Speaking of birthdays, I guess I should close
the chapter on the birthday sagas of 2014 around our house. Chris gave me an interesting present this
year. Along with a big old bag of
Cheetos (always a welcome addition to anyone’s palate, I’m sure), she gave me
an L-square tool for my wood shop. Actually, I’m not sure if that’s the right
name for it. It is shaped like a letter L.
I know what it is used for – drawing straight lines and marking 90
degree angles. And my wood shop consists
more of an old table, a tool kit given to me after Hurricane Ike, and a plastic
tub with my dremel tool and carving knives in it. We have grand plans to build a work bench to
replace the old table, though.
Downloaded them off the internet of course. It really doesn’t look all that hard to
do. We just have to find the time to go
get the materials and get it done. That
would be in between pastoring and chaplaining and honey-do listing. Should be no problem. Hey, it’s only August. Maybe by the end of the year.
I did get her something besides the
exquisite hand-carved letters L and X that I mentioned in an earlier post. I’m not completely ignorant, after all. I carved a really small cross that I had
designs on turning into a necklace, but it would have required a very tiny
o-screw, and they only come in silver. All
of Chris’ jewelry is gold. I still gave
her the little cross, though. To
supplement that, Cailyn and I went shopping the other day. She helped me pick out another necklace with
a really nice Maltese cross. Several different
colors of stones made it quite interesting to look at. Cailyn knew right away it was the one for
Nani, and she wasn’t about to let me choose anything else anyway. So there you are, Chris. I sure hope you like it. And you might as well go ahead and mark it in
the will for that one to go to Cailyn.
So that winds up all the notes I have on
birthday week at the Vaughan house.
Thank you to everyone who offered well-wishes through FaceBook and emails
and real-live birthday cards that came in the mail. They were all greatly appreciated. So on to the next thing … Let’s see …
marriage counseling tonight … Eye doc appointment Friday afternoon … Rehearsal
Friday evening … Fire department back to school bash Saturday … Wedding Saturday
... Church Sunday …
Colossians 3:17 says, “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of
the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
Father, thank you for a full plate of
activities. Staying busy sure helps keep
my mind off of things I can’t do anything about anyway. Great plan for staying happy. Amen.
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