Lauren

It’s my Dad’s birthday! We are going to get together via Zoom later today, so I get to say it to him in person. I am grateful for modern technology for that very reason!

Have a great Sunday, everyone!

Lots of people in my world are traveling today. My director is heading off to a conference in St. Louis, my brother is heading from St. Louis to here and my sister is flying to Colorado. My prayer is for safe travels for everyone!

As for me? Well, I’ll travel to that same building that I’ve gone to for six years and two days. (We moved into the ‘new’ center on September 6, 2016.)

Have a great Thursday, everyone!

When I was at Dad’s, one of my jobs was to help with the floors. I swept and mopped and marveled at how little dirt there was. The mop water was hardly cloudy.

Here at my house? A different story. I never mop. It’s a shameful amount – so shameful I don’t want to say. Anyway, I actually swept (soooooo much dirt) and did a ‘first pass’ mop job here last night. The water was sooooooo dark. Ugh.

Aren’t you glad I don’t have pictures?

Happy Wednesday!

Our trip to Colorado was great, but so short. We left Seward on Friday around 4:30 p.m. and drove to Denver. We were up and on the road by 5:30, which got us to Dad well before noon. That was a blessing. There were some medical issues to help out with, a couple of things around the house, and of course – just getting to spend family time together, which is the important thing. I don’t have any photos for here, but my family uses an app called Marco Polo that sends video messages, and it was great ‘talking’ to each other with that while we were there. I highly recommend the app.

I don’t want to go into my Dad’s health issues here, because that’s a little too private, but if I could ask for prayers for him to continue to heal and gain strength, that would be wonderful. And while you’re praying, would you include Lloyd’s Dad for nearly the same kinds of issues? We got word yesterday that he is dealing with similar issues. Not a great time for Dads around here, but they are very, very loved.

Have a great Tuesday, everyone, ok?

Lloyd and I are headed to Colorado after work for an incredibly short visit with my Dad. We’re driving, so we’ll get there mid-day tomorrow. Lloyd wanted to do a little ‘work’ on the car before we left.

The Prius hates animals. Lloyd hit that deer, and when Brad was here, there was An Incident with a raccoon that involved the front driver’s side. It was just a little crack, but over time, the wind has been catching it and tearing the plastic. That’s right – plastic.

It was definitely a ‘stitch in time saves nine’ situation, and we should have worked on it back when Lloyd talked about it, but whatcha gonna do?

Bring on the zip ties.

He wanted to drill along the bottom edge, but the drill wouldn’t fit. I suggested driving the car to the edge of the yard so it would be above the gutter.

That worked a treat. Now this thing has sooooo many holes, and we can call ourselves Car Doctors (’cause of the stitches).

Remember our big storm back in June? The one with all the hail that smashed up Seward? Well, it did a number on our Wal-Mart, and they’re finally getting around to making the front of the building look nice. Days ago, the paint over the door was still in tatters and “Grocery and Pharmacy” was down to three letters.

Now? Well, the front it painted, and the symbol is still in it’s wrapping paper.

I wonder who gets to unwrap it?