Saturday's Scribbles

Good Saturday to you from our corner of Iowa.  Snow has finally arrived, definitely making itself known.  It began Friday morning and started piling up.  The storm continued throughout the day and evening, leaving us with no doubt that winter is here to stay.  We are thinking 6-8 inches, although we have not seen anything official.  Joel definitely was able to use his new snow blower today!

We tend to make homemade chicken soup when we know a storm or cold weather is coming.  I don't know why, we just do!  So we began sipping soup last night and nibbling on some paleo biscuits.  The large pot will get us through the weekend when the temperatures drop and below zero wind chills keep us bundled up. Today's high?  6 degrees.

We woke Thursday to a furnace that would not run.  Joel called our furnace guy and he came right out, found the problem and fixed it quickly.  Yay!  Wouldn't it be nice if all problems were solved that fast and easy. 

Joel also spent Thursday running errands.  My husband likes to skip..... backwards, forwards, cross over, one leg.  You name it, he does it and invites others to skip with him.  At the hospital.............in church...........and even in a store Thursday.  He was returning a Christmas present he had bought me and no one was in the store but two clerks.  He was chatting with them and "somehow" skipping came up and before you know it he had both of them trying to skip.  Really?  It just happened?  That is his story and he is sticking to it!

I have had more energy return the past few days.  I managed a couple of household jobs and helped with supper a couple of nights.  Progress is a sweet thing and feels so good.  I am done with IV antibiotics and hoping things are good.  As of yesterday I am back on the Verzenio treatment pills at a lower dose, and unfortunately challenges are already rising up.  Still, after 3 weeks of completely being "helpless", two weeks of slow improvement, and now feeling stronger and more "normal", I am giving a sigh of relief.  This last battle ~ the surgery disaster~ really took a lot out of me.  I read a great quote this week and realized that the last 6 weeks have definitely dulled my "sparkle".

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Speaking of normal as I was earlier, weekends have never meant the same to us as most other people.  As a pastor, weekends are your busiest time of the week.  Getting the bulletin organized, sermon finalized, and then the services themselves.  When we were in eastern Montana Joel had a 3 point parish, preaching in all 3 churches every week.  As a family we would try to visit the different churches, but the kids needed to have one place for Sunday School, etc.  And now.................nearly 40 years later my 3x's retired pastor hubby is serving two churches again.  Two services every week in two churches around 25 minutes apart.  Weekends are still spent mostly in preparation and presentation.......the normal life of a pastor.  That also includes Sunday afternoon naps~!

My Saturday's Scribbles has been just that today..........a scribble of thoughts that have come to mind!  I hope you all have a great weekend!  And don't let anyone or anything ever dull your sparkle!