January 15 - “Spring cleaning?”

I stayed in most of the day yesterday and did computer work and tried not to cough too much.  Oh, and lots of fluids, of course.  Still trying to drown out this gunk.

I did get out of the house twice, though.  First time was just to run a few quick errands.  Just to the bank and to Randall’s Pharmacy to pick up a prescription.  I was going to take the truck, but the battery is stone cold dead again.  Guess that will have to be a WalMart trip by itself one day when I have the time. 

The second trip was over to Nathan’s house.  We wanted to check out his progress on the new steps he built in their house.  He completely replaced the ones they had and now he is staining the top part and putting several coats of poly over that.  The riser part of each step will be painted white.  They look very nice.  They have all new windows, too.  They had damage from Hurricane Harvey that they are finally getting taken care of.  Now they just need to replace their siding and they will be all set.  Well, until the next thing.  They are homeowners, after all.  Oh, and he is talking about building our fence soon as well.

By the way, our old hot tub has finally found a new home.  When we got back from Waco on Saturday, Lauren and Ed had a relocated hot tub in their back yard.  They seem pretty excited to have it fixed up, and Chris is definitely excited about all the room we have on our patio now.  That’s the biggest single Spring cleaning item I’ve ever had done.  It’s a real blank slate for her come actual Spring cleaning time.  Too cold right now, though.  I heard it’s supposed to be in the 30’s this weekend.  Nope.  I’m done with winter. 

Psalms 127:3-5 says, “Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him.  Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth.  Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.  They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate.”

Father, thank you for the sons you blessed us with.  Oh, and help Lauren and Ed as they figure out how to incorporate that hot tub into their back yard footprint.  Amen.