Today was just one step at a time – but I felt like I tripped a few times! Early morning walk, then worked at both stores but neither was too busy. I stopped at Aldi’s to get the ice cream and Goldfish that I didn’t get yesterday.
I did some title work for a friend, but I got hung up on a few things and was longer than I though. So he had to hurry and catch up with me – he was in more of a hurry than I realized. While I was doing that, another friend (title work!) panicked because HE needed something RIGHT NOW!!! I couldn’t do it RIGHT NOW! Then I got a call from Gen (New York) and that card trumped them all, and I sat for an hour and forgot about everyone else and just talked to Gen! Just what I needed! After all, I AM retired…. Right?
When I finally had everyone back in their happy states again, I came home and changed and cleaned up the overlapping ground cover on the walk down to the bottom yard. I planted that ground cover around the stepping stones at the top to try and stop the erosion and water run-off. If it grows it will be perfect.
I sat for a while and listened to the wind chimes that I brought back from the farm. They sounded so comforting and peaceful. I have always wanted nice wind chimes, and these are a little bit of Mom and John singing to me!
In the meantime, I remembered the little pigeon hole piece I dragged down from the farm two weeks ago. I cleaned it and rubbed it with lemon oil, and spent some time finding the perfect place. It’s 41 inches long so it wouldn’t just fit anywhere. Stay tuned tomorrow to see if I find the perfect place, after all! I did the ironing, made the grad party list, emptied the dishwasher, and wrote up the review of the Loyalhanna Review Publication Party. I’ll let that sit a day or two, review it, and then send the tweaked copy to the LVW board for future files. Whew! When this is done, it will be time for food!
One last thing: I just read early this morning that one of my long-time favorite authors (Jan Karon/Mitford Series) lost her daughter Candace to cancer on Saturday. Losing a child is unthinkable. My heart and prayers go out to her.
I will share Paul’s message from River Hill – Baptism: Point of Change. It changes how we’ll live, who will help us, and who we will live for. 1) Baptism is commanded – repent, then be baptized. 2) Method – go DOWN into the water and come UP out of the water – we are buried with Jesus in baptism. Baptism is about death: Die to the past, the old way of life; resurrected to new life. 3) Meaning of baptism is complete surrender. It’s the way to Jesus, He set us free. The Bible has a lot to say about that – and we need to obey.
On this day in 1786 the first newspaper was published west of the Alleghanies – Pitts Gazette. In 1954 the first volume of Lord of the Rings (J R R Tolkien was published. Jack Paar’s TONIGHT SHOW premiered in 1957, and in 2016 Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic nomination for US President. Martina McBride (country singer) was born in 1966. Vincent Van Gogh died in 1853 at age 37; Mama Cass Elliott (Mama’s and the Papa’s) died in 1941 ate age 32, and David Niven (actor) at age 73 in 1983. Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer in 1981; Jennifer Aniston married Brad Pitt in 2000, and in 2006 Pamela Anderson married Kid Rock.
TOMORROW July 30th is:
- National Cheesecake Day
- National Father-in-Law Day
- National Whistleblower Day
- National Talk in an Elevator Day
- National System Administrator Appreciation Day
- National Get Gnarly Day
Nothing interesting in my book to celebrate tomorrow. So I’ll just celebrate TOMORROW. For as Anne Shirley (Anne with an ‘e’) would say, it’s a new day with no mistakes in it! Hooray for THAT! God bless…
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