January 15 – “Turn out the lights …”

Well, along with many, many others in Galveston and Harris County we watched the Texans play last night.  I have to confess, though, that we bailed on them at half time to watch an episode of Sleepy Hollow that we taped.  We did check in again in the third quarter, but by then we were headed for a somewhat early bedtime.  Oh, I checked the score on my phone before I turned out the lights.  Kind of reminded me of a certain Dandy Don Meredith song that he would sing as a football announcer when it appeared certain one team was about to lose.  “Turn out the lights, the party’s over …”  Sorry, Texans.  But hey.  The Cowboys still have to play this afternoon.  Maybe they can keep a Texas team in the hunt.

Other than an ill-advised grocery run to WalMart yesterday (No real problems.  It’s just a bit crazy to go to WalMart on a Saturday when you really have to buy stuff.  Way to crowded with people who have “special” kinds of issues), we spent the day project working.  Chris was back at the old quilting grind.  I spent the day at my desk and on the computer, working on the second, illustrated edition of my Visual Verses book.  I decided the first one was just too boring.  I spruced it up a bit, made a few simple changes, and now I’m working on some illustrative drawings for the devotional pages.  I also plan to redo two of the verses that have distracting bleed-through from the scrap paper they were created on.  Not sure how long all that will take, though.  But maybe the practice will help hone my artistic skills. 

Philippians 4:8 says, “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things.”

Father, thank you for work-filled, quiet Saturday afternoons with my wife.  Amen.