Happy
birthday to Kel, my eldest son. It’s
been a long time since you first made us parents. Thanks for that …
I
went over to Nathan’s yesterday. The
time had finally come to install on the truck those Christmas presents he gave
me. Well, those and the other things we
have ordered since then. We had
headlights and taillight covers and turn signals and side reflector covers and
replacement bulbs and of course, the new grille. It took us a while, as well as a few smashed
fingers (par for the course, I suppose),
but it looks really great now. We did
uncover something screwy going on with one side, though. The blinker is going really fast. That’s the “official” indicator that
something is wrong, usually that a bulb is burnt out. But we checked everything two or three times. The only thing that shows up happened when we
turned the headlights on. The rear
seemed fine, but in front it was like the lights suddenly got brighter – too
bright to even detect the blinker. I’m
guessing that might mean some kind of electrical surge is going on. Guess I’ll ask the mechanic when we take it
in to get the horn fixed and the inspection done.
Next
task was certainly a fun one. I got to
burn stuff. Actually the “stuff” was
palm crosses from last year’s Palm Sunday observance. We use the ashes from that burning for our
Ash Wednesday service tonight at 6:30. I
think that was the last item of preparation needed, other than going over the
service to get it clearly in my head (never
an easy task … with what goes on in my head).
The
afternoon was reserved for yard work. I
figured I had a window before it got cold again (I was right. It’s 54 degrees and
dropping. Wind chill is 46. Way too cold). I got the mowing and edging done. Chris took a break from her quilting to come
do some sweeping. Then we hung up the
new box of lights over the back patio.
They really brighten the place up.
I think Chris is happy with it.
And as they say, when mama is happy …
Matthew
5:4 says, “Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.”
Father,
please give Kel a great day today for his birthday. Amen.
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