May 8, 2020

Today was a cold, damp day – and it even was snowing!  This year has been one for the books, that’s for sure!  This morning before I picked up Mom I popped over to work and faxed some documents to Mom’s insurance company.  We had a pretty good day today, all in all – meaning, it was certainly not exciting!  But she was content to watch TV and look at books while I balanced my checking account – to the penny.  Whew.  We made grilled cheese and Chicken & Stars soup for lunch, but had cookies for dessert. I finished the ironing, and then Mom helped me cut up a bunch of veggies to roast for supper.  Neither one of us really wanted to go out in the rain!  After I dropped her off, I went to the Sprint store in Mt. Pleasant, and finally decided on an iPhone 11.  Not to name names or anything, but when I bought my LAST phone at Best Buy they transferred EVERYTHING over and even set up my apps and emails and passwords.  Sprint — did very little.  I spent 3 1/2 hours organizing and downloading and setting things back to order.  Now I just need to order a case –  Snoopy or the American Flag?  Hmmm.  Have to think on that for a while.  But now Chrissy and I have twinny phones!  I just have to hope I can get used to it with little or no drama.  Thankfully, I’ll have Chrissy as a coach.   

As I didn’t have any sermons left to listen to for the week, I decided to share my Scripture of the Day:  Colossians 4:6 – Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.  That’s a pretty tall order.  I tend to speak first then think about what I said later.  And the irony of that verse is that I grew up being admonished that I should cut back on my salt intake.  I eat salt on almost everything!  And here is affirmation for my cause:  Salt is a great seasoning!  So I’m thinking that if I keep using salt, my conversation should be effective and pleasing.   

On this date in 1835, Hans Christian Andersen published his first collection of Fairy Tales.  Our 33rd President, Harry Truman, was born in 1884 and Bill Cowher was born in 1957.   

So if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go eat something salty, and practice my conversational skills.  Have a great weekend!   God bless…