my topic and slides for tomorrow, put them in my brief case and took the little one to dance/singing class. She really enjoys the class and I'm finding the obnoxious parents must be reading my blog because they aren't coming around anymore. Still one or two adults there still living vicariously through their kids - hoping all their fantasies are realized by their children. I've never understood that in a parent - I want my children to be abundantly happy and successful beyond all belief, but I want them to do so at something they want to do, not something I wish I had done. The hallway was quiet at Hurrah Players tonight and I was able to review and edit my presentation so it was productive. They really worked the kids hard tonight and my little one was tired when she finished. As a reward, we stopped at Sonic on the way home for three milk shakes!
I did have one final chance to talk with my wife this evening while I was sitting at Hurrah. She also talked with the girls and that was nice. She might give me one more call when the plane stops for refueling in middle America but we'll see. Once she gets over the Atlantic Ocean, she'll remove the battery from her cell phone, store it in a plastic bag and we'll use Skype or calling cards to talk. I doubt we'll be able to talk with her much at all while she's gone though.
The tax preparer left me a message while I was gone this evening and my amended return is ready to be picked up - I'll pick that up tomorrow and mail it in; Uncle Sam won't be too happy when he sees it though!
The girls devotions tonight were "Like Desert Plants (Part I)" referencing Psalm 37:30-31 and "Part II" referencing Isaiah 55:8-11. It talked about problems feeling like rain, falling all around you and our response to it. My devotions were "The unrelieved quest" referencing John 21:17 and "Could this be true of me" referencing Acts 20:24. We are all caught up now and I hope I remember our books the next trip we take!!
One final piece of good news - my desktop computer had caught a virus and shut itself down. A young man at church said he could fix it - while I was skeptical, I gave him a chance and he just called saying he was able to get it to work which is great news! When I get it back, I'll get everything off of there and stored on an external site. I've been backing up the laptop daily on Mozy.com so I'll probably do the same with it.
Day Thirty Two is over with and in the books. Here's looking forward to Day Thirty Three!!!
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