I walked outside again – sunny and much warmer! Had little chores to attend to in the morning, then I set about cleaning the house. I was finished about 3pm, when I started getting the food ready for our FAFF night. Tonight was a Williamsburg revisited night! I put in my Fife and Drum CD to play before the movie and at dinner. We had ham biscuits, steak fries, ginger cookies, and kettle chips — plus root beer! I printed out a label from Chowning’s Tavern and taped it on the bottle. It was a very festive night.
I also set out several Williamsburg coffee table books and my photo albums from all the trips. There was a little quiz about our numerous visits and we had fun figuring out the answers and discussing our favorite houses and trips. And we did watch ‘The Story of a Patriot’ DVD. All in all a very fun night!
On my walk this morning, I stopped and listened to the little stream down the road from my house. I was sort of taken by surprise when I went around the one corner and saw a house with the yard covered with pink flamingos! It was a startling sight – and I wonder what the people who lived there thought about that!
I will share Micah’s message NOT LIKE THE OTHER. You are not like the rest! Be different. God sets the standard, but we must love one another. The holy spirit guides and convicts us. We have a direct connection to God’s throne through prayer. 1) Build up your faith; pray without doubt a) have knowledge of His word b) keep within the love of God (obey!) c) recognize the power of the Holy Spirit. Joy comes when we obey. We couldn’t pick who God made us to be, but we can choose how we use our talents. 2) Look for our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus will present us a faultless before God – Jesus paid the price. We are not like the others if we are a child of God.
On this day in1849 Abraham Lincoln applied for a patent (only US President to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions. The first telephone call was in 1876; Alexander Graham Bell says “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you” to his assistant Thomas Watson. In 1969 James Earl Ray pled guilty to the murder of Martin Luther King JR (It was his birthday – born in 1928). In 1978 The Incredible Hulk premiered. Osama bin Laden was born in 1957, Prince Edward in 1964, and Carrie Underwood in 1983. Harriet Tubman died at age 91 in 1913, and Vince Gill married Amy Grand in 2000. And happy birthday to Tracy Smouse Pfoutz – we’ve known each other for years, and she worked with me at Smail’s for a bit. Enjoy!
TOMORROW March 11 is:
- National 311 Day
- National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day
- National Johnny Appleseed Day
- National Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day
- National Promposal Day
- National Worship of Tools Day
- World Kidney Day
That’s a lot of days to cover. I will give a big shout out to my long-time friend Jim Fritzinger, who is indeed a funeral director in Allentown. As for tool-worship – I barely know one end of a screwdriver from the other! God bless, you all!
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