Monthly Archives: July 2007

Friends of ours live in Oregon.  She was best girl (bridesmaid?) at our wedding.  He was a friend from years gone by.  Both of us couples were married over 30 years ago.

Now they are going to be in Calgary July 29th.  Calgary is just four hours down the road.  For a visit that happens too seldom, what’s four hours.

We’ll talk and eat and reminisce.  They never had kids.  We adopted two kids.  He’s into drywalling.  I’m into renovations in my spare time.  We have both been into church ministry over the years.  And somehow we never run out of things to talk about when we get together.

So, Sunday, July 29th we’ll venture down to Calgary after the morning service.  We’ll return on Monday.  Not a long time, but a good time.  Besides, they are paying for the overnight in a hotel near the airport!

This morning was sermon preparation time.  The brew that has been perculating in my mind and on paper finally came together.  My title?  "What does God do for us?"  Pretty "unsnazzy" (where did that word snazzy ever come from?). 

The afternoon and into the evening were spent putting on trim in the basement, installing linoleum at the bottom of the stairs, and moving furniture.  Next week we hope to begin the bedrooms.  They need painted and flooring installed.

Our finish date is around August 6th.  Relatives will be arriving.  My early finish date would be July 30th.  The week before the long weekend.  That way, no worries, no cares, just time to enjoy!

On another note, (and this is not a singing note!), I’m enjoying the weather.  30 degrees above, little breeze, and sunlight!  All the good things of life, plus Vitamin D!  Of course, it doesn’t hurt to have aircondiioning!!

For the last two months I have been low on energy.  Part of it may be knees that don’t work well and a stomach that experienced problems as Ibuprofen (for my knees) ate away at my "innards".  I also wonder if there was not a bit of warfare going on in invisible realms.

Today I awoke and rode my bike to work.  By 9:00 I was already on the phone to a number of people.  By noon I had revamped my schedule to include a few more things (and knocked out some that I didn’t need to do).

At 1:00 an XRAY was taken of my shoulder.  I have had some tingling in my arms — so the Doctor thought it best to get an XRAY to make sure any other work (chiropractic or otherwise) would not cause harm.  The rest of the afternoon I worked on a sermon.

At 7:00 Jill and I headed to two garage sales.  Both were on the same crescent — both attend our church.  Picked up a gift for my mother’s birthday on July 21st.  Back home we completed some more of our laminate flooring.  Tomorrow the trim will go on.  Then we will only have two rooms to complete (paint and lay floor). 

Not bad — and I can still experience the energy of the day!

Up at 5:00.  Showers completed and out the door by 6:00 (in the morning, that is!).  Hop in the car and point towards Saskatoon. 

Reason?  Not many would have me up at this time!

My wife has an appointment for three tests.  The tests are taken at Royal University hospital in Saskatoon — a 2 1/4 hour drive away.  We plunge down the highway, the sun rising quickly on the horizon.  The one hour marker – Rosetown – arrives sooner than I had figured.  We regain speed outside town and soon the outskirts of Saskatoon beckon.

In the hospital we register and hurry to the waiting area of cardiac testing.  There Jill is led away for her first test.  I head out for an errand.  When I return a 1/2 hour later she is sitting in the waiting area.  The stress test is a "no go".  Doesn’t work with a constanty running heart pacemaker!

The other two tests follow shortly.  The results will be examined and hopefully we will hear word of the results in the next short while.

We are home now (did some shopping!), and the bed looks inviting.  No late night for us tonight!!