Good Saturday to you from our corner of Iowa where August weather is upon us. The next few days will be in the mid to high nineties with heat indexes in the low one hundreds. Okay then. Yay for air conditioning and early morning porch sitting. Our flowers are happy and in full bloom once again. So lovely. I expect they like the humidity.
Joel has been riding between 10-15 miles most days. Still doing some woodworking but had another accident with the power saw. This time it kicked back a jpiece of wood, hitting his thumb first and then chest. He has quite a bruise on his chest, so we are grateful the wood hit his thumb first. It's sore and bruised also, but it would have been so much worse if it had hit his chest first! Then yesterday he was changing out something on his pedals and riding really slowly in front of the house when the bike just tipped over and down he went on the street. It's a recumbent so lower to the ground. He bruised right away and got a stiff back, but all minor and is a-okay. I'm just thinking he needs to sit in his recliner for a few days!!
Monday we headed to Rocheser for a check up of my artifical eye. All is well....they took it out, cleaned it and polished it, and put it back in. Go back in 6 months. Afterwards we went to Trader Joe's...yay....and then stopped at a family member's house half way home for a short visit. Nice day. The woman we visited has very limited vision but is so courageous in her journey through life now. She makes me more brave!
Today our youngest daughter stopped by for a visit. She came into our lives at age 2 just as our oldest graduated from high school. Now she is 36 and has a teen of her own. The years go by so quickly....
I made cookies for Joel this week, plus a gluten free snack for myself. I have been walking 20 minutes daily and done a little cleaning, but for reasons we don't understand, energy has been low. One of my favorite things to do when needing a boost is to go to Julie Meyer's Facebook page where she sings the Psalms and prays over people. So soothing and inspiring. Singing the Word of God.....it's so good! I have been listening to audiobooks and finished Barbara Bush's book. Now I am reading Laura Bush's book, "Spoken From The Heart". I am a curious person and so these kind of books are very interesting to me. Especially getting different perspectives from people then what appears on our screens or phones.
Maui. What can be said about the tragedy that has swallowed up Lahina. It is shocking and so sad to see it all unfold. We need to pray.....help if so led. Lord have mercy.
This week one grandson has beenn working at the Iowa State Fair, sharing his stories with Papa Joel. Another granddaughter has stepped into the world of teaching as she embraces young children with speical needs. Another recently moved to new city to start her pharmacy career. And today another granddaughter is setting up a new place to call home in her college dorm. Two more will go back to their own college rooms in a couple of weeks. My goodness........how much motion and change is happening in our family.
Today I am so grateful for all our grands and how well they are doing life. Grateful for a good report with the ocularist. Grateful for a cool house and car. Grateful for audiobooks. Grateful for those helping the people of Maui. Grateful for Joel fairing well with the "accidents". Grateful for being able to walk inside when needed. Grateful for phone calls with family and friends, texts, emails, laughter, tears. Grateful for Julie Meyer's music and ministry. Grateful for homemade goodies, plenty of food and Trader Joe's good deals! Grateful for all this and so much more.........
Enjoy your weekend~
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